Patent ID: 7867185
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating a compression device to apply therapeutic compression to a particular patient's body limb, comprising: (a) measuring the dimensions of the particular patient's body limb at a plurality of different lengths along the body limb; (b) determining a desired compression profile for the particular patient's body limb at the plurality of different lengths along the body limb; and (c) manufacturing a compression device comprising a plurality of tension bands dimensioned to be wrapped around the patient's limb, wherein different tension bands have different widths such that applying an equal tension to the bands results in different compressions being applied along the length of the particular patient's limb such that the desired compression profile is applied to the particular patient's limb, wherein the compression device is manufactured for the particular patient after steps (a) and (b) have been completed.