Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Uterine compression devices and methods
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Application No.: US15273418Application Date: 2016-09-22
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Publication No.: US09603602B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Alfred Z. Abuhamad
- Applicant: Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Applicant Address: US VA Norfolk
- Assignee: Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Current Assignee: Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Norfolk
- Agency: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B17/132 ; A61F5/34 ; A61F5/03

Abstract:
Disclosed are devices for reducing postpartum hemorrhage, including a belt having a fastener for securing the belt around a patient's body, a bladder being inflatable with air and adapted to be placed over the patient's abdomen for applying selective external pressure to the patient's uterus, a manual pump operably connected to the bladder to change air pressure of the bladder, and a pressure gauge for indicating the air pressure. Methods for using the devices are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170007436A1 UTERINE COMPRESSION DEVICES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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