Patent ID: 7468067

Claim:
A one-hand operable tourniquet for medical applications, comprising: a tourniquet clamp having two opposing pivotally movable members, wherein the members are biased together at a front end, and biased apart at a back end; a cord having at least a portion secured to or securable to the back end of the tourniquet clamp and having a free end which passes between the two opposing movable members of the tourniquet clamp at the front end; and a safety lock which selectively prevents pivoting movement of the two opposing movable members when the free end of the cord is disposed between the two opposing movable members wherein the safety lock comprises a button insertable between the two opposing pivotally movable members in the back end of the tourniquet clamp, said button having at least a first portion which contacts a first of said two opposing pivotally movable members and at least a second portion which contacts a second of said two opposing pivotally movable members, whereby when said first portion and said second portion of said button respectively contact said first and second pivotally movable members said first and second pivotally movable members cannot pivot towards one another at said back end of said tourniquet clamp or away from each other at said front end of said tourniquet clamp, wherein one of said first and second pivotally movable members has a hole located at the back end of the tourniquet clamp, and the button has a U-shaped with legs that can be pressed together to fit through the hole and into a space between the two opposing pivotally movable members.