| US 7,591,796 B1 | ||
| Automatic portable pneumatic compression system | ||
| Jacob Barak, Oranit (Israel); Sarit Dimir Gelbart, Givat Ada (Israel); Amir Fabian, Zichron Yacov (Israel); and Yaakov Nizan, Tel-Aviv (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Medical Compression Systems (DBN) Ltd., Or-Aqiva (Israel) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 20, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/370,283. | ||
| Application 10/370283 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/941909, filed on Aug. 29, 2001, granted, now 7,063,676. | ||
| Application 09/941909 is a continuation of application No. 09/413968, filed on Oct. 07, 1999, granted, now 6,494,852. | ||
| Application 09/413968 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/375083, filed on Aug. 16, 1999, granted, now 6,447,467. | ||
| Application 09/375083 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/038157, filed on Mar. 11, 1998, granted, now 6,478,757. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/424288, filed on Nov. 06, 2002. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61H 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 601—152 | 161 Claims |
| 1. A compression system for applying therapeutic pressure to a limb of a body, comprising:
a pressure sleeve including an inflatable cell;
a compression system console, pneumatically connected to said pressure sleeve, having a controller to provide controlled pressurized
fluid to said pressure sleeve; and
a pressure accumulator, non-integral with said compression system console, pneumatically connected to said compression system
console, to receive pressurized fluid from said compression system console and to provide controlled pneumatic compression;
said pressure accumulator including a fastening device to locate said pressure accumulator, separately from said compression
system console, at a user selected location.
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