ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,122, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to First15 Trading B.V. (Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands).
"Tourniquet and first aid kit comprising a tourniquet" was invented by Peter Bernard Wouter Hoezen (Amsterdam), Ronald Van Den Heuvel (Rijswijk, Netherlands), Mitchell Van Der Wilt (Klundert, Netherlands) and Josephus Cornelis Theodorus Maria Verhoeven (Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a tourniquet and first aid kit including a tourniquet. The tourniquet is formed by an elongated strap for encircling a human or animal body part and a buckle. The buckle is connected near a first end of the strap and the se...