Patent ID: 8759603

Claim:
A hemostatic device comprising: a flexible band adapted to be wrapped around a limb of a patient at a site on the limb where bleeding is to be stopped; means for securing the band in a wrapped state to the patient's limb; a curved plate having an inner peripheral surface, the plate being made of a material more rigid than the band, and the plate having a curved portion; a balloon on the inner peripheral surface of the curved plate and configured to be inflated when a fluid is introduced into the balloon; wherein the band has a portion including a double layer construction defining a curved plate holder, and the curved plate is positioned in a gap in the double layer construction such that the curved plate is held in the curved plate holder of the band; wherein the balloon includes a first terminal end, the first terminal end being connected to the band; a tube communicating with an interior of the balloon; a connector connected to the tube and into which a syringe is insertable to introduce the fluid in the syringe into the balloon by way of the tube; the connector including a check valve which closes when the syringe is not connected to the connector to prevent fluid which has been introduced into the balloon from leaking out; and wherein the curved plate includes opposing side end portions in a longitudinal direction of the band, the curved plate defining, on the side end portion corresponding to the terminal end of the balloon that is connected to the band, a portion with a smaller radius of curvature than the other side end portion of the curved plate.