Granted Patent B2

US 12,377,013 · App. 18/197,367 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Inventors: Daniel G. Chase (Menomonie, WI); Mark R. Riley (St. Paul, MN); Gregory Robert Straka (Shoreview, MN)

Assignee: TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

A61H9/0078A61F13/00051A61F13/08A61H2201/1604A61H2201/1619A61H2201/1635A61H2201/164A61H2201/165A61H2201/5025A61H2201/5046A61H2201/5071A61H2201/5097A61H2209/00

Abstract

Claims (27)

1. A compression garment system comprising:

a manifold operably couplable to at least one fluid cell of a compression garment;

a pump operably coupled to the manifold to deliver fluid to the at least one fluid cell; and

a controller comprising one or more processors and operably coupled to the pump, the controller configured to:

provide a target pressure for each of the at least one fluid cell;

provide an adjustable manifold pressure for each of the at least one fluid cell;

measure a running pressure in the manifold when the pump is delivering fluid to the at least one fluid cell;

deliver fluid using the pump to the at least one fluid cell until the running pressure in the manifold is equal to the adjustable manifold pressure;

measure a stopped pressure in the manifold after the pump has stopped delivering fluid to the at least one fluid cell;

increase the adjustable manifold pressure and continue to deliver fluid using the pump to the at least one fluid cell until the running pressure in the manifold is equal to the increased adjustable manifold pressure in response to the stopped pressure in the manifold being less than the target pressure; and

decrease the adjustable manifold pressure in response to the stopped pressure in the manifold being greater than the target pressure.

2. The compression garment system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluid cell comprises a plurality of fluid cells corresponding to a plurality of pressure applying regions to apply pressure to a plurality of regions of one or more body portions of a user when the compression garment is donned.

3. The compression garment system of claim 1 , wherein the manifold comprises a plurality of ports operably couplable to a plurality of hoses to transmit fluid from the pump to the at least one fluid cell.

4. The compression garment system of claim 1 , wherein the pump is a variable rate pump, and the controller is further configured to execute:

defining a first rate of delivering of fluid to one or more fluid cells of a first compression garment; and

defining a second rate of delivering of fluid to one or more fluid cells of a second compression garment, wherein the first rate is different from the second rate, wherein the first compression garment is donnable about a one of user's head, torso, trunk, leg, and arm, and, the second compression garment is donnable about a one of user's head, torso, trunk, leg, and arm different than the first compression garment.

5. A method of filling at least one fluid cell of a compression garment comprising:

measuring a running pressure in a manifold when a pump is delivering fluid to the at least one fluid cell;

delivering fluid using the pump to at least one fluid cell until the running pressure in the manifold is equal to an adjustable manifold pressure;

measuring a stopped pressure in the manifold after the pump has stopped delivering fluid to the at least one fluid cell;

increasing the adjustable manifold pressure and continuing to deliver fluid using the pump to the at least one fluid cell until the running pressure in the manifold is equal to the increased adjustable manifold pressure in response to the stopped pressure in the manifold being less than a target pressure; and

decreasing the adjustable manifold pressure in response to the stopped pressure in the manifold being greater than the target pressure.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one fluid cell comprises a plurality of fluid cells corresponding to a plurality of pressure applying regions to apply pressure to a plurality of regions of one or more body portions of a user when the compression garment is donned.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the manifold comprises a plurality of ports operably couplable to a plurality of hoses to transmit fluid from the pump to the at least one fluid cell.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the pump is a variable rate pump, and the method further comprises:

defining a first rate of delivering of fluid to one or more fluid cells of a first compression garment; and

defining a second rate of delivering of fluid to one or more fluid cells of a second compression garment, wherein the first rate is different from the second rate, wherein the first compression garment is donnable about a one of user's head, torso, trunk, leg, and arm, and, the second compression garment is donnable about a one of user's head, torso, trunk, leg, and arm different that than the first compression garment.

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