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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
North American Rescue, Llc, Greer, SC (US);
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Darrel Saunders, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ricardo Flores-Artola, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Joanne Walters, Blue Ridge, GA (US);
Michael Duncan, Greer, SC (US);
Lester Martinez-Lopez, Valrico, FL (US);
Joshua Markham, Milford, OH (US);
Brent Bronson, Duncan, SC (US);
John B. Holcomb, Austin, TX (US);
Keith Gates, Austin, TX (US);
Andy Burgess, Austin, TX (US);
North American Rescue, LLC, Greer, SC (US);
The University Of Texas Health Care Center at Houston, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a tourniquet comprising: a strap; a pelvic pad included in the strap having a pocket defined in the pelvic pad for receiving a semi-rigid stiffening member; base plates slidably attached to the strap allowing the base plates to be positioned along the strap; a threaded shaft received in each of the base plates; a pressure pad removable attached to a distal end of each of the shafts; a handle attached to a proximal end of each of the shafts having openings defined in each end of the handle; and, a rotational arresting strap attached to each base plate having a securing tab that can be received in one of the handle openings thereby preventing the shaft from rotating when the securing tab is received in sand handle opening.