BloodSTOP iX Hemostatic Gauze

• Ideal for a variety of inpatient and outpatient procedures
• Stops a variety of external and internal bleeding
• Easy to use and customize to fit difficult operative sites
• Quickly stops bleeding, freeing the surgeon to perform the operative task
• Reduces bleeding time and blood loss, which saves lives and improves healing
• Easily removed with saline irrigation, once the bleeding is controlled
• Upon contact with blood, it quickly forms a transparent shield - ideal for wound monitoring
• Extremely fast, stops bleeding in about 80% less time than traditional cotton gauze and pressure techniques
• Safe to use on hemophiliacs and patients taking anticoagulation medications
• Easily cut to fit difficult areas
• Long shelf life
• Cost-effective compared with other hemostatic products
• Wide range of uses: from small capillary wounds to major arterial bleeds
• Stabilizes most minor lacerations and wounds due to its tensile strength
• Can use multiple layers for larger bleeds
• Protects the wound by interacting with platelets and forming fibrin linkages to stop the bleeding
• Hypoallergenic and biologically inert
• Easy to open individual sterile packaging
• Environmentally friendly
• Easily removed with water or saline solution

BloodSTOP iX can be used to control bleeding in outpatient procedures such as the loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP), colposcopy, cryoablation, dilation and curettage (D & C) procedure, conization, and hysteroscopy. BloodSTOP iX can also be used in inpatient surgical procedures such as caesarian section, hysterectomy, fibroid surgery, laparoscopy, and oncological surgery.

BloodSTOP iX is easy to apply to a bleeding site and quickly accelerates clotting. For a wide area bleed, the surgeon can place several gauzes to stop the bleeding so he can focus on his operative task. Once the bleeding is controlled, BloodSTOP iX can be removed with saline irrigation prior to closure of the operative site.

LifeScience PLUS makes two hemostatic gauze products: BloodSTOP and BloodSTOP iX. They are both water-soluble hemostatic agents made from the finest completely natural cellulose. BloodSTOP hemostatic gauze is often used externally because of its cost-effectiveness; it is made of oxidized cellulose. BloodSTOP iX is used primarily internally; it is made from etherized regenerated cellulose and typically stops bleeding 80% faster than traditional methods and reduces blood loss by 60%.