Patent 7717855 was granted and assigned to The Hospital for Sick Children on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A system for remote ischemic preconditioning that includes a cuff, and actuator, and a controller that operates the actuator according to a treatment protocol. The treatment protocol includes a plurality of treatment cycles that each comprise cuff actuation, an ischemic duration, cuff release, and a reperfusion duration.