XSTAT 30

Figure 1. Sample XSTAT 30 (Source)

The XSTAT 30 is a revolutionary and new product on the market geared towards American military branches. This devices is designed to work on the battlefield and places where medical care is not readily available. It is currently being produced by a company called RevMedX. And only recently received FDA approval on December 7, 2015. The sample shape is depicted above and the product is expected to go on the market soon. The function is to apply arterial pressure to wounds to prevent excessive blood loss.

Heart-Lung Machine

Figure 1. An Example of How a Heart-Lung Machine Works (Source)

We all often hear about the common term of "open-heart surgery" used by most people as a joke related to the medical profession, but what most of us do not really know is that it actually is an extremely difficult procedure. The key device in that facilitates this is the heart-lung machine. Its function is to take deoxygenated blood from the body to bypass the lungs and heart The key components that control a heart-lung machine are the tubing, one of 2 types of pumps ( Roller and Centrifugal), the oxygenator, and cannulae. The oxygenator is responsible for substituting the role of the lungs to resupply the blood with fresh oxygen for the body. Cannulae are usually sewn into multiple locations on the patient depending on the surgery. They remove oxygen depleted venous blood from the body and feed it to the system.