Devices and methods for the delivery of blood clotting materials to bleeding wounds

An apparatus for promoting the clotting of blood, comprising:

• a pouch closed on all sides, the pouch having a first blood clotting material in powder form applied thereto;
• and
• a second blood clotting material in loose particulate form retained in the pouch;
• wherein a portion of the first blood clotting material in powder form is exposed on a surface of the pouch, and
• wherein the pouch further comprises a mesh having openings that are sufficiently large to allow at least a portion of the second blood clotting material to extend through the openings to allow contact with tissue of a bleeding wound outside of the pouch.

A method of accelerating the clotting of blood in a bleeding wound comprising:

• providing an apparatus comprising:
• a mesh pouch closed on all sides, the mesh pouch comprising a first blood clotting material in powder form,
• a second blood clotting material in loose particulate form retained in the pouch,
• wherein a portion of the first blood clotting material in powder form is exposed on a surface of the pouch, and
• wherein the pouch further comprises a mesh having openings that are sufficiently large to allow at least a portion of the second blood clotting material to extend through the openings to allow contact with blood outside of the pouch;
• applying the apparatus to the bleeding wound;
• and
• maintaining the apparatus at the bleeding wound at least until blood from the wound begins to clot.