Patent ID: 8523794
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A method of treating lymphedema using compression therapy comprising the steps of: (a) positioning on a body extremity to be treated, a lymphedema treatment sleeve configured to fit around said body extremity, said body extremity having a proximal end and a distal end, the sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the sleeve being located at the distal end of the body extremity, the sleeve comprising a plurality of contiguous individually inflatable chambers sequentially arranged from the proximal end to the distal end of the sleeve; (b) inflating the chamber at the proximal end of the sleeve to a respective prescribed chamber pressure to thereby commence compression therapy on said body extremity; (c) subsequent to a predetermined time interval, inflating the next chamber in the sequence to a respective prescribed chamber pressure; (d) repeating step (c) until all the chambers in the sequence are inflated; and (e) subsequent to a predetermined delay interval, deflating all the chambers except the proximal end chamber.