Patent ID: 6589194
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A43B,A61H

Abstract:
A self-powered compression device comprisinga plurality of sleeves, each of said sleeves being individually separated and filled with air, and constructed individually to configure to the shape of a body upon which the sleeves are wrapped, each sleeve being positioned in contact with the adjacent sleeves to form a linkage, said linkage enabling a transmission of vector forces and energy from one sleeve to another sleeve, a safety system to control the pressure in each sleeve, a pressure pump sized and configured to be located beneath the foot arch or the heel, said pump being linked to each sleeve by a piping system, said piping system being connected separately by separate valves to each of said sleeves, wherein the pressure differential is sufficient to exert a massaging force on the limb in a sequential and cyclical order, thereby promoting circulation of venous, lymphatic, arterial or interstitial fluid and a boot sole sized and configured to be located under the foot, the boot sole including the pressure pump and the boot sole not united with the inside of the boot device to ensure the pump does not interfere with the operation of the sleeves.