Smart Tourniquet / Jacqueline Pattie Emah … [et al.]

The product that we creat is a Smart Tourniquet. This product is an innovation product to the commercialized surgical tourniquet available in the market. In hospitals, tourniquets are specifically used during orthopedic surgeries, where external hemorrhage cannot be controlled by direct pressure (Welling, Mckay, Rasmussen, Rich, & Houston, 2012). In addition, the device is also used during emergencies and life-threatening limb hemorrhages or limb amputation with multiple bleeding points, for immediate management of breathing & airway problems. However, restraint such as transmission of infection due to reusable cuffs might consequently increase the hospital costs and hinder the growth of market during the forecast period.