Patent ID: 8366739
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for exsanguinating a portion of an extremity, the device comprising: i) an elastic torus configured to exsanguinate a limb when surrounding an extremity and pulled at a first linear rate in a first direction; ii) a handle operatively associated with said elastic torus; and iii) at least one elongate attachment element mechanically coupled to said torus to convey pulling force from said handle to said torus, wherein a length of said elongate attachment element between said handle and said torus elongates at a different rate than said first rate, during said pulling, further comprising an elongate flexible tube wound around said elastic torus and wherein said at least one elongate attachment element further comprises at least two elongate attachment elements: at least one external strap configured to be juxtaposed along an external longitudinal surface of said elongate tube; and at least one internal strap configured to be juxtaposed along an internal longitudinal surface of said elongate tube.