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US 2011/0301510 A1Published application
Device for applying a pulsating pressure to a local region of the body and the applications thereof
AssigneeOtivio AS
InventorsMarius Filtvedt, Erling Bekkestad Rein
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a device for applying a pulsating pressure to a local region of the body and applications thereof. The device may be used to increase the blood flow in a local region of the body, and in preferred embodiments provides a device for regulating the core body temperature of a patient.
Claims22
1-24. (canceled)
A method of applying a pulsating pressure to a local region of the body comprising the steps of:
- providing a pressure chamber;
- introducing a limb in to the pressure chamber such that it is sealed from external conditions;
- filling or partially filling the pressure chamber with a liquid to immerse the limb in the liquid so that it is substantially surrounded by and in contact with the liquid;
- and generating a pulsating pressure within the chamber and transmitting the pulses of pressure to the limb directly via the liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.