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Hemostatic device

  • US 8,759,603 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2013
  • Issued: 06/24/2014
  • 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 portion;

    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;

    a tube communicating with an interior of the balloon;

    a connector connected to the tube and into which a syringe is insertable to introduce the fluid in the syringe into the balloon by way of the tube;

    the connector including a check valve which closes when the syringe is not connected to the connector to prevent fluid which has been introduced into the balloon from leaking out; and

    wherein the curved plate includes opposing side end portions in a longitudinal direction of the band, the curved plate defining, on the side end portion corresponding to the terminal end of the balloon that is connected to the band, a portion with a smaller radius of curvature than the other side end portion of the curved plate.

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