Patent ID: 8177734
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A portable controller unit for delivering pressurized air to a compression device of the type for applying compression to a body part of a wearer, the portable controller unit comprising: an air compressor; a valve mechanism; a molded, one-piece manifold base on which the air compressor and the valve mechanism are mounted, the manifold base including a plenum formed inside the base during molding of the base and a connector component formed during molding of the base for releasably securing the base to the compression device, the plenum fluidly connecting the air compressor to the valve mechanism, the plenum extending through the connector component and fluidly connecting the connector to the valve mechanism so that when the base is secured to the compression device, air can be delivered from the air compressor through the connector component to the compression device, wherein the base has a length, a first face extending along the length of the base, and an opposite second face extending along the length of the base, the connector component extending outward from the first face, the air compressor and the valve mechanism mounted on the second face, the connector component being positioned so that when the portable controller unit is mounted on the compression device the connector component supports the weight of the base, the air compressor and the valve mechanism.