Patent ID: 8834516
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating hemostasis at a wound site, following percutaneous catheterization of a vessel using a manual vascular compression device, where a catheter has been inserted in the wound site, wherein the manual vascular compression device comprises a handle, a shaft extending generally perpendicular from said handle and a convex pad having a top side and a bottom side and connected to said shaft on a top side at a distal end from said handle, wherein the manual vascular compression device is made of mostly rigid material and wherein the handle, the shaft and the pad are made of mostly rigid material and are formed as a single member, comprising the steps of: (a) placing the pad of the device at the wound site parallel to a blood vessel; (b) manually rocking the pad of the device proximally along the blood vessel and applying pressure to control blood flow; (c) removing the catheter; and (d) manually rocking the pad of the device distally towards the wound site parallel to the blood vessel and applying pressure until hemostasis occurs; wherein said step (b) of manually rocking the pad of the device proximally along the blood vessel and applying pressure to control blood flow is performed while removing the catheter.