Patent ID: 8524974

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 end portion adjacent one end of the curved plate; 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, and the first terminal end being adjacent to the one end of the plate; and wherein, when the band is wrapped around the limb and inflated, the inflated balloon applies a compressive force to the site in an oblique direction with respect to the surface of the limb.