SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE PROGRESSIVE LOADING OF A LOWER LIMB IN POST-TRAUMATIC REHABILITATION

摘要

The invention relates to a system for monitoring the progressive loading of a lower limb and measuring the pressure force at the sole level within a post-traumatic rehabilitation process, said system comprising a network of elastic chambers (CE1, CE2, CE3) located at the level of the lower limb sole under three anatomic areas of maximal pressure of the patient's sole, said chambers communicating through a tubing (T) coupled to a pressure transducer (SP) which detects the current maximal pressure and transmits it to a control and measuring unit (BM) where it is converted into a digital value by a conversion circuit (A/D) then it is transformed into a force value by means of a calibration algorithm implemented on a processing unit (Microcontroller) of the measuring unit and compared with the threshold values stored in the memory of the measuring unit (BM), a warning device (AAL) generating acoustic and light signals when the maximal value of the force measured in a programmed period of time exceeds the pre-established threshold value, the values of various parameters (T, F, FP, D) stored in the non volatile memory of the processing unit (Microcontroller) being read or modified by a wireless communication with the measuring unit (BM) by means of an interface (IR) implemented by a Transceiver unit (RF), the supply of the monitoring system being carried out by components belonging to the supply unit (A), an accumulator (ACC) and a charging device (Î).