DEVICE FOR PRESSURIZING LIMBS

摘要

A device for applying pressure to a body limb comprising a sleeve containing individually inflatable cells each cell being subdivided into longitudinally extending confluent compartments that are inflated and deflated essentially simultaneously. A device for applying pressure to a body comprising the massaging sleeve, means for the intermittent inflation selected cells of the sleeve; and means for determining a temporo-spatial regime of cell inflation. A method for immobilizing a fractured bone in a limb comprising inserting the limb into the sleeve and inflating all the cells in the sleeve. A method of massaging a limb of the body of an individual, comprising inserting the limb into the sleeve and inflating the cells of the sleeve according to a predetermined temporo-spatial regime.