Patent ID: 8603528

Claim:
An anhydrous, body-absorbable, mechanically hemostatic putty composition comprising the following Components 1, 2, and 3: Component 1: a finely powdered metal salt of a fatty acid having a carboxylate anion and a metallic cation; Component 2: an anhydrous organic liquid comprising: (a) a tocopherol selected from the group consisting of tocopherol, a C 2 -C 10 aliphatic monocarboxylic acid ester of tocopherol, a polycarboxylic acid ester of tocopherol, and mixtures thereof, and (b) a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, and Component 3: a free base form of an analgesic; wherein Component 2 makes up 20 to 60% of the composition by weight and wherein member (a) of Component 2 makes up 5 to 44% of the composition by weight.