| 摘要 |
A compression sleeve ( 10 ) has twelve inflatable cells ( 13 ) to be wrapped around a limb. The cells ( 13 ) are inflated to set pressures and duration by a fluid source. The cells ( 13 ) are numbered ( 1 ) to ( 12 ), with ( 1 ) being at the toe, or the wrist, and ( 12 ) being at the thigh, or the shoulder. In use, the inflation sequence begins with a peristaltic wave at cell ( 1 ) and finishes at cell ( 12 ). Then cell ( 12 ) is inflated and deflated 5 times, then cell ( 11 ) is inflated and deflated 5 times in the same way as cell ( 12 ), followed by a single peristaltic wave beginning at cell ( 12 ) to cell ( 11 ). This compression regime is repeated along the compression sleeve until cell ( 1 ) is inflated and deflated(5) times followed by a peristaltic wave from cell ( 1 ) to cell ( 12 ). The described compression sequence is particularly useful for lymphatic drainage.
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