Patent ID: 11864773
Assignee: STEVE EUGENE EVERETT
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A method for mitigating peripheral nerve neuropathy associated with chemotherapy treatment, comprising:
exerting a compressive pressure on a body part of a patient positioned within an interior space of a compression exertion device during administration of at least a portion of a prescribed amount of delivery of a chemotherapeutic agent to the patient, wherein the compressive pressure is exerted for causing at least one of a magnitude of the compressive pressure and a duration of time for said compressive pressure being exerted to at least one of occlude blood flow into dermis tissue of the body part and reduce blood flow into dermis tissue of the body part, wherein exerting the compressive pressure on the body part includes delivering a compression-inducing medium into at least one of the interior space of the compression exertion device and an expansion cavity of the compression exertion device having a wall at least partially defining the interior space, wherein delivering the compression-inducing medium includes delivering the compression-inducing medium into the interior space of the compression exertion device, wherein the compression-inducing medium is an oxygen-carrying medium capable of diffusing oxygen into the epidermal and dermis tissue of the body part, wherein the compression exertion device includes an expansion cavity at least partially surrounding the interior space of the compression exertion device, wherein exerting the compressive pressure on the body part of the patient during at least a portion of the prescribed amount of delivery includes causing pressurized delivery of the compression-inducing medium into the expansion cavity of the compression exertion device, and;
releasing at least a portion of said compressive pressure after said administering of the chemotherapeutic agent is initiated; and
reapplying said compressive pressure after blood flow is resumed through the body part for at least a designated duration of time.