L-Dex™ U400
ImpediMed’s L-Dex™ technology utilizes the characteristics of frequency dependent current flow to quantify changes in extracellular fluid in the patient’s limb. These changes can assist the surgeon or oncologist in clinically assessing early signs of lymphedema. The L-Dex technology is specific for extracellular fluid and is unaffected by changes in the patient’s weight due to a change in fat mass or muscle mass. As fluid accumulates, the L-Dex value increases on the scale. The L-Dex number provides an instant tool for assisting in the clinical assessment of lymphedema progression as well as an easy way to track change in the patient over time.L-Dex values for a normal patient without lymphedema will fall in the range of -10 to +10. The presence or absence of lymphedema is assessed by comparing the patient's L-Dex test to this range and to their past L-Dex tests.
Note: This device is not intended to diagnose or predict lymphedema of an extremity.
Note: L-Dex™ values that lie outside the normal range may indicate the early signs of lymphedema and values that have changed +10 L-Dex units from baseline may also indicate early lymphedema. The L-Dex scale is a tool to assist in the clinical assessment of lymphedema by a medical provider. The L-Dex scale is not intended to diagnose or predict lymphedema of an extremity.
