Patent ID: 8328741

Claim:
A pneumatic compression garment comprising: a flexible member for placement on a limb of a human body; an inflatable bladder in the flexible member defining an inflatable chamber; and a port including a delivery tube fixedly secured and sealed to the inflatable bladder, the delivery tube having an air inlet outside the inflatable chamber adapted for communication with a source of pressurized air and an air outlet in communication with the inflatable chamber for delivery of air from the source of pressurized air into the inflatable chamber for inflating the inflatable chamber and thereby applying a compression force to the limb when the flexible member is in place on the limb, the delivery tube comprising an air outlet portion inside the inflatable chamber adjacent to a free end of the delivery tube within the inflatable chamber defining the air outlet of the port, the delivery tube including at least one air flow aperture in a sidewall of the delivery tube positioned on the air outlet portion of the delivery tube such that air flows through the at least one air flow aperture in a lateral direction relative to the tube into the inflatable chamber of the inflatable bladder to inflate the inflatable bladder, wherein the air outlet portion of the delivery tube terminates in an closed end for forcing air into the inflatable chamber through the air flow apertures.