US Patent Issued to M-Pak on July 1 for "Tourniquet windlass assembly with interchangeable tool implements" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,019, issued on July 1, was assigned to M-Pak Inc. (Aledo, Texas).

"Tourniquet windlass assembly with interchangeable tool implements" was invented by Michael Shedd (Fort Worth, Texas), Miles Taylor (Aledo, Texas) and Anna Boulware (Aledo, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tourniquet windlass assembly comprises a windlass shaft having an elongated tubular body with an elongated slot defined in the elongated tubular body; at least one end cap removably securable to at least one end of the elongated tubular body of the windlass shaft; a main tourniquet strap; a fastener coupled to the main tourniquet strap and adapted to removably s...