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Layered nasal pack.


Ultracell Medical Technologies, a supplier of surgical sponge products for the ENT ENT ears, nose, and throat (otorhinolaryngology).

ENT
abbr.
ear, nose, and throat



ENT

ear, nose and throat.

ENT Ears, nose & throat; formally, otorhinolaryngology
 surgical specialty, offers Ultrapack[TM], a unique nasal pack. Ultrapack's multiple-layer thickness can be customized for each patient, because the surgeon may peel away one layer at a time (each layer is approximately 2.5 mm thick) while the pack is in a compressed state.

Ultrapack is made of ultrafine-pore PVA PVA

polyvinyl alcohol.
, which minimizes tissue ingrowth ingrowth /in·growth/ (-groth) an inward growth; something that grows inward or into.

in·growth
n.
Something that grows inward or into a part of the body.
, making the physician's job easier and patients more comfortable. This product is part of a full line of nasal, sinus, and epistaxis epistaxis /ep·i·stax·is/ (-stak´sis) nosebleed; hemorrhage from the nose, usually due to rupture of small vessels overlying the anterior part of the cartilaginous nasal septum.

ep·i·stax·is
n.
 sponge products from Ultracell Medical Technologies. Free samples are available.

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Title Annotation:PRODUCT MARKETPLACE
Publication:Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Date:Dec 1, 2005
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