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Limb protection sleeve for matching tourniquet cuff

  • US 6,361,548 B1
  • Filed: 08/20/1999
  • Issued: 03/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for protecting a patient'"'"'s limb from tourniquet-related injury, comprising:

  • a tourniquet cuff having a length sufficient for encircling a limb having a limb circumference within a range of not less than a predetermined minimum and not more than a predetermined maximum, and wherein the cuff has a first indicium thereon that is indicative of that range, and wherein the cuff forms a generally cylindrical shape when encircling the limb and includes a protruding port portion;

    a stretchable limb protection sleeve having a tubular shape and an unstretched circumference that is less than the predetermined minimum, the sleeve including a proximal edge and a distal edge, the proximal edge being shaped to have a protrusion such that the width of the sleeve varies between the proximal edge and the distal edge, and wherein the protrusion of the sleeve is underlies the port portion when the sleeve is applied to the limb beneath the cuff; and

    matching means carried on the sleeve and perceptible to a user for matching the sleeve to the first indicium of the cuff.

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