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 ...

For combat medics, every minute matters in the fight to save wounded soldiers. John Steinbaugh is working to help win that fight. A former Army Special Operations medic himself, Steinbaugh and ...

RevMedx's sponge-filled syringe, the XSTAT 30, was approved for military use in treating gunshot wounds last year. Now, the FDA says paramedics and other first responders can use the device to treat ...

Caught in a fire fight, a soldier might hope for air support rained down from a Predator Drone, a kitted out AR-15 assault rifle, and soon, a tube full of high-tech cotton balls. The last item on the ...

A simple new method could revolutionize battlefield medicine: a syringe filled with injectable sponges, shot directly into a wound to stop massive bleeding -- a major cause of combat fatalities. The ...

WILSONVILLE, Ore. - It's the sponge that may save your life one day. The XStat, a syringe full of specially crafted compressed sponges, is a new medical device developed by Wilsonville startup RevMedx ...

Tonight, the "NewsHour" begins a new series on invention and innovation called Breakthroughs. Over the coming months, we will explore the economic and social change invention generates both here and ...

A team of researchers at MIT has designed one of the strongest lightweight materials known, by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon. The new material, a ...

A simple new method could revolutionize battlefield medicine: a syringe filled with injectable sponges, shot directly into a wound to stop massive bleeding WASHINGTON, USA – A simple new method could ...