Wound anchor sterile pen
AssigneeGram Tactical LLC
InventorJames William Staggs
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Abstract
A wound anchor sterile pen (WASP), and a system and method for administering to wounds of mass casualties using multiple WASPs. This system has tactical, EMS, Mass Casualty, disaster, lay-responder and self-use in mind. It is also designed to allow tracking using RFID tags and Blockchain technology. It is a needed product for treating mass casualties in combat as well as in shooting situations such as those that have recently occurred at schools, night clubs and other large gatherings. The device can assist in stopping blood flow from wounds and give the injured person more time to obtain hospital treatment to hopefully preserve the person’s life.
Claims14
A device for filling a person’s wound to stop bleeding therefrom, comprising:
- a body comprising:
- a lower section having an interior portion that stores at least one or a plurality of expandable anchor(s) made of blood absorbing material that expands in size initially after leaving the body and further upon contacting and absorbing blood;
- an upper section having an interior portion that contains an expandable anchor deployment component configured to deploy the expandable anchor(s) from the lower section;
- a forward end including a knife blade, and a depth limiter, wherein the knife blade is configured to cut through a skin surface to facilitate introduction of the forward end and deployment of the expandable anchor(s);
- and the depth limiter is configured to control insertion depth of the device into the person’s wound, the depth limiter having a diameter larger than that of the lower section and the upper section, the depth limiter positioned between the knife blade and the lower section;
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- a removable cap configured to cover the forward end, at least a portion of the removable cap having a diameter equal to the diameter of the depth limiter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.