Simple Invention For Sealing Gunshot Wounds Gets FDA Approval

XStat Photograph by Ralph Smith The pocket-sized XStat, a hemorrhage-stopping invention we wrote about in February, yesterday received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a first-of-its-kind medical dressing. This means that the U.S. Army, which funded development of the sponge-filled syringe, can now purchase XStat to be carried by military medics. XStat plugs gunshot and shrapnel wounds faster and more effectively than the standard battlefield first aid. Currently, medics tr...