Patent ID: 9474652
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A61F,A61L,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A hemostatic agent delivery system comprising: at least one hemostatic agent structured to facilitate blood clotting and including a beneficiated hectorite clay that is inert and non-reactive with blood, a delivery assembly structured to permit disposition of an amount of said hemostatic agent directly proximate a hemorrhage site, said delivery assembly structured to releasably contain said amount of said hemostatic agent, said delivery assembly comprising a release member disposed in an overlying relation to a support member and attached about a periphery thereof, said release member and said support member cooperatively structured to at least temporarily contain said amount of said hemostatic agent therebetween, and said release member comprising a soluble material structured to dissolve and release said amount of said hemostatic agent upon disposition of said soluble release member directly proximate to the hemorrhage site.