Device for control of hemorrhage including stabilized point pressure device
US9427238B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 6, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00557
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A junctional and truncal tourniquet and hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured and to secure a pressure applying device with a preferred amount of tension so that blood vessel-occluding pressure can be applied to stem hemorrhaging. The device may be wrapped around a patient's torso and may include inflatable pressure application bladders useful to occlude blood vessels proximal to an injury on a limb. A stabilizing support device may carry an inflatable pressure application bladder and a separate and removable pressure-concentrating member. An auxiliary strap may be connected to the stabilizing support device and used to keep the junctional and truncal tourniquet and the inflatable pressure application bladder in place on a patient's torso.
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