Patent ID: 8419665

Claim:
An inflatable medical garment for applying to parts of the body such as the foot, calf and hand to enhance blood circulation in the body part, the garment comprising: a circumferential wrap having a first section and a second section separate from said first section, each wrap section being provided with one or more inflatable bladders, the bladders on each wrap section being fluidly connected by fluid delivery passages formed on the respective wrap section, the passages including a coupling in an engagement zone for connecting said passages to each other so the bladders of each wrap section simultaneously inflate the bladders of the corresponding wrap section from a single source, said coupling includes a mating area in the engagement zone that mates with the coupling of the other wrap section to form a continuous path for fluid communication between bladders on both wrap sections, the fluid delivery passage formed on said first wrap section providing communication between said bladders thereon and said mating area, said mating area providing a fluid access to said first delivery passage that communicates with a fluid access to said second delivery passage having a smaller cross-sectional area than said fluid access to the first passage such that fluid communication is maintained between the bladders on each wrap section as the fluid access to the second passage moves to different parts of the mating area during selective engagement of the wrap sections in the engagement zone, a closure for securing the wrap around the body part such that upon cyclic inflation of the bladders a cyclical pressure is applied to the body part to circulate blood in the body and a fastener on at least one of the first section and the second section for selectively joining the first section to predetermined locations of the second section for adjusting the size of the garment to fit body parts of differing shape and size.