Tourniquets are majorly employed in orthopedic and plastic surgeries related to limbs. The main purpose of the tourniquet cuff is to restrict arterial blood flow to a limb extremity, by application of uniform circumferential pressure around the extremity at a desired location.
Tourniquet cuff consists of an inflatable bladder with pneumatic connections (ports), contact closures, and a stabilizer. In the U.S.,