Accession Number:
ADD014890
Title:
Circulation Enhancing Apparatus.
Descriptive Note:
Patent, Filed 26 Jun 89, patented 19 Mar 91,
Corporate Author:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1991-03-19
Pagination or Media Count:
8.0
Abstract:
Blood circulation in an injured human foot is involuntarily promoted in a vacuum over-pressure cycle and in synchronism with the human hearts systolic and diastolic pressure pulsations. In a preferred embodiment, the circulation enhancing apparatus comprises an air tight boot contoured to fit the injured human foot, a pressure modulator for providing over-pressure and vacuum pulses to the boot to enhance blood circulation through the injured foot and a control circuit which monitors the hearts systolic and diastolic pressure pulsations and provides electrical control signals to the pressure modulator to assure that the over-pressure and vacuum pulses are cyclic and in synchronism with the hearts systolic and diastolic pressure pulsations.
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Subject Categories:
- Medicine and Medical Research