It is also is indicated for ischemic ulcers, rest pain or claudication, threatened gangrene, insufficient blood supply to an amputation site, neuropathy, nocturnal leg cramps, necrobiosis diabeticorum, and chronic lymph edema.  It is not indicated for patients at risk for pulmonary emboli.  The system includes an ECG monitor that detects the patient’s heart timing.

Mini-Boot, Valve Assembly and Heart Monitor

Long-Boot, Valve Assembly and Heart Monitor

The Circulator Boot is a system of equipment which includes the following:

• A heart monitor to detect the QRS complex of the EKG and to appropriately time boot compressions in the end portion of the heart cycle.
• A rapid action valve assembly capable of both pressurizing and exhausting the boots within a fraction of a second.
• Rigid, adjustable long boots to enclose the leg from groin to toes.
• Disposable double-walled plastic bags to enclose the chosen portion of the leg and to contain the compressed air.
• Rigid Miniboots to enclose the foot and ankle for patients requiring distal treatment only.
• Fluted lower leg legging to extend the Miniboot treatment as high as the knee.
• Compressed air supply to power the circulator boot compression cycles.

The Circulator Boot is a clinical equipment system designed to compress chosen portions of the leg in the end-diastolic portion of the heart cycle, in a series of treatments each commonly lasting 40 minutes.  It is shipped with a video training tape to facilitate the orientation of new staff.

 

Specifications:
Heart monitor:	3-lead ECG, with patient isolation
Timing accuracy:	+/- 0.1 ms or better
Boot pressure:	0 - 112 mm Hg, adjustable (0 - 60 inches of water)
Over pressure protection:	121 mm Hg, (65 inches of water)
Power	120 VAC, 60 Hz

Circulator Boot Brochure (pdf)

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