System for compression therapy

摘要

A system for compression therapy includes a patient-support apparatus and a compression sleeve assembly that is coupleable to the patient-support apparatus. In some embodiments, the patient-support apparatus includes a hospital bed and in other embodiments, the patient-support apparatus includes a mattress for a bed. The compression sleeve assembly includes a sleeve that couples to a patient's limb and that inflates to promote blood flow. The compression sleeve assembly also includes a conduit and a compression module that is operable to inflate the sleeve through the conduit. The conduit may be routed, at least in part, through the associated patient-support apparatus. The compression module may be situated, at least in part, in a cavity of the associated patient-support apparatus. A compression module may be coupled to an architectural structure, such as a headwall unit.

主权项

1. A system for applying compression therapy to a patient's limb, the system comprising
a bed including a frame and a footboard coupled to the frame adjacent a foot end of the bed, the footboard defined between a first wall having a first outer surface facing away from the frame and a second wall having a second outer surface facing toward the frame, a compression sleeve adapted to couple to the patient's limb, the compression sleeve being inflatable to compress the patient's limb, a pneumatic conduit through which the sleeve is inflated, wherein the pneumatic conduit comprises a first conduit coupler mounted to said second wall of the footboard and a second conduit coupler that detachably couples to the first conduit coupler, and a compression module having a housing containing a pressure generator therein and having electronics contained therein, the compression module being operable to inflate the compression sleeve through the pneumatic conduit, the footboard having a module-receiving cavity in which at least a portion of the housing of the compression module is received when the compression module is attached to the footboard, the module-receiving cavity being formed in the first outer surface of the first wall of the footboard that faces away from the frame such that the module-receiving cavity is exteriorly accessible for receipt of the at least a portion of the housing of the compression module without the need to remove any components of the footboard and so that the compression module is not obstructed from view by a caregiver standing adjacent the foot end of the bed and looking toward the first surface when the compression module is in use while in the module-receiving cavity to inflate the compression sleeve, the footboard having a passage all the way therethrough from the first outer surface to the second outer surface and through which the pneumatic conduit extends between the compression module and the sleeve, the passage terminating on the first wall of the footboard in the module-receiving cavity, the compression module being manually removable from the module-receiving cavity of the footboard without the need to remove any components of the footboard so that the compression module is usable to inflate the sleeve after the compression module is detached from the bed and the patient is ambulatory.