| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for monitoring patient compliance with a compression therapy regimen. <P>SOLUTION: The method of monitoring patient compliance with a compression therapy regimen, includes: receiving a signal from a pressure sensor coupled to a compression garment, wherein the garment is sized and shaped to be wrapped around substantially a limb of a wearer and includes one or more selectively inflatable bladders for applying compression to the limb upon inflation, the signal being indicative of a change of girth of the limb; receiving the signal from the pressure sensor coupled to the compression garment; determining a venous refill time of the limb as a function of the received signal; monitoring the determined venous refill time; and incrementing a patient compliance timer in response to the monitored venous refill time exceeding a predetermined threshold. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
