ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,578, issued on Jan. 20.
"Self-locking tourniquet" was invented by Jiale Yu (Guangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a self-locking tourniquet, including a base strap, a binding strap, a buckle frame and a tightening component, where the binding strap is attached to one end of the base strap, the buckle frame is connected to the other end of the base strap, the buckle frame is provided with a buckle hole in a through-type, the binding strap is fixedly connected with a self-adhesive, the self-adhesive extends longitudinally along the binding strap; the tightening component includes a tightening belt, a...