I’ve worked for a company that make surgical staples. There are a few problems with this approach. The biggest on is tissue approximation. The other is holding strength.
It takes more than just stabbing and sticking to hold a wound closed. There needs to be some compression. The metal staple forming process provides this. It pulls the sides of the wound together.
And it must hold for 7 to 10 days (YMMV). No more, no less. Less, and you risk reopening the wound. More, and you get significant scarring and possible infection. Metal staples work because they don’t get weaker and are removed at the appropriate time. Bioabsorbable means that it will begin weakening from the first moment. Designing such a staple to never fail before day 7 but fall out by day 10 is hopeless.
Oh, and if recall correctly, this has been tried many times in the past.
