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, ...

Oregon-based technology company RevMedx developed XSTAT 30, a $100-device that has been successfully employed by US military since April this year to prevent fatalities due to traumatic injury. It ...

Since mid-World War II, nearly 50 percent of combat deaths have been due to exsanguinating hemorrhage, or bleeding out. Half of those deaths could have been prevented if timely, appropriate care had ...

A sponge injection could save the lives of people with gunshot wounds. A device called XSTAT 30 squirts out 92 tiny compressed cellulose sponges coated with a blood absorbing substance. The sponges ...

As mass shootings continue to make headlines and gun sales surge nationwide, a sponge-injecting device designed to patch life-threatening bullet wounds in war is making a domestic debut. The device, ...