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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2015
Ronald G. Scott, Plano, TX (US);
Jimmy D. Laferney, Frisco, TX (US);
Ronald G. Scott, Plano, TX (US);
Jimmy D. Laferney, Frisco, TX (US);
Ronald G. Scott, LLC, The Colony, TX (US);
Abstract
A compression garment and methods of forming and operating the same. In one embodiment, the compression garment includes an electrically stimulated auxetic material having a dimension responsive to an electrical signal, an electrical contact coupled to the electrically stimulated auxetic material and an electrical power source. The compression garment also includes a controller, coupled to the electrical contact and the electrical power source, configured to provide the electrical signal to control a pressure produced by the compression garment via the electrically stimulated auxetic material.