ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,073, issued on Sept. 9.
"Hemostatic trauma pack and method for applying the pack to wounds" was invented by James Drake (Minnespolis, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device delivers a sterile hemostasis material to wounds with: a packet comprising a non-porous surface with an pocket and a surrounding edge structure, the packet having a leading edge and a rearward edge; within the packet is a sterile hemostatic mass capable of clotting mammalian blood when it contacts mammalian blood; a bottom layer attached to the surrounding edge structure secures the sterile hemostatic mass within the packet, said bottom layer having a firs...