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Automatic devices for remote ischemic preconditioning

  • US 9,610,213 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2014
  • Issued: 04/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automatic device for remote ischemic preconditioning treatment, the device comprising:

  • a disposable cuff configured to retract about a limb of a subject,a reusable battery-operated rechargeable controller detachably retained on said cuff, said controller comprising a pressure sensor configured to detect a cuff pressure in said cuff, said controller is configured to periodically;

    inflate said cuff to said cuff pressure at or above a limb occlusion pressure of the subject,maintain said cuff pressure at or above said limb occlusion pressure for a period of at least about one minute, anddeflate said cuff,wherein said cuff and said controller are further configured to be retained about said limb and deliver said remote ischemic preconditioning therapy as one unit, said controller is further configured to initially ether;

    inflate said cuff until a set cuff pressure level is reached based solely on said cuff pressure reading from said pressure sensor, orautomatically determine said cuff pressure based solely on said cuff pressure reading from said pressure sensor.

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