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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Biolife, L.l.c., Sarasota, FL (US);
Talmadge Kelly Keene, Ruskin, FL (US);
John Tifton Fordham, Indialantic, FL (US);
Louis M. Guzzi, Longwood, FL (US);
Charles E. Entenmann, Key Largo, FL (US);
BIOLIFE, L.L.C., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
This invention is directed to devices and methods for improving wound closures produced during endoscopic surgery. These methods are directed to delivering and applying a quantity of hemostatic agents in either powder, solid, liquid, or gel form onto an open wound produced e.g., by polyp removal, followed by the application of pressure. The method is implemented preferably using existing endoscopic equipment; however, modifications to existing endoscopic insertion tubes, application and tamping devices and endoscopic clips deployed from the distal end of the insertion tube during endoscopic surgery are also within the scope of this invention.