ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,280, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KIMETEC GMBH (Ditzingen, Germany).
"Ligature device for body parts" was invented by Claudia Kirchner (Markgroningen, Germany), Hansjorg Kirchner (Markgroningen, Germany) and Caroline Ihle (Markgroningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a ligature device for body parts, in particular a tourniquet, comprising a closure housing (2) in which a feed-through shaft (230) is formed which extends in the longitudinal direction and is delimited at the bottom by a base wall (27), laterally by two lateral walls (26, 26') and at the top by a top wall (24), and comprising a lig...