US 11,992,225 B2
Spiked elastic tourniquet
Jeffrey B. Kirkham, Draper, UT (US)
Filed by Jeffrey B. Kirkham, Draper, UT (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/156,997.
Application 17/156,997 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/262,681, filed on Jan. 30, 2019, granted, now 10,898,205.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,461, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0137532 A1, May 13, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1322 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tourniquet comprising:
an elongated elastomeric body that includes a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the elongated elastomeric body is provided with a set of holes located proximate to the proximal end;
a buckle that is secured proximately to the proximal end of the elongated elastomeric body; and
a set of one or more protruding spikes that are secured to the elongated elastomeric body and that are proximate to the buckle,
wherein a loop is formed by the proximal end of the elongated elastomeric body passing through an opening of the buckle and wrapping backwards to extend parallel to a particular length of the elongated elastomeric body to thereby form said loop such that the loop passes through the buckle's opening,
wherein at least one protruding spike in the set of one or more protruding spikes passes through the elongated elastomeric body at two separate locations, including at the proximal end and at the particular length of the elongated elastomeric body, such that the buckle is secured to the elongated elastomeric body via the loop, and
wherein the at least one protruding spike in the set of one or more protruding spikes has a length sufficient to enable the at least one protruding spike to pass through the elongated elastomeric body at least three times.