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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stewart E Marsden, Montville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606203 ;
Abstract
A tourniquet providing for generation of an alarm signal upon passage of a predetermined time after the tourniquet is placed on the patient's limb. The tourniquet includes an elongate flexible body having a pair of spaced-apart connection locations for attachment to secure the body in circumscribing relationship about the limb. A signal alarm is placed in transmission continuity with the connection locations for establishing a complete transmission circuit upon attachment of the connection locations. The signal alarm is placed in a signal generating condition upon completion of the transmission circuit.