Compression system
AssigneeSt. Jude Medical Systems AB
InventorErik Düring
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention relates to a compression system (1) for compression against a puncture site of a vessel in a patient, comprising: a compression element (4) adapted to apply a pressure against said puncture site; a tightening unit (5) adapted to extend around a part of or the whole of the patient's body to fixate and to tighten the compression element against said puncture site; wherein the compression element is provided with a placement mark (18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25) indicating where the compression element should be placed in relation to an entrance site through the skin of the patient made to reach said puncture site, in order to apply pressure against said puncture site.
Claims22
1-15. (canceled)
A compression system for compression against a puncture site of a vessel in a patient, comprising:
- a compression element adapted to apply a pressure against said puncture site;
- a tightening unit adapted to extend around a part of, or the whole of, the patient's body to fixate and to tighten the compression element against said puncture site;
- wherein the compression element is provided with a placement mark indicating where the compression element should be placed in relation to an entrance site through the skin of the patient made to reach said puncture site, in order to direct pressure against said puncture site.
A method for applying compression against a puncture site of a vessel in a patient, comprising:
- aligning a placement mark, positioned on a compressive element offset from an apex of the compressive element, with respect to an entrance site, through the skin of the patient, the entrance site being made to reach said puncture site;
- and
- causing the compression element to direct pressure against said puncture site.
A method for applying compression against a puncture site of a vessel in a patient, comprising:
- aligning a placement mark, positioned on a compressive element offset from a center point of the compressive element, with respect to an entrance site, through the skin of the patient, the entrance site being made to reach said puncture site;
- and
- causing the compression element to direct pressure against said puncture site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.