WEARABLE ACTIVE-COMPRESSION THERAPY AND TREATMENT SYSTEM

摘要

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a wearable compression therapy system for ambulatory therapy, the system including a wearable garment having one or more inflatable chambers, and a pneumatic engine locally coupled to the garment to provide control and inflation of the one or more inflatable chambers. In an illustrative embodiment, the pneumatic engine may control a pump and one or more valves to inflate the inflatable chambers. The valves and pump may be coordinated according to a pre-programmed profile. In some embodiments, the pneumatic engine may have a wireless interface configured to receive control signals from a remote mobile device untethered from the garment. The pneumatic engine may send to the remote mobile device signals indicative of sensed conditions of the compression therapy system. In some embodiments, the pneumatic engine may include a power source that advantageously permits the user to be untethered from a source of power.

主权项

1. An ambulatory compression therapy apparatus comprising:
a compression garment configured to be worn by a patient while providing compression therapy to the patient, the garment comprising at least one pump and one or more valves operatively coupled to provide inflation of one or more inflatable chambers in response to pump control signals and valve control signals; a compression garment controller that is configured to generate the pump control signals to send to the at least one pump, and the valve control signals to send to the one or more valves, to control inflation of each of the inflatable chambers according to a predetermined compression therapy profile; a mobile telecommunication device in data communication with the compression garment and operable to establish a communication link with a remote server, to receive from the remote server information to define the predetermined compression therapy profile, and to communicate the received information to the compression garment controller; a portable energy storage device attachable to the compression garment to supply operating power to perform the predetermined compression therapy, wherein the garment is configured to deliver to the patient a compression therapy according to the predetermined compression therapy profile while the patient is ambulatory and physically untethered to any other devices.