Patent ID: 6500192
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
Device for treating peripheral circulatory disorders, consisting of at least one treatment cylinder (1) into which a body limb (E) to be treated can be introduced at least in part via a closing device and in which a compression and/or decompression can be brought about by means of control elements (28-34) via a device for the admission and evacuation of air, characterised by the fact that the closing device presents a sleeve (C) that has a thick-walled disk (4) covered on the two flat sides with thin-walled, highly elastic membranes (6, 7), that the disk (4) is provided with a first opening (5) and the membranes (6, 7) are provided with second openings (8, 9) situated opposite to the first opening (5) and having diameters that are smaller than that of the first opening (5), while the closing device presents a rigid support element (2) fixed at the treatment cylinder (1) against which the entire sleeve (C) is sealingly pressed by clamping means (11, 12), and characterised by the fact that the membranes (6, 7) are fixed on disk (4) only along an outer ring of this disk while the remainder of the membranes (6, 7) is freely floating relative to disk (4) so that the second openings (7, 8) of the membranes (6, 7) adapt to the form of the body limb and between the membranes an air cushion (6A) is formed.