Patent ID: 7252646
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: A61H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A therapeutic system for compressing a body of a user by applying compressive forces thereto, comprising: a first compression sleeve having at least a first inflatable chamber therein and a corresponding inflation tube in communication with the chamber, the first compression sleeve being configured to be positioned so that the chamber compresses a portion of the user's body to perform at least a first mode of compression treatment for the body; an inflation control unit having supply tubing extending therefrom, including at least first and second supply tubes, and having one or more control valves to control a supply of inflation fluid through the supply tubing, a first of the control valves controlling the supply of inflation fluid through the first supply tube; and a tubing connector to connect either the first compression sleeve or a second compression sleeve to the supply tubing, the connector being shaped such that the inflation tube corresponding to the first inflatable chamber of the first sleeve is fluidically connectable to the first supply tube such that inflation fluid from the first supply tube is conveyed to the first chamber through the corresponding inflation tube; wherein the inflation control unit includes controls to control the supply of inflation fluid through the supply tubing in at least a first and a second mode; and a detector to detect whether the first sleeve is connected to the supply tubing, as opposed to the second, and to indicate the same.