Patent ID: 8394042
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A portable sequential compression device comprising: a) a compression sleeve having within a plurality of inflatable bladders transversely encircling an appendage of a user and having a longitudinal extending fastener for securing said sleeve around said appendage; b) each bladder having separate fill and bleed valves mounted directly on said bladders and located opposite each other on said bladders; c) a control unit having an air compression pump for inflating said bladders sequentially through said fill valves and deflating said bladders through said bleed valves so that a bladder is deflated after a following bladder is inflated; d) a conduit communicating between said fill valves and said control unit; and e) said control unit comprising a housing, on a rear wall of said housing a clip for attaching said housing to an article of clothing, on a front wall of said housing a speaker for audible indication when a treatment time expires, a visual indicator, as well as control switches for selecting bladder pressure, bladder cycle time, and treatment time, and on a side wall of said housing another speaker.