Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes of making flowable hemostatic compositions and devices that include the flowable hemostatic composition disposed therein, where a volume of a biocompatible liquid, a volume of a biocompatible gas, and an amount of solid particles of a biocompatible polymer are mixed together to form a substantially homogenous composition including a discontinuous gas phase and the solid particles substantially homogenously dispersed throughout a continuous liquid phase to form a flowable hemostatic composition, and the composition then transferred into a device suitable for applying the flowable hemostatic composition to a site of a body requiring hemostasis under conditions effective to maintain the substantially homogeneous dispersion of the gas phase and the solid particles throughout the liquid phase, wherein said transfer of said substantially homogenous hemostatic composition is conducted at an angle.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process of concomitant scouring and oxidizing cellulose in a solution of nitrogen oxide and perfluorinated hydrocarbon and subsequent washings of the oxidized fabric with isopropyl alcohol, where the perfluorinated hydrocarbon solvent preferably has a boiling point in the range of between about 30° C. and about 100° C., the nitrogen oxide concentration in the solution is in the range between about 2% and about 12% by weight, the reactants are maintained at a temperature between about 25° C. to about 40° C. for a total time duration of at least about 7 hours, the oxidized cellulose is subsequently washed with Fluorinert solvent, cold water, 50:50 isopropyl alcohol:water and 100% isopropyl alcohol, followed by drying with warm nitrogen gas. The resulting oxidized fabric exhibits a residual oil content substantially equivalent to fabric that has been scoured in hot aqueous and detergent but does not suffer the shrinkage associated with aqueous scouring.