APPLIANCE FOR MONITORING THE COMPRESSION THERAPY PROVIDED BY A COMPRESSION MEANS

An appliance (10) for monitoring the compression therapy provided by a compression means comprises a measuring device made of a textile material for placing on a wearer and having two end portions (20, 22) which enclose between them a central portion (28), wherein two electrodes (12-18) are arranged...

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1. Verfasser:	TAMOUÉ, Ferdinand
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	An appliance (10) for monitoring the compression therapy provided by a compression means comprises a measuring device made of a textile material for placing on a wearer and having two end portions (20, 22) which enclose between them a central portion (28), wherein two electrodes (12-18) are arranged in each end portion (20, 22) and each form an electrode pair with an electrode (12-18) of the other end portion (20, 22), wherein one electrode pair determines a flow of electric current and the other electrode pair determines an electrical voltage between the electrodes (12-18) of a pair, wherein the electrodes (12-18) are designed such that, when the measuring device is placed on a wearer, the electric current between the electrodes (12-18) of a pair flows through the body of the wearer underneath the skin. The compression therapy is monitored here by monitoring, through determination of impedance, the decrease in liquid in tissues that are treated by the compression.