We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience. This includes personalizing content and advertising. To learn more, click here. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies. Cookie Policy.

Features Partner Sites Information LinkXpress
Sign In
Advertise with Us
Sekisui Diagnostics UK Ltd.

Download Mobile App




Mini-Sponge Wound Dressing Controls Hemorrhage

By HospiMedica International staff writers
Posted on 20 Dec 2015
Print article
Image: The XStat 30 device (Photo courtesy of RevMedX).
Image: The XStat 30 device (Photo courtesy of RevMedX).
A syringe-like device injects a large number of tiny, rapidly expanding sponges into a wound cavity, quickly controlling bleeding when tourniquets are not an option.

The XStat 30 device is a 30 mm diameter applicator shaped like a large syringe that holds 92 tablet-sized, mini-cellulose sponges that are coated with an absorbent hemostatic agent. Once injected into a bleeding wound, the compressed sponges expand when they come in contact with fluids, thus rapidly filling a volume substantially larger than that of their compressed state. Besides helping to provide hemostasis for up to four hours until surgery, the sponges also provide a surface on which blood clots can begin to form.

The Xstat 30 is intended for use in patients at high risk for immediate, life-threatening and severe hemorrhagic shock and for use in non-compressible junctional wounds, such as the armpit or groin, or when definitive care at an emergency care facility cannot be reached within minutes. It is not indicated for use in the thorax, pleural cavity, mediastinum, abdomen, retroperitoneal space, sacral space, or in tissues above the clavicle. Since the sponges are eventually removed, each has a tiny radiopaque marker that is visible on X-ray.

The XStat 30 device, a product of RevMedx (Wilsonville, OR, USA), will be marketed in packages of one or three applicators, each with a telescoping handle and a sealed valve tip; the telescoping mechanism allows the handle to be stored in a shortened state to maximize compactness. The number of sponges necessary to stop bleeding depends on the size and depth of the wound, with each applicator capable of absorbing about 570 mL blood, and with up to three applicators indicated for use on a given patient.

“The majority of people with massive abdominal bleeding die before they reach the hospital,” said David King, MD, a trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA, USA). “Many of these deaths could be prevented if we were able to temporarily stabilize a patient long enough to reach a trauma center.”

Related Links:

RevMedx


Gold Member
STI Test
Vivalytic Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Array
Gold Member
Disposable Protective Suit For Medical Use
Disposable Protective Suit For Medical Use
Silver Member
Compact 14-Day Uninterrupted Holter ECG
NR-314P
New
Examination Table
Powerline Backrest Top

Print article

Channels

Surgical Techniques

view channel
Image: LUMISIGHT and Lumicell DVS offer 84% diagnostic accuracy in detecting residual cancer (Photo courtesy of Lumicell)

Cutting-Edge Imaging Platform Detects Residual Breast Cancer Missed During Lumpectomy Surgery

Breast cancer is becoming increasingly common, with statistics indicating that 1 in 8 women will develop the disease in their lifetime. Lumpectomy remains the predominant surgical intervention for treating... Read more

Patient Care

view channel
Image: The newly-launched solution can transform operating room scheduling and boost utilization rates (Photo courtesy of Fujitsu)

Surgical Capacity Optimization Solution Helps Hospitals Boost OR Utilization

An innovative solution has the capability to transform surgical capacity utilization by targeting the root cause of surgical block time inefficiencies. Fujitsu Limited’s (Tokyo, Japan) Surgical Capacity... Read more

Health IT

view channel
Image: First ever institution-specific model provides significant performance advantage over current population-derived models (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai)

Machine Learning Model Improves Mortality Risk Prediction for Cardiac Surgery Patients

Machine learning algorithms have been deployed to create predictive models in various medical fields, with some demonstrating improved outcomes compared to their standard-of-care counterparts.... Read more

Point of Care

view channel
Image: The Quantra Hemostasis System has received US FDA special 510(k) clearance for use with its Quantra QStat Cartridge (Photo courtesy of HemoSonics)

Critical Bleeding Management System to Help Hospitals Further Standardize Viscoelastic Testing

Surgical procedures are often accompanied by significant blood loss and the subsequent high likelihood of the need for allogeneic blood transfusions. These transfusions, while critical, are linked to various... Read more
Copyright © 2000-2024 Globetech Media. All rights reserved.