APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A HEMORRHAGE OCCLUDER PIN INTO A HUMAN SACRUM

摘要

A method and apparatus to terminate sacral hemorrhaging in a patient having a sacrum and a pubic bone is disclosed and claimed. A C-shaped driver is positioned around the pubic bone of the patient and a hemorrhage occluder pin is driven into the sacrum of the patient by applying an impact force to a proximal end of the C-shaped driver. The driver includes a C-shaped shaft that defines a radius in the range 50 mm to 200 mm and a maximum span in the range 100 mm to 650 mm. A proximal end is attached to the C-shaped shaft. The proximal end has a blunt face with a breadth that is at least 2.5 times the diameter of the pin cap. A shaft distal end has a driver face defining a driver face diameter that is no less than 50% of the pin cap diameter.