Pressure sensing device for use with a compression bandage

Abstract

A pressure sensing clip () and a system including a bandage () for detecting and displaying the pressure applied by a (compression) bandage () to a human or animal body in which the pressure sensing clip () has an inner bandage penetrating arm () and an outer arm () hingedly attached to the inner arm () at a hinge () so that the outer arm () is movable between a hingedly closed position with respect to the inner arm () and a hingedly open position. The device can be operatively attached to an applied compression bandage, or it can be placed beneath or between the bandage during bandage application so that the bandage covers the sensing part of the device. In the latter application, the ability of the arms of the device to adapt an open configuration allows the bandage to be applied over the inner arm leaving the outer arm to close once the bandage has been applied. The device can receive, store and transmit data to a user.