A microtourniquet carrier for use in the microsurgical laboratory

The construction of a simple, inexpensive microtourniquet carrier is described. The carrier can be made from materials readily available in the microsurgical laboratory or the operating room. The carrier increases the ease of occluding a vessel with a microtourniquet and increases the speed of applying a number of tourniquets sequentially, thereby making the microtourniquet an attractive alternative to the more expensive and less flexible microvascular clip for temporary vascular occlusion.