Patent ID: 9011483
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An elongated, inflatable tourniquet cuff for encircling a limb of a patient, the cuff having a length and a width and a top surface, the cuff comprising: a first port for inflating the inflatable tourniquet cuff; a first end having a fastener extending therefrom; a second end opposite the first end and including a first slot through which fits the fastener and first end of the inflatable tourniquet cuff so that a first inflatable portion of the cuff is extendable through the first slot to overlap a second inflatable portion of the cuff resulting in an overlapped surface between the first inflatable portion and second inflatable portion, such that the inflatable tourniquet cuff, including the overlapping first and second inflatable portions, encircles a limb with the fastener located between the first and second ends to engage the top surface of the cuff; the cuff further comprising: an elongated inflatable first cuff member including: an inflatable first end having a second fastener extending therefrom; a second end opposite the first end and including the first slot; the first port connected to the inflatable first cuff member; an elongated inflatable second cuff member including: an inflatable first end from which extends the fastener; a second end opposite the first end and including a second port connected to the second cuff member for inflating the second cuff member; wherein the overlapped surface long axes of the first inflatable cuff member and second inflatable cuff members are aligned, the second end of the second cuff member also including a second slot through which extends the inflatable first end and second fastener of the first cuff member; wherein the second fastener extending from the first cuff member engages the second cuff member, thereby connecting together the first and second cuff members to comprise the inflated tourniquet cuff.