J&J Ethicon - Surgifoam Gelatin Sponge 8x12.5x10cm 6/Bx, 1974

• Easy to handle
• Absorbs up to 40 times its own weight
• Bioresorbable
• Use in oral surgery for the obliteration of dead space created by simple extraction, root amputation and removal of cysts, tumors and impacted teeth

a sterile, porcine absorbable gelatin sponge intended for hemostatic use. Surgifoam? sponges liquefy within 2 to 5 days when applied to bleeding mucosal regions.

They absorb up to 40 times their own weight, completely absorbed within 4 to 6 weeks.