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Portable sequential compression device

  • US 4,858,596 A
  • Filed: 02/18/1988
  • Issued: 08/22/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sequential compression device for delivering sequentially pressurized air for medical purposes to an inflatable multi-compartment sleeve, comprising:

  • an accumulator having walls to define a containment housing for containing pressurized air therein, said accumulator housing also containing;

    a pump to generate pressurized air into said accumulator housing;

    a plurality of conduits each having a proximal open end within said accumulator housing and a distal end disposed through a wall of said accumulator housing; and

    a plurality of valves to control the flow of pressurized air into said conduits;

    said conduits, said pump and said valves being disposed within said accumulator housing, to compress said air therewithin, and to selectively discharge said pressurized air through said conduits in said accumulator housing for discharge to an inflatable sleeve.

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