Robert Jones bandage pressure range assessment using a pressure mapping system and application to band calibration

Mathieu Taroni , Jérôme Molimard (1) , Thibaut Cachon (2) , Eric Viguier (2) , Claude Carozzo (2)

1 LGF-ENSMSE - Laboratoire Georges Friedel
2 ICE - Interactions Cellules Environnement - UR

The Robert Jones bandage (RJ) is a widely used bandage among veterinary surgeons to maintain physiological position of the limbs. It is a 3-layer composite bandage, which realization involves the use of several types of bands in a specific arrangement to give the bandage all its properties. Its proper making is difficult and requires experience, as the bandage needs to be not too tight or not too loose. This issue is a recurrent matter with every type of compression bandage (Rimaud et al. 2014). For the realization of a RJ, various types of bands can be used, depending on the surgeon but each layer has its own function that cannot be changed. The purpose of this study is to measure the pressure under a RJ bandage with a pressure mapping system and to evaluate the properties of some commonly used bands. The final application of these results is to propose a band calibration system to apply the correct pressure as a function of the band’s deformation.

Mots clés: pressure measurement; pressure mapping system; interface pressure; calibration system

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]

Mathieu Taroni, Jérôme Molimard, Thibaut Cachon, Eric Viguier, Claude Carozzo. Robert Jones bandage pressure range assessment using a pressure mapping system and application to band calibration. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2015, Special Issue: French Society of Biomechanics, 18 (Suppl.1), pp.2068-2069. ⟨10.1080/10255842.2015.1069560⟩. ⟨hal-01275932⟩