The most commonly used cuffs for medical and athlete applications are leg cuffs and arm cuffs to move the blood volume from the distal to the proximal. Each mode and pressure range will have different applications. Treatment Timer Options tend to range from 5 to 99 minutes and pressure Range 30 – 240 mmHg. Manufacturers have different options, typically the controller will control between 1 and 4 recovery modes, and may include – Peristaltic, Sequential, Pulse & warmup modes. IPC Pumps (control units)Ī control unit is required to manage the inflation and deflation process required for IPC. Multichambered IPC devices have four to thirty-six chambers, with greater pressure in the distal chambers and lower pressure in the proximal chambers, resulting in a pressure gradient.Īdvanced compression systems may have just one to two and a half chambers active at any one moment, simulating the distal-to-proximal direction. Single-chamber IPC devices do not use a pressure gradient instead, they use a single cuff to deliver pressure to the upper extremities.
It can be worn easily while sleeping or sitting in a chair. These devices are used in hospitals and homes equally as a part of recovery from surgery and in preventing clots formation in various conditions. The sleeves also assist the body in releasing chemicals that help avoid clots. When sleeves relax, oxygen-rich blood travels to the body through arteries. The compression aids blood flow from the body to the heart. This inflating and deflating action helps in circulation and the experience resembles massage. The sleeves inflate and deflate every 20 to 60 seconds. IPC devices keep the blood and lymphatic circulation smooth and help prevent these conditions. If any clots form in veins and arteries, it disturbs the circulation and leads to various diseases, i.e., deep vein thrombosis(DVT), stasis, and venous ulcers. Veins return oxygen-poor blood to the heart, and arteries take oxygen-rich blood from the heart and distribute it in the body. The stagnation of venous blood and lymphatic fluid is successfully driven back to regular circulation throughout the process of inflation, expansion, squeezing, and deflation.
The intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) devices provide compression per the predetermined treatment mode using an inflated sleeve that wraps around the body or limbs.
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