ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,924, issued on July 8, was assigned to ALPHAPOINTE (Kansas City, Mo.).
"Mechanical tourniquet apparatus and method of use" was invented by Christopher B. Kosiorek (La Vernia, Texas), Ryan Williams (Olathe, Kan.), Esra Abir (New York), Brenda Mee (West Newfield, Maine), Dexter C. Drayton (San Antonio), Neslihan Damar (Instanbul, Turkey), Nilufer Polat (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Yavuz Avci (Sunnyside, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pre-fabricated tourniquet that is easy to apply, that ensures consistent and even circumferential pressure, that is lightweight, that provides standard life saving operation, and that can be utilized in any ...