Active knit compression stockings are compression garments with integrated smart materials that apply dynamic and controllable pressures to the body to provide therapeutic compression treatment for those suffering from orthostatic hypotension. Active knit compression stockings are compression garments with integrated smart materials (i.e. shape memory alloy wires) that apply dynamic and controllable pressures to the body to provide therapeutic compression treatment for those suffering from orthostatic hypotension (OH). Current static compression garments (e.g. elastic knit garments) exert unpredictable pressures on the body and are difficult to don/doff, especially for elderly populations most effected by OH. Alternatively, dynamic compression garments currently on the consumer market (e.g. pneumatic compression wraps) are bulky, inhibit wearer mobility, and are usually tethered to an inflation source. Active knit compression stockings offer an alternative technology for compression therapy that leverage the architecture of traditional, weft knit fabric structures to create large, amplified contractions across the textile surface. The result is a new compression garment alternative that is simultaneously dynamic, mobile, and untethered.
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Rachael GRANBERRY, Ph.D. candiate NASA Space Technology Research Fellow, Ph.D., University of Minnesota Twin Cities, MN, UMN, Wearable Product Design Center
PDF) Therapeutic use of compression stockings for orthostatic hypotension: An assessment of patient and physician perspectives and practices
Women's Thigh High, 30-40 mmHg
Development of a 4D hand gripping aid using a knitted shape memory alloy and evaluation of finger-bending angles in elderly women, Fashion and Textiles
CalmWear: A Smart Tactile Sensory Stimulation Clothing
CalmWear: A Smart Tactile Sensory Stimulation Clothing
Truform 30-40 mmHg Compression Stockings for Men and Women, Knee
Publications Design of Active Materials and Structures Laboratory (DAMSL)
CalmWear: A Smart Tactile Sensory Stimulation Clothing
Publications Design of Active Materials and Structures Laboratory (DAMSL)
PDF) Therapeutic use of compression stockings for orthostatic hypotension: An assessment of patient and physician perspectives and practices
Jobst Relief Thigh High 30-40 DME-Direct
Active Knit Compression Stockings - International Achievement Awards
