US 12,263,322 B1
Epistaxis controlling device and method of using the same
Ahmad Salman Alroqi, Riyadh (SA)
Assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY, Riyadh (SA)
Filed by KING SAUD UNIVERSITY, Riyadh (SA)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/638,167.
Int. Cl. A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 31/00 (2013.01) [A61B 17/2812 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical apparatus, comprising:
a first elongated structural component;
a second elongated structural component; and
a coupling component pivotally coupling the first and second elongated structural components to one another,
wherein the first elongated structural component includes a first handle portion, a first operating portion and a first through opening disposed between the first handle portion and the first operating portion,
wherein the second elongated structural component includes a second handle portion, a second operating portion and a second through opening disposed between the second handle portion and the second operating portion,
wherein the coupling component extends at least partially in the first and second through openings, and
wherein the first operating portion has a first end proximate to the first through opening, a second end distal to the first through opening, and a body extending between the first and second ends thereof, wherein the body of the first operating portion includes a first slit penetrating said body entirely in a first direction and extending along at least a portion of a length of said body between the first and second ends thereof, the first slit defining a first holding component and a second holding component in the body of the first operating portion,
wherein the body of the first operating portion further includes a second slit penetrating said body entirely in a second direction, wherein the second slit extends along at least a portion of the length of said body between the first and second ends thereof, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction such that the first and second slits intersect one another in the body of the first operating portion,
wherein the first and second slits define the first holding component, the second holding component, a third holding component and a fourth holding component in the body of the first operating portion,
wherein the first holding component, the second holding component, the third holding component and the fourth holding component extend along a same portion of the length of the body of the first operating portion, said same portion of the length of the body of the first operating portion extending in a direction between the first and second ends of said body, and
wherein the first holding component, the second holding component, the third holding component and the fourth holding component are separated from one another by the first and second slits along respective lengths of the first holding component, the second holding component, the third holding component and the fourth holding component, said respective lengths of said first to fourth holding components extending in the direction between the first and second ends of the body of the first operating portion.