US 12,295,588 B1
Adaptable partial circumferential tourniquet
John M Croushorn, Hoover, AL (US)
Assigned to Compression Works, LLC, Birmingham, AL (US)
Filed by Compression Works, LLC, Birmingham, AL (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,170.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,549, filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61B 17/135 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1325 (2013.01) [A61B 17/135 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A tourniquet, comprising:
a. a baseplate;
b. a pair of segmented arms depending downward from said baseplate;
c. an airtight bladder depending downward from said baseplate, said bladder having integral side portions depending downward from said baseplate and along an underside of each said segmented arm; and,
d. a cable wire system integrated into each downward depending segmented arm and controlled from a central spool held within said baseplate such that as cable wire is gathered up in said spool said pair of segmented arms compress inwards toward a central point below said baseplate.