ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,427, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Hemostatic device and hemostatic method" was invented by Ryo Okamura (Fujinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hemostatic device can perform hemostasis by compressing a puncture site on a hand of a patient, and can prevent a movable range of fingers from being narrowed or can prevent misalignment at a wearing position, when the hemostatic device is worn on the hand. The hemostatic device has a covering portion to cover a site where bleeding is to be stopped on a hand of a patient, and a pressing portion that compresses the site where bleeding is to be stopped, in...