ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,920, issued on July 8, was assigned to Wheelstone Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Tourniquet having uneven surfaces" was invented by Yung-Lin Hsieh (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tourniquet includes an elastic band including uneven top and bottom surface. The uneven surface includes rows of a plurality of spaced first uneven zones and rows of a plurality of spaced second uneven zones. The first uneven zone is disposed between two adjacent ones of the second uneven zone. The second uneven zone is disposed between two adjacent ones of the first uneven zone. The first and second uneven zones are concave recta...