US 12,349,924 B2
Mechanical tourniquet apparatus and method of use
Christopher B. Kosiorek, La Vernia, TX (US); Ryan Williams, Olathe, KS (US); Esra Abir, New York, NY (US); Brenda Mee, West Newfield, ME (US); Dexter C. Drayton, San Antonio, TX (US); Neslihan Damar, Instanbul (TR); Nilufer Polat, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Yavuz Avci, Sunnyside, NY (US)
Assigned to ALPHAPOINTE, Kansas City, MO (US)
Filed by ALPHAPOINTE, Kansas City, MO (US)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,082.
Application 16/369,902 is a division of application No. 14/500,191, filed on Sep. 29, 2014, granted, now 10,271,855, issued on Apr. 30, 2019.
Application 17/740,082 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/790,536, filed on Feb. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,504,135.
Application 17/740,082 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/369,902, filed on Mar. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,324,516.
Application 16/790,536 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/847,033, filed on Dec. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,716,577, issued on Jul. 21, 2020.
Application 14/500,191 is a continuation of application No. 14/500,084, filed on Sep. 29, 2014, granted, now 9,855,055, issued on Jan. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/805,753, filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/883,769, filed on Sep. 27, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/883,797, filed on Sep. 27, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265281 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/135 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/135 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01); A61B 17/1327 (2013.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.02); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tourniquet comprising:
a tourniquet body having a length sufficient to encircle a limb; and
a carriage engaged with the tourniquet body,
wherein the tourniquet is moveable from an unconstricted configuration towards a constricted configuration,
wherein the carriage is formed at least partially from a first material, the first material being a rigid or semi-rigid material,
wherein the carriage comprises a base plate and a first bridge with a horizontal portion displaced radially outboard from the base plate,
wherein the carriage further comprises a second bridge, said first and second bridges being positioned at respective first and second ends of the carriage, the first and second bridges defining respective first and second niches,
wherein the tourniquet body extends through the first and second niches,
wherein the first and second bridges are configured to allow the tourniquet body to move efficiently through respective first and second niches when moving the tourniquet from the unconstricted configuration towards the constricted configuration, and
wherein the first bridge comprises opposed radial portions extending between the base plate and the horizontal portion of the first bridge, thereby defining the first niche.