Patent ID: 8182403
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: A61B,A63B

Abstract:
1. A training device used in combination with a tight fitting device comprising a band having a length sufficient to be placed around a predetermined part of a limb; an air-tight pneumatic bag provided in or on said band; and fastening means provided on said band, for fastening said band on the predetermined part of the limb when said band is placed around said predetermined part of the limb; the tight fitting device configured to apply a compression pressure to the predetermined part of the limb when said pneumatic bag is filled with gas, wherein the tight fitting device is further configured to apply a predetermined compression pressure having a magnitude that causes restriction of the blood flow to a distal portion of the limb, the training device configured to control said compression pressure, and comprising: pressure adjusting means configured to introduce gas into said pneumatic bag through a predetermined tube and to remove the gas from said pneumatic bag; and control means for controlling said pressure adjusting means to change said compression pressure, said control means configured to read control data that indicate how the compression pressure is changed with time from recording means, and to control said pressure adjusting means, according to said control data, in such a manner that said compression pressure that is applied by said tight fitting device to said predetermined part of the limb oscillates between levels of upper and lower peaks, the upper peak contained in an appropriate range of pressures to restrict the blood pressure to a distal portion of the limb, the lower peak representing the level of a pressure lower than the next preceding upper peak, wherein said control means is adapted to control said pressure adjusting means in such a manner that the compression pressures that are applied by said tight fitting device to said predetermined part of the limb during said upper peaks on a second time and later times are equal to or higher than the compression pressure applied by said tight fitting device to said predetermined part of the limb during the next preceding upper peak, and wherein at least one of said upper peaks on the second time and later is equal to the compression pressure applied by said tight fitting device to said predetermined part of the limb during the next preceding upper peak.