SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSION THERAPY

• US 20100076356A1
• Filed: 11/30/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Catherine A. Pietsch, Gregory W. Branson, Jeffrey S. Lockwood, John P. Biondo, Michael Z. Sleva, Rachel Elizabeth Hopkins, Todd P. O'neal
• Original Assignee: Catherine A. Pietsch, Gregory W. Branson, Jeffrey S. Lockwood, John P. Biondo, Michael Z. Sleva, Rachel Elizabeth Hopkins, Todd P. O'neal
• Inventors: Pietsch, Catherine A., Hopkins, Rachel Elizabeth, Sleva, Michael Z., Lockwood, Jeffrey S., Branson, Gregory W., Biondo, John P., O'Neal, Todd P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,220,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/149
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/20 Displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/05 Parts, details or accessories of beds devices for prevention against falling out A47C21/08, A47D7/00 ; mattresses A47C27/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0506 Head or foot boards head or foot boards for comfort or ergonomics A47C19/022
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5071 Pressure sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 9/0078 with intermittent or alternately inflated bladders or cuffs mattresses for preventing bed-sores with alternated pressurized chambers A61G7/05776

Abstract

A system for compression therapy comprises a patient-support apparatus and a compression sleeve assembly that is coupleable to the patient-support apparatus. In some embodiments, the patient-support apparatus comprises a hospital bed and in other embodiments, the patient-support apparatus comprises a mattress for a bed. The compression sleeve assembly comprises a sleeve that couples to a patient'"'"'s limb and that inflates to promote blood flow. The compression sleeve assembly also comprises a conduit and a compression module that is operable to inflate the sleeve through the conduit. The conduit may be routed, at least in part, through the associated patient-support apparatus. The compression module may be situated, at least in part, in a cavity of the associated patient-support apparatus. A compression module that couples to an architectural structure, such as a headwall unit, is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for applying compression therapy to a patient'"'"'s limb, the system comprising

a bed,

a compression sleeve adapted to couple to the patient'"'"'s limb, the compression sleeve being inflatable to compress the patient'"'"'s limb,

a conduit through which the sleeve is inflated, and

a compression module having a pressure generator that is operable to inflate the compression sleeve through the conduit, the compression module being removably attachable to the bed, the compression module having a battery that supplies power to the pressure generator and that is recharged via an electrical connector of the bed when the compression module is attached to the bed.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the bed has a module-receiving cavity in which at least a portion of the compression module is received when the compression module is attached to the bed.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the bed comprises a foot board and the cavity is provided in the foot board.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the bed comprises a siderail and the cavity is provided in the siderail.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the bed comprises a patient-support deck including a pivotable deck section and the cavity is provided in the pivotable deck section.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the bed has a first electrical connector accessible in the cavity and a first pneumatic coupler accessible in the cavity, the compression module has a second electrical connector and a second pneumatic coupler, the second electrical connector mates with the first electrical connector when the compression module is attached to the bed, and the second pneumatic coupler mates with the first pneumatic coupler when the compression module is attached to the bed.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the battery is recharged by current passing through the first and second electrical connectors.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the bed has an electrical system, the compression module has an electric circuit, and data is communicated between the electrical system and the electric system.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the data comprises operating parameters of the compression module.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the data comprises alarm conditions of the compression module.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the conduit comprises a first conduit portion routed through an interior region of the bed and a second conduit portion extending between the first conduit portion and the compression sleeve.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the conduit comprises a first conduit coupler mounted to a surface of the bed and a second conduit coupler that detachably couples to the first conduit coupler.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the compression module has a third conduit coupler to which the second conduit coupler is coupleable when the compression module is detached from the bed and when the second conduit coupler is detached from the first conduit coupler.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the bed has an electrical control system and the compression module has an electric circuit that is operable to communicate compression data to the electrical control system of the bed.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the electric circuit of the compression module communicates wirelessly with the electrical control system of the bed.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the electric circuit of the compression module communicates with the electrical control system of the bed via a hard-wired connection.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the electrical control system of the bed comprises a display screen on which the compression data is viewable by a user.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the electrical control system of the bed is operable to communicate the compression data to a remote computer.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the bed comprises a siderail having a module-receiving cavity sized to receive the compression module therein when the compression module is attached to the bed.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the bed comprises a footboard having a module-receiving cavity sized to receive the compression module therein when the compression module is attached to the bed.