Oxidized regenerated cellulose hemostatic powders and methods of making
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsYi-Lan Wang, Guanghui Zhang
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to hemostatic material containing compacted ORC powder comprising particles having an average aspect ratio from about 1 to about 18, wherein said compacted ORC powder have preferably been processed in a compaction device, such as a ball milled ORC powder. The present invention further relates to methods of making the hemostatic material and a method of treating a wound by applying the hemostatic powder onto and/or into the wound of a patient.
Claims9
A hemostatic material comprising a roller compacted ORC powder comprising particles having average aspect ratio from about 1 to about 18 having a particle size greater than 180 micron and tapped density of at least 0.44 g/mL.
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