US 12,343,019 B2
Tourniquet windlass assembly with interchangeable tool implements
Michael Shedd, Fort Worth, TX (US); Miles Taylor, Aledo, TX (US); and Anna Boulware, Aledo, TX (US)
Assigned to M-Pak, Inc., Aledo, TX (US)
Filed by M-Pak, Inc., Aledo, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/093,048.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/302,005, filed on Jan. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233213 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/132 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1327 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1325 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tourniquet windlass assembly comprising:
a windlass shaft having an elongated tubular body with an elongated slot defined in the elongated tubular body;
at least one end cap removably securable to at least one end of the elongated tubular body of the windlass shaft;
a main tourniquet strap;
a fastener coupled to the main tourniquet strap and adapted to removably secure and immobilize the windlass shaft relative to the main tourniquet strap;
a windlass strap having first and second ends coupled to the main tourniquet strap, and the windlass strap being threaded through the elongated slot defined in the elongated tubular body of the windlass shaft; and
wherein the fastener is configured to receive and secure the windlass shaft.