Sky Medical receive FDA clearance to market the “geko device” for venous insufficiency and …

Each year approximately 150,000 new patients are diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, and nearly $500 million is used in the care of these patients.

The size of a wristwatch and worn at the knee, the disposable device gently stimulates the common peroneal nerve activating the calf and foot muscle pumps, resulting in increased blood flow in the deep veins of the calf5, at a rate equal to 60%6 of walking without a patient having to move.

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