| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for enhancing venous circulation in persons having venous insufficiencies and/or for effecting muscular massage for preventing muscle atrophy. This is attained by a wrap or sleeve adapted to circumscribe the portion of the body to be treated which includes an inflatable flexible tubing or tube which is inflated and deflated for producing a smooth, progressive massaging force on the body portion being treated. In operation, a fluid pressure inflates the respective tubes in a progressive manner whereby a massaging force is progressively applied against the body part as the tubes are sequentially inflated and which massaging force is relieved when the tubes are deflated. A control circuit is provided to control the inflation and deflation of the flexible tubing to effect a repetitive cycle in a predetermined time sequence. In one form of the invention, a wrap or sleeve circumscribes two body parts to be treated, each wrap or sleeve including a plurality of inflatable flexible tubes which are progressively inflated in an alternating sequence. Associated with the respective wrap or sleeve is a control manifold with a reciprocating valving member operating to effect a progressive inflation of the respective tubes in one sleeve as all the inflatable tubes in the other sleeve are simultaneously deflated, and the cycle repeated.
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