Monitoring and Adjusting System to Prevent Compartment Syndrome

In the U.S. 7.9 million people suffer from fractures and require casts. Development of compartment syndrome (CS) may compromise blood flow to muscles and nerves with resultant tissue damage. There is a clinical need for a CS prevention system that seeks to continuously monitor and adjust cast size and to provide room for swelling of an extremity fracture. This CS prevention system is intended to provide a safe, economical, and less distressing method to monitor and control swelling related problems associated with casting of extremity fractures, decreasing the $1.4 billion annual cost of invasive surgeries.