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US 2014/0236060 A1Published application
Compression garment apparatus having baseline pressure
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorManish Deshpande
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Abstract
A compression garment apparatus including a compression garment and a pressurizer. The pressurizer intermittently pressurizes a therapeutic bladder on the compression garment and maintains a baseline pressure in the therapeutic bladder to maintain the therapeutic bladder in position with respect to a target compression zone on a body part on which the garment is worn. The baseline pressure is adjusted in response to sensed physical characteristics.
Claims12
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A method comprising:
- repeatedly directing pressurized gas to and venting gas from a therapeutic bladder of a compression garment covering a target compression zone on a body part of a wearer of the compression garment;
- receiving a sensed signal corresponding to at least one physical characteristic of the wearer or of the garment;
- maintaining a baseline pressure in the therapeutic bladder to maintain the therapeutic bladder in position with respect to the target compression zone;
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- adjusting the baseline pressure in response to the sensed physical characteristic.
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