Compression garments are the standard of treatment for lower leg edema; however, they are highly clinician dependent. The purpose of this project was to design a compression garment system that provides reproducible compression, is reusable, and can be applied at home by a patient or caretaker. A compression bandage applicator that controls bandage tension during application was designed, manufactured, and tested. It can be adjusted to apply 1.48-2.95 lbf of bandage tension, which was shown to produce 24.7-30.7 mmHg pressure.

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Creator

• Goncalo, Ashley A.
• DeBaie, Amanda Leigh
• Nelson, David W.
• Susienka, Michael James

Contributors

• Fudem, Gary
• Lalikos, Janice

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043009-000609

Advisor

• Billiar, Kristen

Year

• 2009

Sponsor

• University of Massachusetts Medical School

Date created

• 2009-04-30

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright