Curaspon strip hemostypikum 8,0x4,0x1,0cm, 3 pcs

Product features:

The Curaspon® gelatin bowl is made from 100% purified gelatin. It is intended as a absorbable hemostypal for various surgical areas. It is insoluble in water insoluble and fully absorbable. Through its porous structure and spaces, the sponge can absorb more than 40 times its own weight of blood and liquid. The absorbency of Curaspon® is a function of its physical size and the greater the greater the gelatin quantity. Due to its neutral properties, it can also be used as a carrier for medicaments of all kinds (detailed prescription information can be found in the literature of the respective medicine). Curaspon® is available in different sizes. These are individually in one (double) Blister pack, bag packaging or a vessel / container packed. The product has been sterilized by gamma radiation and determined only for single use.

Applications:
General applications: The Curaspon® gelatin chamber is used in and after operational interventions to achieve local hemostasis by a tamponade effect. In the tooth surgery, the Curaspon® dice helps in hemostasis and closure of dead spaces caused by tahn extractions, root amputations and the removal of cysts, tumors and retinated teeth. For the ENT surgery, the sponge has high density as effective to support and stabilize fascia or Perichondrium in the middle ear (dry application) or shown in the outer ear canal after a tympanoplastic. For fattening or hemorrhoid operations and gynecological interventions, the Curaspon® gelatin cram is used for hemostasis.

Contraindications:
Incompatibility reactions to pig products. The gelatin chamber should not be used in the closure of skin cuts, otherwise wound healing could be affected. In infected wounds, the product should not be used without antibiotics.

Side effects:
No unwanted effects are known, provided that the product is used correctly and in compliance with this instruction manual and not too strongly packed in the cavity to be closed. The formation of a tissue granulation in HNO / middle ear interventions was observed in at least one studie.

Instructions for use:
The gelatin chamber can be used either dry or saturated with sterile physiological saline. In dry projection, the sponge is tailored to the desired size and easily compressed. The sponge pieces must be kept with a slight pressure for one or two minutes on the bleeding spot until the bleeding comes to a standstill. When used with saline solution, the Curaspon® gelatin sponge should be soaked in the solution, then be taken out and between the fingers (wearing gloves!) Thoroughly expressed to remove air bubbles located in the spaces. Then add the sponge back to the saline solution and leave it until use. Is the bleeding after (possibly several) applications of the gelatin bowl came to a standstill, the material can be left at the location. Superfluous sponge material should be removed. Depending on the application and operations site, the time to complete absorption of the sponge is a maximum of 4 weeks. When used on bleeding nasal, rectal or vaginal mucoses, the material liquefies in 2-5 days. Please note that the absorption is a process in which both volume and absorption ability over time continuously remove.

Gelatin powder (powder paste):
The powder is prepared by crushing absorbable gelatin boobs. A (1) gram powder is mixed with 3 to 4 ml of a sterile liquid solution and then with the fingers (Wear gloves!) Knet so long until the desired viscosity and consistency is reached. It is indicated in methods where bleeds of bone spongiosa occur. The paste can pass on the bleeding spot or to be pressed on the bleeding to stop this. By means of a syringe, the paste can be applied accurately to the bleeding spot. After the bleeding has come to a standstill, excess material should be removed.

ENT Surgery:
The gelatin chamber is tailored as needed so that it fits in the ear, nasal or mouth defect. It is introduced so that the tissue structures are supported or separated. In this way, adhesions are avoided or the bleeding is brought to a standstill through the tamponade effect. Superfluous sponge material should be removed.

Important NOTE!
In cases where the gelatin chamber has been compressed (either by the manufacturer or from the end user), the sponge can expand again by receiving liquid (the sponge rests on its original shape). In radical caves, laminectomies around or near bone foramina, bony boundaries, spinal cord, Opticus and Chiasma Opticum nerve, and closed tissue regions in which bones are located, the Curaspon® gelatin taper should be removed after use and after hemostasis. Non-proof could lead to unintentional pressure on neighbor structures, which can lead to pain or potential for nerve damage. It is important to ensure that the Curaspon® gelatin chamber is not too firmly packed, especially in bone caves, since the expansion of the sponge can lead to its original volume to functional impairments or after some time to a pressure necrosis of the surrounding tissue. For ENT / middle ear interventions, the formation of tissue granulation was observed. In case of postoperative infections, after surgery is required to remove infected material and allow drainage.

Warnings:
Do not use when opened or damaged packaging. The absorbable Curaspon® gelatin chamber is intended for disposable use and must not be sterilized again.

General storage and handling:
The product should be stored in its sealed outer packaging. Before opening, the packaging responsible for the sterile barrier must be checked for integrity. Only open the packaging immediately before using the product on the patient.

Packaging and sterility:
The products are packed sterile. The packaging consists of:
- a storage and transport packaging (external packaging)
- a sterile packaging (internal packaging) The packaging falls below and fulfills European and international legislation and other applicable standards.
The packaging protects the product from external influences and guarantees its sterility during storage.

Manual of the sterile packaging:
When removing the product from sterile packaging, apply an acceptable aseptic technique.

Sterilization:
The products are sterilized by gamma radiation.

Storage:
The products should be stored in their protective packaging on a dry place at room temperature. Avoid direct sun exposure.

Source: Information of the leaflet
Status: 06/2015