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A soft, pad of elastomeric material having a hardness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00, said pad carrying an adhesive or a strap member for adhering the pad to a surface, whereby bleeding or leakage through the skin of a patient or a wall of a hollow medical device may be suppressed.

The method which comprises:

• applying a soft pad to the wall of a hollow medical device, said pad consisting essentially of an elastomer having a hardness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00;
• passing a medical needle through the pad and the wall of said hollow medical device;
• and thereafter withdrawing said needle, whereby leakage through a hole formed in the wall of said medical device is suppressed.

The method of suppressing bleeding through the skin of a patient, which comprises:

• applying to the skin of the patient a soft, nonporous-surfaced pad of material having a hardness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00 to suppress said bleeding.

A flexible, hemostasis pad having a non-porous surface for use in preventing bleeding, said pad having a hardness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00.

The method which comprises:

• inserting a hollow cannula through a point in the skin of a patient;
• thereafter placing a soft, elastomeric pad on the skin of the patient to cover the point of the skin through which the cannula penetrates;
• and thereafter removing the cannula, said pad having a hardness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00, whereby bleeding is suppressed by the pad.

A soft, nonporous-surfaced pad for hemostasis, said pad having a hardness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00, said pad being carried in a recess defined by a recess wall in a plastic sheet, said sheet also having a flat flange at least partially surrounding said recess wall, to be affixed to the skin of a patient, with the recess wall and the patient's skin together enclosing the soft pad.

A soft, hemostasis pad of elastomeric material having a hardness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00, said pad being of solid, dome shape with a flat bottom.

A soft, flexible pad, affixed to the skin of a patient, said pad having a non-porous surface abutting the skin of the patient, and having a hardness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00;

• whereby bleeding is substantially suppressed.

A soft pad, affixed to a needle pierceable wall of a medical fluid container, said pad consisting essentially of an elastomer having a hardness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00, whereby leakage is substantially suppressed.