The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has this week approved an innovative device used to treat bullet wounds for civilian use.
The XSTAT-30 is a small syringe-like device which is used to rapidly stop bleeding from open bullet wounds. Manufactured by biotech company RevMedX, the device works by inserting a large number of small, tablet-shaped sponges into a bullet wound. These sponges expand on contact with blood, effectively acting as a tourniquet, allowing blood to clot…
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