T-Ring is designed to give health care providers a safer and more effective option to current digital tourniquet methods. While current digital tourniquet methods are effective, they all have the risk of complications associated with their use such as excess pressure and necrosis due to prolonged application. The T-Ring is the only digital tourniquet that automatically adjusts to the size of the digit, resulting in a safe, reliable pressure with each use. In fact, the T-Ring has been shown to effectively provide haemostasis while applying less pressure than any other tourniquet method! This makes the “T-Ring” the safest, most efficient and effective digital tourniquet in use today.
It instantly exsanguinates as it is slid onto the digit, providing immediate haemostasis and ideal wound visualization. The device comprises a brightly-colored outer plastic ring within which is a flexible disc which itself contains a hole. This is supplied in a sterile packet and can be pushed over the lacerated digit to exsanguinate it and provide haemostasis. The ring has two “cutaway” sections on it, which allow its two halves to be separated, pulled apart and gently moved over a larger laceration if appropriate. Similarly, the device can either be gently slid off the finger or the plastic outer ring can be broken and the inner flexible portion cut.
Numerous articles advise not to use the mentioned methods due to the risk of neurovascular injury resulting from excessive pressure, and the risk of necrosis of a digit due to a forgotten tourniquet. These methods have continued to be used, despite the warnings, because of lack of a better method. In an effort to minimise these complications, experts recommend using the least amount of pressure necessary to achieve haemostasis. The difficulty is Excessive pressures can easily be reached with all other methods. The pressure applied by the tourniquet will depend on the size of the digit, the type and size of the tourniquet, and the manner in which the tourniquet is applied.
The T-Ring was specifically designed to eliminate the risks associated with these methods.
The T-Ring may also be used in the ER and pre-hospital arena for the immediate, temporary control of bleeding associated with traumatic injuries.
| Indications
The T-Ring is used in elective medical procedures involving the digits of the upper and lower extremities. In the evaluation and management of acute problems, its uses include:
The T-Ring is also indicated for the management of the following elective procedures:
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| The T-RING Advantage!
The T-Ring has numerous advantages when compared to current digital tourniquet methods:
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