ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,921, issued on July 8.
"Styptic harness tourniquet" was invented by Volodymyr Zatirukha (Dnipro, Ukraine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A styptic harness tourniquet used by hands for providing a first aid to stop external arterial bleeding from injured limbs. The harness consists of a casing with Velcro fastener, a sling, a buckle at one end of the casing and a base with fixator with strap, windlass rod attached to the sling. The casing has at least two layers, the buckle contains at least one hole, the base contains at least six holes, and the strap of the fixator contains at least one hole. The holes in the buckle and base have teet...