Woundstat

WoundStat was developed in VCU Medical Center's Reanimation Engineering Shock Center, which does research on treating critical illness and injury. Part of the center, Operation Purple Heart, focuses on treating combat casualties.
"We took a step back and examined what the strengths and weaknesses were with the current (blood-stopping) products that were out there to see if there was something we could improve upon," said Dr. Kevin Ward, an emergency physician and the shock center's associate director.
Ward and two colleagues - biochemist Robert Diegelmann and biomedical engineer Gary Bowlin - developed a tan-colored concoction of minerals that looks like a cross between flour, sand and cat litter. After its use, WoundStat can be peeled off the wound.
The researchers were introduced to Jack McDonnell, who licensed the technology and established a company called TraumaCure in May 2006.
McDonnell expects the Food and Drug Administration to approve WoundStat by October, after which TraumaCure will market its product to the military, firefighters and police departments.
Blanck, the retired surgeon general and an outside director of TraumaCure, said current hemorrhage-stopping products - specifically, HemCon and QuikClot - have been a step in the right direction but that there is room for improvement.
"I'm not critical of them because I think they've been responsible for saving lives. Our goal is to save even more," he said.
A spokeswoman for HemCon said its standard-issue bandages work best on large, high-blood flow wounds but are limited on smaller but serious injuries such as a gunshot. QuikClot clots blood but produces a reaction when used that creates excessive heat, and studies have found that it may damage organs and tissues.
An independent study by the Army's Institute of Surgical Research found WoundStat to be a highly effective wound dressing that doesn't produce a heat reaction. The report said the product's primary limitation is that it will stop blood flow on damaged vessels, acting as a granular tourniquet in areas where an actual tourniquet cannot be tied, such as the groin.
Please find the FDA 510K approved 2007 HERE