US 12,251,113 B2
Method and apparatus for adjustable and simultaneous multiple vessel compression
Olivier François Bertrand, Quebec (CA); Ramses Galaz, Hermosillo (MX); Arnoldo Heredia, Miramar (MX); and Daniel Gomez, Hermosillo (MX)
Assigned to LES ENTREPRISES NANOSTENT INC., Quebec (CA)
Appl. No. 17/614,015
Filed by LES ENTREPRISES NANOSTENT INC., Quebec (CA)
PCT Filed Jun. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/050751
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/243825, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/858,064, filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233201 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1325 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1327 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00902 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A device for applying an adjustable compression on a vessel access point, the device comprising:
a frame comprising a body forming a cavity to be placed on the vessel access point; and
a compression member to be movably fitted in the cavity, wherein a portion of the frame defines a space into which a portion of the compression member is fitted and around which the portion of the compression member hinges, a side of the compression member opposite a portion around which the portion of the compression member hinges comprising teeth which engage with the frame at an interface between the teeth and the frame to lock the compression member in a given hinge position for applying the adjustable compression onto the vessel access point, the compression member comprising a bottom surface having a constant radius of curvature along a bottom thereof to provide patient comfort during wearing; and
a pad along a bottom surface of the compression member, wherein the pad comprises a hole forming a window for viewing through the pad.