Patent ID: 8568341
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A61H,A61M,A61N,G01C

Abstract:
1. A method of rehabilitating a patient's cardiac/pulmonary activity and achieving increased fluid distribution, comprising the steps of: placing an inflatable/deflatable chest cuff over the patient's chest area and an inflatable/deflatable abdominal cuff over the patient's abdominal area, the chest cuff, when inflated, being arranged to depress the chest and force air out of the patient's lungs, the abdominal cuff being arranged, when inflated to apply pressure to underlying vessels to direct blood into the patient's chest area; inflating and deflating the chest cuff and the abdominal cuff independently of the patient's heart action and in synchronism with each other but in an out-of-phase relationship at a frequency within the range of about 10 to 40 cycles/minute; connecting an intravenous (IV) line to one of the patient's blood vessels, the IV line connected to a fluid source, to facilitate the distribution of medications, by enhancing IV medication and fluid infusion rates, the chest and abdominal cuff inflation and deflation serving as multiple external circulatory pumps to increase the fluid infusion rate.