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Aprueba EU dispositivo para detener hemorragias en segundos

dic 09, 2015
Internacional, Norteamérica

La jeringa cuenta con 92 esponjas para absorber hasta medio litro de sangre, reduce el riesgo de muerte por heridas de bala RT LOS ÁNGELES, EU.- La Administración de Alimentos y Drogas (FDA por sus siglas en inglés) de EE.UU. ha habilitado el empleo del XSTAT Rapid Hemostasis System, una jeringa con 92 pequeñas esponjas del tamaño de pastillas que están preparadas para detener hemorragias con rapidez.

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LOS ÁNGELES, EU.- La Administración de Alimentos y Drogas (FDA por sus siglas en inglés) de EE.UU. ha habilitado el empleo del XSTAT Rapid Hemostasis System, una jeringa con 92 pequeñas esponjas del tamaño de pastillas que están preparadas para detener hemorragias con rapidez.



Según ha detallado este organismo norteamericano, cada instrumento puede absorber cerca de medio litro de sangre y permite reducir drásticamente el riesgo de muerte que provocan, por ejemplo, las heridas por arma de fuego.

La forma de este sistema de hemostasia, de uso militar desde 2014, le permite llegar a lugares de difícil acceso, como la ingle o la axila. Sin embargo, no es recomendable utilizarlo en el pecho, el abdomen, la pelvis o el tejido sobre la clavícula.

William Maisel, un científico de la FDA, ha indicado que “cuando se desarrolla un producto para el campo de batalla se contempla el peor escenario, en el cual los cuidados avanzados no están disponibles de manera inmediata” y ha manifestado su satisfacción por poder ayudar a que la población civil también se pueda beneficiar de esta tecnología.

En EE.UU., entre el 30 % y el 40 % de las muertes de civiles por heridas traumáticas derivan de hemorragias y el 56 % de esas personas fallece por no llegar a tiempo a un hospital.

Plug bullet wounds in 20 seconds with this FDA-approved syringe

By Ryan Whitwam on December 9, 2015 at 2:40 pm

Okay, so you’ve suffered some sort of traumatic injury, which is a pretty serious bummer. According to the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, a full 30-40% of civilian deaths from traumatic injury are a result of hemorrhaging (i.e. bleeding) and 33-56% of them die before reaching a hospital. Therefore, your best chance of survival is to staunch the flow of blood as quickly as possible. That’s where a newly approved medical device comes into play. The Xstat Rapid Hemostasis System is basically a syringe filled with tiny sponges, and it’s now available to civilians.

The Xstat was originally developed for use by the military, where the risk of traumatic injury and bullet wounds is somewhat higher than it is in the civilian population. It was first deployed in 2014, but now the FDA has finished evaluating the device, making it available for use by first responders in the event of an accident, natural disaster, or shooting.

Inside the oversized Xstat syringe are 92 tablet-sized sterile sponges composed of cellulose. It is intended to stop bleeding in wounds that cannot be stopped easily by other means. Bleeding on an extremity can usually be effectively slowed with a simple tourniquet that restricts blood flow to the injury, but a bullet wound or other deep injury to the torso is harder to close. In this case, the Xstat would be inserted into the wound (which sounds just lovely) and activated to release the sponges. Each sponge also has an X-ray marker so doctors can make sure they are all removed from the body later.



It takes only about 20 seconds for the injected sponges to absorb blood and expand to fill the wound. Maker RevMedX says each applicator can soak up an impressive pint of blood, and as many as three syringes can be used on a patient. This device is all about speed in a worst-case scenario. An average adult male has about eight pints of blood, so a single Xstat can absorb a substantial portion of all the blood in your body. If three of them isn’t enough, you’ve got big problems.

While the FDA has approved the Xstat for civilian use, it’s not going to be a regular part of trauma care. It is only supposed to be used in cases where a patent is seriously wounded and proper medical care at a hospital is not going to be available in the next several minutes. It is also not approved for use in certain parts of the chest, abdomen, pelvis, or anywhere above the collarbone. Even with the restrictions, it could see a lot of use and save lives.

XStat Gunshot Wound Dressing Cleared for Civilian Use in U.S.

DECEMBER 8TH, 2015



In what may be a timely move, the FDA has issued clearance to RevMedX to introduce its XStat Rapid Hemostasis System for treating gunshot wounds in the civilian population. Last year the device received FDA clearance to be used on the battlefield, but now ambulances in the U.S. will have the option of carrying XStats as well.

The device contains a bunch of tablet-sized sponges that are injected, similar to using a typical syringe, deep into the wound. The tablets absorb blood and rapidly expand to fill the cavity that they find themselves in. The patient is then transported to a trauma ward where the sponges are removed and treatment can continue.

Each sponge contains a radiopaque marker that can be seen under X-ray imaging, making it easier to make sure all the sponges are cleared of the body.

The new indication for the XStat allows its use on both adult and adolescents suffering from acute ballistic lead poisoning.

Flashbacks: RevMedX Gunshot Hemostasis System and Tourniquet Belt at TEDMED 2014 (VIDEO)…; XStat Rapid Hemostasis System for Gunshot Wounds Works in 15 Seconds…; Xstat Gunshot Wound System Approved by FDA for Use on Battlefield…;

Product page: XStat…

Source: FDA…