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US 6,656,141 B1Granted
Multiple sleeve method and apparatus for treating edema and other swelling disorders
OwnerTony Reidinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for applying pressure to a body part comprising: a first sleeve comprising a multiplicity of pressure-applying resilient protrusions configured to apply a therapeutic pressure to a surface of the body part of a patient; and a second sleeve slidably received over the first sleeve, the second sleeve configured to apply a pressure to the first sleeve, thereby increasing the therapeutic pressure applied by the first sleeve on the limb.
Claims32
A body part pressure-applying apparatus comprising:
- a first sleeve open at each end and having a length configured to substantially cover a patient's arm or leg comprising a multiplicity of pressure-applying resilient protrusions configured to apply a distributed pressure pattern to a surface of a body part of said patient, the pressure-applying resilient protrusions being spaced apart in a grid pattern, wherein the pressure applying protrusions comprise fingers having bases and tips with base diameters and tip diameters respectively, the fingers being arranged in a generally cylindrical envelope with individual fingers being aligned radially with respect to the axis of the cylindrical envelope and wherein the length of the cylindrical envelope is in the range from 3 cm to 200 cm, the bases of the fingers are distributed over a first generally cylindrical surface having a diameter in the range from 7.5 cm to 75 cm, and the tips of the fingers are distributed over a second generally cylindrical surface having a diameter in the range from 2 cm to 15 cm, the diameter of the tips being less than the diameter of the bases so that the protrusions taper toward the tips, wherein the diameter of the first cylindrical surface is greater than the diameter of the second cylindrical surface;
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- a second sleeve open at each end and having a length substantially the same as the first sleeve, wherein the second sleeve is removably and detachably secured directly to the first sleeve so that the second sleeve may be placed over the first sleeve after the first sleeve has been placed over the body part, the second sleeve being a thin fabric sleeve configured to apply a radially inward pressure over substantially the entire length of the first sleeve, wherein the first and second sleeves are configured to together exert a radially inward therapeutic pressure to the body part of the patient in the range of 5 mmHg to 60 mmHg.
An apparatus for applying pressure to a body part of a patient, said apparatus comprising:
- a first fabric sleeve comprising a multiplicity of pressure-applying resilient protrusions configured to apply pressure directly to a surface of said body part of said patient;
- a second sleeve removably and detachably secured to the first sleeve, the second sleeve configured to apply a radially inward pressure to the first sleeve;
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- a third sleeve removably secured to slidably receivable over the second sleeve, the third sleeve configured to the second sleeve, wherein the second sleeve is a thin fabric compression sleeve, and the third sleeve is an inflatable compression sleeve disposed around the second sleeve.
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An apparatus for applying a pressure to a body part of a patient, said apparatus comprising:
- a first sleeve comprising a multiplicity of pressure applying resilient protrusions configured to apply pressure directly to a surface of said body part of said patient;
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- a second sleeve removably and detachably secured directly to the first sleeve, the second sleeve configured to apply a radially inward pressure to the first sleeve, wherein the second sleeve is an inflatable compression sleeve, and wherein the inflatable compression sleeve has a plurality of separate pressurized compartments.
A body part pressure-applying apparatus comprising:
- a first sleeve comprising a multiplicity of pressure-applying resilient protrusions configured to apply a distributed pressure pattern to a surface of a body part of a patient, the pressure-applying resilient protrusions being spaced apart in a grid pattern, wherein the pressure applying protrusions comprise fingers having bases and tips, with base diameters and tip diameters respectively, the fingers being arranged in a generally cylindrical envelope with individual fingers being aligned radially with respect to the axis of the cylindrical envelope and wherein the length of the cylindrical envelope is in the range from 3 cm to 200 cm, the bases of the fingers are distributed over a first generally cylindrical surface having a diameter in the range from 7.5 cm to 75 cm, and the tips of the fingers are distributed over a second generally cylindrical surface having a diameter in the range from 2 cm to 15 cm, the diameter of the tips being less than the diameter of the bases so that the protrusions taper toward the tips, wherein the diameter of the first cylindrical surface is greater than the diameter of the second cylindrical surface;
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- a second sleeve open at each end and having a length substantially the same as the first sleeve, wherein the second sleeve is removably and detachably secured directly to the first sleeve so that the second sleeve may be placed over the first sleeve after the first sleeve has been placed over the body part, the second sleeve being a thin fabric sleeve configured to apply a radially inward pressure over substantially the entire length of the first sleeve, wherein the first and second sleeves are configured to together exert a radially inward therapeutic pressure to the body part of the patient in the range of 10 mmHg to 45 mmHg.
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