ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,372, issued on Aug. 18.

"Styptic harness tourniquet" was invented by Volodymyr Zatirukha (Dnipro, Ukraine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A styptic harness tourniquet includes a casing with Velcro fastener. The casing contains a sling with windlass rod, and a buckle and a base on which a fixator and a strap are located. The buckle contains at least two holes, and the base contains at least six holes. The strap contains at least one hole. At least one hole of the buckle and at least two holes of the base contain teeth. At least one fixator of the buckle is located on the casing. At least two limiters are located on the fixator of the w...