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Learn how best to wear the Squid and when not to use it. For additional questions, see our FAQs section or contact us.
How to Wear Squid
When not to use Squid
Do not use Squid if you have any of the following conditions:
Thrombosis (blood clots in the brain, heart or other blood vessels); Aneurysm (enlargement of a blood vessel artery caused by a weak artery wall); Vascular disease which includes narrowing of blood vessels or thickening of blood vessel walls causing loss of blood flow; Diabetes (blood glucose disease); High blood pressure; Compromised local circulation (blood circulation that is not normal); Heart disease; Cancer (active disease state).
Do not use the Squid cold gel packs if you have any of the following conditions:
You can still use Squid as a sequential compression system without the cold gel packs.
Cold urticaria (hives after being exposed to cold); Cold hypersensitivity (slowing of the heart rate and/or skin swelling surrounded by redness; may be itchy after being exposed to the cold); Vasospastic disease (tissue swelling which can lead to death of the skin after being exposed to the cold); Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (presence of hemoglobin in the urine after being exposed to the cold); Raynaud’s syndrome (numb or prickly feeling and/or skin turns blue after being exposed to the cold); Cryoglobulinemia (higher than normal levels of blood cryoglobulins which are proteins).
Do not use the device during or 3 months after pregnancy.
Do not use the device over broken (open wound) or inflamed skin.
Do not use the device over or near the site of a broken bone or a healing fracture.
Do not use if you are under 18 years of age.
Refer to the Squid IFU for additional safety information and instructions.
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