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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
May. 05, 1989
Avraham Heeman, Karkur, IL;
Johannes H Broeren, El Bovenkarspel, NL;
Mego Afek Industrial Measuring Instruments, Doar Na, IL;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for treating a body part by applying an intermittent compression thereto using for this purpose an inflatable sleeve applied to and enclosing the body part and divided into successivley overlapping inflatable cells, pressurized fluid being applied cyclically to successive groups of cells, so as successively to inflate each group while, at the same time, at least partially deflating the preceding group, and ensuring simultaneous deflation of all cells for a minimal time period between successive cycles. The invention also relates to a particular construction of the sleeve.
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