Patent ID: 8905953

Claim:
Vessel dilation apparatus which is a portable ambulant apparatus allowing the patient to be ambulatory when it is secured to the patient for dilating a target vein of a patient comprising: a support adapted to be secured to a limb of a patient, said support has a plurality of securing members configured to secure the support to the patient's limb; a compression member that is coupled to said support and comprises an inflatable member, said compression member configured to extend in a substantially straight direction along at least a portion of the length of said limb without encircling the limb when said support is secured to the patient's limb, said compression member is configured so that when said support is secured to the patient, the compression member can be positioned to focus pressure toward said target vein; a pressure source coupled to said compression member; a control unit coupled to said pressure source to control delivery of pressurized fluid to the inflatable member; a power source coupled to said control unit; and a conduit and one or more fluid control devices, said conduit coupling said pressure source and inflatable member and said one or more fluid control devices being operatively coupled to the control unit and inflatable member.