Patent ID: 7498477

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 side, the plate is made of a material more rigid than the band and at least a portion of which is curved toward the inner peripheral side, a main balloon provided on the inner peripheral side of the curved plate at a position deviated to a first end of the curved plate from a center portion of the curved plate in the lengthwise direction of the band, and the main balloon is connected to the band by a connector only on a side of the main balloon adjacent the first end of the curved plate, wherein the main balloon inflates when a fluid is introduced therein, the curved plate possessing a curved portion between the center portion and the first end of the curved plate, and a pressing member which is provided between the curved plate and the main balloon so that at least a portion thereof overlaps with the main balloon and which is adapted for pressing against the main balloon.