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The “neural tourniquet,” a technology that uses electrical nerve stimulation to control bleeding

Institution:

Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Researchers:

Christopher J. Czura, PhD, and Jared Huston, MD, at Stony Brook Medicine

Impact:

The “neural tourniquet” is a nerve stimulation device that can significantly reduce bleeding. Neural tourniquet technology helps doctors reduce blood loss at accident scenes, in battle zones and in more than 50 million surgeries performed annually in the United States alone.

Timeline:

2010

Topics

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Schools

Albany Medical CollegeAlbert Einstein College of MedicineCity University of New York School of MedicineColumbia University College Of Physicians and SurgeonsHofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra UniversityIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiJacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the University at BuffaloNew York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic MedicineNew York Medical CollegeNew York University School of MedicineSchool of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester Medical CenterStony Brook University School of MedicineSUNY Downstate Medical CenterSUNY Upstate Medical UniversityTouro College of Osteopathic MedicineWeill Cornell MedicineWeill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian