APPLICATOR INSTRUMENTS HAVING PROTECTIVE CARRIERS FOR HEMOSTATS AND METHODS THEREFOR

摘要

An instrument for controlling bleeding includes an outer shaft an intermediate shaft telescopically received within the central lumen of the outer shaft, and an inner shaft telescopically received within the central lumen of the intermediate shaft. The instrument includes a hemostat disposed at the distal end of the inner shaft, and a fluidresistant element connected to the distal end of the outer shaft and surrounding the hemostat. The fluid-resistant element has a breakable, fluid-resistant seal at a distal end thereof that protects the hemostat from fluids until the hemostat is delivered and deployed onto tissue.