(under subclass 201) Subject matter wherein the pressure applicator comprises a flexible or elastic, fluid or tight, inflatable chamber which is intended to be positioned in a deflated state, to encircle a body portion and is then inflated to apply the compressive force to the body position.
(1) Note. Patents in this subclass disclose pneumatic tourniquets used to stop blood flow through a body portion to prevent bleeding therefrom as well as pneumatic tourniquets with at least one associated gage used to stop or restrict blood flow through a body portion for purposes of measuring blood pressure therein.
