Apparatus for the movement of blood by external pressure
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1. Apparatus for the movement of blood as a vascular exercise program, including:
- (a) a base member having a seat portion adapted to receive the buttocks of the user and two elongated leg channels adapted to receive the back portions of the user'"'"'s legs;
(b) a top member having two elongated leg channels adapted to receive the front portions of the user'"'"'s legs;
(c) clamp means operable to join the base and top members for a selected period of time to enclose the user'"'"'s legs and then to release the base and top members;
(d) leg pressure applying means in said leg channels to selectively apply pressure to the user'"'"'s legs in a peristaltic sequence;
(e) a pair of tubular arm members adapted to receive the user'"'"'s arms; and
(f) arm pressure applying means in said arm members to selectively apply pressure to the user'"'"'s arms in a peristaltic sequence;
(g) wherein said arm members are mounted on said top member.
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Abstract
A program of regular vascular exercise involves repeating cycles of blood movement obtained by seating the user in the base portion of the apparatus and clamping a top member shell to the base portion. Under the user'"'"'s control pressurizing apparatus, controlled by a microcomputer based timing arrangement, inflates and deflates a series of pressure cuffs around each limb to provide a peristaltic-like action which forces blood toward the trunk of the body.
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1. Apparatus for the movement of blood as a vascular exercise program, including:
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(a) a base member having a seat portion adapted to receive the buttocks of the user and two elongated leg channels adapted to receive the back portions of the user'"'"'s legs; (b) a top member having two elongated leg channels adapted to receive the front portions of the user'"'"'s legs; (c) clamp means operable to join the base and top members for a selected period of time to enclose the user'"'"'s legs and then to release the base and top members; (d) leg pressure applying means in said leg channels to selectively apply pressure to the user'"'"'s legs in a peristaltic sequence; (e) a pair of tubular arm members adapted to receive the user'"'"'s arms; and (f) arm pressure applying means in said arm members to selectively apply pressure to the user'"'"'s arms in a peristaltic sequence; (g) wherein said arm members are mounted on said top member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for the exercise of user'"'"'s vascular system by selectively moving blood from the limbs, including:
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(a) a base member adapted to rest on a floor and having a seat portion configured to receive user'"'"'s buttocks; (b) two elongated leg channels on the base member adapted to receive the back portion of user'"'"'s legs; (c) a top member having a rigid shell and two elongated leg channels adapted to receive user'"'"'s back leg portions; (d) a plurality of inflatable elongated bladder means mounted in each of said leg channels to apply pressure to the legs in a predetermined sequence and to be inflated to hold pressure on the legs for a predetermined time period; (e) clamp means to removably join the base and top members; (f) a pair of tubular arm members, each having a rigid tubular shell; (g) a plurality of doughnut-shaped inflatable bladder means within each tubular shell to apply peristaltic pressure to the arms and to be inflated to hold pressure on the arms for a predetermined time period; (h) pressure control means comprising a vacuum source, a pressure source including an air pump, a microcomputer based control system, and air lines and vacuum lines connecting each of said bladders to the pressure source and vacuum source respectively; (i) wherein the arm members are mounted on a carriage, the carriage being slidingly mounted on the top member. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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