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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA (US);
Inventor:
Alfred Z. Abuhamad, Norfolk, VA (US);
Assignee:
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61F 5/34 (2006.01); A61F 5/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1325 (2013.01); A61F 5/03 (2013.01); A61F 5/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are devices for reducing postpartum hemorrhage, including a belt having a fastener for securing the belt around a patient's body, a bladder being inflatable with air and adapted to be placed over the patient's abdomen for applying selective external pressure to the patient's uterus, a manual pump operably connected to the bladder to change air pressure of the bladder, and a pressure gauge for indicating the air pressure. Methods for using the devices are also disclosed.