A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
B
A61B 17/132 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2618332
The present invention is an apparatus and method for applying a tourniquet device to an injured appendage requiring only one hand comprising the steps of providing a releasable cable tie having an elongate band portion with regularly spaced grooves or projections on a first surface and a relatively smooth second surface, and a shroud member disposed at a proximal end of said elongate band portion adapted to receive the distal end of the band portion and having a releasable groove or projection engaging element incorporated therein, i6.ming a loop with said elongate band member such that the relatively smooth surface is facing radially inward and the regularly spaced grooves open radially outward, maneuvering the loop about the injured appendage, inserting the distal end of the elongate band into the shroud member such that the groove or projection engaging member is adjacent the grooves or projections, pulling the distal end of the elongate band through the shroud member until the requisite restriction of blood flow is achieved, and then releasing the groove engaging member after attending to the wound.
O'neil Terence
Smart & Biggar
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