DEVICE FOR DETERMINING DYNAMIC BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF AN abdominal wall AND METHOD FOR USING THE DEVICE

The invention relates to a device (1, 20, 30) for non-invasively assessing or monitoring the intra-abdominal pressure and/or abdominal wall deformation and/or incisional hernia risk of a subject during a prophylactic phase and/or a pre-operative phase and/or a post-operative phase, comprising:-an adjustable and flexible frame (12) comprising a central region (231, 31), a left side region (233, 33) and a right side region (232, 32); -a primary sensor network (35) adapted to measure local deformations and/or local forces on the abdominal surface of the subject, the primary sensor network being assembled to the frame, each area of the frame being provided with at least one primary sensor; connection means (15) adapted to connect said main sensor network (35) to a processing unit (2, 22); and possibly, positioning means adapted to position the device on the abdomen; and/or adjusting means adapted to adjust the device on the abdomen. The invention also relates to a system comprising the device (20, 30) and a proce