Will Celox clot blood containing anticoagulants such as Coumadin?
Yes, Celox has been tested and proven to clot blood containing heparin and Coumadin (generic name warfarin). The FDA have reviewed these tests and allowed us to make this claim. • Will Celox clot hypothermic blood? Yes, Celox has been tested and proven to clot blood as cool as 56 part of our 510k application and by BSI as part of our class 3 CE Mark. • Can Celox be easily removed from a wound? Yes. In cases of emergency bleeding, Celox should be left in the wound until the patient in seen by medical personnel. It can then be easy removed. Remove as much as possible by hand, then irrigate the wound with water or saline. In cases of minor bleeding Celox can be removed once the wound has stabilized. This can be as short as 10 minutes. Irrigate with water or saline. Chitosan is a natural polysaccharide (polymer made of sugars) and has been shown to be broken down to basic sugars (glucosamine & n-acetyl glucosamine) by lysozyme, one of the body’s normal enzymes. • What Shelf life does Celox
