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XStat - Wound-Plugging Syringe Saves First Life

XStat – Wound-Plugging Syringe Saves First Life

XStat – Wound-Plugging Syringe Saves First Life

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he wound-plugging syringe, known as the XStat, was first approved to be used on the battlefield in 2014. Recently, this syringe has been utilized for the first time, and it did save a soldier’s life.

XStat can stop severe bleeding within 20 seconds making it a real game-changer in the medical field. It has proven its worth on the…

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With more and more people carrying guns, the Xstat could help save many lives... the FDA just approved it.

[popsci]

The XStat, a pocket-sized syringe full of sponges, is a new and much faster way to plug wounds on the battlefield and emergency situations. 

On April 3, the FDA announced it had approved XStat as a first-of-its-kind medical dressing. 

XStat is part of Popular Science's eighth annual Invention Awards. Click here to see a flat bike helmet, a robotic exoskeleton, and more from our 2014 Invention Awards. 

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New Post has been published on The Rakyat Post

New Post has been published on http://www.therakyatpost.com/features/2014/04/11/tiny-sponges-could-save-lives-on-battlefield/

Tiny sponges could save lives on battlefield

A SIMPLE new method could revolutionise battlefield medicine; a syringe filled with injectable sponges, shot directly into a wound to stop massive bleeding — a major cause of combat fatalities.

The survival rate of US soldiers wounded while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan was nearly 90% — a record for modern armed conflict — with only 6,800 deaths out of 51,900 wounded.

This is due largely to an improvement in battlefield first aid during the critical first hour in which the wounded person must be evacuated by helicopter to a hospital.

But nearly a quarter of combat deaths are still considered potentially avoidable, according to a study by the US Army that focused on 4,596 fatalities between 2001 and 2011.

In nine cases out of 10, these avoidable deaths were due to massive blood loss.

“Hemorrhage is the leading cause of death on the battlefield,” said Dr Anthony Pusateri, portfolio manager of the Department of Defence Haemorrhage and Resuscitation Research and Development Programme.

Pusateri explained that junctional haemorrhage — bleeding at the junction of the legs or arms with the torso — and haemorrhage from deep wounds on which it is impossible to put a tourniquet or apply manual compression are the most dangerous.

The tourniquet, with which each soldier has been equipped since 2005, has reduced fatalities among soldiers wounded in the arms or legs by 85%.

But when an artery is severed in the groin, armpit or abdomen, medics are often at a loss to save the person’s life. This could soon change.

The US Food and Drug Administration last week approved the marketing of XStat, a large syringe-like applicator three centimetres in diameter and filled with 92 small tablet-shaped expanding sponges.

“XSTAT is a novel device that can be rapidly deployed, providing fast-acting haemorrhage control to stabilise a wounded patient for transport,” the FDA said in a statement.

The sponges are injected directly into a wound, expanding and swelling to fill the wound cavity after approximately 20 seconds upon contact with water from blood or bodily fluid.

It is not even necessary to exert pressure on the wound, said John Steinbaugh, director of Strategic Development at RevMedX, the company that created XStat.

‘For post-partum haemorrhaging’

Each sponge, a centimetre in diameter, has an absorbent coating and a marker visible via X-ray so they can be removed easily when the wound is closed.

US Army special forces gave a grant of US$5 million (RM16.2 million) to RevMedX in 2009 to develop the technique, initially thinking of a system similar to that of kits used for quick fixes of punctured tires.

“We started with expanding foam, gels, none of them were working. They were pushed out” of the wound by the blood flow, Steinbaugh said.

“Somebody thought about the sponge toys that expand into giant dinosaurs.”

“We decided to use compressed sponges and the very first time it worked,” he added.

The army has started placing orders and several foreign armies are also interested in the product. The sponge-filled syringe seems destined to have applications in the non-military realm, too.

The company obtained a grant last year from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The goal is to develop a version of the syringe adapted to deal with post-partum bleeding, which kills more people around the world than combat wounds do, said Steinbaugh.

[justy461]

  A couple months ago, we wrote about a simple device that could help gunshot victims by packing open wounds with lots of tiny sponges in seconds. It’s called XStat, and this first-of-its-kind wound dressing has just been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for military use.   

This is really cool

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‘XStat’ Device: Tube Filled With Tiny Sponges Can Stop Gunshot Wound Bleeding In 15 Seconds XStat is an investigational hemostatic dressing under development by RevMedx for the control of severe bleeding from pelvis or shoulder wounds not amenable to tourniquet application in adults and adolescents. XStat works by applying a group of small, rapidly-expanding sponges into a wound cavity using a lightweight applicator. Two applicator sizes are under development: a 30 mm diameter applicator for larger wounds and a 12 mm diameter applicator for narrow wound tracks. The XStat sponges are composed of standard medical sponge that is coated with a hemostatic agent and compressed. Each Xstat sponge contains a radiopaque marker for easy detection via X-ray. In the wound, the Xstat sponges expand and create a barrier to blood flow, present a large surface area for clotting, and provide gentle pressure. No direct manual pressure is required. Source: http://www.revmedx.com/#!xstat-dressing/c2500 Reference: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/sponge-filled-syringe-quicker-treat-combat-wounds-article-1.1603640

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An Oregon startup has developed a pocket-size device that uses tiny sponges to stop bleeding fast.

I am literally in tears over the state of America. Prior to reading the article, my first thought was, These would definitely be handy in schools. 

IN SCHOOLS. School shootings have becoming so commonplace that it was actually the FIRST THING that came to mind when I read "gunshot wound." That is disgusting. I am disgusted with myself & disgusted with what is happening in this country.