DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING A SIMULTANEOUS MAP OF PRESSURES LIKELY TO BE APPLIED BY A COMPRESSIVE ORTHESIS ON A PART OF THE BODY, PARTICULARLY ON THE LEG

摘要

The invention concerns a device comprising a rigid form reproducing the volume of the part of the body and capable of receiving compressive orthosis. The form (10) incorporates a plurality of sensors (22) distributed at different points thereof and shaped so as not to modify substantially its surface profile, the sensors essentially measuring the pressure applied locally on the form by the orthotic device on the sensor site perpendicular to the form surface. Advantageously, the sensors include, at the measuring point site, a thin wall capable of curvature modification under the effect of the pressure applied by the orthotic device, and means, for example with strain gauge measuring bridge. The thin wall can in particular form part of a directly mounted support plate, integrated in the form such that its external surface, comprising the thin wall, is flush with that of the form.