Patent ID: 8708998
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A61F,A61H,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of treating an extremital portion of a human body, such method comprising the steps of: positioning a flexible enclosure having an opening over the extremital portion of the body to be treated, wherein the enclosure is sized to be placed over and completely enclose the extremital portion of the body to be treated and adapted to maintain reduced pressure at the extremital portion of the body to be treated, and wherein the extremital portion of the body to be treated is selected from the group consisting of an arm, a leg, and any extremital regions thereof; sealing the area of the enclosure adjacent to the opening to the body, so that reduced pressure may be maintained in the volume under the enclosure at the portion of the body to be treated; operably connecting the enclosure with a vacuum system for producing reduced pressure in the volume under the enclosure at the portion of the body to be treated, such that application of reduced pressure causes substantially all of the enclosure to deform to substantially conform to a majority of the contours of the extremital portion of the body to be treated; removing fluid from the volume under the enclosure at the portion of the body to be treated via the application of reduced pressure; storing fluid removed from the volume under the enclosure in a collection system; and maintaining the reduced pressure under the enclosure at the portion of the body being treated.