Apparatus for the treatment of oedema of members by pressure

Details Apparatus for the treatment of oedema of members by pressure Apparatus for the treatment of oedema of members by pressure

1985-11-05

1987-03-10

McNeill, Gregory E.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128 65, 128402, A61F 540

Patent

active

046483926

ABSTRACT:
The apparatus is of the type comprising a vertical cylindrical vessel containing a flexible tubular bag closed at one end and fixed by the periphery of its open opposite end to the periphery of the upper part of the vessel and in which mercury is injected in the vessel around the bag when the member to be treated is introduced in the bag. The apparatus comprises two coaxial flexible bags (3,21) extending one inside the other within the vessel (2) and defining therebetween a small closed space (22), means (23) for introducing a liquid of high density in the space (22) and means (24) for achieving in the vessel, around the outer bag (3), a solid molding, which is capable of being disaggregated, of a member of any size introduced in the inner bag (21), the vessel (2) being vertical or inclined.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1399095 (1921-12-01), Webb, Sr.
patent: 3186404 (1965-06-01), Gardner
patent: 3977396 (1976-08-01), Cartier

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