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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
Kenneth Light, San Francisco, CA (US);
Barry L. Shevick, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Kenneth Light, San Francisco, CA (US);
Barry L. Shevick, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A kit is provided including a base with an insert which has a plurality of compartments therein. The compartments are in fluid communication with each other. Liquid bleeding control agent is expressed into the base and allowed to flow to each of the compartments, such as through ports and inside slots between adjacent compartments. Pads reside within each of the compartments, which each include a gauze portion and a gel foam portion. The gel foam portion is wetted by the liquid bleeding control agent, which can be expressed from a syringe provided as a portion of the kit and which flows into the compartments for uniform wetting of gel foam portions of each of the pads. Pads are used during a surgical procedure and then returned to vacant compartments, so that a quick check for remaining vacant compartments indicates whether or not any pads have remained within the surgical site.