Patent ID: 9427238
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A device for controlling hemorrhage, comprising: (a) an elongate main body portion having opposite first and second end portions, an inner face, and an outer face; (b) a fastener and connecting members arranged to interconnect the opposite first and second end portions of the main body portion, thereby forming a loop; (c) an elongate, rigid stabilizer member having an inner end attached to the main body portion and an outer end spaced apart from the main body portion; (d) a selectively inflatable hemostatic pressure application device attached to said stabilizer member and oriented so as to direct hemostatic pressure inward with respect to the loop, toward a body of a patient; and (e) an auxiliary strap having a length and a first end attached to said outer end of said stabilizer member, an intermediate part of said auxiliary strap that is spaced apart from said first end being selectively and releasably connected to said main body portion between and apart from each of said opposite first and second end portions thereof so that said auxiliary strap extends away from said main body portion in a selected divergent direction towards said stabilizer member.