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    gel-e is developing a line of advanced hemostatic and wound treatment products that address unmet needs from the operating room to the backyard. Following previous clearances for topical and external use of its platform technology, the company is now expanding its label to include use for internal and surgical applications. The first product, now on an accelerated path as a Breakthrough Device, is an expanding injectable hemostat, Life Foam. Life Foam can rapidly provide temporary control of bleeding from non-compressible abdominal wounds that are not amenable to tourniquet application in trauma and battlefield conditions. As the tradename suggests, this product is designed to save the lives of those injured in battle, or that are the victims of traumatic accidents or even terrorist attacks.
     
    Trauma from accidents is the third leading cause of death in the US after only heart disease and cancer. Approximately 85 percent 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. Life Foam is designed to dramatically expand once it is delivered into the abdominal cavity where it can seek out the cause of bleeding to rapidly and reliably stabilize the patient or wounded warrior. Once complete, this allows the injured safe passage to a trained trauma surgeon who can repair the damage in a controlled surgical environment, reducing the risks of loss of life or limb. Life Foam is currently in pre-clinical development for the treatment of patients with injuries sustained in battlefield conditions or where life-threatening internal bleeding occurs away from immediate urgent care.
     
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    "Receiving Breakthrough Device Designation is an important milestone in accelerating the development and clinical implementation of Life Foam, which holds so much potential to save lives on the battlefield and in treating traumatic injuries.," said Dr. Matthew Dowling, Chief Scientific Officer of gel-e. "We look forward to collaborating with the FDA to hasten the clinical development of Life Foam so that it can be used to treat a condition which is otherwise is often deadly or disabling."
     
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