The current study reports the results of clinical application of this new tourniquet system for upper limb surgery.

[1] The most distinctive feature of the new tourniquet system used in this study is that it automatically regulates the effective pressure to supply a bloodless surgical field synchronized with SBP.

These findings are the first evidence in humans of a "neural tourniquet," or a brain-based pathway that could reduce bleeding, said study co-author Dr. Jared Huston, a trauma surgeon at the ...