ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,126, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Gitlin LLC (Naples, Fla.).
"Tamponade device" was invented by David Gitlin (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In embodiments of the invention, an inflatable elastic-balloon-type tamponade device provides improved control of bleeding within a wound or other cavity by virtue of a suction element, disposed on the outside of the device, to which suction is applied after insertion of the tamponade device into the wound or other cavity. Embodiments of the invention may further include cladding elements disposed on the outside surface of the balloon in such a way that when the tamponade device...