FIELD: medical equipment.
SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to medical equipment, namely, a device for measuring the size of a patient's body part, a method for measuring the size of a patient's body part, and a method for determining the size of an elastic venous orthosis. The device contains an electronic tape measure (12) containing a portable case (16), a reel (18) located inside the case, a tape (20) wound on the reel, a part of which, called the "unwound part" (38), extends outside the case. The device also has a measuring module (22) for taking measurements (M) in relation to the above mentioned unwound part. The device includes a consistency control module (60) for checking the consistency of the measurement (M) with the help of the consistency rule and at least one context data item. The device contains an alert module (62) for giving an alert in the event of an inconsistency being detected by the said consistency monitoring module. The method of measuring the size of a part of the patient's body using the device includes the following steps: a) put the case onto the body part and b) partially unwind the tape and, if the above value is a perimeter, fasten the free end of the tape to the fixing place on the case. The method for measuring the size of a patient's body part using the device contains the following steps: (c) deactivate the safety lock so that the tape is tensioned by the spring action, and (d) start the measuring process. In the method of measuring the size of a patient's body part using the device e), regardless of steps a) - d), but before step f), at least one element of specific contextual data is entered or selected. In the method of measuring the size of a patient's body part using the device, f) use the consistency control module to check the consistency of the measurements with the above mentioned element of specific contextual data, g) send an alert via the alert module in the event of inconsistency, and h) the event of an alert repeat steps a) to d) and f) and g) at the least. A method for determining the size of an elastic venous orthosis, consisting of Step A) carry out a set of measurements using a method for measuring the size of a patient's body part with the device. The set of measurement includes at least one measurement of the shin perimeter and the ankle perimeter.A method for determining the size of an elastic venous orthosis, including Step B) select the size of the orthosis corresponding to the set of measurements, depending on the intended therapy.
EFFECT: improved quality of the measurements performed.
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