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Hemostatic device

  • US 8,524,974 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2012
  • Issued: 09/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. 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.

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