After breast cancer surgery, 15–30% of patients ( Chen et al., 2017) in rehabilitation have secondary lymphedema. The device can help patients find lymphedema in time and implement auxiliary treatment, which can effectively avoid the further deterioration of lymphedema.īreast cancer is the leading cancer disease in women. The experimental results show that the integrated design principle of monitoring and treatment proposed in this paper has good feasibility, has auxiliary rehabilitation effect, and meets the principle of human comfort. The working mode and parameter design of each rehabilitation module of the device are obtained. The static simulation experiment is completed. According to the MRI images of volunteers’ upper limbs, the upper arm and forearm’s finite element models are reconstructed in ANSYS. The device realizes auxiliary rehabilitation using the regional pressure method to imitate traditional manual lymphatic drainage technology. This design utilizes the arm circumference measurement and contrast method to realize symptom monitoring. This paper presents a portable monitoring and treatment device for upper extremity lymphedema, enabling patients to monitor the symptoms of upper limb lymphedema and auxiliary rehabilitation. At present, the detection and the adjuvant treatment of this disease are not convenient enough, leading to delay of the disease and increase in the burden of patients. Female patients suffer from the risk of upper limb lymphedema after breast cancer removal surgery.
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