# 3D-printed SOF-T-like tourniquet

## Tourniquet de type SOF-T imprimé en 3D

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:warning: **WRNING : _We strongly ADVICE AGAINST using this tourniquet in the field until further tests have been done._** :warning:

## 1 - GliaX 3D-printed tourniquet

If you want an actual field-tested tourniquet, please go check out [GliaX/tourniquet](https://github.com/GliaX/tourniquet).

We will use a lot of their testing as comparison, and recommend using the same print settings as them. We also designed our strap and windlass in comparison to theirs : the strap must be as wide or wider, and the windlass must be as thick or thicker (_as they had windlass failure in an earlier version, thus we knew it was a potential weak point_).

Even though the GliaX tourniquet project is an amazing and fully developed project, we still thought that their could be place four our design, as we designed a tourniquet that requires some sawing, but way less than the GliaX design (_as ours is design around the SOF-T design rather than the CAT design_) ; with also less printed parts.
We know our design makes application slightly slower than with a CAT-like tourniquet (like the GliaX tourniquet), but we estimate the difference to be marginal (less than 5 seconds), thus we believe the gain in cost and manufacturing could still make it a viable option in some context.

## 2 - Design of our tourniquet

_This Readme will be written later._