Device and method for monitoring compression level of a compression garment

A compression measuring device attachable to a stretchable fabric of a compression garment for measuring a compression level of the compression garment, the compression measuring device comprising:

• a substrate having a first anchor, the substrate being configured to be attached to a first location on the stretchable fabric using the first anchor;
• a deformable arm cantilevered across a first end of the substrate, the deformable arm being fixed to the substrate at a fixed end and extending across the first end of the substrate to a cantilevered end of the deformable arm;
• a bridge attached to the deformable arm at a first end of the bridge and extending away from the deformable arm out past a second end of the substrate, the bridge having a second anchor at a second end of the bridge being configured to be attached to a second location on the stretchable fabric using the second anchor, the second anchor being spaced apart from the first anchor;
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• a strain gauge mounted to the deformable arm and configured to measure an electrical resistance when the bridge pulls on and deforms the deformable arm as the stretchable fabric of the compression garment stretches and the first anchor and the second anchor move away from each other.