Pressure wrap device

• US 5,295,996 A
• Filed: 06/29/1992
• Issued: 03/22/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dean H. Blair
• Original Assignee: Dean H. Blair
• Inventors: Blair, Dean H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thaler, Michael H.
• Application Number:
  US07/906,098
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 606/204, 606/189, 606/203, 128/119.1
• US Class Current: 606/203
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1325 with means for applying local pressure pressure pads A61F5/30

Abstract

A tourniquet device is arranged for securement about a limb of an individual in cooperation with a major cardiovascular pressure point, wherein an elastomeric strap is securable at its ends having a semi-spherical projection mounted to a top surface of the strap for projection against the aforenoted pressure point. A modification of the invention includes adjustment structure for the projection to include an accessory projection, or alternatively an adjustable projection, mounted to the strap structure.

Claims

1. A pressure wrap device, comprising,

an elastomeric strap, the strap having a strap first end and strap second end, the strap first end having a first end loop, and

the strap second end including a connector, the connector having a connector loop receiving the first end loop, and

a C-shaped connector leg extending from the connector loop, with a connector gap oriented between the connector leg and the connector loop, and

the strap having a strap bottom surface and a strap top surface, the strap top surface including a semi-spherical projection, and

the strap bottom surface including a first hook and loop fastener patch adjacent the strap second end, and a second hook and loop fastener patch spaced from the first hook and loop fastener patch, and between the first hook and loop fastener patch and the projection, wherein the first hook and loop fastener patch is securable to the second hook and loop fastener patch to configure a second loop to receive the connector leg, and

the projection includes a cylindrical support hub fixedly mounted medially of the elastomeric strap, the support hub including an externally threaded cylindrical side wall, and cap means adjustably mounted relative to the externally threaded side wall for effecting adjustable projection of the cap means relative to the strap top surface, and

the cap means includes a cylindrical intermediate cap, the intermediate cap including an internally threaded lower skirt adjustably and threadedly securable to the externally threaded side wall of the support hub, and the intermediate cap having an intermediate cap bore, the support hub having a support hub bore, and the strap having a strap bore, wherein the strap bore, the hub bore, and the intermediate cap bore are coaxially aligned, and further including a semi-spherical cap head having a cap head planar bottom surface having an indicator rod fixedly and coaxially mounted to the cap head, wherein the indicator rod is slidably received through the intermediate cap bore, the support hub bore, and the strap bore, and a spring member interposed between the intermediate cap and the cap head wound about the indicator rod.

2. A pressure wrap device as set forth in claim 1 further including an accessory projection, with the accessory projection having a cavity arranged for receiving the cap head, the intermediate cap, and the support hub therewithin, the accessory projection mounted to a flexible band, with the flexible band including a flexible band opening in communication with the cavity, the flexible band having a flexible band first end fastener and a flexible band second end fastener to selectively secure the flexible band about the strap.