Our Product Technology

Biolife, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merit Medical, is a Sarasota, Florida-based medical device company and the manufacturer of StatSeal hemostatic products. StatSeal products provide innovative solutions that improve patient outcomes, quality of care and operational efficiencies in the healthcare setting. All StatSeal products are comprised of a powder with two main ingredients: potassium ferrate and a hydrophilic, or water loving, polymer. StatSeal products are available in both powder and disc form; the disc is made of compressed powder that is encased in a white medical-grade foam.

All StatSeal products are manual pressure adjuncts and work via a two-step mechanism of action that occurs simultaneously to form a low pH seal or physical barrier over the wound, protecting it by letting nothing in or nothing out.

• The hydrophilic polymer rapidly dehydrates the blood and absorbs exudate, stacking up desiccated blood solids beneath to form a seal.
• The potassium ferrate binds the blood solids and proteins together, adhering the seal to the wound to stop bleeding and oozing.

Beneath the seal, the pH is neutral and blood solids and proteins continue to stack naturally.  Above the seal the hydrophilic polymer acts as a desiccant and creates an acidic environment with a pH of ~ 2. All StatSeal products function independently of the body’s clotting cascade to rapidly form an occlusive seal over the wound or procedural site, accelerating hemostasis and improving recovery times. The seal acts as a protective scab, remaining in place over the wound as the body’s natural healing process begins. The scab naturally falls off as the wound heals.