ChitoCell
Category ChitoTech Products / HEMOSTATIC PRODUCTS
Introduction Product
ChitoCell original is an oxidized regenerated cellulosic pad with broad antibacterial profile.
Description of Product
ChitoCell original is an oxidized regenerated cellulosic pad with broad antibacterial profile.It is indicated in surgical procedures as a hemostatic pad to stop capillary, venous, and small arterial hemorrhages.
Chitocell absorbs blood and gently swells into a gelatinous mass which aids in the formation of clot.
Main component :
Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose
Features & Benefits:
- Rapid hemostasis in less than 30 seconds
- Soft and comfortable therefore suitable for all parts of body
- Absorbable in the body in less than 14 days
- Prevents postoperative adhesion
- Anti-bacterial against a wide range of microorganisms including: gram-positive bacterial, gram- negative bacterial, aerobic، anaerobic, resistant anti-bacterial.
- Biocompatible
No genotoxicity according to ISO 10993-3
No cell toxicity according to ISO 10993-5
Complies with the requirement of ISO 10993-6 for local effect after implantation
No irritation, no sensitivity according to ISO 10993-10
No systemic toxicity (Acute and sub chronic toxicity) according toISO 10993-11
Contraindications:
- Avoid using ChitoCell for implantation in bone defects, such as fractures, to avoid interference with bone cell formation and increasing the risk of cyst formation.
- Since ChitoCell will swell and could exert slight pressure, it must be removed after hemostasis in neurosurgery, bony tissues and the spinal cord surgeries
Indications
- All surgeries including: anastomosis, tumor beds, neuro-surgeries, plastic surgeries.
- Suitable for patients with coagulopathic disorders
- Suitable for control of capillary, venous, and small arterial hemorages
Warnings
- ChitoCell should not be resterilized
- ChitoCell is not intended as a substitute for careful surgery and the proper use of sutures and ligatures
- Although ChitoCell is an antibacterial hemostatic agent, it is not intended to be used as a substitute for systemically administered therapeutic or prophylactic antimicrobial agents to control or to prevent postoperative infections
- Do not use ChitoCell as an adhesion prevention product
- ChitoCell should be removed after hemostasis is achieved.
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