With the capacity to stem severe bleeding within around 20 seconds, the XStat sponge-filled syringe could be a real game-changer when it comes to medical care. It has just proved its worth in the most ...

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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 XStat 30, a sponge-filled syringe that can plug deep and narrow wounds from gunshots or stabbings in seconds, has received approval from the U.S. for use in the arm and leg. The FDA also gave ...

A revolutionary sponge-sealing syringe that can plug a bullet wound in 20 seconds just received the green light from the FDA, which means that it's now good for civilian use. As one can imagine, ...

Dealing with gunshots wounds on the battlefield is a brutal process. The only way to stop the bleeding is to stuff the wound with gauze, sometimes as deep as five inches into the body - and even then ...

The key to the system is a specially developed syringe. It can inject dozens of small sponges into the wound. The sponges are coated in a clotting agent and compressed. In the wound, the Xstat sponges ...

A gunshot wound is more often than not accompanied by copious amounts of blood and for a soldier on the battlefield, bleeding out is the leading cause of death. Current methods of stemming a deep ...

A new pocket-sized syringe that can seal gunshot wounds within just 15 seconds has been developed by scientists. A new pocket-sized syringe that can seal gunshot wounds within just 15 seconds has been ...

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A syringe used to plug wounds has been used to save the life of a dying soldier on the battlefield. The revolutionary piece of equipment is said to plug and prevent a soldier bleeding out in just 15 ...