A therapeutic compression garment made from body and band portions wherein at least one of the body and spine portions is narrower or wider across its mid-section than at either or both of its top and bottom edges such that the garment assumes a non-planar shape when the body and spine portions are attached together.

A liver cancer metastasis therapeutic device, comprising: a base plate, a prone support, an abdomen massager, a medicated gauze, a sprocket bracket, a transmission shaft, a sprocket, a chain, rotary plates, pedals, a handwheel bracket, handwheels, and an adjustable speed motor. The prone support is fixedly installed on the middle of the base plate, and the abdomen massager covered with the medicated gauze is installed on the prone support. The sprocket bracket is fixedly installed on the base plate and is provided with the transmission shaft and the sprocket, the rotary plates are fixed on two ends of the transmission shaft, and the sprocket is configured to cooperate with the chain for transmission; the handwheel bracket is fixed on two sides of a front center of base plate, and is provided with the handwheels.

A system and method determines a user's compliance with a prescribed therapeutic pneumatic compression treatment by applying external pressure to a body limb using a pneumatic compression sleeve having a pneumatically fillable cell; measuring pneumatic pressure within the pneumatically fillable cell; generating a pressure signal corresponding to the measured pneumatic pressure; determining biological events associated with the user based upon the pressure signal; generating a positive detection signal for each determined biological event associated with the user; and determining a user's compliance with a prescribed therapeutic pneumatic compression treatment when a predetermined number of positive detection signals have been generated within a predetermined time interval.

A wearable massage and/or compression device for applying controllable scrolling or intermittent sequential forces, such as compression forces, to the body and limbs of a user comprises an elongated fabric body sized to encircle a limb of a user, one or more shape-memory wires carried by the fabric body and configured to apply a compression pressure to the limb through the fabric body upon changing shape in response to a stimulus, and a micro-processor based controller for selectively actuating the one or more shape-changing elements to reduce the effective diameter of the device encircling the limb, to thereby apply pressure to the limb.

A patient support apparatus includes a frame having a patient support deck. A footboard is removably coupled to the frame. A compression therapy module is located inside the footboard or is mounted to a foot section of the frame. A sleeve port is pneumatically coupled to the compression therapy module and is located on the foot section. The sleeve port is configured for attachment to at least one tube extending from a compression sleeve worn on a limb of a patient. Control circuitry is coupled to the frame and is operable to control functions of the patient support apparatus and to control the compression therapy module. A graphical display screen is coupled to the control circuitry and displays user inputs that are selected to control functions of the patient support apparatus and the compression therapy module.

A seat cushion includes a plurality of inflatable cells, a pumping mechanism, and a manifold or valve system fluidly between the pumping mechanism and the inflatable cells. The manifold or the valve system, which may include a clutch and a motor, connect the pumping mechanism with, the inflatable cells such that a plurality of zones are created. A valve assembly can include a plurality of valves and is adjustable among at least three valve configurations to vary fluid connections to the inflatable cells to produce rearwardly advancing waves. The pumping action produced by the inflation and deflation of the inflatable cells assists in pumping blood in a user's legs back toward the heart.

The presently disclosed subject matter provides a mechanism in which DVTs form when reduced muscular activity results in loss of oscillatory shear-dependent transcriptional and ant-thrombotic phenotypes in peri-valvular venous endothelial cells. Endothelial cells surrounding the venous valve, where DVTs originate, experience oscillatory shear forces in response to muscular activity. Peri-valvular venous endothelial cells express high levels of FOXC2 and PROX1, transcription factors known to be activated by oscillatory shear stress, exhibit an anti-thrombotic phenotype characterized by low levels of the procoagulant proteins von Willebrands Factor (vWF), P-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1), high levels of the anticoagulant proteins thrombomodulin (THBD), endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) and tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), and resistance to thrombin-induced clot formation. The peri-valvular venous anti-thrombotic endothelial phenotype is lost following femoral artery ligation that reduces venous flow or genetic loss of FOXC2 or PROX1 in mice, and at the site of human DVT associated with lethal PE.

This device is a handheld tool intended for use on one's self or another to provide various types of Massage therapy including: Direct Compression, Acupressure, Trigger Point Therapy, Muscle Scraping/Gua Sha, Lymphatic Drainage and Myofascial Release. The size and solid-body construction of this device make it easy to hold, easy to control, and quite durable. The unit is comprised of two distinct parts, a Knuckle Structure and a ball base.

The Knuckle Structures are distributed around and embedded in the ball base in a tetrahedral arrangement. The Knuckle Structures emerge from the ball base at graduated heights allowing for varying depths of penetration of the Knuckle Structures which allows for a greater level of safety and control when providing Trigger Point Therapy, Cross Friction Massage, and compressive forms of Myofascial Release. The sides of the Knuckle Structures provide a rounded edge, especially well-suited for Muscle Scraping which are gentler than those currently offered in other devices. The angles made by the juxtaposition of the Knuckle Structures and the ball base produce approximately V-shaped edges appropriate for lymphatic drainage. The smooth rounded surface of the ball-base itself is similarly appropriate for working on sensitive structures, where no penetration is desired, or for producing a stimulatory effect on underlying inflammation.

A method involving a garment which includes three active parts, which are one abdominal active part intended to surround the subject's abdomen and two lower active parts each intended to surround one of the subject's lower limbs, each of the active parts including at least one bladder fillable with a fluid so as to obtain a homogeneous positive pressure applied by the active part to the whole of the corresponding body part of the subject among the abdomen and the lower limbs. The pressure application garment includes: for each active part, at least one interface pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure at the interface between the active part and the corresponding body part of the subject while being positioned between the active part and the corresponding body part of the subject, and a control unit.

Disclosed herein is a method of treating neurodegenerative diseases involving accumulation of abnormal proteins in the central nervous system (CNS) of a user. The method includes utilizing an intraoral device to apply photobiomodulation and vibration to specific points on hard and soft palates of the user to stimulate the user's glymphatic system and decongest hyperphosphorylated tau and amyloid proteins and toxins, and simultaneously with the utilization of the intraoral device, applying a transcranial device to exert vasopneumatic compression and photobiomodulation on the user's head and neck to stimulate the user's lymphatic system and enhance the flow of lymphatic fluid towards the subclavian lymphatic pathway.