Injectable, Expanding Foam Stops Internal Bleeding

Gel-e said the Life Foam treatment is an expanding, injectable foam designed to stop bleeding from abdominal wounds in trauma and battlefield situations. It has received FDA breakthrough designation to accelerate its development. It uses natural biopolymers that are abundant and inexpensive.

Trauma from accidents is the third leading cause of death in the US after only heart disease and cancer. Approximately 85% of all hemorrhage-related deaths result from non-compressible internal bleeding, a condition that results from intracavitary (e.g. abdominal) bleeding that is not accessible to direct pressure and cannot be controlled by traditional methods, such as gauze or a tourniquet.

Wound care markets are worth a projected $7 billion combined. These also include films to treat chronic wounds and venous leg ulcers and high-performance first aid kits.

Breakthrough products are a medical device must provide more effective treatment of a life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating condition, and
(i) have no approved or cleared alternatives, or
(ii) offer significant advantages over existing alternatives, or
(iii) be in the best interest of patients.

Gel-e provided the FDA with information demonstrating that Life Foam meets all these criteria.

The Life Foam device is leading the company’s expansion into internal and surgical procedures. The foam is designed to expand quickly in the abdominal cavity to stabilize the patient, allowing transport to a trauma surgeon.

6 thoughts on “Injectable, Expanding Foam Stops Internal Bleeding”

  1. It’s just another type of expanding foam chemical grout. We’ve been using similar products to control leakage/seepage in soils and cracked concrete structures for decades. Sounds entirely appropriate to me. I hope it helps save many lives. “When in doubt, drill and grout!”

  2. probably right into the wound….question is….how many are you going to kill clogging arteries that are ruptured….I guess if they are going to die anyways but it feels like this thing is a double edged sword.

  3. tI doesn’t have to be in exactly the right place because the foam expands to fill the entire region it’s injected into.

  4. It looks fantastic, but I wonder if it is going to be administrated by first responders, how are they supposed to inject it just at the right place, exactly over the internal wound ?.

  5. Please put this con artist in jail. If you belive anything he says you are dumber than a dead sponge.

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