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 ...

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 ...

An innovative sponge-filled dressing device recently saved the life of a coalition forces soldier who was shot in the leg. It’s the first documented clinical use of the product, known as XSTAT. The ...

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The makers of the XSTAT hemostatic device, a syringe filled with tiny sponges used to stem excessive blood caused by a severe injury, has announced the first documented clinical use of the product ...

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 ...

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 has approved the civilian use of the XSTAT Rapid Haemostasis System, which can stop the bleeding from an open gunshot wound in 15 seconds. The device had already ...