Device for applying a pulsating pressure to a local region of the body and applications thereof
CA 2525689 C · Owner: Thermonor As · Inventors: Rein, Erling Bekkestad; Filtvedt, Marius
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The present invention generally relates to a device for applying a pulsating pressure to a local region of the body and applications thereof. The device may be used to increase the blood flow in a local region of the body and in , preferred embodiments provides a device for regulating the core body temperature of a patient. The disclosed device comprises a pressure chamber (4) and an element to generate pulses of pressure withing the chamber. The pressure in the chamber can be negative i.e. less than atmospheric, or , positive. The limb to be treated is either immersed in liquid contained in , the pressure chamber, or separated from it by a liquid barrier layer in which case the …
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- Filed December 30, 2003 and granted February 12, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 30, 2023.
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