Patent ID: 9421142
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61F,A61H

Claim Text:
1. A compression garment apparatus comprising: a compression garment including at least one inflatable therapeutic bladder and an inflatable support bladder, the at least one therapeutic bladder positionable to cover a target compression zone on a body part; a sensor for sensing and generating a respective signal representative of one of pressure or gas volume in the at least one therapeutic bladder; and a controller in communication with the sensor, the controller cyclically directing pressurized gas to the at least one therapeutic bladder to provide intermittent compression therapy to the target compression zone on the body part and directing pressurized gas to the support bladder in response to determining, based on a signal received from the sensor, that the cyclically directed pressurized gas in the at least one therapeutic bladder failed to reach a target pressure or exceeds a gas volume during an inflation cycle of the intermittent compression therapy.