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EP 0 388 200 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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22.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/21 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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19.09.1990 Bulletin 1990/38 |
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Date of filing: 15.03.1990 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A61H 23/04 |
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
16.03.1989 US 324513
12.04.1989 US 336984
13.04.1989 US 337606
12.04.1989 US 336979
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Applicant: THE KENDALL COMPANY |
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Mansfield,
Massachusetts 02048 (US) |
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Inventor: |
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- Dye, John F.
Elgin,
Illinois 60120 (US)
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Representative: Kearney, Kevin David Nicholas et al |
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KILBURN & STRODE
30 John Street
London, WC1N 2DD
London, WC1N 2DD (GB) |
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Full length compressible sleeve |
(57) A sleeve for applying compressive pressures against a patient's limb from a source
of pressurized fluid, wherein the sleeve comprises a multi-layered sheath (10), having
a proximal (60) and a distal end. Generally parallel side edges (52, 54) extend between
the proximal (60) and distal ends, which side edges (52, 54), on the proximal half
of the sheath, are adjustably wrappable about the patient's limb, once it is inserted
in the sleeve (10).