Patent ID: 8591439

Claim:
A patient resuscitation system in which a plurality of inflatable cuffs are arranged to extend around separate portions of a patient's anatomy for enhancing the patient's blood flow when the cuffs are periodically inflated and deflated, wherein a timer sets the inflation and deflation period for each cuff, the improvement comprising: a) a primary air compressor connected to a volume chamber for providing sufficient pressure therein to inflate the cuffs; b) a pneumatic circuit including a secondary air source for providing separate pneumatic control signals for each cuff corresponding to the inflation and deflation periods set by the timer, the pneumatic control signals having a pressure greater than that present in the volume chamber; and c) an air handler individually connected between each cuff, the volume chamber and the atmosphere, each air handler being responsive to the pneumatic control signals and the absence of such control signals for placing the associated cuff(s) in fluid communication with the volume chamber or the atmosphere to inflate or deflate the associated cuff in accordance with the inflation and deflation periods set by the timer.