US 11,701,127 B2
Hemostasis apparatus and method
Mauricio Gabriel Cohen, Miami, FL (US); James Patrick Ryan, Wilton, NH (US); James G. Downward, IV, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Joseph R. Korotko, Livonia, MI (US)
Assigned to Accumed Radial Systems, LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Accumed Radial Systems LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2013, as Appl. No. 13/769,733.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/634,772, filed on Mar. 6, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/695,291, filed on Aug. 30, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2013/0237866 A1, Sep. 12, 2013
Int. Cl. A61B 17/135 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/135 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0036 (2018.08); A61B 5/026 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/445 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 17/1325 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61B 17/1355 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00123 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00132 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. An apparatus for use over a puncture site for a patient during hemostasis comprising:
a visual pulse indicator that is configured to be positioned on the patient near the puncture site, wherein said visual pulse indicator provides for displaying a plurality of indications that relate to a plurality of blood flow attributes, wherein said visual pulse indicator is a reflective foil that provides for moving up and down along with a pulse of said patient, said reflective foil having a first side and a second side, said first side configured to be placed facing the patient's skin near the puncture site; and
a pressure component configured to apply pressure to said puncture site, wherein said pressure component is a substantially transparent balloon, and wherein said pressure component is attached to one of said first side and said second side of said reflective foil;
said plurality of indications including a first indication and a second indication;
said plurality of blood flow attributes including a constricted blood flow and a non-constricted blood flow;
wherein said reflective foil visually shows the moving up and down along with the pulse of the patient.