Perforating vein massage device
AssigneeEvoluzione S.r.l.
InventorsOnorio Miotto, Axel Kubelka
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Abstract
The device for massaging a lower leg comprises a base pad (2) arranged in an area of the sole and a bladder (1) arranged in the region of the lower leg. A tubular connection is provided between the inner spaces of the base pad (2) and of the bladder (1). A frame (8) comprising a base part (12) and at least one side part (13, 7) projects upward from the tubular connection. The frame is mountable inside a shoe with the bladder (1) being fastened to the side part and the bladder (1) being positioned on the frame (8) in such a manner that it comes to lie above the perforating vein in the ankle area. A pressure is exerted by the bladder (1) onto the leg through the body weight applied to the base pad (2) when the foot is loaded.
Claims12
A device for massaging a lower leg for treating hypostatic leg conditions and for preventing stagnation of blood in the leg comprising a base pad (2) arranged in an area of a sole of a foot and having inner spaces and a bladder (1) arranged in the region of the lower leg, a tubular connection (3) including at least one side part (13) extending between the inner spaces of the base pad (2) and said bladder (1), a working fluid in one of the bladder (1) or the inner spaces of said base pad (2), a frame (8) comprising a base part (12) and said at least one side part (13, 7) projecting upward from said base part (12), said frame (8) being mountable inside a shoe, said bladder (1) being fastened to said side part (13) and said bladder (1) being positioned on said frame (8) in such a manner that it covers the lower leg only above a location at which a perforating vein emerges beneath the muscles on the rear inner side of the ankle, so that a person walking while wearing said device will periodically exert a pressure on the pad (2) causing working fluid to inflate the bladder (1) and place periodic pressure just on said location of the lower leg.
A device for massaging a lower leg for treating hypostatic leg conditions and for preventing stagnation of blood in the leg, comprising a base pad (2) having inner spaces and being arranged in an area of a sole of a foot and a bladder (1) arranged in the region of the lower leg, a tubular connection (3) being provided between the inner spaces of the base pad (2) and of the bladder (1), a working fluid in one of the inner spaces of the pad (2) or the bladder (1), said bladder (1) being fastened in the side part of a shoe (5) located on the inner side of the lower leg and the bladder (1) is positioned within the shoe in such a manner that it covers the lower leg only above a location at which a perforating vein emerges beneath the muscles on the rear inner side of the ankle, so that a person wearing the device and while walking will exert a pressure on the pad 2 which will periodically inflate the bladder (1) with the working fluid and place periodic pressure just on said location of the lower leg.
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