The company produces a sparkling wine, made from a blend of herbs, vitamins and “active botanicals”. With its recently certified antimicrobial properties, there really is nothing stopping the RBR Legflow from becoming the most successful medical device in reducing the risks of DVT. Sparkling botanical wine founder Anne-Marie Hurst had a bit of an awkward start even before getting into the den, as she and her partner Christian debated whether they were being filmed or not. He’s had four operations to transplant veins from elsewhere in his body and put in stents (small hollow tubes) to hold damaged vessels open — even so, the blood flow to his leg is so reduced it is a matter of time until he loses it.

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On top of the Toddle skincare range and the RBR legflow, we also saw an entrepreneur peddle her botanical sparkling wine brand, as well as an intriguing business based on a net exfoliator popular in Ghana, adding to the weird and wonderful businesses already shown off in the den this series. The pressure of the DVT also damaged the valves in his leg veins, which normally encourage blood up the leg.

Maryland man, 58, who lived with a pig's heart for 40 days dies from organ rejection - in blow for animal. Paul, who lives with wife Elisa, 55, was sent off with crutches, and told to wait for an appointment for an MRI. The Trademark government fee will be charged when we submit your mark(s) to the Government Trademark Office, which is usually in the next few business days. He said: “Blood clots kill more people each year than AIDS, breast cancer, prostate cancer and motor vehicle crashes combined. Despite providing some entertainment value, it wasn’t to be for Hurst’s company Floreat, which – if you didn’t know – comes from the latin term to mean “let flourish”.

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Ultrasound is now widely used to check the condition of the heart, blood vessels and major organs, as well as for treating soft tissue injuries such as tendonitis, an inflammation of the thick cord that attaches bone to muscle, usually in the shoulder, wrist, knee or heel. Since his illness he has worked as a trustee for Thrombosis UK, become an appointed member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in its examination of thromboembolic diseases, and helped launch RBR legflow. But the 2018 Thrombosis Group report said that while 95 per cent of hospital patients are surveyed, rates of these essential assessments are ‘falling’.Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones has opened up on the time he was hospitalised following a long plane journey, winding up with a ‘tube in his groin’. Mr Westerman, who created RBR Active to manufacture, package and distribute the legflow in 2018, said: “Since the programme three weeks ago everything has changed. Trademark Elite is run by highly experienced trademark counsel who provide personalized attention and outstanding client service.

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He spent three weeks in intensive care and, seven years on, still risks losing his leg as the damage the clot did to it was so extensive. Curious about the Bottleshot cold brew seen in episode seven or Fussy’s eco-friendly refillable deodorant in episode eight ? Each year more than 25,000 people in England alone die from clots contracted in hospital — more than the combined total of deaths from breast cancer, Aids and traffic accidents. PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY: Like most people, my greatest fear is dementia, but there is a PROVEN way to help. The Nett exfoliator from Yvonne Aboagye might not have captured the hearts and minds of the dragons this time round, with the entrepreneur getting grilled about the company’s philanthropic decisions and its eco-friendly credentials, but it sure looks like a wonderfully smart and simple product.Despite Peter expressing how impressed he was by the product, when it emerged that Paul didn’t have a patent, this caused several of the Dragons to feel unease over investing. Yet any prolonged period of inactivity can prompt a clot to develop — which is why people who fly long distance are at risk, says Richard Beasley, a professor of medicine at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, and a leading expert in DVTs. Eco-friendly refillable deodorant company Fussy was the only business to clinch a deal in the den last week, but tonight we saw the dragons fight over a baby skincare company, and our resident fashion mogul invested in a strange-looking medical device, aimed at preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis from taking hold.

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As we started the RBR legflow project, we have been fully supported by so many companies and individuals.A 2015 study involving ten people suggested using the device increases blood flow in veins of the lower leg by four times, reported the journal Occupational Ergonomics. Eight days after he fell, part of the clot — which had formed in a vein in his calf — travelled to his heart and lungs, with catastrophic results. Diving through The Independent archives, it appears Westerman actually wrote an article for the travel section about how to prevent DVT a couple of years ago. The entrepreneur explained that in 2011, nine days before he was due to be married, he ‘collapsed to the floor dead’ after suffering a ‘massive bilateral pulmonary embolism’, having injured his knee a couple of weeks prior and suffered deep vein thrombosis in his right leg.