Lymphedema Compression Garment

1. Compression Garment version 4, presented basically a lengthened version of number 3.  Again in cotton-lycra.

2. This was the most successful design thus far.

3.  Additional straps were added in this design for test wrapping the foot.

4.  Jon saw shrinkage on average of 0.5cm on each of his toes with 24 hours of wrapping.

1.  Developed revised wrap design in cotton only.

Design file for wraps version 3 lives here: (Lymphedema_wraps3.pdf)

https://github.com/astridav/Lymphedema

The ivory section of the file shows the cotton cut.

Laser cut settings on the 60W Epilog laser were the same for both materials, 100speed/40 power/50 frequence

2.  Medical tape will be used to hold the end of the wraps on the foot.

3.  Delivered 8 initial test cuts of wraps to Karen Lombardi, our RN to test on the subjects feet.

4.  Karen wrapped subject 1 - Jon in the wraps.  The wraps were longer and thinner than previous versions, and worked better.

     Initial results showed some promising swelling reduction, with most toes seeing 3-6mm (6mm on the big toe) in size reduction from a 24 hour wrap period.  Cotton wraps caused no reaction to the sensitive skin in this timeframe.

5.  Design changes were requested.   We move on to a revised design- design 4, with additional fabric for the big toe wrapping.

1.  Developed revised wrap design in both cotton only.

Design file for wraps version 2 lives here: (Lymphedema_wraps2.pdf)

https://github.com/astridav/Lymphedema

The ivory section of the file shows the cotton cut.

Laser cut settings on the 60W Epilog laser were the same for both materials, 100speed/40 power/50 frequence

2. The assumption is medical tape will be used to hold the end of the wraps on the foot.

3.  Delivered 20 initial test cuts of wraps to Karen Lombardi, our RN to test on the subjects feet.

4.  Karen wrapped subject 1 - Jon in the wraps.  The wraps were short and Karen requested revisions.

     Initial results showed some promising swelling reduction, with most toes seeing 3mm in size reduction from a 24 hour wrap period.  Cotton wraps caused no reaction to the sensitive skin in this timeframe.

5.  Design changes were requested.   We move on to a revised design- design 3.

1.  Developed initial test cut wrap design in both cotton and latex.  Botth test subjects are not allergic to latex, so its possible to test thin latex as a solution.

Design file for wraps version 1 lives here: (Lymphedema_wraps1.pdf)

https://github.com/astridav/Lymphedema

The latex version (shown in beige on the file) contains perforation cuts.  The ivory section of the file shows the cotton cut.

Laser cut settings on the 60W Epilog laser were the same for both materials, 100speed/40 power/50 frequence

2. The assumption is medical tape will be used to hold the end of the wraps on the foot.

3.  Delivered six initial test cuts of wraps to Karen Lombardi, our RN to test on the subjects feet.

4.  Karen rejected the latex wraps entirely, the subjects complained they were too hot and sticky even for five minutes of wearing.

5.  Cotton wraps seemed promising but design changes were requested.   We move on to a revised design.