An active compression garment includes at least one active textile member formed from a shape memory alloy (SMA) material to provide controllable compression to a body part of interest. The active compression garment may also include at least one contact for applying an electrical stimulus signal to the active textile member to cause the SMA material to return to a trained shape.
CONTROLLABLE COMPRESSION TEXTILES USING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS
STEUERBARE KOMPRESSIONSTEXTILIEN MIT FORMSPEICHERLEGIERUNGEN UND ENTSPRECHENDE PRODUKTE
TEXTILES DE COMPRESSION POUVANT ÊTRE RÉGULÉE UTILISANT DES ALLIAGES À MÉMOIRE DE FORME ET DES PRODUITS ASSOCIÉS
2017-08-16
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch