WALLINGFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Z-Medica Corporation, a medical device company developing innovative hemostatic agents, today announced that its QuikClot® Combat Gauze™ was named as one of the “Top Ten Greatest Inventions of 2008” by the U.S. Army Materiel Command at a ceremony on September 21, 2009. The winners were selected by active duty soldiers based on “the impact on Army capability, potential for benefit outside the Army and inventiveness,” according to an article by the Army News Service. The article continues, “When Soldiers do get hurt, there’s Combat Gauze — an inexpensive, lightweight, effective way to stop arterial bleeding. The gauze is impregnated with kaolin, a type of clay, known for the way it helps the body clot faster — and stop bleeding.”
