Patent ID: 9642628
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A method directed at minimizing occurrences of occlusion of a radial artery after performing a catheterization procedure on a hand of a patient at an access site of the radial artery, comprising performing the following steps: (a) wrapping and securing a band around the hand of the patient at the access site where bleeding is to be stopped, said band comprising a first balloon and a second balloon; (b) continuously applying a first pressure to an ulnar artery at an ulnar pressure site by inflating the first balloon, wherein the first pressure only partially compresses the ulnar artery; (c) applying a second pressure to the radial artery by inflating the second balloon at the access site; (d) maintaining simultaneously the first pressure to the ulnar artery and the second pressure to the radial artery at least until hemostasis of the radial artery is achieved, wherein steps (b) and (c) precede step (d).