Patent ID: 6315745
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61F,A61H

Abstract:
A compression garment for application to various extremities of the body of a patient to provide for treatment of lymphedema and related forms of edema, said garment being formed having an upper layer and a lower layer of fabric material, said upper and lower layers being of sufficient size and length to provide for covering of the extremities being treated, and having sufficient width to provide for its wraparound treated extremity, said upper and lower layers of fabric material being sealed together around their margins and intermediate thereof to provide various segments of internal pockets into which pressurized air may be injected during usage of the garment, there being a plurality of additional connections between the upper and lower layers of fabric material within each segment of internal pocket to form a plurality of further segmented air pockets to provide for a plurality of pressure points within each segment of an internal pocket for exertion by the compression garment upon the extremity of the body being treated, valve means operatively associated with the upper layer of the garment, there being one valve member for each segment of internal pocket, to allow for injecting of pressurized air into each segment of the garment during usage, and each valve capable of being manipulated to provide for release of the pressurized air from each segment of the garment after completion of the treatment of lymphedema through usage of said compression garment, said plurality of segmented air pockets maintaining uniform distribution of pressurized air within each segment of an internal pocket during usage of said compression garment.