High Tech Injection Seals Gunshot Wounds in 15 Seconds

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Not only is this new life-saving technology incredibly fascinating, the author of this article also delivers the quote of the day with her "looks a little like a penis" observation. :D

Startup RevMedx, which develops products for military medics and members of the emergency services, has created a device that can heal a gunshot wound in 15 seconds, Popular Science reports. The device is called XStat, and its creators are hoping the FDA will approve it for use by medical professionals.
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So the "biofoam" from the Halo series is actually making strides into a real life product, huh?

How they test this type of stuff is usually in the trauma ward setting at the hospital. I do not know how they get consent to experiment with a product like this though. In reality, all they need to do is go wait at a level 1 trauma center in Detroit or Chicago and their trial run will be done in days.
 
amdgamer said:
So the "biofoam" from the Halo series is actually making strides into a real life product, huh?

How they test this type of stuff is usually in the trauma ward setting at the hospital. I do not know how they get consent to experiment with a product like this though. In reality, all they need to do is go wait at a level 1 trauma center in Detroit or Chicago and their trial run will be done in days.
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If this is anything like Quik-Clot medical professionals will hate it. Removing the substance and cleaning the wound becomes a nightmate after dumping some quick-clot into a wound.

I'd equate it to cleaning a tire & rim after someone uses once of those tire-gel puncture things. A simple 60 second tire change becomes a 30 minutes cleaning ordeal.
 
It is called a tampon people... this is nothing more than something based off of what people in combat have been using for years. There is usually one person in the platoon who is carrying various forms of "female products" just for wound care. Why? Because they are sterile and they expand to fill the wound cavity.
 
It doesn't heal wounds. It helps treat them. The victim will still need urgent surgery.
 
NoceoTotus said:
It is called a tampon people... this is nothing more than something based off of what people in combat have been using for years. There is usually one person in the platoon who is carrying various forms of "female products" just for wound care. Why? Because they are sterile and they expand to fill the wound cavity.
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Plus they have alohe vera and you'll feel fresh and you'll feel like you are not wearing anything :D:D
 
Popular Science as nothing but vaporware articles. Sure, some might come true in some form or another, but all never come to fruition.
 
I tried something similar in a project where we would inject iron particles into the bloodstream (like the prison guard scene in x-men 2) in the vicinity of the wound. The idea was that with enough iron in the blood you could apply a magnet over the wound and increase the viscosity to reduce bleeding. The problem was that the iron would coat the lungs of the subject and suffocate them. Whoops.
 
"According to Popular Science, the RevMedx team received $5 million from the U.S. Army to finish developing the product. The company also won a seed grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a version of XStat that helps stymie postpartum bleeding.

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And even though it was funded by others, they will probably charge $1000 a pop for them.
 
Either way, it’s good to know that we’ll be well cared for should we ever come in contact with, you know, an organ destroying bullet or something.
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Jordyn Taylor, the author, is an idiot for this remark.

It looks like the device can treat MOST if not ALL OPEN wounds.
 
You know the military guys are going to call it something else. Bullet Dick, Hole cock, Xslut, etc. Regardless of it's name or nick name if it works....they will use it.
 
That's just awesome.
Anything that saves lives and is easy to administer is worth putting into the hands of our troops.
 
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