High Efficiency External Counter Pulsation System And Method of Treatment Using the System

An External Counter Pulsation (ECP) Device comprising:

• a. an air bladder system comprising one or more helix air bladders and one or more adjunct air bladders wherein each helix air bladder is shaped such that, when attached to a user's thigh, the helix air bladder forms a helix around the thigh that closely follows the major arteries and veins that wrap around the femur bone in a manner that enables the helix air bladder to efficiently exert pressure on the major arteries and/or veins against the femur bone when the helix bladder is pressurized to effect blood flow modulation within the major arteries and veins;
• b. a valve and fluid system pneumatically connected to the air bladder system wherein the valve and fluid system is configured to pressurize and depressurize the helix air bladder and the adjunct air bladder;
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• c. a control system comprising a processor and one or more PPG sensors and one or more ECG sensors wherein the PPG and ECG sensors are connected to the user to collect PPG and ECG signals from the user and wherein the control system is electronically connected to the valve and fluid system to control the valve and fluid system to pressurize or depressurize the air bladders of the air bladder system based on signals detected by the sensors and wherein the adjunct air bladder is positioned at either the lower end or the upper end of the helix air bladder and is pressurized before the helix air bladder so as to direct blood flow towards desired direction.