Tourniquet

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1979-10-12

1982-03-30

Michell, Robert W.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128680, 128691, 128700, 128736, 128327, A61B 500

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043219292

ABSTRACT:
An automatic device, such as a tourniquet, and a control system therefor for arresting the flow of blood to the end of a limb, such as an arm or leg or a person. In one form, electronic sensing means senses one or more physiological variables of a patient to whose limb or body a tourniquet has been applied and generates signals which are applied to the inputs of a computer or microelectronic processor, which electrically processes and analyzes such signals and generates control signals for controlling the operation of one or more motors operating pumps for pumping fluid to cuff or restriction means such as a tourniquet to arrest the flow of blood therepast.

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Graham, M., ".mu.P Checks EKG and Pressure", Electronic Design, 19, Sep. 13, 1976.

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