APPARATUS FOR TREATING LYMPHEDEMA IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61H23/00 A61N7/00 A61M37/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medical equipment, particularly to apparatuses for treating upper extremity lymphedema. The apparatus comprises a movable carrier, an instrument box with a control unit, a two-side open polymeric heat chamber with two sealers coupled with a shape-generating perforated polymer frame connected with a bearing polymer perforated lodgement, a waste ozone/NO air mixture deactivator, a temperature sensor, a coolant generator, an ozone/NO air mixture generator, a low-frequency ultrasonic vibration generator with acoustic assemblies and instrument waveguides. The heat chamber is equipped with an outlet branch; one end of the chamber is fixed by an elastic sealer on an output flange of the instrument box installed on a tray of the movable carrier and pivotally connected with the lodgement. A bearing transverse bar with a massage instrument in the form of a freely rotating roller from a massage ring set is height-movable and locked, and console-connected to a holder mounted on one side of the movable carrier. A thermally and photochrome-ultrasound applicator is connected to a power supply of the instrument box one output of which is connected to a board of a semiconductor polychromatic LED array, and the other one is connected to a vibro-pulse massage unit. Additionally, the apparatus is equipped with an open-side polymer sleeve that matches the size of the affected extremity.

EFFECT: use of the invention improves the clinical effectiveness in upper extremity lymphedema due to the use of the complex of physical factors combined with the high-activity drug substances for activating lymphatic drainage.

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