Apparatus and method for monitoring pneumatic limb compression therapy
CA 2335834 A1 · Owner: Torromain Investments Limited · Inventors: Jameson, Michael; Nakane, Jonathan J.; Mcewen, James A.
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Apparatus for monitoring the application of a varying pressure to a limb from a sleeve positioned on the limb in order to augment the flow of venous blood and thus reduce the incidence of embolism and deep venous thrombosis in the limb comprises: transducing means for producing a sleeve pressure signal indicative of pressure applied by the sleeve to the limb; waveform parameter measurement means responsive to the sleeve pressure signal for measuring the value of a predetermined pressure waveform parameter and for producing a waveform parameter signal indicative of the measured value of the waveform parameter; and interval determination means responsive to the waveform parameter …
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- Filed June 26, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 26, 2018.
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