Patent ID: 7966197

Claim:
A device for assistance in the selection of a therapeutic tubular compression orthosis made from an elastic material and in adapting same to the morphology of a limb for which the orthosis is intended, characterized in that it comprises: means ( 26 ) for establishing a first file containing data representative of the morphological characteristics of the limb ( 30 ), this first data file comprising the coordinates, in a three-dimensional space, of a array of points ( 68 ) distributed on the surface of the limb along a succession of contours ( 66 ) defined at different successive coordinates (Z) of that limb; means ( 10 ) for establishing a second file containing data representative of the dimensional and rheological characteristics of the orthosis defined at different successive coordinates (Z) of that orthosis and giving the elongation of the orthosis resulting from the tension orthosis; compression simulation means ( 48 ) able to calculate the compression pressure at a plurality of points ( 68 ) of said array from data contained in the first and second files by application of Laplaces's law at the plurality of points as a measure of compression on the limb ( 30 ) by the orthosis ( 70 ) if applied over the limb; and means ( 50 ) for displaying said pressure values determined by the compression simulation means.