Tourniquet Cuff Application
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Mouse Model for Pancreas Transplantation Using a Modified Cuff Technique
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2017
Among abdominal solid organ transplantation, pancreatic grafts are prone to develop severe ischemia reperfusion injury-associated graft damage, leading eventually to early graft loss. This protocol describes a model of murine pancreas transplantation using a non-suture cuff technique, ideally suited for analyzing these early, deleterious damages.
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Implantation of a Carotid Cuff for Triggering Shear-stress Induced Atherosclerosis in Mice
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2012
The constricting cuff presented in this article is designed to induce atherosclerosis in the murine common carotid artery. Due to the conical shape of its inner lumen the implanted cuff generates well-defined regions of low, high and oscillatory shear stress triggering the development of atherosclerotic lesions of different inflammatory phenotypes.
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Murine Cervical Heart Transplantation Model Using a Modified Cuff Technique
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2014
The murine cervical heart transplantation model is well suited for immunological as well as ischemia reperfusion injury studies. We modified the procedure using a non-suture cuff technique and performed more than 1,000 successful transplants with this approach. Herein, we provide additional details of this technique to supplement the video.
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Measuring Blood Pressure in Mice using Volume Pressure Recording, a Tail-cuff Method
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2009
The CODA 8-Channel High Throughput Non-Invasive Blood Pressure system measures the blood pressure in up to 8 mice or rats simultaneously. This tail-cuff system uses Volume Pressure Recording (VPR) to measure the blood pressure by determining the tail blood volume.
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation via Chronically Implanted Peripheral Nerve Cuff Electrodes in Rats
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2025
Source: Sanchez, C. A., et al. Preparation of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Electrodes for Chronic Implantation in Rats. J. Vis. Exp. (2020).This video demonstrates vagus nerve stimulation in an awake rat. A rat with an implanted chronic peripheral nerve cuff electrode and trained in a lever press task is connected to a stimulus generator via an implanted head cap. The vagus nerve is stimulated immediately after each successful lever press, resulting in the expansion of the motor map.
FAQs
Pressure must be sufficient to compress the underlying vessels and control bleeding, but excessive pressure can increase the risk of tissue injury. The relevant balance is functional rather than simply maximal inflation: the cuff should achieve the intended restriction while limiting unnecessary pressure exposure. This makes pressure selection a central safety consideration in both emergencies and surgery.
Positioning the cuff proximal to the wound or operative site places the compression point upstream from the area requiring blood-flow control. That arrangement allows the intervention to address bleeding at the affected site rather than positioning the cuff directly over it. Incorrect placement can undermine the intended effect, so location is a key component of application.
The cuff is intended to provide temporary control, not prolonged occlusion. As duration increases, maintaining tissue safety becomes more important, which is why trained personnel should monitor the intervention and avoid treating inflation as a set-and-forget step. Attention to time, pressure, and tissue safety helps balance hemorrhage control against potential complications.
In emergency medicine, the priority is stabilizing a patient with severe limb bleeding until definitive care becomes available. In surgery, the same control principle supports a relatively bloodless field and improved visualization during selected procedures. Thus, the intended outcome changes from immediate hemorrhage stabilization to procedural exposure, even though pressure and duration remain safety concerns.
Training helps clinicians coordinate placement, pressure, and duration while recognizing that bleeding control and tissue safety can conflict. It also supports consistent monitoring during use, whether the cuff is assisting emergency stabilization or creating a surgical field. Because the intervention directly changes blood flow, technique quality influences both its usefulness and complication risk.
Its immediate clinical value is context dependent. For life-threatening limb hemorrhage, it can help stabilize the patient before definitive care. During selected operations, it can reduce bleeding within the field and improve visualization. These benefits do not eliminate the need for monitoring, because successful control must still be balanced with protection of the tissues.