#$%^&*AU2013201701A120130411.pdf#####MONITORING COMPLIANCE USING VENOUS REFILL DETECTION ABSTRACT A system (10) for monitoring patient compliance with a compression therapy regimen, said system (10) comprising: a compression garment (14) sized and shaped to be wrapped substantially around a body part of a wearer, said garment (14) comprising one or more selectively inflatable bladders (1 8a-n) for applying compression to the body part upon inflation a pressure sensor (22) in fluid communication with at least one of the bladders (1 8a-n), said sensor (22) generating a signal indicative of a change of girth of the body part when the garment (14) is in the wrapped configuration and one or more processors (54) in electrical communication with the pressure sensor (22), the one or more processors (54) configured to: determine a venous refill time of the body part as a function of a signal received from the pressure sensor (22) monitor the determined venous refill time (ti-ta) and increment a patient compliance timer based at least in part on the monitored venous refill time (ti-t,).
