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Surgery – Truss – Perineal

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047211016

ABSTRACT:
The invention contemplates a non-invasive technique and apparatus for artificially stimulating the venous-return flow of blood from the foot by inducing fast-rising 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; and enhanced arterial throughput is achieved when the stimulating pulse is sustained for a brief period prior to a relaxation dwell between pulses.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4186732 (1980-02-01), Christoffel
patent: 4614180 (1986-09-01), Gardner

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