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US 8,257,289 B2Granted
Fitting of compression garment
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Group LP
InventorMark A. Vess
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Abstract
Optimizing fit of a compression garment for use with a patient receiving compression therapy. Sensors formed on the garment detect characteristics of the fit of the garment in the vicinity of each sensor. The fit sensors may be capacitive disks imprinted on the garment. A controller computes overall fit of the garment on the patient based on signals from the sensors.
Claims24
A system for applying compression treatment comprising:
- a garment for placement on a body part of a wearer, said garment comprising one or more selectively inflatable bladders for applying compression to the body part upon inflation;
- at least one capacitive sensor formed on the garment, said sensor generating a signal indicative of a gap between the garment and the body part when the garment is placed thereon;
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- a compression control unit for selectively inflating said one or more bladders, said control unit comprising:
- one or more processors receiving and responsive to the signal from the capacitive sensor for evaluating an overall fit of the garment on the body part based on the gap between the garment and the body part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.