Method for promoting flow of a body fluid within a human limb

Details Method for promoting flow of a body fluid within a human limb Method for promoting flow of a body fluid within a human limb

1988-05-13

1990-05-08

Burr, Edgar S.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 24R, A61F 500

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049228935

ABSTRACT:
An improved method and apparatus for promoting flow of a body fluid within a human limb, which has been subjected to an amputation procedure, wherein a novel distal inflatable cell having a pair of inflatable cell portions, one of which encompasses such a limb adjacent the stump end thereof and the other of which extends transversely across the stump end thereof, is utilized in a novel method of therapy to treat Lymphedema and similar fluid accumulation disorders of the extremities.

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