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 ...

An Oregon company is ramping up to produce an Army-backed sponge that could save lives by slowing bleeding from some battlefield wounds in seconds. RevMedx received approval in April from the Food and ...

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 ...

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 ...