Patent ID: 9687404
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61H

Claim:
1. A garment system, comprising: at least one flexible compression garment adapted to be worn on at least one body part of a subject, the at least one flexible compression garment defining an interior space adapted to receive the at least one body part; one or more activity sensors supported by the at least one flexible compression garment, the one or more activity sensors positioned and configured to sense at least one characteristic of at least one muscle or at least one joint of the at least one body part that is related to muscle activity or joint activity thereof, the one or more activity sensors further configured to output one or more sensing signals indicative of the at least one characteristic; one or more actuators positioned relative to the at least one flexible compression garment and configured to cause the at least one flexible compression garment to selectively compress against or selectively relieve compression against the at least one body part; and a control system operably coupled to the one or more actuators and further operably coupled to the one or more activity sensors to receive the one or more sensing signals therefrom, the control system including control electrical circuitry configured to direct the one or more actuators to cause the at least one flexible compression garment to selectively compress against or selectively relieve compression against the at least one body part responsive to the one or more sensing signals from the one or more activity sensors.