Patent ID: 7179242

Claim:
A method of treating deep vein thrombosis in a limb of a user, comprising: providing a deep vein thrombosis treatment sleeve having a generally tubular configuration with at least one open end in use and configured to apply negligible compressive engagement to the limb of the user disposed thereon; applying the deep vein thrombosis treatment sleeve onto the limb of the user over the area of the user's limb where the deep vein thrombosis resides and a portion of the user's limb extends from at least one open end of the deep vein thrombosis treatment sleeve; allowing the deep vein thrombosis treatment sleeve to conform to the limb and adhere to the limb over the area of the user's limb where the deep vein thrombosis resides through negligible compression suction adhesion; heating up the deep vein thrombosis treatment sleeve with the body heat of the user until the deep vein thrombosis treatment sleeve reaches the body temperature of the limb, the deep vein thrombosis treatment sleeve is applied to so that the user barely notices the deep vein thrombosis treatment sleeve on the user's limb; treating the deep vein thrombosis with the deep vein thrombosis treatment sleeve on the limb of the user over the area of the user's limb where the deep vein thrombosis resides.