Junctional hemorrhage occlusion device
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsKevin Ward, Jeffrey Stephen Plott
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Abstract
A junctional hemorrhage control device includes a strap and a base operably connected to the strap. A strap carriage is operably connected to, and linearly translatable relative to, the base. A screw assembly is rotatably attached to the base. The screw assembly moves the strap carriage away from the base when the screw assembly is operated in one direction and towards the base when the screw assembly is operated in an opposite direction. A removable pressure plate is attached to the base to apply occlusion pressure to a hemorrhage location.
Claims18
A portable compact hemorrhage occlusion device comprising:
- a strap;
- a base operably connected to the strap;
- a pressure plate attached to the base;
- a strap carriage that is linearly translatable relative to the base;
- a screw assembly that is rotatably attached to the base;
- and
- an anti-rotation bar,
- wherein the screw assembly moves the strap carriage away from the base when the screw assembly is operated in one direction and towards the base when the screw assembly is operated in an opposite direction, and
- wherein the anti-rotation bar prevents relative rotational movement between the strap carriage and the base.
A portable compact hemorrhage occlusion device, comprising:
- a strap;
- a base operably connected to the strap;
- a pressure plate attached to the base;
- a strap carriage that is linearly translatable relative to the base;
- and
- a screw assembly that is rotatably attached to the base,
- wherein the screw assembly moves the strap carriage away from the base when the screw assembly is operated in one direction and towards the base when the screw assembly is operated in an opposite direction, and
- wherein the base includes a flexible arm that selectively secures the pressure plate to the base.
A method of applying a portable compact hemorrhage occlusion device, the method comprising:
- providing a portable compact hemorrhage occlusion device including a strap, a base, a strap carriage, a screw assembly, and a pressure plate removably attached to the base;
- wrapping the strap around part of a body;
- sliding the strap into the strap carriage;
- and
- fixing the strap in position relative to the strap carriage,
- wherein the base includes a flexible arm that selectively secures the pressure plate to the base.
An anti-hemorrhage system comprising:
- an adjustable strap;
- a first base operationally connected to the adjustable strap;
- a first strap carriage that is linearly translatable relative to the first base, the first strap carriage comprising a first strap securing opening;
- a first screw assembly that is rotatably attached to the first base;
- and
- a pressure plate being capable of being removably attached to the first base,
- wherein the first screw assembly moves the first strap carriage away from the first base when the first screw assembly is operated in one direction and towards the first base when the first screw assembly is operated in an opposite direction, and
- wherein the first base includes a flexible arm that selectively secures the pressure plate to the first base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.