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A product billed as "fix-a-flat" for temporarily sealing cavities such as gunshot wounds recently helped stabilize a coalition forces soldier wounded in action.

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This week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the XSTAT, a device that uses a series of fast-absorbing sponges to seal a wound in as little as 15 seconds.

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A new pocket-sized invention from RevMedx can save a wounded soldier on the battlefield by sealing a gunshot wound in as little as 15 seconds. The XStat is a modified syringe filled with tiny, specialized sponges created by Oregon startup company RevMedx. The contents are injected into the wound and within seconds the sponges expand […]

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