Patent ID: 11931046
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of applying a junctional tourniquet to a common femoral artery (CFA) comprising:
providing a tourniquet comprising three support pillars forming three slots, a first tourniquet strap, and a second tourniquet strap;
placing the base on a patient overlying the CFA such that the first support pillar is lateral and the second and third support pillars are superior and inferior medial;
placing a first windlass superficial of the first tourniquet strap to the contralateral anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS);
passing the first tourniquet strap behind the patient around the waist to the ipsilateral side then through the inferiolateral slot first and the medial slot second;
closing the first tourniquet strap;
placing a second windlass superficial to the ipsilateral femoral head;
passing the second tourniquet strap under the patient's thigh and through the groin then through the inferiolateral slot first and the superiolateral slot second;
closing the second tourniquet strap;
alternate tightening both tourniquets straps; and
alternate tightening each windlass.