| 摘要 |
Apparatus (10) for applying pressure to a portion of a body, including a pressure cuff (34) surroundingly engageable with the portion of the body, the cuff (34) including a plurality of individually inflatable cells (36), including a most distal cell and a most proximal cell, and a pressure controller (14) that inflates at least one of the cells (36) to a non-constant pressure during a given time period. Preferably the pressure fluctuates between predetermined maximum and minimum levels during each time interval of cell inflation. The easing of pressure allows the engorged tissue to which the cell applies pressure to immediately refill between pressure rises to the maximum pressure. The cell thus dynamically decongests the engorged tissue to which the cell applies pressure. <IMAGE> |
