Portable Abdominal Insufflator

  • Clinical Condition
    •  Uncontrolled and incompressible internal abdominal bleeding causes trauma patient's death before they reach the hospital.

  • Current Practice
    • No option for pre-hospital bleeding control.
    • High risk of pre-hospital death or severe organ damage.

  • Solution
    •  Rapid and controlled abdominal insufflation.
    • A pressure gradient compresses injured blood vessels. 
    • Animal studies: safe and effective temporary bleeding control.
    • US patent awarded.
    • Large potential market to military and civilian trauma as well as routine laparoscopy.
    • Proof of concept prototype available.