WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- When a victim suffers a gunshot wound, seconds matter. Depending on where the bullet enters, that time could mean life or death. A team at RevMedx, Inc. in Wilsonville, Oregon, ...
XSTAT by RevMedx, uses small medical sponges coated with a blood-clotting agent, loaded into a giant syringe to help stop bleeding from gunshot wounds on the battlefield. To use, a medic inserts the ...
What if a small sponge could mean the difference between life and death? A plug for life-threatening situations, XSTAT technology can plug a gunshot wound within a mere 20 seconds. Made by ...
Finding real-life instances of innovations that seem too good to be true is always a rewarding experience. And search no further, friends, as we now have a real proof of concept for a truly ...
An ingenious new invention will save precious seconds in treating life-threatening gunshot wounds on the battlefield. The XStat looks like a syringe filled with pills, but the capsules it contains are ...
When you're severely wounded and rapidly losing blood, even just a few seconds could mean the difference between life and death. Soldiers on the battlefield know this all too well, as their number one ...
Between 30 and 40 percent of civilian deaths by traumatic injury are the result of hemorrhaging, according to the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research. Between 33 and 56 percent occur ...
A syringe filled with expanding sponges that can close gunshot wounds in seconds will soon be used by ambulance crews in the US. First responders will start using the syringe to plug bullet holes ...
A device that controls severe bleeding from gunshot wounds in seconds has just received Food and Drug Administration approval for use in civilians. The product, XStat 30, is a syringe-like applicator ...
The rate of fatalities from bullet wounds could drop significantly after the approval of a sponge-filled syringe for civilian use in America. The XSTAT 30 RevMedX.RevMedX Called the XSTAT 30 and ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved a pocket-sized invention that has been used for about a year and a half on the battlefield, but now may one day save your life at home. The ...