Patent ID: 8936588
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: A61B,A61H,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering an antithrombotic drug into deep veins of a leg of a patient, comprising the steps of: providing venous cannulation in a dorsum of a foot of the patient for application of said antithrombotic drug into superficial veins of the foot of the patient; inflating an inflatable pedal venous stocking configured to extend from toes of the patient to at least a point above a malleolus of the patient to an inflation pressure that causes the inflated pedal venous stocking to apply a uniform pressure to the foot of the patient sufficient to compress superficial veins of the foot of the patient; and injecting said antithrombotic drug into the superficial veins of the foot of the patient or via alternating web spaces of the foot of the patient while the pressure is applied to the foot of the patient by said inflated pedal venous stocking whereby said antithrombotic drug is shunted to deep veins of the leg of the patient via the compressed superficial veins of the foot of the patient.