Patent ID: 8353927
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A radial artery compression device, the radial artery compression device adapted to allow a user to provide varying degrees of pressurization against a patient's radial artery to maintain a desired degree of hemostasis at a percutaneous access site, the radial artery compression device comprising: a body; a rotatable member positioned adjacent the body such that the rotatable member can be rotated relative to the body; a compression pad operably coupled to the rotatable member; a threaded shaft formed of rigid material and disposed through the body, the threaded shaft being positioned between the body and the compression pad, the threaded shaft configured to move the compression pad with respect to the body as the rotatable member is rotated relative to the body such that rotation of the rotatable member does not affect the rotational orientation of the compression pad; a securement member adapted to secure the position of the body relative to the portion of a patient's wrist corresponding with the radial artery, such that rotation of the rotatable member in a first direction is adapted to increase the amount of compression applied to the radial artery by the compression pad, and rotation of the rotatable member in a second direction is adapted to decrease the amount of compression applied by the radial artery to the compression pad; and a viewing window positioned within a central void of the rotatable member.