Innovation in the service of overall management
The small number of clinical studies available, coupled with the difficulty of modeling the venous system, led INNOTHERA to look for additional methods of acquisition of knowledge and evaluation of the effects of venous compression.
In 1995, the Laboratory of Biophysics was founded through the efforts of Arnaud Gobet. Its purpose was to develop and modernize Elastic Venous Compression and make it a full-fledged form of medical therapeutics, fully adapted to patient needs.
This work is based on a program of fundamental research aimed at theoretical and experimental comprehension of the venous hemodynamics of the lower limbs and the mechanisms of action of venous compression.
The research is being conducted in collaboration with several teams at university hospitals (Hôpital Cochin [Paris], CHU/Hôpital Trousseau [Tours], CHU Marseille), research teams at INSERM and the CNRS, the universities of Paris VI, VII, XI and XII, a team led by Professor Kamm at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), a team under Professor Pedley at the University of Cambridge and with professor Partsch (Austria), and under the aegis of a Scientific Committee led by Professor Patrice Flaud (Université Denis Diderot – Paris VII).
INNOTHERA is the only group thus engaged in scientific development and research in the area of Elastic Venous Compression.. This strategy of innovation has contributed to gaining international recognition of the symptoms of venous diseases and legitimizing the curative and preventive effectiveness of medical techniques for their management (Edinburgh Vein Study, 2002 and study by Professor Carpentier, France, 2007).
