Peripheral Arterial Disease Compression Pumps
Bio Compression Pumps
Bio Arterial
These pumps use Intermittent Pneumatic Compression, a rhythmic compression and release helps to improve blood flow into the legs. It a high pressure, rapid cycle compression system that sequentially compresses the foot and calf in patients suffering from arterial disease. Through effective, high pressure compression, deep arteries are helped to promote oxygenated blood flow in the legs.
Benefits of using a PAD pump include:
- Improved blood flow in the small vessels of the toes and legs/calf
- Reduced pain and discomfort
- Improved wound healing of arterial ulcers
These pumps may also help with:
- Intermittent claudication (when leg pain occurs when walking and is relieved by rest)
- Ischemia, where blood supply to the tissues is reduced
- Arteriopathic wounds
- Improvement of blood flow after minor amputations (such as toes, etc.)
- Relieving rest pain or night pain (frequently associated with PAD)
Indications
As an adjunct therapy for a patient with ischemic disease of the lower extremities due to one or more of the following causes:
- Minor Amputations
- Angioplasty/stent failure
- Arteriopathic wound
- Graft failure
- Intermittent claudication
- Rest pain, night pain
- Small vessel disease
- Ulcers
These pumps are now covered by Medicare (E0675)
Medical records need to include a history and diagnosis of peripheral artery disease (PAD), arterial insufficiency, arterial ulcers, ischemic issues, gangrene, toe amputation, low ABI pressures, etc. These pumps are covered as what is considered a “capped rental” by Medicare, and are rented to the patient over the course of 13 months.
Pump Specifications
- Compression Time: 5 seconds
- Non-Compression Time: 15 seconds
- Delay between Foot & Calf: 1 second
- Cycle Time: 20 seconds
- Pressure Range: 10-150 mmHg
The pump works by compressing around the foot with a "thump" that progresses up to the calf a second later, holds for 5 seconds, and then releases for 15. This improves the blood flow within the limb.
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