Approval Order Statement APPROVAL FOR A NEW CONFIGURATION (HEMORRHOIDECTOMY SPONGE) OF THE ABSORBABLE GELATIN SPONGE, USP AS WELL AS A NEW BUBBLE WRAP PACKAGE, A CHANGE IN THE STERILIZATION PROCEDURE INVOLVING THE USE OF E-BEAM STERILIZATION, AND SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE PACKAGE LABELING. THE DEVICE, AS MODIFIED, WILL BE MARKETED UNDER THE TRADE NAME SURGIFOAM(R) ABSORBA LE GELATIN SPONGE, USP, HEMORRHOIDECTOMY SPONGE AND IS INDICATED FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES (EXCEPT UROLOGIC AND OPHTHALMIC) FOR HEMOSTASIS, WHEN CONTROL OF CAPILLARY, VENOUS AND ARTERIOLAR BLEEDING BY PRESSURE, LIGATURE AND OTHER CONVENTIONAL PROCEDURES IS INEFFECTIVE OR IMPRACTICAL. |