Patent ID: 9668931
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A41D,A61H

Claim:
1. A post-stroke stimulation device for treating a patient suffering from an ischemic or hemorrhagic injury of the brain, comprising: a garment shaped and sized to receive an external patient body part therein, the garment received over and surrounding the external patient body part in a close, self-aligning fit with said external patient body part, and including an interior surface adapted for close, fitting apposition to the skin of the external patient body part when the garment is received by said external patient body part, the external patient body part having multiple areas of greater and lesser sensitivity; said garment interior surface including structure defining a plurality of stimulation apertures in said garment, said stimulation apertures positioned on said interior surface of said garment so as to be in predetermined positions relative to selected ones of said external patient body part multiple areas of sensitivity when said garment is received by said external patient body part in said close, self-aligning fit; and a pneumatic actuator in fluid communication with said stimulation apertures, said pneumatic actuator including a source of compressed air, and an air line assembly operably coupling said source of compressed air with said stimulation apertures; and a controller operably coupled with said pneumatic actuator and said air line assembly for selectively providing a flow of compressed air through selected ones of said stimulation apertures in a predetermined pattern, wherein the post-stroke stimulation device enables the rapid orientation and self-alignment of the garment on said external patient body part immediately following the onset of said ischemic or hemorrhagic injury of the brain for providing compressed air stimulation at said predetermined positions of said external body part, said predetermined portions of said external body part being related to areas of the brain related to the of the patient affected by the ischemic or hemorrhagic injury such that recovery from the ischemic or hemorrhagic injury is facilitated.