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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Sky Medical Technology Ltd., Cheshire, GB;
Inventors:
Arthur Tudor Tucker, London, GB;
Duncan Shirreffs Bain, Kings Langley, GB;
Assignee:
Sky Medical Technology Ltd., Cheshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61F 5/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/321 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device for increasing microcirculation in the lower limb are described. The device includes a means for immobilizing the limb, for example a plaster cast, and an electrical stimulation device, which applies electrical stimulation to opposed leg muscles such that antagonistic and agonistic muscle groups contract near simultaneously, resulting in near isometric contraction. The combination of this contraction and the leg restraint have been found to markedly increase blood circulation and in particular microcirculation in the limb.