Patent ID: 9681878
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method for using an elongate band structured as an elastic membrane having a length in excess of about one foot, the band having elastic resilience so that, when the band is stretched along its length axis and wrapped around a human limb, tension inherent in the band causes a constriction on the limb sufficient to resist venous blood flow in the limb, with a fastener carried at one end of the band, the fastener being adapted to form a connection between the one end and only a surface of the band at a selected one of a plurality of locations spaced apart along the length axis, the method comprising in the following order: a) wrapping the band in stretched condition around the circumference of a human limb to over-wrap and thereby trap one end of the band against the limb effective to anchor the one end; b) maintaining a stretched condition in a portion of the band by tucking a proximal end portion under a wrap of the band effective to hold the proximal end portion at an anchored position; c) performing a phlebotomy procedure on the limb; d) removing the proximal end portion from the anchored position and freeing the band from engagement with the limb; e) applying a bandage to the limb; g) wrapping the band in stretched condition over the bandage and continuing around the entire circumference of the limb to over-wrap and thereby trap one end of the band against the limb; and g) affixing the fastener to only a surface of the band at a location effective to maintain pressure on the bandage.