Device and method for applying pressure to mammalian limb

摘要

A therapeutic pressure strap for applying pressure across a muscle or muscle groups on a mammalian limb is described. The strap is particularly well suited for treating “tennis elbow”. The strap contains an adjustable fastening means for securing and tightening the strap around a limb. The strap also possesses a plurality of pressure members (e.g., elongated rubber tubes) that apply separate and discrete areas or points of pressure in a line across a muscle or muscle group and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the limb.

主权项

1. A therapeutic pressure strap for applying pressure to muscles of a limb, said pressure strap comprising:
an elongated flexible band for encircling the limb; first and second adjustable cooperative fasteners for adjustably fastening said band about the limb, with said first fastener proximate a first end of said band and said second fastener proximate a second end of said band; and a plurality of elongated pressure members attached to said band and positioned between said first and second fasteners, wherein a longitudinal axis of one or more of said plurality of elongated pressure members is positioned parallel to a longitudinal axis of said band, wherein said band includes a plurality of pockets for retaining said pressure members, wherein adjacent pockets are separated by stitching along the longitudinal axis of said band, said adjacent pockets being separated by a distance in the range of one quarter inch to one inch, wherein said pockets are adapted to be oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the limb during use whereby pressure members within said pockets are adapted to create discrete lines of pressure across the muscles of the limb.