Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1996-11-12
1999-05-18
Yu, Mickey
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
606201, 606202, A61B15/00
Patent
active
059041455
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for treating lymphedema in the limb of a patient as an outer sleeve configured to encircle the limb of the patient. A plurality of straps are secured in a lateral configuration on the sleeve to tighten the sleeve about the limb of the patient. Detachable markers are located on each of the straps adjacent a reference point on the straps to permit the straps to be tightened, loosened and then retightened to the same positions. The method for treating edema in the limb of a patient at a multiplicity of spaced apart locations comprises encircling the limb of a patient with an elongated sleeve having an elongated open seam and a plurality of spaced apart laterally extending releasable enclosable tightening straps. Strap are closed to secure the sleeve to the patient's limb. One of the straps is released, and a partially air-inflated pneumatic bladder is inserted through the seam underneath the released strap to position the bladder adjacent the patient's limb and the interior of the sleeve. The released strap is then closed and tightened against the bladder to cause a predetermined increase of pressure to be achieved within the bladder. The tightened strap that extends over the bladder is then released and the bladder is removed from the sleeve. The strap that extended over the bladder is then tightened to the same tightened position that existed prior to the bladder being removed. The foregoing steps are then sequentially repeated in regard to the remaining straps.
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Nguyen Dinh X.
Yu Mickey
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