Equispon® is manufactured from purified gelatine foam, which gives it a uniform porosity and reacts neutrally. The dried foam is cut, packaged and sterilised using gamma radiation. The radiation dose used on Equispon is 2.5 Mrad (25 kGy). Equispon is immediately available for use in the operating theatre and does not require any sterilisation by dry heat or autoclaving. The products are double packed, double sterile. Equispon has demonstrated to achieve haemostasis within a few minutes.
Indication
Haemostatic Mechanism
Mode of application
Equispon Dental & Tampon
Tampon: The Equispon Tampon is inserted in dry form by means of a proctoscope at the conclusion of surgery. Place a dry gauze within the natal cleft. The buttocks must be kept together by means of an adhesive plaster, then by a T-bandage. Bacterial invasion provokes rapid decomposition of the sponge, causing it to disappear automatically. The Equispon Tampon comes with an aperture through which a drain may be inserted to eliminate the build-up of gas.
Contra-Indication
Warning
Keep dry Sterile Use only once Store under 25ºC Do not use when package has been opened or has been damaged.
Types of Equispon Packs
Sterile and absorbable gelatin sponge with haemostatic effect.
- Sterile
- Sponge structure
- Suitable for all types of surgery.
- Shelf life 5 years from production
- Fast haemostatic effect (2 to 4 minutes)
- Fully resorbable by means of enzymatic resorption and hydrolysis
- No tissue reaction and no hypersensitivity
- Resorption time 4-6 days in contact with blood
Equispon adheres to the bleeding site and absorbs approximately 50 times its own weight. Due to the uniform porosity of Equispon, blood platelets are caught and the coagulation cascade is activated, transforming soluble fibrinogen into a net of insoluble fibrin which stops the bleeding.
Equispon does not provoke any harmful tissue reaction or any reaction of hypersensitivity. The advantage of Equispon is the ability to use it simultaneously with antibiotics, chemotherapeutic medications or thrombin without any reduction of the sponge’s haemostatic effect.
Equispon is a local haemostatic sponge for use in surgical procedures that involve venous bleeding and oozing where traditional haemostasis is difficult or impractical and the use of non-absorbable materials is undesirable.
| Equispon Standard | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10x | Standard | 80 x 50 x 10 mm |
| 10x | Regular | 70 x 50 x 10 mm |
| 10x | Streifen | 80 x 40 x 10 mm |
| 10x | Strip | 80 x 20 x 10 mm |
| 10x | Special | 80 x 50 x 1 mm |
| 10x | Special | 70 x 50 x 1 mm |
| 50x | Cube | 10 x 10 x 10 mm |
| 10x | Film | 200 x 70 x 0,5 mm |
| 10x | Dialys | 30 x 30 x 10 mm |
| 5x | Size 100 | 125 x 80 x 10 mm |
| 5x | Size 100 C | 125 x 80 x 1 mm |
| 5x | Size 200 | 250 x 80 x 10 mm |
| 5x | Size 200 C | 250 x 80 x 1 mm |
| 10x | Size 12-7 | 60 x 20 x 7 mm |
Sterile and absorbable gelatin sponge with haemostatic effect.
- Sterile
- Sponge structure
- Suitable for all types of surgery.
- Shelf life 5 years from production
- Fast haemostatic effect (2 to 4 minutes)
- Fully resorbable by means of enzymatic resorption and hydrolysis
- No tissue reaction and no hypersensitivity
- Resorption time 4-6 days in contact with blood
Equispon adheres to the bleeding site and absorbs approximately 50 times its own weight. Due to the uniform porosity of Equispon, blood platelets are caught and the coagulation cascade is activated, transforming soluble fibrinogen into a net of insoluble fibrin which stops the bleeding.
Equispon does not provoke any harmful tissue reaction or any reaction of hypersensitivity. The advantage of Equispon is the ability to use it simultaneously with antibiotics, chemotherapeutic medications or thrombin without any reduction of the sponge’s haemostatic effect.
Equispon is a local haemostatic sponge for use in surgical procedures that involve venous bleeding and oozing where traditional haemostasis is difficult or impractical and the use of non-absorbable materials is undesirable.
The Equispon Tampon is inserted in dry form by means of a proctoscope at the conclusion of surgery. Place a dry gauze within the natal cleft. The buttocks must be kept together by means of an adhesive plaster, then by a T-bandage. Bacterial invasion provokes rapid decomposition of the sponge, causing it to disappear automatically. The Equispon Tampon comes with an aperture through which a drain may be inserted to eliminate the build-up of gas.
| Equispon Tampon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5x | 80 x ø 30 mm | Tampom |
| 5x | 60 x ø 20 mm | Small Tampom |
Sterile and absorbable gelatin sponge with haemostatic effect.
- Sterile
- Sponge structure
- Suitable for all types of surgery.
- Shelf life 5 years from production
- Fast haemostatic effect (2 to 4 minutes)
- Fully resorbable by means of enzymatic resorption and hydrolysis
- No tissue reaction and no hypersensitivity
- Resorption time 4-6 days in contact with blood
Equispon adheres to the bleeding site and absorbs approximately 50 times its own weight. Due to the uniform porosity of Equispon, blood platelets are caught and the coagulation cascade is activated, transforming soluble fibrinogen into a net of insoluble fibrin which stops the bleeding.
Equispon does not provoke any harmful tissue reaction or any reaction of hypersensitivity. The advantage of Equispon is the ability to use it simultaneously with antibiotics, chemotherapeutic medications or thrombin without any reduction of the sponge’s haemostatic effect.
Equispon is a local haemostatic sponge for use in surgical procedures that involve venous bleeding and oozing where traditional haemostasis is difficult or impractical and the use of non-absorbable materials is undesirable.
In oral and dental surgery, Equispon Dental aids haemostasis and the obliteration of dead space created by the extraction of teeth, root amputations and the removal of cysts, tumours and impacted teeth.
| Equispon Dental | ||
|---|---|---|
| 50x | 10 x 10 x 10 mm | Blister |
| 40x | 15 x 15 x 15 mm | Blister |
| 60x | 10 x 10 x 10 mm | Box |
| 50x | 14 x 7 x 7 mm | Box |
| 50x | 10 x 10 x 10 mm | Cube |
Sterile and absorbable gelatin sponge powder with haemostatic effect.
- Sterile
- Powder structure
- Suitable for all types of surgery.
- Shelf life 5 years from production
- Fast haemostatic effect (2 to 4 minutes)
- Fully resorbable by means of enzymatic resorption and hydrolysis
- No tissue reaction and no hypersensitivity
- Resorption time 4-6 days in contact with blood
Equispon adheres to the bleeding site and absorbs approximately 50 times its own weight. Due to the uniform porosity of Equispon, blood platelets are caught and the coagulation cascade is activated, transforming soluble fibrinogen into a net of insoluble fibrin which stops the bleeding.
Equispon does not provoke any harmful tissue reaction or any reaction of hypersensitivity. The advantage of Equispon is the ability to use it simultaneously with antibiotics, chemotherapeutic medications or thrombin without any reduction of the sponge’s haemostatic effect.
Equispon is a local haemostatic sponge for use in surgical procedures that involve venous bleeding and oozing where traditional haemostasis is difficult or impractical and the use of non-absorbable materials is undesirable.
Equispon Powder can be very easily mixed with saline solution, thrombin or any other fluid to get a gelatinous mass which can be put on the bleeding site which aids in the activation of the coagulation cascade.
| Equispon Powder | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5x | 1 gram | Powder |
| 2x | 2 gram | Powder |