Electric socks 'to fight DVT'

Electric socks 'to fight DVT'

A health care company has invented a pair of electrically charged socks to help ward off deep vein thrombosis (DVT) on long flights.
High Tech Health promised the Circulation Booster Mobile would increase blood circulation by 50 per cent to help reduce the risk of developing the potentially deadly condition.
Sam Penny, the director of the Sunshine Coast-based company, said a battery controlled, handheld device sent electrical impulses to the socks, which are embedded with silver.
The impulses pass through the skin and stimulate nerves in the feet and lower legs.