EP3232845B1 - Schuh mit einer vorrichtung zur druckmassage der unteren gliedmassen - Google Patents

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EP3232845B1
EP3232845B1 EP14833389.1A EP14833389A EP3232845B1 EP 3232845 B1 EP3232845 B1 EP 3232845B1 EP 14833389 A EP14833389 A EP 14833389A EP 3232845 B1 EP3232845 B1 EP 3232845B1
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Francesco Facchiano
Antonio Facchiano
Corrado CIRIELLI
Paolo CARDUCCI
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  • the present invention relates to a footwear provided with a device for pressure massage to the lower limbs.
  • the blood In the human body the blood, being pushed by the heart pump, moves through the circulatory system. From the heart the blood reaches the organs through the arterial system and, after contributing to the perfusion of organs and tissues, it returns to the heart through the venous system.
  • the veins which form the low pressure system are characterized by a thin wall; this latter is normally devoid of muscles except in the veins that have a diameter of at least about 1 mm.
  • the thin wall associated with the large diameter of the venous vessels allows to store significant amounts of blood; in water balance conditions, 60-70% of all the blood, i.e. about 5 1 in an adult, is located in the venous system of the large circle and a further 5% is present in the pulmonary veins of the small circle. This allows the venous system to function as the main control system for adjusting body water volume and blood pressure and volume.
  • veins contain special bicuspid or swallow's nest shaped valves, which are structurally similar to the semilunar valves of the heart and in fact work one way, i.e. they are oriented so as to carry the blood towards the heart, preventing its backward flow in the retrograde direction; these valves are often absent in perforating veins.
  • veins are compressible through muscle contraction, which is exercised by the connective fascia and aponeurosis, inside the muscular lodges (deep veins), or by skin and subcutaneous tissue in the case of superficial veins (extra-fascial veins); the latter can be used as an external alternative path (shunt or by-pass) in case of phlebothrombosis.
  • the weight of the column of blood that goes from the right atrium of the heart to the internal tibial malleolus corresponds to the pressure in the distal veins of the lower limbs and is equal to about 90 mm Hg at the malleolus, while it is about 0 mm Hg at the right atrium.
  • the venous valves are not activated, and the venous return of the deep veins of the lower limbs such as the tibial vein, the peroneal artery and the femoral artery is driven by the pulse wave of the arteries which run adjacent and parallel to the respective veins.
  • ectasias i.e. dilated veins
  • varicose veins i.e. abnormal and curvy dilations
  • telangiectasias i.e. confluences of small dilated blood vessels that cause the appearance of red or bluish patches on the skin.
  • telangiectasias i.e. confluences of small dilated blood vessels that cause the appearance of red or bluish patches on the skin.
  • the greater this phenomenon will be, the larger the diameter of the blood vessel.
  • the venous system of the lower limbs is constituted by the superficial plantar veins, which form the so-called sole of Lejars, the deep plantar veins and the superficial dorsal veins of the foot, from which both the large and the small saphenous veins begin.
  • the latter are in communication with the deep veins (tibial, peroneal, femoral veins, etc ...) through the perforating veins.
  • the weight is loaded on the forefoot and on the venous sole of Lejars, and the blood therein is pushed in deep and centripetal direction towards the heart.
  • the knee flexion promotes emptying into the popliteal vein which is the major route of drainage into the deep venous system of the thigh where the most proximal pump mechanisms that facilitate the venous outflow to the heart begin to operate.
  • the foot, the ankle and the calf muscles form the so-called peripheral heart, which contributes to the venous outflow from the limbs to the heart through a mechanism of dynamic massage.
  • This massage applies a variable pressure to venous vessels starting from the foot area and gradually reaching the calf and the thigh.
  • the physiological mechanism which assists in the venous outflow activated by walking can be ineffective due to factors related to an inadequate muscle tone, for example in the elderly or in patients put on bed rest for a long time, for example following a fracture, with resulting immobility or to the presence of ectasias and varicose veins. Such a presence can make the healthy effect of ambulation less effective, and further make walking very painful and difficult.
  • GB2263405A describes a pneumatic device that provides a sequential compression on an edematous leg during the ambulation, designed to treat patients with lymphedema and venous insufficiency.
  • Such pneumatic device is embedded in a shoe and has two cavities respectively housed in the sole in the metatarsal region and in the heel, respectively.
  • the metatarsal cavity called metatarsal donor cell
  • the cavity of the heel called donor cell of the heel, is in communication with a respective lower sleeve, which is provided in the shoe at the ankle.
  • An arrangement such as that described above has the problem that the transmission of pneumatic pressure between the donor cells and the receiving cells is unsatisfactory because the alternate crushing action of the two cavities produces only a displacement of air between the respective cells, and not a significant increase of pressure, such as to determine an effective pumping action; furthermore, as shown in the only figure of the above mentioned English document, even this minimum pumping effect of the metatarsal cell is antagonistic to that of the heel, since the metatarsal cell is connected to the superior part of the upper sleeve, and the heel cell is attached to the inferior part of the lower sleeve.
  • US 6,554,785 describes an orthopedic device which includes an air bladder and a flanked gel bladder in order to be in contact with a patient's leg.
  • the air bladders are fixed on the side of the shoe upper in the desired position.
  • a check valve projecting outwardly from the air bladder that adjusts the air pressure of the device inflating and deflating it. This adjustment serves to maintain more or less adherent the gel bladder to the body part of the patient in which the device is worn.
  • the gel bladder can be removed from the device to enable both the heating and the cooling depending on the therapeutic needs.
  • a similar combination of air and gel bladders is also provided in US 5,088,478 .
  • the adjustment of the air bladders pressure from the outside by means of a pump is also in GB 817,521 .
  • an object of the present invention is to obtain an increase of the effect of pressure on the limb in a footwear adapted to improve the blood flow, the comfort and the lower limb muscle performance by exploiting the leg muscle contraction exerted during the ambulation.
  • another object of the present invention is to provide a footwear adapted to exert a winding-down action and to improve the venous outflow from the lower limbs by means of a dynamic massage produced by the application of a variable pressure to the tissues and to the venous vessels from plantar area and gradually up to the veins of the leg and, in some cases, the thigh.
  • a further object of the invention to exert the effect of the massage from the outside towards the inside of the leg by a centripetal action, and with progression from bottom to top.
  • the footwear provides an antigravity effect proportional to the mass of the wearer, thanks to the pressure exerted by the body weight on the sole.
  • the massage provided by the device according to the present invention is gradual, and its frequency is in sync with the gait of the shoe wearer.
  • the footwear has a sole 1 and an upper 2.
  • the upper 2 is preferably elastic so as to be adherent to the limb of the person wearing the footwear.
  • the sole 1 is provided internally with a forefoot chamber 3 and a heel chamber 4.
  • the forefoot chamber 3 is in communication via a flexible duct 5 with at least one fluid inflatable bladder 6 that is removably positioned on the inside of the upper 2, for example at the calf.
  • the forefoot chamber 3, the flexible duct 5 and the inflatable bladder 6 constitute a first part of the device for pressure massage.
  • the removable positioning of the inflatable bladder 6 can be obtained with Velcro® strips (not shown), that allow to choose the desired position, as in the prior art.
  • flanked internally to the inflatable bladder 6 is an isolated bladder 8 full of gel that is in contact with the body part, for example, the calf, of the shoe wearer according to the present invention.
  • the heel chamber 4 is in communication via a flexible duct 9 with at least one fluid inflatable bladder 10 removably positioned on the inside of the upper 2, for example, at the instep.
  • the heel chamber 4, the flexible duct 9 and the inflatable bladder 10 constitute a second part of the device for pressure massage.
  • the removable positioning of the inflatable bladder 10 can be obtained with Velcro® strips 7, that allow to choose the desired position, as in the prior art.
  • the inflatable bladder 6 also internally put beside the inflatable bladder 10 is an isolated bladder 11 full of gel that is in contact with the body part, for example the instep, of the shoe wearer according to the present invention.
  • the device is of a pneumatic type.
  • the internal pressure can be adjusted by means of a pump and a pressure gauge, not shown, according to the known technique.
  • the fluid in the device is a liquid.
  • a central cavity 13 which accommodates a rigid insert 14.
  • the central cavity 13 of the sole 1 is located in correspondence of the "vault triangle", and the rigid insert 14 functions at least as both a lever fulcrum for the sole 1 and a foot sole massage.
  • the rigid insert 14 is made of a material more rigid than the rubber used for the sole 1.
  • the location of the bladders can be changed according to the needs or preferences of the person wearing the shoe according to the present invention.
  • the set of expandable structures is arranged so that the massaging wave action created during the ambulation is always directed from below, i.e. from the back of the foot, upward to the ankle, then to the lower part of the calf, and finally to the upper part of the calf.
  • the normal walking movement first involves the support of the weight on the back of the foot carrying the weight, with the front part of the foot being lifted, and progressively the passage of the weight toward the front of the same foot. Finally the foot is completely unloaded and rises when it advances. This is a progressive action that can be schematically divided into four steps listed below. At the same time the weight is loaded on the other foot, where a sequence or distribution of loads similar to that described previously is repeated.
  • the invention takes advantage of this dynamic to perform, at each step, a dynamic pressure massage on the lower limbs according to a lifting or moving forward phase, a bearing initial phase, a bearing intermediate phase, and a bearing final phase.
  • the foot In the lifting or moving forward phase, the foot is raised to advance, and the weight is loaded on the other foot. So the device is in idle state with both chambers of forefoot and heel in the extended original form. At this phase there is no squeezing action of the veins that also recover volumes and forms of rest.
  • the inflatable bladders In the original form the inflatable bladders can be completely deflated or pre-inflated according to the desired setting. The pre-inflation is by means of valves placed in the cavities of the sole, for example with a 50 or 100 ml plastic syringe.
  • the body weight is temporally loaded on the rear of the foot. Due to the weight the heel chamber is compressed and its volume decreases. The air contained therein flows to the inflatable bladder that thus increases in volume and provides a pressure massage to the veins located on the dorsum of the foot, on the ankle and in the sole of Lejars.
  • the elasticity of the shoe upper fabric cooperates in adjusting the pressure on the venous system.
  • the presence of isolated blisters containing gels that are compressed by the increase in volume allows a great match of the shoe upper to the ankle.
  • the insert which has a great stiffness in the central part of the sole, exerts a pressure as a reaction to the load of the weight localized under the "vault triangle " helping to squeeze the foot deep veins (plantar veins).
  • the heel chamber and its inflatable bladder begin to return to their original shape by reducing the pressure on the dorsum of the foot and on the ankle.
  • the forefoot chamber starts to shrink.
  • the dimensions of the tanks in the sole, of the elastic bladders and of the elastic upper enable the implementation of squeezing pressures (pressure massage) between 18 mm Hg (corresponding to class 1 of elastic stockings) and 46 mm Hg (corresponding to class 3 of elastic stockings).
  • the inner surface of the device has "mesh pockets” facing towards the interior, positioned in correspondence with the expandable bladders. These pockets are in a large mesh synthetic fabric, in very thin wire, and are used to position, if required, "medicated non-adhesive strips” so as to prevent shifting during the ambulation.
  • This device used with medicated non-adhesive strips would allow the percutaneous administration of drugs, which not only would be made for simple contact as in the normal pharmacological sticking plasters, but would be improved by the combined action of the massage pressure and the drug contact.
  • isolated bladders filled with heatable or coolable gel are used, a thermal effect is added.
  • the medicated non-adhesive strips allow the use of drug formulations adaptable to the single patient or subject, and are devoid of sticky substances, which are often irritating or nagging for the patient, which is often also bearer of injuries or skin ulcers.
  • the medicated non-adhesive strips are held in place thanks to the mesh pocket and the presence of small Velcro® strips that, when the medicated strips are not used, are covered by a band of canvas that is in contact with the leg.
  • a small housing of about 3-4 cm x 3-4 cm.
  • a small digital instrument powered by a small solar cell or a small lithium battery ("button” type) can be inserted.
  • This instrument is a device counting steps (pedometer) and other parameters such as heart rate, the "pulse” and the total pressure exerted during the ambulation. Measurement data are visible on a small LCD display on the instrument. Since there are two instruments, the one for the right limb device and the other for the left limb device, the measurement data in the display will pertain to the single limb wearing that device.

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  1. Schuh mit einer Vorrichtung zur Druckmassage der unteren Gliedmaßen, umfassend eine Sohle (1) und ein Obermaterial (2), wobei die Sohle (1) mit einer Vorderfußkammer (3) und einer Fersenkammer (4) ausgestattet ist, wobei eine jede Kammer mit jeweiligen mit Fluid aufblasbaren Membranen (6, 10) durch deren Schlauchleitungen (5, 9) auf eine verstellbare Weise von außen kommuniziert, aufblasbare Membranen (6, 10), die entfernbar innerhalb des Obermaterials (2) positioniert und innenseitig neben jeweiligen isolierten Membranen (8, 11) angeordnet sind, die mit Gel gefüllt und ausgelegt sind, um mit Teilen des Körpers des Nutzers des Schuhs in Kontakt zu sein, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zwischen der Vorderfußkammer (3) und der Fersenkammer (4) ein mittiger Hohlraum (13) bereitgestellt ist, in dem ein steifer Einsatz (14) untergebracht ist, der ausgelegt ist, um als Hebelpunkt für die Sohle (1) zu wirken.
  2. Schuh nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Vorfuß- und die Fersenkammer (3, 4), die Schlauchleitungen (5, 9) und die aufblasbaren Membranen (6, 10) ein gasförmiges Fluid enthalten.
  3. Schuh nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Vorfuß- und die Fersenkammer (3, 4), die Schlauchleitungen (5, 9) und die aufblasbaren Membranen (6, 10) ein flüssiges Fluid enthalten.
  4. Schuh nach Anspruch 1, wobei die isolierten Membranen (8, 11) entfernbar mit den aufblasbaren Membranen (6, 10) verbunden sind.
  5. Schuh nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Vorderfuß- und die Fersenkammer (3, 4) ausgelegt sind, um abwechselnd beim Laufen entleert und gefüllt zu werden, sodass eine Massagewelle durch die Druckwirkung erzeugt wird, die durch das Gewicht des Körpers ausgeübt wird, mit einem Massageeffekt, der von unten nach oben gerichtet ist, mit einer Intensität und Frequenz proportional zum Gang.
  6. Schuh nach Anspruch 1, wobei die mit Gel gefüllten isolierten Membranen (8, 11) je nach den therapeutischen Anforderungen geheizt oder gekühlt werden.
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