Medical appliance

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1985-11-04

1986-09-30

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 25B, 128 40, 128DIG20, A61H 700

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046141790

ABSTRACT:
The invention contemplates a non-invasive technique and apparatus for artificially stimulating the venous-return flow of blood from the foot by inducing sharply pulsed squeezing or necking-down of the vessels of the venous-pump mechanism within the foot. The stimulation results from transient flattening of the plantar arch, in that an induced transient spread of the heel with respect to the ball of the foot stretches, and therefore necks-down involved blood vessels; stimulation also results from such a squeeze of the plantar-arch region as to concurrently squeeze the involved blood vessels. Cyclically inflatable devices, local to the foot-pump region, are disclosed for inducing either or both of the indicated actions.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2880721 (1959-04-01), Corcoran
patent: 3171410 (1965-03-01), Towle, Jr. et al.
patent: 3908642 (1975-09-01), Vinmont
"The Venous Pump of the Human Foot-Preliminary Report"; Bristol Medico-Chirugical Journal; Gardner and Fox; pp. 109-112; Jul. 1983.

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