Patent ID: 8926536
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
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 force-control buckle arranged to interconnect the opposite first and second end portions of the main body portion, thereby forming a loop; (c) a selectively inflatable hemostatic pressure application device attached to said inner face of said main body portion so as to direct hemostatic pressure inward toward a body of a patient; and (d) an auxiliary strap having a length and a first end attached to said main body portion, a part of said auxiliary strap spaced apart from said first end being selectively and releasably connected to said main body portion adjacent one 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 away from said loop.