Patent ID: 9545327
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A method of applying a pressurized fluid cast at a limb of a patient, said method comprising: providing a sleeve having an inner wall and an outer wall with a cavity between said inner and outer walls; wherein providing a sleeve comprises (i) cutting an appropriate length sleeve from a roll of tubing material to form a sleeve for a particular limb and (ii) sealing said inner and outer walls together at the ends of the cut sleeve; providing at least one access port through said outer wall of said sleeve; placing said sleeve at a limb of a patient such that said inner wall circumscribes the limb and is disposed at least partially along the limb, with said cavity and said outer wall being radially outward of said inner wall; providing fluid to said cavity of said sleeve and pressurizing said fluid to a selected pressure to apply substantially uniform pressure at the limb of the patient; and adjusting the pressure of said fluid within said cavity responsive to a determined change in pressure indicative of a change in swelling of the limb of the patient.