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Improved Dressing Design for Insertion Sheaths with Side Ports
TS-044969 — Dressing designed and tailored exclusively for insertion sheaths with side ports, used frequently for pulmonary artery catheters (PACs or Swan-Ganz catheters) among other intravascular devices in the hospital.
Central-line associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) are a life-threatening and extremely costly problem in hospitals around the world. When patients in the hospital have indwelling catheters such as pulmonary artery catheters, they are at an increased risk of developing infections. Occlusive…
- College: OSU Wexner Medical Center
- Inventors: Warren, Samantha; Thomas, Jordan
- Licensing Officer: Schultz, Teri
Junctional Tourniquet for Groin and Axillary Regions
TS-041808 — A tourniquet with a ratcheting lock to keep pressure on wounds in the groin and axillary regions. Hemostasis can be achieved while the patient is still in the field.
Patients with blood loss in the field need to be treated immediately to prevent ongoing blood loss, shock, and death; bleeding from extremity and junctional wounds is the leading cause of potentially preventable death from penetrating injuries. Direct manual pressure is effective for the initial c…
- College: OSU Wexner Medical Center
- Inventors: Nocera, Tanya; Graham, Nadi; McElroy, James
- Licensing Officer: Taysavang, Panya
