ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,740, issued on Aug. 11.
"Treatment of bleeding wounds" was invented by Wilbur Hiligh (Fort Washington, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for treating a hemorrhaging wound and returning blood to the body includes at least one vacuum hose; tubing to return blood to the body; a reservoir to temporarily contain the blood, an ejectable filter between the vacuum hose and the reservoir, a temperature regulator to regulate the temperature in the reservoir; at least one pressure regulator connected to the at least one vacuum hose; a vacuum pump connected to the at least one pressure regulator, and an infusion pump connected to t...