Complete
Description and Specifications of the Circulator Boot Compression
System
The Circulator Boot is a cardio-synchronous compression system for
treating chronic ulcers and pain in the feet and legs.
Indicated
for patients with peripheral arterial insufficiency and diabetic
complications, the Circulator Boot is an end-diastolic pneumatic
boot designed to help increase circulation to the extremities.
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.
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 compression's 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 clinical equipment designed to compress all or 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 DVD to facilitate the orientation
of new staff.
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Mini-Boot,
Valve Assembly and Heart Monitor
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Long-Boot,
Valve Assembly and Heart Monitor
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Specifications:
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| 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 |
90-240 VAC, 50-60
Hz |
Wound
Care Treatment Using the Circulator Boot
Leg Saver
BACKGROUND:
Around 10 to 20 years after the onset of diabetes, most people
will begin to experience diabetic neuropathy. It begins
with intermittent pain and tingling in the extremities, especially
the feet. In later stages, the pain is more intense and
constant. Finally, the area begins to lose all sensation,
increasing the risk of tissue injury. The condition is
caused by poor blood flow to the extremities. Many patients
end up with toes or feet amputated because of the poor circulation.
CIRCULATOR
BOOT SYSTEM:
The circulator boot system is an approved medical device in
Canada. In the USA, it is the only boot approved by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of arterial diseases
in the leg. The procedure greatly reduces the risk of limb
loss, or amputation. Doctors say that patients who lose
one leg are likely to lose the other and also have a shorter
life expectancy.
HOW
DOES IT WORK?: First,
the patient sits in a specially-made bed. Their legs are
then put into inflatable plastic bags. Doctors encase
the patient’s legs in boots made of white fiberglass. A regulator,
which is attached to the heart monitor, is then attached to
the top of each boot. Once the circulator boot system
is turned on, between heartbeats, air pulses through the bag,
compressing the leg. Oxygenated blood is drawn in, and
venous blood is expelled. Pressure is released just as
the heart’s next systolic beat occurs. The cycle is repeated
from 40 to 100 times a minute. If an infected wound is
present, antibiotics can be injected into the foot or leg before
treatment to help the medication circulate more effectively.
The procedure improves circulation by breaking down clots, re-channeling
blocked vessels and forming new or small vessels to help restore
blood flow.
HOW
LONG DOES IT TAKE TO HEAL?: The length and
frequency of treatment varies for each patient. For example,
patients with a pulse rate of 80 beats per minute might receive
4800 such compression per hour. Patients with minor problems
may see improvement in a few weeks. A severely diseased
leg could take four to six months to save. At clinics that use
the Circulator boot, typically nine out of ten patients are
able to avoid amputation.
EQUIPMENT
RENTAL
If
you have had an assessment and treatments at a Circulator Boot
clinic and would like to continue the treatments at home, the
system is available for rent.

Circulator
Boot Operational Concept -
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Circulator
Boot Brochure
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Circulator
Boot Coporation Website
- www.circulatorboot.com
Circulator
Boot for the Treatment of Osteomyelitis - Click
here for details
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