US 7,320,699 B2
Ligature device for body parts
Claudia Kirchner, Markgröningen (Germany)
Assigned to Kimetec GmbH, Ditzingen (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/474,552
PCT Filed Dec. 05, 2002, PCT No. PCT/EP02/13773
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 10, 2003,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/051207, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 26, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 101 61 749 (DE), filed on Dec. 15, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0127938 A1, Jul. 01, 2004
Int. Cl. A61B 17/132 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 606—203  [24/614; 24/170] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tourniquet device (1) for parts of a body, with a closure housing (2) having a bottom wall (2.8), two lateral walls (2.6) and a covering wall (2.4) on a top, a tourniquet strap (3) releasably connected with a locking shoe (5) and an end of the tourniquet strap (3) at the closure housing (2) which is insertable from a rear of the closure housing (2) between an intermediate wall (2.9) and the bottom wall (2.8), the strap insertable with a free end between a rocker (4), pivotably seated on the bottom wall (2.8), and the intermediate wall (2.9) arranged at a distance from the bottom wall (2.8), through the closure housing (2) and clampable by the rocker (4) against a front section of the intermediate wall (2.9), which is connected with the closure housing (2), the tourniquet device (1) comprising:
the intermediate wall (2.9) having a resilient section (2.93) projecting toward the covering wall (2.4) by which a rear area of the locking shoe (5) is lifted and in an introduced state is pushed with a rear top area against a wall section (2.31) fixed on the housing, the front section of the intermediate wall (2.9) connected on both sides to an inside of the lateral walls (2.6), and the resilient section (2.93) formed in a rear section of the intermediate wall (2.9) between two gaps (2.94) which separate the resilient section from the lateral walls (2.6), wherein the locking shoe (5) is secured against being pulled out toward the rear by at least one of a rear securing element (5.11) and a front securing element (5.12), which cooperate with one of a counter-element (2.32) and a counterpiece (2.92) of the closure housing (5), and is releasable by pressing the rear area of the locking shoe (5) downward.