Patent ID: 8114026

Claim:
A device for remote ischemic preconditioning, the device comprising: a cuff sized to fit about a limb of a subject in a deflated state, the cuff configured to be inflated from the deflated state to an inflated state to at least substantially reduce a blood flow through the limb, said cuff is configured to assure a limb occlusion pressure equal or less than a systolic blood pressure of said subject, a controller connected to said cuff, said controller including a cuff inflation assembly configured to inflate and deflate said cuff according to a preconditioning treatment protocol, said treatment protocol includes a plurality of treatment cycles, each cycle comprising the intervals of: cuff inflation, during which said cuff inflation assembly inflates said cuff to at least said limb occlusion pressure, an ischemic duration, during which said controller maintains said cuff at or above said limb occlusion pressure but at or below the systolic blood pressure of the subject for at least a portion of said ischemic duration, the ischemic duration lasting for at least about a minute, cuff deflation, during which said controller deflates said cuff to said deflated state, and a reperfusion duration.