A bioabsorbable device made of animal gelatin (typically pork skin gelatin) and synthetic polymer materials that is intended to be applied to surgical and traumatic wounds to facilitate local haemostasis through its tamponade effect and formation of a mechanical barrier; it does not contain an antimicrobial agent. It is typically in the form of a pad/sponge/patch and has no intrinsic haemostatic action but induces haemostasis by facilitating the coagulation process by creating a matrix for platelet aggregation and fibrin formation; the device is intended to remain in the wound to be absorbed by the body. This is a single-use device.
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