Great Lakes Caring is pleased to begin offering DVTCare™—the Midwest’s first portable sequential compression devices (SCD)—for patients at risk for developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and other forms of clotting. Invented by a University of Michigan physician, DVTCare™ represents the first SCD to be well suited for use outside of a hospital.
“Blood clots are very serious threats to a post-operative patient’s well-being, especially for those recovering and rehabilitating under home health care,” says William Deary, CEO of Great Lakes Caring. “With the help of the DVTCare™ portable SCD, we will be able to significantly reduce the number of re-hospitalizations that occur due to the development DVT in the legs of patients, which improves upon the superior quality of care that we provide at Great Lakes Caring.”
DVTCare™ works like a traditional SCD, with individual compression sleeves that inflate/deflate to stimulate blood flow in the legs, at a fraction of the size. The device weighs one pound and is small enough to be worn by the patient without inhibiting every day activities. It has a battery life of up to 17 hours (unilateral operation) or up to eight hours (bilateral operation), and is covered by Medicare if prescribed through a physician.
DVTCare™ is just one of many innovations being utilized by Great Lakes Caring to improve the lives of their patients, helping them restore and retain and independent lifestyle by providing superior quality health care in the comfort, security and privacy of their own homes.
