EP2793795B1 - Drucktherapiesystem und drucktherapieanzug - Google Patents

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EP2793795B1
EP2793795B1 EP12821186.9A EP12821186A EP2793795B1 EP 2793795 B1 EP2793795 B1 EP 2793795B1 EP 12821186 A EP12821186 A EP 12821186A EP 2793795 B1 EP2793795 B1 EP 2793795B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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  • the present invention relates to a pneumatic pressotherapy system and a pneumatic pressotherapy suit that make it possible to improve the performance of conventional prior art pressotherapy systems.
  • pneumatic pressotherapy is a technique known since the 1950s. It is based on the application of pressure exerted by inflatable elements on edematous tissues, for the purpose of obtaining a reduction in the volume of the limb through an increase in blood and lymph drainage in centripetal direction.
  • the methods with which this pressure is applied greatly influence the result obtained: the type of apparatus used, the compression sequence and the pressure applied are only some of the parameters that must be taken into consideration to ensure a therapeutic response adequate for the clinical stage of the pathology and for the tolerability of the patient.
  • pneumatic pressotherapy systems provide for the use of single inflatable elements to be applied to parts of the patient lying on a bed.
  • elements to be applied to the feet leg sleeves that surround the whole leg from ankle to thigh, a band that surrounds the buttocks and groin, a band that surrounds the torso at abdominal level, arm sleeves.
  • Each inflatable element has internal air chambers in contact with the body, the inside of which is in fluid dynamic connection, by means of suitable ducts, with a compressor and an electronic management and control unit.
  • the pressure present inside the inflatable elements is transmitted to the surface of the skin equally in all points and in all directions, in accordance with Pascal's law.
  • the draining effect is obtained only if this pressure is applied in such a manner as to determine a pressure gradient in distal-proximal direction (sequential compression) and if compression phases are alternated with release phases (intermittent compression).
  • Pressotherapy has different experimentally proven effects, including an increase of venous and lymphatic flow rate, the release of beneficial substances, and beneficial effects on edemas.
  • the pressure applied produces a decrease in the caliber of venous and lymphatic vessels in the area subjected to compression but also, due to the movement of fluids, a distension of the vessels in the area immediately downstream; the overall effect is an increase in the velocity of blood flow inside the venous vessels and of lymphatic flow inside the lymphatic collectors.
  • the effect is based on a physical action that acts on the venous and lymphatic circulation, causing it to become more efficient and consequently improving the most frequent aesthetic conditions: cellulite, fluid retention, etc.
  • the tensile and stretching forces generated in the area subjected to distension produce, as physiological response of the endothelial cells, the release of substances with antithrombotic, profibrinolytic and vasodilatory action.
  • the pressure applied circumferentially to the skin is transmitted to the subcutaneous tissues, causing an increase in interstitial pressure; this modifies the transmural pressure producing a reduction of filtration and an increase in capillary reabsorption, with a reduction of the interstitial lymphatic load.
  • the increase in interstitial pressure promotes the absorption of interstitial fluids toward the inside of the initial lymphatic capillaries, increasing the initial lymphatic flow.
  • pneumatic pressotherapy produces both a reduction in lymphatic load and an increase in lymphatic flow, with consequent reduction of edema.
  • the object of the present invention is to develop a pressotherapy system which allows improved effects to be obtained on the patient relative to prior art pressotherapy systems.
  • Another important object of the present invention is to develop a pressotherapy system which allows the beneficial effects of pressotherapy to be achieved more rapidly relative to prior art pressotherapy systems.
  • a further important object of the present invention is to provide a pressotherapy system which allows further benefits to be obtained relative to the benefits that can be obtained with prior art pressotherapy systems.
  • the invention relates to a pressotherapy system, comprising a suit to be applied in a pressotherapy process to be used in an erect standing position and while walking.
  • This suit comprises an abdominal band joined to leg sleeves, a plurality of air chambers inside said abdominal band and said leg sleeves, and means for inflating and deflating said air chambers; the system provides for the performance of pressotherapy, by means of the suit, while walking.
  • the leg sleeves extend only to above the knee.
  • the invention provides for a suit to be applied to allow pressotherapy to be performed in an erect standing position and while walking.
  • the suit contains a certain number of air chambers, for example 14, 15, 16 or more, and is composed of a suitably high abdominal band, for example 30 cm, with a suitable circumference, for example 150 cm, joined to leg sleeves on the front part, where the ducts for inflating and deflating the air chambers are grouped.
  • the suit is closed at the back with Velcro.
  • the leg sleeves comprise the buttocks and thighs, and only extend to above the knee.
  • pressotherapy is associated simultaneously with walking, and therefore the metabolic process of lipolysis is accelerated to a greater extent relative to conventional pressotherapy, producing greater benefits for venous and lymphatic drainage, as it makes use of the action of the foot and calf muscles, which are free.
  • the invention relates to a pressotherapy suit that can be used in the system as presented above.
  • the invention relates also to a pressotherapy suit for pressotherapy to be performed in an erect standing position and while walking, comprising an abdominal band joined to leg sleeves and a plurality of air chambers inside said abdominal band and said leg sleeves.
  • said leg sleeves comprise the buttocks and the thighs of the user.
  • said leg sleeves extend only to above the knee.
  • the suit is formed by a pair short knee-length pants, which comprise said leg sleeves, said pants extending upward by means of said abdominal band, said air chambers being defined inside said pants and said abdominal band.
  • said suit comprises a lumbar band joined to said leg sleeves, inside which there are present a plurality of air chambers.
  • the suit comprises two longitudinal separations which extend vertically for the whole of the height of the suit and which divide each leg sleeve and the related portion of suit which from the leg sleeve extends upward, into two parts, there being present means for reversible connection of the flaps of said two parts to allow easy opening and closing of the suit and facilitate the step of putting on the suit.
  • said longitudinal separations are produced along the sides of the suit or on the rear part of the suit or on the front part of the suit.
  • said two longitudinal separations divide the part of the suit that extends upward from the leg sleeves into two parts, a first containing at least the central portion of the abdominal band and a second containing at least the central portion of the lumbar band.
  • each leg sleeve has stiffening means of the "inner thigh" portion thereof, adapted to oppose the thrust of the air chambers, present in the same leg sleeve, toward the outside of the inner thigh of the leg sleeve.
  • said stiffening means comprise a sheet arranged between the outer lining of the leg sleeve and the air chamber(s) at the inner thigh area of the leg sleeve.
  • the suit comprises support means of said suit on the body of the patient at least in an erect standing position.
  • said support means of said suit comprise a belt to be tightened around the waist of the patient.
  • each leg sleeve has at least two air chambers arranged at different heights along said leg sleeve, arranged to jointly surround substantially the whole of the thigh of the patient during use, optionally with the exclusion of gap areas relating to said longitudinal separations; preferably there being present for each leg sleeve two said air chambers in succession from the bottom upward, starting from a position adjacent to the lower edge of the leg sleeve.
  • said leg sleeves are joined in a common central crotch.
  • said means for inflating and deflating said air chambers comprise ducts leading to said air chambers for the passage of air.
  • said belt covers the connection points of said ducts to the air chambers of said abdominal band.
  • said belt covers the connection points of said ducts to the air chambers of said lumbar band.
  • the suit comprises grouping means of said ducts coming from said air chambers; preferably said grouping means being provided on the front part of said suit.
  • said leg sleeves comprise respective longitudinal pockets, open at the top to house part of the connection ducts to the air chambers present on the same leg sleeves.
  • the suit comprises valves for the ingress and egress of air into and from said air chambers.
  • said valves intercept said ducts.
  • said abdominal band and said lumbar band comprise a plurality of said air chambers in succession along the extension of said bands.
  • each leg sleeve has at least two air chambers arranged at different heights along said leg sleeve, adapted to substantially surround the whole of the thigh of the patient during use, with the exclusion of gap areas relating to longitudinal separations produced along each leg sleeve and relating to part of the suit above, there being present for each leg sleeve an air chamber located only in the front position, in a position corresponding approximately to the groin area of the patient when the suit is worn.
  • each leg sleeve there are present two said air chambers in succession from the bottom upward, starting from a position adjacent to the lower edge of the leg sleeve and a single air chamber for the groin area.
  • a system for pressotherapy is indicated as a whole with the number 10.
  • This system provides for a suit 11 to be applied in a pressotherapy process.
  • This suit 11 corresponds, for example, to a pair of short pants above the knee of the user, which thus comprise a pair of leg sleeves 12 extending from above the knee to join in the crotch area 13 of the pants, and an abdominal band 14 joined to the leg sleeves 12.
  • the abdominal band 14 extends on the front part of the suit from a groin band 12A below (delimited by dash-dotted lines; these lines are purely indicative of an area and must not be interpreted as limiting) which extends from the crotch 13 to the end of the pubic area, in practice at the start of the abdomen.
  • This groin band 12A extends both forward and backward and therefore surrounds the user.
  • the abdominal band 14 extends upward and is dimensioned to extend to an area at the height of the ribs, and in any case to cover the abdomen of the user.
  • the leg sleeves end with this groin band, and therefore the leg sleeves 12 comprise, when the suit is worn, the thighs and the buttocks of the user.
  • front part (or simply front) is intended as the part of suit on the side of the user corresponding to the stomach area, while the term rear part is intended as the part of suit on the side of the user corresponding to the back area.
  • lateral part is intended as the side of the suit corresponding to the side of the user, i.e. between the front and back parts.
  • Leg sleeves 12 and abdominal band 14 are in one piece, i.e. represent a single garment to be worn (the suit). This means that the leg sleeves 12 and abdominal band 14 are joined to each other.
  • a lumbar band 15 extends upward, for example for a height substantially equivalent to that of the abdominal band 14, which covers the lumbar area of the user when the suit is worn.
  • the indications of physical parts of the user such as knee, abdomen, abdominal, lumbar, ribs, groin, buttocks, thighs, etc. refer to parts of a suit constructed for a given medium size of user and must not be considered limiting.
  • the various elements will not be exactly in the body positions indicated above; for example, the leg sleeves may be slightly below the knee and the abdominal band may end above the ribs.
  • the air chambers of the leg sleeves will generically be referred to below also only with the number 17, while the air chambers of the lumbar and abdominal band will generically be referred to below also only with the number 18.
  • the air chambers 17 and 18 are operatively connected, through ducts 19, with means 20 to inflate and deflate said air chambers, according to the prior art, which comprise a compressor integrated in an electronic management and control unit 21 of the system.
  • means 20 to inflate and deflate said air chambers according to the prior art, which comprise a compressor integrated in an electronic management and control unit 21 of the system.
  • the arrangement of the air chambers 17 and 18 will be explained in more detail below.
  • the suit 11, or the pair of pants has two longitudinal separations 22 which extend upward, vertically dividing each leg sleeve 12, with the related portion of suit above, into two parts (for example, see Figs. 3 and 5 ).
  • reversible connection means 23 comprise complementary strips of Velcro.
  • the leg sleeves with abdominal band can be opened and closed easily to facilitate the step of putting on the suit.
  • these longitudinal separations 22 are produced on the two sides of the suit (or of the pants), and extend from the bottom of the leg sleeve 12 upward, along the whole of the leg sleeves, including the groin band, separating the abdominal band 14 from the lumbar band 15 (in practice, the two portions of suit above the groin band divided by the separations 22 comprise at least the central portions of the respective lumbar band 15 and abdominal band 14).
  • these longitudinal separations 22 can be produced on the rear part of the suit, or on the front part.
  • the lumbar and abdominal bands with respective air chambers may overlap in the joining area produced by the Velcro, depending on how "tightly" the user adjusts the suit.
  • the structure of the suit is composed of an outer lining 24, an inner lining 25, stitched to each other so as to define between them pockets 26 for housing the air chambers 17 and 18 (for example, see Fig. 6 ).
  • each leg sleeve there are present two air chambers 17 arranged at different heights along the same leg sleeve, in succession from bottom to top, a first air chamber 17A arranged at the lower edge of the leg sleeve, so as to be positioned immediately above the knee when the suit is worn, and a second air chamber 17B immediately above the first chamber (which can optionally overlap the chamber 17A for a brief portion thereof).
  • these chambers preferably surround the leg of the user, optionally with the exclusion of gap areas relating to said longitudinal separations 22 (it is evident that the ends of these chambers may overlap each other if the user greatly overlaps the flaps 22A of the longitudinal separations).
  • the second chamber 17B can end at a height in proximity of the crotch 13.
  • a third air chamber 17C located on the front part of the suit, on the groin band, substantially corresponding to the groin of the patient, when the suit is worn.
  • Access to the air chambers 17A and 17B is, for example, produced by means of a cut (not shown in the figures) of the outer lining made in proximity of the respective flap 22A of the related longitudinal separation 22.
  • air chambers 18A and 18B Inside the abdominal band 14 there are present air chambers 18A and 18B, preferably four in number. Analogously, there are present air chambers 18C and 18D, preferably four in number, in the lumbar band 15. These air chambers 18 extend in height preferably substantially for the whole of the height of the respective abdominal and lumbar bands.
  • the ducts 19 that carry air to the central air chambers 18A can be directly connected to one another, so that the air enters the chambers 18A simultaneously.
  • the ducts that connect the pair of air chambers 18B, the pair of air chambers 18C and the pair of air chambers 18D can be directly connected to one another, so that the air enters the chambers 18A simultaneously.
  • the ducts that connect the pair of air chambers 18B, the pair of air chambers 18C and the pair of air chambers 18D can be directly connected to one another, so that the air enters the chambers 18A simultaneously.
  • the ducts that connect the pair of air chambers 18B, the pair of air chambers 18C and the pair of air chambers 18D can be directly connected to one another, so that the air enters the chambers 18A simultaneously.
  • Access to these chambers 18, i.e. in the related space between the inner lining 25 and the outer lining 24 of the suit, is obtained, for example, along the upper edge of both the lumbar and abdominal bands, for example by means of a zip that runs along the edge.
  • connection points 27 of the ducts 19 which are appropriately composed of flexible tubes
  • valves 28 for the ingress and egress of air into and from the respective air chambers.
  • the system provides for use of the suit, i.e. the performance of pressotherapy, in an erect standing position and while walking.
  • the system comprises support means 16 of the suit 11 on the body of the patient at least in an erect standing position.
  • These means prevent the suit, in relation to the force of gravity and to the movement of the user while walking, from slipping to the ground along the body of the user.
  • these support means 16 are obtained by means of adjustment of the amplitude of the circumference of the waist of the suit obtained by means of the connection means 23.
  • the support means 16 comprise a belt 29 to be tightened around the waist of the patient.
  • this belt overlaps the abdominal band 14 and the lumbar band 15 to cover the connection points 27 of the ducts 19 to the air chambers 18 of the two bands.
  • the connection points 27 of the two abdominal 14 and lumbar 15 bands are located inside a central band 30 delimited between reversible fixing means of the belt 29 to the abdominal band, such as Velcro strips 30A on which the belt is reversible fixed, in a position such as to grip the waist of the user as required. Therefore, in this example the belt 29 has a dual function: that of helping to support the suit on the user and that of covering the connection points of the ducts and therefore also that of grouping these ducts together, maintaining the system more compact and thus facilitating walking.
  • the suit can also comprise grouping means of the ducts coming from the air chambers 17 and 18, which are indicated as a whole with 31.
  • the belt 29 groups the ducts at the abdominal and lumbar bands, both on the front and on the back part of the suit.
  • each leg sleeve 17 there is present a longitudinal pocket 32, for example open at the top and which contains the connection points of the air chambers 17 and in which the connection ducts 19 of these air chambers are arranged.
  • the inside of this pocket 32 is for example accessible by means of an edge 32A thereof constrained, for example, through Velcro to the outer lining of the related leg sleeve.
  • this pocket 32 there is present, for example, an access to the third air chamber 17C.
  • the ducts exit from the pocket 32 and are passed under the belt.
  • the bundle of all the ducts is then moved away from the suit (with the ducts leading to the compressor) and held together inside a sheath 33.
  • the support means 16 can also comprise suspenders 34, for example fastened to the upper edge of the suit (edges of the abdominal and lumbar bands).
  • Each leg sleeve 12 has stiffening means 35 of the "inner thigh" portion 12A (see Fig. 7 ), adapted to oppose the thrust of the air chambers 17A and 17B toward the outside of the leg sleeves.
  • these stiffening means 35 comprise a sheet (or several sheets or splints) made of rigid (or semi-rigid) material arranged between the outer lining 24 and the air chamber 17A (and/or 17B) at the inner thigh area 12A of the leg sleeve 12.
  • This sheet 36 in any case has a certain degree of flexibility or in any case can be shaped, to be arranged between air chamber and lining maintaining a shape preferably adapted to surround the inner thigh.
  • the leg sleeves extend substantially to the knee. It is understood that it is the operative part of the leg sleeve that extends to the knee, i.e. the air chambers. Therefore, in preferred embodiments, the suit can be provided with cloth, woven or nonwoven fabric that extends from the leg sleeve from the knee area to the ankle, to produce long pants, with the fabric part from the knee to the ankle having no technical function (no air chambers are present), Therefore, walking is still possible.
  • the suit 11 allows pressotherapy to be performed in an erect standing position and while walking. It is the association of pressotherapy with walking on which the invention is based. In fact, it has been found that when pressotherapy and walking are performed simultaneously, they synergically produce a greater number of benefits than when these actions are performed singularly, benefits which are achieved in particularly short times.
  • the simultaneous association of pressotherapy with walking by means of the suit allows alleviation of muscle pain following sporting activities, caused by micro-lacerations of the muscles (repeated muscular work), preparation of the muscles prior to prolonged aerobic activity, optimal pre-training warm-up and the production a lymph draining action that facilitates muscle recovery after stress from sporting activity.
  • the simultaneous association of pressotherapy with walking by means of the suit allows a cooldown action to be obtained after training.
  • this association promotes the elimination of lactic acid, decreasing muscle recovery time (in fact, lactic acid returns rapidly to the heart and, by means of the cardiac muscle fibers, is transformed rapidly into glucose).
  • the invention also relates to a sports training method that provides for the use of a pressotherapy suit as claimed and for walking or running with said suit during a pressotherapy session.
  • the simultaneous association of pressotherapy with walking by means of the suit allows the prevention of cardiovascular risks.
  • the simultaneous association of pressotherapy with walking by means of the suit allows a redistribution of body fat to be obtained and consequently reduces a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.
  • the quantity of fat present in the abdominal cavity central obesity is closely linked to an increase in cardiovascular risk.
  • Fig. 1 also shows means 37 to allow walking.
  • These means 37 comprise a "treadmill", i.e. a means to allow walking while remaining substantially in once place.

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  1. Drucktherapie-System (10) mit
    einem Laufband (37) zum Laufen, während man an einem Ort verbleibt,
    einem Anzug (11), der in einem Drucktherapie-Vorgang angelegt wird, der in einer aufrecht stehenden Position während des Laufens verwendet wird, wobei der Anzug (11) ein Abdominalband (14) aufweist, das sich an Hosenbeine (12) anschließt, und eine Anzahl von Luftkammern (17, 18) innerhalb des Abdominalbandes und der Hosenbeine (12),
    eine Einrichtung zum Aufblasen und Ablassen der Luftkammern (17, 18), wobei das System durch den Anzug (11) eine durchzuführende Drucktherapie beim Laufen ermöglicht, wobei die Einrichtung einen Kompressor aufweist, der in einer elektronischen Verwaltungs- und Steuereinheit (21) des Systems integriert ist, Leitungen (19), die von dem Kompressor zu den Luftkammern (17, 18) zum Durchlass von Luft führen, und Ventile (28) für die Zufuhr und die Abfuhr von Luft in und aus den Luftkammern, die in die Leitungen eingreifen.
  2. System nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Anzug (11) durch ein Paar kurze knielange Hosen gebildet ist, die die Hosenbeine (12) aufweisen, wobei sich die Hosen mittels des Abdominalbandes (14) nach oben erstrecken, wobei die Luftkammern (17, 18) innerhalb der Hosen und des Abdominalbandes definiert sind, wobei der Anzug (11) ein Lumbalband (15) aufweist, das sich an die Hosenbeine (12) anschließt, innerhalb dessen eine Anzahl von Luftkammern (18C, 18D) vorhanden sind, die der Einrichtung zum Aufblasen und Ablassen der Luftkammern (18C, 18D) zugeordnet sind, wobei vorzugsweise die Hosenbeine (12) das Gesäß und die Oberschenkel des Benutzers umfassen, wobei sich die Hosenbeine (12) vorzugsweise nur oberhalb des Knies erstrecken.
  3. System nach einem oder mehreren der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Anzug (11) zwei längliche Trennungen (22) aufweist, die sich vertikal über die gesamte Höhe des Anzugs (11) erstrecken und die jedes Hosenbein (12) und den zugeordneten Teil des Anzugs (11), die sich von dem Hosenbein (12) nach oben erstrecken, in zwei Teile unterteilen, die Laschen (22A) aufweisen, wobei eine Einrichtung (23) vorhanden ist zum lösbaren Verbinden der Laschen (22A) der beiden Teile, um ein leichtes Öffnen und Schließen des Anzugs (11) zu ermöglichen und den Schritt des Anziehens des Anzugs zu erleichtern, wobei vorzugsweise die länglichen Trennungen (22) entlang der Seiten des Anzugs oder an dem Rückteil des Anzugs oder dem Vorderteil des Anzugs vorgesehen sind, wobei vorzugsweise die beiden länglichen Trennungen (22) den Teil des Anzugs, der sich von den Hosenbeinen (12) nach oben erstreckt, in zwei Teile unterteilt, wobei ein erster mindestens den Mittelteil des Abdominalbandes (14) enthält und ein zweiter mindestens den Mittelteil des Lumbalbandes (15) enthält, wobei vorzugsweise jedes Hosenbein (12) mindestens zwei Luftkammern (17A, 17B) enthält, die in unterschiedlichen Höhen entlang des Hosenbeins (12) angeordnet sind, angeordnet, um anschließend im wesentlichen den gesamten Oberschenkel des Patienten während des Gebrauchs zu umschließen, optional mit der Ausnahme von Lückenbereichen, die sich auf die länglichen Trennungen (22) beziehen, wobei vorzugsweise für jedes Hosenbein (12) zwei der Luftkammern (17A, 17B) in Folge von unten nach oben vorhanden sind, beginnend mit einer Position angrenzend an die Unterkante des Hosenbeins (12).
  4. System nach einem oder mehreren der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei jedes Hosenbein (12) Versteifungsmittel (35 des "inneren Gesäßbereichs" (12A) davon aufweist, die ausgebildet sind, um dem Druck der Luftkammern (17A, 17B), der in demselben Hosenbein (12) nach außen des Oberschenkels des Hosenbeins zu widerstehen, wobei vorzugsweise die Versteifungsmittel (35) ein Blatt (36) aufweisen, das zwischen der äußeren Abdeckung (24) des Hosenbeins und der Luftkammer (den Luftkammern) (17A, 17B) an dem inneren Oberschenkelbereich (12A) des Hosenbeins (12) angeordnet ist.
  5. System nach einem oder mehreren der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Anzug (11) eine Stützeinrichtung (16) des Anzugs (11) an dem Körper des Patienten mindestens in einer aufrecht stehenden Position aufweist, wobei vorzugsweise die Stützeinrichtung (16) des Anzugs einen Gürtel (29) aufweist, der um die Hüfte des Patienten festgezogen wird, und/oder Hosenträger (34), die vorzugsweise an der Oberkante des Anzugs befestigt werden.
  6. System nach einem oder mehreren der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Hosenbeine (12) in einem gemeinsamen mittigen Schritt (13) verbunden sind.
  7. System nach einem oder mehreren der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Hosenbeine (12) jeweilige längliche Taschen (32) aufweisen, die am Oberteil offen sind, um einen Teil der Verbindungsleitungen (12) zu den Luftkammern (17) aufzunehmen, die an demselben Hosenbein (12) vorhanden sind.
  8. System nach Anspruch 1 und 5, wobei der Gürtel (29) die Verbindungspunkte (27) der Leitungen (19) zu den Luftkammern (18) des Abdominalbandes (14) abdeckt.
  9. System nach Anspruch 2 und 5, wobei der Gürtel (29) die Verbindungspunkte (27) der Leitungen (19) zu den Luftkammern (18) des Lumbalbandes (15) abdeckt.
  10. System nach einem oder mehreren der vorstehenden Ansprüche mit Gruppierungsungsmitteln (31) der Leitungen (19), die von den Luftkammern (17, 18) kommen, wobei die Gruppierungsmittel (31) an dem Vorderteil des Anzugs (11) vorgesehen sind.
  11. System nach einem oder mehreren der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Abdominalband (14) und das Lumbalband (50) eine Anzahl der Luftkammern (18) in Folge entlang der Erstreckung der Bänder aufweisen.
  12. System nach einem oder mehreren der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei jedes Hosenbein (12) mindestens zwei Luftkammern (17A, 17B) aufweist, die in unterschiedlichen Höhen entlang des Hosenbeins angeordnet sind, ausgebildet sind, um im wesentlichen den gesamten Oberschenkel des Patienten während des Gebrauchs zu umschließen, mit Ausnahme von Lückenbereichen, die sich auf die länglichen Trennungen (22) beziehen, die entlang jedes Hosenbeins vorgesehen sind und sich auf den Teil des des Anzugs oben beziehen, wobei für jedes Hosenbein (12) eine Luftkammer (17C) vorhanden ist, die nur in der vorderen Position angeordnet ist, in einer Position, die etwa dem Leistensbereich des Patienten entspricht, wenn der Anzug getragen wird, wobei vorzugsweise für jedes Hosenbein (12) zwei der Luftkammern (17A, 17B) in Folge von unten nach oben vorhanden sind, beginnend mit einer Position angrenzend an die Unterkante des Hosenbeins (12), und eine einzelne Luftkammer (17C) für den Leistenbereich vorhanden ist.
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