ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,598, issued on May 27, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).
"Junctional tourniquet" was invented by James Allen McElroy (Whipple, Ohio), Nadi Charlie Graham (Dayton, Ohio) and Tanya Marie Nocera (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a junctional tourniquet device including a threaded rod, a pressure plate coupled to a second rod end, and at least one ratchet lock defining ratchet lock threads. The ratchet lock is biased toward an engaged position and urgable toward a disengaged position. The ratchet lock threads are configured to be engaged with the rod threads in...