Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electro active compression bandage
- Patent Title (中): 电活化绷带
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Application No.: US11576936Application Date: 2005-10-10
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Publication No.: US07857777B2Publication Date: 2010-12-28
- Inventor: Tomas Larson , Landy Toth
- Applicant: Tomas Larson , Landy Toth
- Applicant Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Assignee: ConvaTec Technologies Inc.
- Current Assignee: ConvaTec Technologies Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Agent John M. Kilcoyne
- Priority: EP04445107 20041011; EP04445108 20041011
- International Application: PCT/EP2005/010886 WO 20051010
- International Announcement: WO2006/040109 WO 20060420
- Main IPC: A61F5/00
- IPC: A61F5/00 ; A61F2/08 ; A61N1/00 ; A61L15/00

Abstract:
The proposed device includes two segments adapted to enclose a body part in a form-fitting manner. Each segment contains an electroactive-material-based actuator, which is adapted to receive an electrical control signal and in response thereto adjust the actuator's morphology, so as to cause the segment to apply a basic pressure profile to the body part. A pressure transition is adapted to redistribute the basic pressure profiles between the first and second segments. A control signal in respect of the first segment causes the pressure transition system to apply a first adjusted pressure profile to at least part of the second portion of the body part, and vice versa, a control signal in respect of the second segment causes the pressure transition system to apply a second adjusted pressure profile to at least a part of the first portion of the body part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080195018A1 Electro Active Compression Bandage Public/Granted day:2008-08-14
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