Direct pressure device
AssigneeAltitude Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMarissa McAfee, Rowdy Reeves, Cliff Laymon
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Abstract
A direct pressure device, which may be a device designed to hold direct pressure to a wound that has been packed with a hemostatic agent or to control distal hemorrhage by maintaining pressure to a pressure point. The direct pressure device may be designed to be used with two tourniquets or an elastic wrap/ACE wrap-type device to apply downward pressure to control bleeding from a wound or to apply pressure to a pressure point. The direct pressure device may be a small, lightweight, versatile device that is inexpensive and portable, which may enable it to reach those within the field that need it.
Claims8
A direct pressure device comprising:
- a deck;
- a body projecting perpendicularly from the deck and terminating in an apex, where the body is an apex pylon;
- a plurality of apex supports extending at an angle both in a direction of the deck and outward from the apex;
- and
- a plurality of cross members extending radially outward from the apex pylon at a location spaced from the deck but closer to the deck than the apex, wherein each of the plurality of apex supports are connected to a respective cross member of the plurality of cross members and extends from the apex to the respective cross member:
- where the cross members each terminate in a tie down and where each of the tie downs curve radially outward from the cross member and radially inward towards the deck such that they project outwardly relative to both the apex supports and the deck.
A direct pressure device comprising:
- a deck;
- a body projecting perpendicularly from the deck and terminating in an apex, where the body is an apex pylon;
- a plurality of apex supports extending at an angle both in a direction of the deck and outward from the apex;
- a plurality of cross members extending radially outward from the apex pylon at a location spaced from the deck but closer to the deck than the apex, wherein each of the plurality of apex supports are connected to a respective cross member of the plurality of cross members and extends from the apex to the respective cross member;
- and
- a landing gear extending horizontally outward from the apex or from the apex supports,
- where the landing gear is L-shaped, connecting on one end to the apex or one of the apex supports and on an opposing end to one of the cross members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.