C-A-T Tourniquet GEN 7

Combat Application Tourniquet — Official Tourniquet of the U.S. Army Since 2005.

Manufactured by North American Rescue, the C-A-T® Gen 7 is the most proven tourniquet in modern combat medicine. Tested by the U.S. Army's Institute of Surgical Research and confirmed 100% effective at completely occluding blood flow in the event of traumatic extremity hemorrhage.

The patented free-moving internal band delivers true circumferential pressure across the entire limb — not just at the windlass point. Once tightened, the windlass locks. A hook-and-loop retention strap secures it through casualty evacuation. No screws. No clips. Nothing that fails under survival stress or when fine motor skills are gone.

• 100% effective in U.S. Army ISR testing. Confirmed to completely occlude blood flow of an extremity under traumatic wound conditions with significant hemorrhage. Not laboratory-optimistic — operationally proven.
• Patented band-within-a-band design. The free-moving internal band provides true circumferential pressure — broader, more effective compression than designs that constrict at a single point.
• Dual securing system — no screws, no clips. Designed to be operated under survival stress, with compromised fine motor skills, in the dark, with one hand. The windlass locks. The strap secures it. Nothing else to manage.
• Official Tourniquet of the U.S. Army since 2005. Deployed in every major theater of operations for two decades. The standard against which every other tourniquet is measured.
• Proprietary red tip design. Immediate visual identification of the tourniquet end for rapid, low-light deployment.