a hemostatic agent designed for use in cases of non - compressible hemorrhage . it can be applied through a mixing needle and / or a spray injection method following abdominal , chest , extremities or other intracavitary severe trauma to promote hemostasis , or it can be used for laparoscopic procedures or other surgical procedures in which compression is not possible or recommended . its crosslinking technology generates an adhesive three - dimensional polymeric network or scaffold that carries a fibrin sealant required for hemostasis . when mixed , it produces a foam that spreads throughout a body cavity reaching the lacerated tissue to seal tissue and promote the coagulation cascade . the fibrin components are produced by a novel dialysis method which does not present thrombin to the immune system and can be maintained in solution for six weeks without significant proteolytic degradation .