ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- United States Patent no. RE49,946, issued on April 30, was assigned to Nextern Inc. (White Bear Lake, Minn.).
"Responsive whole patient care compression therapy and treatment system" was invented by Ryan Douglas (Stillwater, Minn.) and Casey Carlson (Saint Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods relate to a pneumatic compression therapy device configured to suggest content to the patient based on a determined disease state, the content pertaining to suggested changes in lifestyle based on a standard of care. In an illustrative embodiment, the suggested changes may include modifications to treatment location, treatment time, diet, eating habit...