Device for reducing the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

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EP 1 245 252 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/45

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/40

(21)	Application number: 02252342.7

(22)	Date of filing: 28.03.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A63B 23/04, A63B 23/08

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

30.03.2001 GB 0108123

(71)	Applicant: AviaMedica Limited
	Glasgow, Strathclyde G77 6WP (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Flynn, Michael Richard Ayrshire, Scotland KA17 OLN (GB)

(74)	Representative: Hedges, Martin Nicholas et al
	A.A. Thornton & Co. 235 High Holborn London WC1V 7LE London WC1V 7LE (GB)

(54)	Device for reducing the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

(57) A lower leg exercise device (1) has an upper panel (2) and a lower panel (3) which are hingedly attached together along opposing longitudinal sides. A pair of elliptical forming panels (8) are hingedly attached to the lower panel (3) and are each foldable between a first position in which they lie substantially flat against the lower panel, whereby the upper panel may be collapsed flat against the lower panel for compact storage, and a second position in which they engage between the first and second panels in an upstanding manner so as to maintain the panels in spaced apart relationship. In said second position, the loading applied by the convexly curved upper and lower edges of the forming panels (8) to the upper and lower panels (2,3) results in said panels each adopting a convexly curved shape. In use, the device is placed an the floor in its erect configuration, the user placing their feet on the upper panel and rocking the device back and forth on the curved lower panel.

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