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Mego Afek develops and produces pneumatic sequential compression therapy devices for treatment of lymphedema and venous disorders and prevention of deep vein thrombosis during hospitalization. Mego Afek also produces compression therapy systems for professional aesthetic massage for cosmeticians and beauticians, sports medicine massage, and equine veterinary massage. The products are distributed worldwide, and are approved by CE 0344, FDA, UL, CSA. The manufacturing facilities and quality control process are certified ISO-9001 and EN 46001 compliant.
Lympha Press®
 The LYMPHA PRESS® device is a unique treatment system for the most severe cases of lymphedema. Pressure range is 20-180 mmHg.
How it works: the LYMPHA PRESS® device treats lymphedema using physiological principles. Pressure is distributed into overlaping air compartments which are contained in a special sleeve. The compartments are sequentially inflated, from distal to proximal, massaging the limb in a proximal direction. The overlapping compartments prevent any gaps in treatment, to achieve a maximal and safe reduction of lymphedema.
 The treatment cycle starts by filling the distal compartment first and continues inflating the remaining compartments in sequence during the first 24 seconds until all are full. The pressure is held in all compartments for 2 seconds, then deflates for four seconds which completes the 30 seconds cycle. The cycle then repeats itself.
A wide range of garment sizes is available, for treating people of all shapes and sizes with varying degrees of lymphedema. Each garment comes with either 3 zippers or 3 Velcro straps for size adjustment.
Lympha Press Mini®
 The LYMPHA PRESS MINI® is a smaller, portable version of the LYMPHA PRESS®, for home treatment of lymphedema.
Unlike many other “home use” lymphedema treatment devices, which have fewer treatment cells than their hospital-grade counterparts, the LYMPHA PRESS MINI® is in every way as effective as the hospital-grade LYMPHA PRESS®. The LYMPHA PRESS MINI® is used with the same 10 or 12-chamber garments as the regular LYMPHA PRESS®, and applies the same gentle massage that is the most effective method for treating extremity lymphedema.
 The LYMPHA PRESS MINI® applies treatment pressure up to 80 mmHg, which is the normal human blood pressure. This makes LYMPHA PRESS MINI® appropriate for home treatment at the patient’s convenience.
Lympha Press Sleeve
Using physiological principles, pressure is established from the distal area of the LYMPHA PRESS® sleeve and progresses until the entire sleeve is sequentially inflated. When the entire sleeve is filled with air, all the cells automatically empty themselves and the cyle begins again. Fluid is, therefore, moved in a distal to proximal direction. The unique overlapping of the air compartments within the sleeve guarantees a gradient pressure and prevents any gaps between the functioning compartments.
Pneumatic Compression
“Among the best conservative methods for the reduction of lymphedema is pneumatic compression, which, when combined with tight elastic stockings or sleeves, has reduced the number of patients requiring surgery. Our experience with LymphaPress, a new sequential pneumatic device, has been very successful in this respect.”1 LymphaPress is an important aid to the surgeon in performing operations for lymphedema of the lower and upper limbs. “It reduces the hospitalization period and postoperative infection rate and minimizes pain, as well as ensuring the patency of lymphatic venous anstomoses. We recommend this technique as a routine procedure in operations for lymphedema of the limbs, whether exceptional or physiological.”2
References:
1 Zelikovski, Avigdor, M.D., et al., “The sequential pneumatic compression device in surgery for lymphedema in the limbs,” The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol. 24 (March-April 1983), 122
2 Ibid 126.
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