Patent ID: 7008390

Claim:
A device for massaging a lower leg for treating hypostatic leg conditions and for preventing stagnation of blood in the leg comprising a base pad ( 2 ) arranged in an area of a sole of a foot and having inner spaces and a bladder ( 1 ) arranged in the region of the lower leg, a tubular connection ( 3 ) including at least one side part ( 13 ) extending between the inner spaces of the base pad ( 2 ) and said bladder ( 1 ), a working fluid in one of the bladder ( 1 ) or the inner spaces of said base pad ( 2 ), a frame ( 8 ) comprising a base part ( 12 ) and said at least one side part ( 13 , 7 ) projecting upward from said base part ( 12 ), said frame ( 8 ) being mountable inside a shoe, said bladder ( 1 ) being fastened to said side part ( 13 ) and said bladder ( 1 ) being positioned on said frame ( 8 ) in such a manner that it covers the lower leg only above a location at which a perforating vein emerges beneath the muscles on the rear inner side of the ankle, so that a person walking while wearing said device will periodically exert a pressure on the pad ( 2 ) causing working fluid to inflate the bladder ( 1 ) and place periodic pressure just on said location of the lower leg.