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US 6,585,669 B2Granted
Medical device for applying cyclic therapeutic action to subject's foot
AssigneeMedical Dynamics, Inc.
InventorsDan Manor, Roni Bibi, Eli Levy, Ascher Shmulewitz
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Abstract
A medical device for applying a cyclic therapeutic action to a subject's foot, the device including a platform with at least three independently actuable inflatable bladders staggered therealong to solely underlie the subject's heel, his plantar arch and his foot's front portion including its metatarsals and its toes, respectively, whereby a travelling compressive wave can be cyclically applied to his foot's underside only.
Claims6
A method for facilitating blood circulation in a subject's lower limb, the method comprising:
- providing a shoe having a plurality of inflatable chambers arranged to underlie a patient's foot;
- coupling an inflating system to the plurality of inflatable chambers using a self-aligning, quick-release connector;
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- cyclically inflating and deflating the plurality of inflatable chambers to actuate passive motorical mechanisms and motivate physiological actuation of active motorical mechanisms to facilitate blood circulation in the lower limb.
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