Patent ID: 9119705
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61F,A61H

Abstract:
1. A deep-vein-thrombosis (DVT) therapy method comprising: providing a control unit that heats and cools a heat-transfer liquid to a temperature within the range of about 37° F. and about 105° F. and provides compressed air at a pressure of at least 25 mmHg greater than ambient atmospheric pressure, the control unit comprising an air pump, a compression valve, a select valve, a DVT valve, and a vent valve; providing a thermal treatment blanket that receives the heat-transfer liquid from the control unit and sends the heat-transfer liquid back to the control unit; applying a hot or cold treatment to a first skin area of a first limb; supplying the compressed air from the air pump to the thermal treatment blanket via the compression valve and the select valve such that a first compressive-therapy treatment is applied to the first skin area of the first limb via the thermal treatment blanket; providing a second compressive-therapy device and a third compressive therapy device for application of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis; applying a second compressive-therapy treatment to a second skin area of the first limb via the second compressive-therapy device, the second compressive-therapy treatment comprising pulsed compression as DVT prophylaxis, the pulsed compression being applied to the second compressive-therapy device via the air pump, the compression valve, and the DVT valve; applying the second compressive-therapy treatment to a skin area of a second limb via the third compressive-therapy device, the second compressive-therapy treatment comprising pulsed compression as DVT prophylaxis, the pulsed compression being applied to the third compressive-therapy device via the air pump, the compression valve, and the DVT valve; and wherein the control unit automatically actuates the select valve to direct the pulsed compression to the second compressive-therapy device only when the compressed gas is not being applied to the thermal treatment blanket.