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What does haemostat mean?

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Noun
  1. (British spelling) A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
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It is an absorbable haemostat to be used to arrest or control bleeding during surgical procedures.
ProFibrix is currently focussing on its lead product, Fibrocaps, a dry powder topical haemostat, for the treatment of severe haemorrhage.
The anterior vena cava was clamped between the diaphragm and heart using a small haemostat.
After the equilibration period, the bird was stimulated with a haemostat.
The Veriset™ haemostatic patch is a topical haemostat comprised of an absorbable backing made of oxidized cellulose and self‐adhesive hydrogel components.
Wounding was performed by crushing leaves with a haemostat.

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