Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1975-08-05
1976-11-23
Trapp, Lawrence W.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128 241, A61H 700, A61H 2900
Patent
active
039930530
ABSTRACT:
A massaging system for application to the body for simulating muscular contraction in enhancing flow of venous blood and lymphatic fluid. The system includes a flexible pad having fixed to one face thereof a set of elastic tubing coil portions forming part of a recirculating hydraulic system including a pump for creating pulsating fluid flow. The segments of elastic tubing between the tubing portions fixed to the pad are disposed in substantially parallel relation, spaced from the fixed portions, and are supplied to a part of the body to be treated so that pulsations of fluid flow in the elastic segments are directed cardiocipetally, i.e. toward the heart. Thus the pulsations are transmitted through the wall of the elastic tubing segments and through the patient's skin and adjacent tissue, and are applied to the muscle. The cardiocipetal orientation of the tubing segments and of the resulting pressure pulsations longitudinally of the effected muscle serve to provide the pumping action in the adjacent veins and lymphatic passages which would normally be provided by muscular contractions during ordinary body movements. The pump of the system desirably includes means for controlling the pressure, the frequency of pulsations and the temperature of the circulating liquid, typically water. The size and shape of the pads, and the number of effective segments of elastic tubing applied to the skin, may be varied as desired to be adapted for use on virtually any area of the body.
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