US 12,076,295 B2
Trunk and leg compression garment systems
Daniel G. Chase, Menomonie, WI (US); Kristian Dior Gamble, Minneapolis, MN (US); Mark R. Riley, St. Paul, MN (US); and Wade Andrew Zander, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/182,162.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/582,121, filed on Nov. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0133871 A1, May 9, 2019
Int. Cl. A61H 9/00 (2006.01); A41D 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/02 (2024.01); A61F 13/06 (2006.01); A61F 13/08 (2006.01); A61F 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 9/0078 (2013.01) [A41D 13/0015 (2013.01); A61F 13/0273 (2013.01); A61F 13/06 (2013.01); A61F 13/08 (2013.01); A61F 13/085 (2013.01); A61F 13/148 (2013.01); A41D 2400/322 (2013.01); A41D 2400/44 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0192 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1238 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1409 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1621 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1642 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1645 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5056 (2013.01); A61H 2205/081 (2013.01); A61H 2205/10 (2013.01); A61H 2209/00 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compression garment system comprising:
a trunk garment to be donned about a trunk of a user adapted to apply compression to the trunk and at least a portion of both legs of the user, wherein the trunk garment comprises one or more trunk pressure applying regions controllable to apply pressure to a portion of the trunk and at least a portion of both legs of the user, wherein the trunk garment further comprises a wraparound portion extending from a first anterior end region to a second anterior end region and configured to be wrapped about the user's trunk, wherein the second anterior region is removably couplable to the first anterior region at a trunk attachment area to don the trunk garment about the trunk of the user, wherein the trunk garment extends from an upper end region to a lower end region, and wherein the lower end region further comprises:
a left upper leg portion configured to wrapped about at least a portion of left leg of the user to apply compression to at least a portion of the left leg of the user when the trunk garment is donned by the user; and
a right upper leg portion configured to wrapped about at least a portion of right leg of the user to apply compression to at least a portion of the right leg of the user when the trunk garment is donned by the user,
wherein each of the left and right upper leg portions extends from the upper end region beyond a groin region towards a patellar region of the user when the trunk garment is donned by the user;
a leg garment to be donned about a right or left leg of the user adapted to apply compression to the leg, wherein the leg garment comprises one or more leg pressure applying regions controllable to apply pressure to at least a portion of the leg;
tubing operably coupled to the one or more trunk pressure applying regions to transmit fluid to the one or more trunk pressure applying regions, wherein the tubing extends from the trunk garment and the tubing is coupled to, extends from, and exits the trunk garment at a single location between the upper end region and the lower end region; and
a strain relief portion comprising a wraparound element and a tongue element, wherein a first end of the tongue element is fixed to and extends from the trunk garment and a second end of the tongue element is removably coupled to the wraparound element, and wherein the wraparound element is configured to wrap around the tubing to secure the tubing to the tongue element by attaching and wrapping an end portion of the wraparound element to and around the tubing and the second end of the tongue element so that movement of the tubing will move both the wraparound element and the tongue element, and wherein the strain relief portion is adapted to relieve strain from a coupling area where the tubing is coupled to the one or more trunk pressure applying regions.