Patent ID: 7384425
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for matching components of an apparatus for protecting a patient's limb from tourniquet-related injury, comprising the steps of: selecting a tourniquet cuff component having a length sufficient for encircling a limb at a location having a limb circumference of not less than a predetermined minimum limb circumference and not more than a predetermined maximum limb circumference; providing a limb protection sleeve component that is configured to have a tubular shape and a tubular circumference predetermined to be less than the predetermined minimum limb circumference wherein the sleeve is formed to allow elastic stretching of the tubular shape sufficient to increase the tubular circumference to be substantially equivalent to the limb circumference when the sleeve is applied to the limb between the cuff and limb, thereby applying a pressure to the limb that is greater than a predetermined minimum pressure and less than a predetermined maximum pressure of 25 mmHg; and matching the selected tourniquet cuff component and limb protection sleeve component by marking the cuff and sleeve to indicate that those two components match one another.