"An homage to October 7": The story behind the world’s first automatic tourniquet
CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Edan Razinovsky, CEO of XMetix, which is automating life-saving medical tech with the world’s first automatic tourniquet against the backdrop of a local defense-sector surge.
Xmetix at the Defense Tech Expo 2026
(Video: Daniel Campos)
"We can automate everything, but the one thing we don't automate is stopping the blood and blood loss for the battlefield and for soldiers," says Edan Razinovsky, CEO of Xmetix. The Israeli startup is responsible for the TAK710, the world’s first automatic tourniquet, a device whose existence serves as a solemn but powerful tribute to the day of its inception. As Razinovsky explains: "710 is actually the homage to the 7th of October when this was actually invented and created in our minds."
Razinovsky spoke with CTech’s Amy Shapiro during the Defense Tech Expo 2026 in Tel Aviv (February 17 2026), an event that underscored the significant shift of the Israeli technology sector. In the wake of October 7, Israel’s defense sector has experienced a maturation, accelerating from a period of rapid adaptation to a sustained "gold rush," driven by battlefield-proven solutions and a global increase in defense spending.
Beyond its military use-case, the company sees the adoption of such a device as a critical and universal necessity. It offers a more effective alternative for localized emergencies, such as shark attacks, while addressing the urgent need for better response methods in the wake of ongoing hostile tragedies like the Hanukkah Massacre in Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025. "Right after the Bondi Beach incident... the Australian government reached out to us and said we need this for mass casualty events," says Razinovsky.
Ultimately, Xmetix hopes to make the TAK710 a standard fixture in public safety infrastructure. According to Razinovsky, "we see this in every classroom, every defibrillator box, everywhere."
You can watch the full conversation in the video above.
