Patent ID: 8460355
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A61F,A61H

Abstract:
1. A negative pressure, thermal energy therapy device comprising: an enclosure having an opening to receive a portion of a patient's body that contains a venous plexus area; a vacuum system that creates a negative pressure in the enclosure, the negative pressure in the enclosure is sufficient to cause the patient's veins to vasodilate; a positive pressure system that creates a positive pressure in the enclosure, the positive pressure in the enclosure is sufficient to (i) decrease the chance of a patient having edema, (ii) prevent the patient from having edema, and/or (iii) reverse the patient's edema, when the positive pressure is hyperbaric pressure the positive pressure is applied before, after, in-between, or combinations thereof of applications of negative pressure; and when the positive pressure is atmospheric pressure the positive pressure is applied in-between the applications of negative pressure; a seal positioned at the enclosure's opening to retain the pressure in the enclosure; a thermal energy system having a thermal energy contacting element wherein the patient's venous plexus area contacts the thermal energy contacting element; and an inflatable heel care boot positioned inside of said enclosure and adapted to receive the portion of the patient's body, said inflatable heel care boot including a pressure chamber containing a fluid which does not come into contact with the portion of the patient's body.