Air Compression Therapy Device--Reshaping the Circulatory Rehabilitation Experience

Have you ever experienced these problems? ↓ ↓ ↓ 

After sitting in a car or office for a long time, your legs feel heavy as if filled with lead, and there's a swelling sensation when you press on them? Sudden shortness of breath, chest pain, or even coughing up phlegm with blood streaks?Frequent leg cramps at night, with red and hot skin? These symptoms may be caused by deep vein thrombosis!

At this time, Air Compression Therapy Device can effectively help you get out of dangerous physical conditions!

Data shows that, according to the "2025 China Vascular Health White Paper," the prevalence of venous thrombosis in my country is as high as 12%, and more than 100,000 people die from pulmonary embolism every year! Many people think that "leg swelling" is just edema, but they don't know that blood clots can break off at any time and cause sudden death!

Basic Introduction of Air Compression Therapy Device

Air Compression Therapy Device primarily works by sequentially and repeatedly inflating and deflating multi-chamber airbags to create circulatory pressure on the limbs and tissues. This provides uniform and orderly compression from the distal to the proximal end of the limb, promoting blood and lymph flow, improving microcirculation, and accelerating the return of tissue fluid, thereby preventing thrombosis and limb edema. Furthermore, the air pressure waves also accelerate the absorption of metabolic waste, inflammatory factors, and pain-causing factors in the blood through a passive and uniform massage effect. It is widely used for preventing deep vein thrombosis, eliminating edema, limb rehabilitation, and pain relief.

Types of Pressure Therapy

If atmospheric pressure in a normal environment is "zero," then pressure higher than atmospheric pressure is called positive pressure, and pressure lower than atmospheric pressure is called negative pressure. Therefore, pressure therapy can be divided into positive pressure therapy and negative pressure therapy, or alternating positive and negative pressure therapy.

When positive pressure is applied to a local limb, blood in capillaries and veins, and lymph in lymphatic vessels, are compressed and flow towards the limb with lower pressure. If this pressure gradient is designed to proceed sequentially from the distal to the proximal end, it allows peripherally accumulated blood and lymph to flow back to the center. With the emptying of local capillaries and lymphatic vessels, the amount of fluid returning from edematous areas to the blood vessels and lymphatic vessels relatively increases, reducing local edema and effectively treating diseases related to blood circulation and lymphatic flow.

Main Functions and Effects

1. Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT): Promotes blood flow and prevents deep vein thrombosis in the lower extremities before and after surgery or during prolonged bed rest.
2. Eliminates Edema: Treats various types of lymphedema, venous edema, and limb sensory dullness or numbness.
3. Accelerates Blood Circulation: Improves microcirculation and promotes the absorption of metabolic waste, inflammatory factors, and pain-causing factors.
4. Limb Rehabilitation and Pain Relief: Used for limb function rehabilitation after sports injuries, strokes, fractures, and paralysis, and prevents muscle atrophy.

Indications

1. Prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and venous insufficiency;
2. Lymphedema, postpartum edema, and other primary, secondary, and mixed types of edema;
3. Fractions, femoral head necrosis, soft tissue injuries, and other bone injuries;
4. Peripheral neuritis and diabetic foot caused by diabetes;
5. Postoperative rehabilitation patients;
6. Patients with limb paralysis;
7. Patients with varicose veins;
8. Patients who stand, sit, or are bedridden for extended periods.

Contraindications

1. Severe aortic regurgitation, aortic aneurysm, and aortic dissection, etc. 1. Patients with arrhythmia;

2. Patients using implanted electronic devices (such as pacemakers); pregnant women;

3. Patients with deep vein thrombosis in the limbs;

4. Patients with bone tumors or bone and joint tuberculosis; for patients with severe coagulation disorders, treatment should be considered based on clinical evaluation, as there is a risk of hematoma at the site of friction between the limb and the inflatable balloon;

5. Contraindicated in patients with trauma, postoperative wounds, ulcers, or existing thrombosis in the limbs;

6. Electrode treatment should not be applied to surgical wounds or traumatic wounds.

7. Treatment should not be performed on patients with sickle cell disease or those for whom damage is anticipated.

FAQ

I. How does it work?

1. Sequential multi-chamber compression: The multi-chamber airbag (sleeve) wraps around the limb, sequentially inflating, pressurizing, and depressurizing from the distal to the proximal end.

2. Gradient pressure: Typically employs a gradient pressure design (distal pressure higher than proximal pressure), effectively pushing body fluid from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas.

3. Circulatory Pump Effect: Repeated pressurization and depressurization, like passive massage, promote the emptying of congested veins, while simultaneously enhancing arterial blood supply and improving ischemia and hypoxia.

II. Which departments of hospital can be used this device?

1. Rehabilitation Medicine Department

2. General Surgery Department

3. Neurology and Neurosurgery Department

4. Orthopedics Department

5. Geriatrics Department

6. Obstetrics and Gynecology Department

7. ICU/CCU 

Suitable for hospital-wide application

III. What kind of precautions should be noted when patients use?

1. Treatment should be performed while the patient is awake.

2. Both upper limbs should not be treated simultaneously, but both lower limbs can be treated simultaneously.

3. For elderly patients or patients with poor vascular elasticity, start with a low pressure value and gradually increase it until tolerated. Begin at 60 mmHg, then increase by 10 mmHg daily until reaching 120 mmHg. 

4. If the patient has exposed limbs, please ensure they wear disposable cotton gowns or protective sleeves to prevent cross-infection.

5. Examine the affected limb before each treatment. If there are ulcers or pressure sores that have not yet scabbed over, isolate and protect them before treatment. If there are bleeding wounds, treatment should be postponed.