Patent ID: 8486106

Claim:
A single-use disposable digital tourniquet, comprising: a substantially rigid block support body defining a curved digit contact outer surface and an opposing outer surface, the curved digit contact surface being concave relative to the block body, the digit contact surface having first and second channel apertures, the digit contact surface being sized and configured to hold a target digit thereagainst, wherein the support body and digit contact surface span at least a major portion of a width of a target digit, the support body comprising first and second spaced apart cuff channels sized and configured to receive a cuff therethrough, wherein the first and second cuff channels extend substantially side-by-side in a depth direction of the support body between the digit contact surface and the opposing outer surface such that, in position, a cuff extends out of the first and second channels of the block body from the first and second channel apertures in the digit contact surface, wherein the block body and cuff cooperate to provide safe occlusive pressures to both sides of the target digit, and wherein, in position, the depth direction is substantially orthogonal to both sagittal and axial directions of a target digit held against the digit contact surface of the support body; and a pivoting clamp that is attached to the block body and is configured with a user accessible member that allows a user to manually pivot the clamp between open and closed positions.