Patent ID: 8469910

Claim:
A pneumatic compression garment comprising: a flexible member for placement on a limb of a human body; a bladder in the flexible member defining an inflatable chamber, the bladder having an opening through which the inflatable chamber is inflated; a port mounted on the bladder, the port having an air inlet adapted for communication with a source of pressurized air and an air outlet in communication with the inflatable chamber via the opening in the bladder 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; and noise attenuating means comprising at least one flexible, air-impermeable noise attenuating member associated with the bladder opening for reducing noise from air flow through the opening into the inflatable chamber, the noise attenuating member comprising a resilient flap positioned relative to the bladder opening so that the flap deflects when air is delivered into the inflatable chamber through the opening in the inflatable bladder.