APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A PARTICULATE HEMOSTATIC AGENT TO LIVING TISSUE

摘要

An apparatus and method for applying a particulate hemostatic agent to living tissue are disclosed. The apparatus includes a particulate hemostatic agent source (22) and a continuous gas source (14). A continuous gas stream from the continuous gas source is turbulently combined with the particulate hemostatic agent within the hemostatic agent source to form a finely dispersed fluid stream of the particulate hemostatic agent in the continuous gas stream. An outlet conduit (34) extends from where the gas and particulate hemostatic agent are combined through an outlet (36) of the conduit, whereby the fluid stream is conducted through the outlet conduit and is discharged from the outlet conduit onto proximate living tissue, thereby applying the particulate hemostatic agent to the living tissue.