Intelligent compression wrap
AssigneeGovernment of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorLewis Tyson Ross
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Abstract
An intelligent compression device for controllable compression. The compression device includes a compressible body and a microprocessor. The compressible body encircles a limb of a user and includes an elastomer layer and an activation layer. The elastomer layer includes voxelated liquid crystal elastomers that contract in response to a stimulus. The activation element, which is positioned proximate to the elastomer layer, supplies the stimulus. The microprocessor actuates at least a portion of the activation element layer.
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A compression device for applying controllable compression to a limb of a user, the compression device comprising:
- a compressible body configured to encircle the limb of the user and comprising:
- an elastomer layer comprising a plurality of voxelated liquid crystal elastomers configured contract in response to a stimulus, such contraction tensioning the compressible body about the limb of the user;
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- an activation element layer proximate to the elastomer layer and configured to supply the stimulus;
- a microprocessor based actuator configured to actuate at least a portion of the activation element layer.
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