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Method of controlling the flow of blood through a limb

  • US 5,234,459 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1992
  • Issued: 08/10/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of controlling the flow of blood through a limb or part of a patient'"'"'s body, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) encircling and tightening a tourniquet about said limb or part to apply bidirectional pressure on both sides of a limb or part;

    (b) inflating an inflatable means located between the tourniquet strap and a desired portion of the limb or part so that the inflated inflatable means exerts a desired pressure directly against said desired portion and indirectly against the opposite side of aid desired portion, wherein said tourniquet is applied as a distal forearm tourniquet and wherein the tourniquet is applied with the inflatable means on the dorsal aspect and strap means on volar aspect of the forearm between the middle and distal 1/3 to apply pressure to the posterior interosseous artery by the inflatable means and the anterior interosseous artery radial and ulnar arteries by the strap means.

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