Patent ID: 8905027

Claim:
A portable compression chamber comprising: two annular and substantially rigid end walls having a diameter and interconnected by a flexible tubular member to form an enclosed space for receiving a person to be treated, said tubular member being formed by an inner air-impervious material surrounded by a tube of a seamless woven material, the tubular member having first and second ends, each end held by respective first and second clamping means, wherein at least one of the first and second clamping means includes: a plurality of circumferentially spaced and arcuate clamping segments together forming a clamping ring, the clamping segments configured to expand radially outwardly relative to one another to increase the spacing therebetween and allow the insertion of the end wall into the corresponding end of the tubular member, wherein after said end wall has been inserted into said end of the tubular member, the clamping ring of said tubular member engages the end wall and an annular seal is compressed between the tubular member and the end wall to provide an air-tight seal, and wherein each arcuate clamping segment comprises: a first clamp formed between an inner clamp plate and an intermediate clamp plate and configured to secure the air impervious inner material; and a second clamp formed between the intermediate clamp plate and an outer clamp plate and configured to secure the seamless woven material.