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Wearable Technology to Reduce Risk of DVT and Increase Patient Compliance
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating RF Health MAC for Orthopedic Disorder. Completed, enrolled 106 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The primary purpose of this study is to conduct a multi-site clinical trial of the Recovery Force Movement and Compressions (RF MAC) System. The study is a randomized comparative study of DVT prophylaxis using either standard IPC (Group 1) or the RF MAC system (Group 2) in 300 patients after TJR surgery at two study sites: Tufts Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) and Eskenazi Hospital (Indianapolis, Indiana). This study is funded by a Phase II SBIR awarded to Recovery Force from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (R44-HL132624-02).
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Interventions
The RF Health MAC is a novel device that is applied to the lower legs of patients that provides intermittent active compressions to the calf muscles which results in increased blood flow in the veins, moving blood towards the direction of the heart and reducing the risk of clot formation.