And when it comes to a carotid injury, how fast can one of these injuries get out of hand when it comes down to making sure that you get that bleeding stopped?

Yeah, the bleed out can occur really in under two minutes.

It occurs very fast.

And so the initial response of any first responder would be to apply pressure with your hand.

And that does stop bleeding and help the problem a little bit, but the problem is then that particular medic would have to be taken out of operation and have to stay there in that situation until you can get that patient transported.

This device takes the place of that handhold applies pressure constantly, stays in place, allows for transport, and you have this fine adjust right here that you can toggle in the case of additional bleeding.

And then you can get this patient to help critical care whatever they need next in the line of duty to help this person.

So after years of development and testing, what does it finally mean to get FDA approval?

Can you talk about the features and how it has been designed so that it stabilizes the patient?

Okay, I'll take a first stab at that.

You know, the primary feature is the carotid, compressing the carotid in such a way that it doesn't, as Lauren mentioned, get in the way of other possible medical interventions.

And it does that by providing a load across the neck.

directly 180 degrees in opposition to the carotid is where we apply pressure.

And that occludes that artery or vein or whatever the blood happens to be coming from in that region.

That was a primary function all along.

No, meaning once you get FDA approval, it's not an automatic to get a patent?