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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2014
Applicant:
The Seaberg Company, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Inventors:
Lance D. Hopman, Tigard, OR (US);
Eric E. Batdorf, Oregon City, OR (US);
Assignee:
THE SEABERG COMPANY, INC., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61B 17/135 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1322 (2013.01); A61B 17/135 (2013.01); A61B 17/1327 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tourniquet for application to a patient's limb in an emergency situation, and a method for application of the tourniquet. The tourniquet includes a tension-sensing mechanism used to establish a baseline tension in a loop around an injured limb, and a tension-increasing mechanism to tighten the tourniquet as required beyond the baseline tension.