Global Patent Index - EP 2842537 B1

EP 2842537 B1 20180321 - PNEUMATIC MASSAGE APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF EDEMA

Title (en)

PNEUMATIC MASSAGE APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF EDEMA

Title (de)

PNEUMATISCHE MASSAGEVORRICHTUNG ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON ÖDEMEN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE MASSAGE PNEUMATIQUE POUR LE TRAITEMENT DE L'OEDÈME

Publication

EP 2842537 B1 20180321 (EN)

Application

EP 14182175 A 20140825

Priority

JP 2013179054 A 20130830

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2842537A1] A pneumatic massage apparatus making it possible to perform even more efficient drainage is provided. The pneumatic massage apparatus 1 includes a massage device 2 to be fitted to wrap around an arm or leg of a patient and having a plurality of air chambers disposed in series in a proximal direction from a distal position of the arm or leg toward the center of the patient's body when the massage device is fitted around the arm or leg, and a compressed air control unit 4 supplying and discharging compressed air into and from the plurality of air chambers of the massage device 2. The compressed air control unit 4 has a means for pressurizing each air chamber by supplying compressed air thereinto, and a means for depressurizing each pressurized air chamber by discharging compressed air therefrom. The means for depressurizing is configured to depressurize the pressurized air chambers in such a manner that, of any pair of mutually adjacent air chambers, a proximal air chamber of the pair first starts to be depressurized, and then a distal air chamber of the pair starts to be depressurized.

IPC 8 full level

A61H 9/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61H 9/0078 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2205/06 (2013.01); A61H 2205/10 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2842537 A1 20150304; EP 2842537 B1 20180321; JP 2015047207 A 20150316; JP 6203576 B2 20170927

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 14182175 A 20140825; JP 2013179054 A 20130830