| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 602075000 | Compressive elongate wrap (e.g., generic wrapping materials) | 39 |
| 20080249455 | Compression Device with Improved Moisture Evaporation - A circumferential compression sleeve has bladder openings extending through a bladder, making the sleeve generally breathable and comfortable for the wearer. The openings include at least about 4% of a total surface area of the bladder. The device also has a static evaporation rate through the device of at least about 20 mg/minute. In one example, the device includes a wicking layer for contacting the wearer's skin. The wicking layer wicks moisture from the wearer's skin and generally moves the moisture to portions of the layer in registration with the openings where the moisture is allowed to evaporate therethrough. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090005718 | COMPRESSION, THERMAL AND SUPPORT BANDAGING SYSTEM - A re-usable bandaging system for treating acute soft-tissue injuries and the like provides protection, support and restraint, and optional heating or cooling and uses straps enabling the system to be placed at one of many sites. A flexible, resilient insulating material, covered with loop-bearing fabric comprises (A) a main bandage that is a rectangular panel with a pocket and (B) two straps at diagonally opposite corners. Each strap has an area of complementary hooks at the free end, to adhere to the bandage when in use. A supplementary bandage (C) is for optional use as a strap when stabilising the main bandage. The system provides a sealed flexible gel pack for heating or cooling an injured part when placed in the pocket. The pack is internally baffled to evenly apply a compress therapy by restriction motion of the contents. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090247925 | FLEXIBLE WRAP FOR SUPPORTING A PORTION OF A BODY - A flexible wrap and method for supporting a portion of a body. The flexible wrap includes an elastic band and an adhesive mounted on the elastic band near an end of the elastic band. The adhesive secures the elastic band to a body and is adapted to be detachably mounted to the body. In another form, the flexible wrap includes an elastic band and a plurality of fingers that extend from an end of the elastic band. Each of the plurality of fingers is secured to an exposed section of the elastic band when the flexible wrap is attached to the body. In still another form, the flexible wrap includes an elastic band and a pack having a midsection. The flexible wrap further includes a fastener, such as an adhesive, that extends along the midsection of the pack and secures the pack to the elastic band. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090259159 | Method of Providing Compressive Forces To A Human Torso - A method of providing compressive force to a person. In one embodiment, a first level of compression is applied adjacent the axillae of the person, a second level of compression is applied to a side torso region of the person, and a third level of compression is applied to a chest region of the person. The second level of compression is greater than the first level of compression and the third level of compression is greater than the fourth level of compression. The compression may be applied using a compression garment having one or more layers of compression fabric. The garment may be configured using specific compression fabric to provide the desired levels of compression to various regions of the torso of a person. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100121245 | AUXILIARY DEVICE FOR WEARING A TERAPEUTIC ELASTIC STOCKING - The invention relates to an auxiliary device for wearing an elastic stocking comprising a first piece of tissue, comprised of slippery material; and a second piece of tissue, comprised of slippery material, coupled along a first portion of its edge with a corresponding first portion of the edge of said first piece of tissue, so as to realise an funnel shaped pocket, closed on its bottom; wherein said first and second pieces of tissue respectively comprise a first and a second guide slot, placed in correspondence of said pocket bottom; and in that it comprises a band having a first end fixed in correspondence of the free portion of said edge of said first piece of tissue and a second end fixed in correspondence of the free portion of said edge of the second piece of tissue, said band passing through said first and second guide slots and having such a length to realise a ring ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110009795 | HYBRID COMPRESSION GARMET - A hybrid compression garment comprises a sleeve adapted for placement on a limb of a person for applying static compression to the limb. A connecting device on the sleeve enables releasable connection of the sleeve to a machine. The machine is independent of the sleeve and operable to transmit, through the connecting device, a force to the sleeve that constricts the sleeve without inflating the sleeve to apply active compression to the limb. The connecting device is adapted for connection of the sleeve to the machine such that the sleeve can be used to apply active compression to the limb and adapted for disconnection of the sleeve from the machine such that the sleeve can be used to apply static compression to the limb. A method of applying compression to a limb of a person is also disclosed. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110105978 | RESILIENT PROTECTIVE WRAP - A resilient protective wrap usable to wrap a body part of a user for protection against injury includes at least one resilient fabric layer that is stretchable at least in one direction, and an open cell water-based polyurethane foam laminated on the resilient fabric layer and made from a material including an aqueous dispersion of polyurethane. The polyurethane foam has a thickness of at least 1 mm, a largest elongation ranging from 200%-450%, a modulus of elasticity ranging from 2 to 7 kgf/cm | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110208104 | GARMENT SERVING TO COMBAT CELLULITE AND/OR VENOUS AND LYMPHATIC INSUFFICIENCY - The garments and method disclosed herein serve to combat cellulite and/or venous and lymphatic insufficiency in at least one desired area of a lower and/or upper member of the body. The garments preferably includes an elastic knitted shell having an inner face and an outer face adapted to restrain with a degressive rate of pressure of the distal extremity of the member toward its proximal extremity, and a projection structure placed on a portion of the inner face corresponding to said area. The projection structures are capable of locally modifying the curvature of the knitted shell, or other material, when the garment is worn thereby increasing the compression exerted by the garment in said area. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110218473 | HYBRID COMPRESSION STOCKING - A compression stocking for compressing a limb is disclosed. The stocking may include a proximal tube, a distal tube, and an transition line or zone. The proximal tube may have a distal end and a proximal end and be configured to compress a proximal portion of a limb. The distal tube may have a distal end and a proximal end and be configured to compress a distal portion of the limb. The transition line or zone may provide a location where the distal end of the proximal tube connects to the proximal end of the distal tube. The transition line or zone may correspond to an abrupt change in magnitude between compression provided by the proximal tube and compression provided by the distal tube. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110224594 | Compression bandage and method for its manufacture - A compression bandage with a tubular, flexible flat material for surrounding a bodily member and with a number of elastic compression threads, whereby this flat material constitutes a main body that can be stretched in the circumferential direction. A number of elastic compression threads run in the plane of the flat material in the direction of the circumference, and create the compressive effect when the compression bandage is applied. At least parts of at least some of the compression threads protrude outside the flat material, allowing the compressive effect to be adjusted by varying the length of each of the protruding external portions. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110237995 | Physical Fitness Garments - Physical fitness garments are disclosed. In an embodiment, a garment for being placed in contact with a wearer's limb includes a base layer having a base level resistance to stretching, and an activation element coupled to the base layer, the activation element comprising a lattice pattern and having a resistance to stretching greater than the base level resistance to stretching, wherein said activation element is configured to be placed in contact with the back of the wearer's thigh, not to extend above the upper most extent of the gluteus maximus, and not to extend below the knee, and wherein the garment is configured to be able to cause increased activity in a first muscle in the wearer's limb during a locomotion movement via an increase in the resistance to contraction of the first muscle provided by the garment during locomotion of the wearer. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110251543 | POST-OPERATIVE VEST - The invention relates to a variable tension chest support for use by patients having undergone thoracic surgery. The chest support may be worn directly on the skin of a patient and comprises a band of stretchable material and one or more grips which are wholly or partially concealed within pockets with which the patient may alter the tension of the chest encircling band. The device allows a patient to modify the level of tension applied to the chest, thus managing the recovery process, while providing a basic level of support at all times the support is in use. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110257575 | TRIM-TO-FIT THERAPEUTIC COMPRESSION GARMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of treating a condition of a patient's limb is disclosed. The method may use a compression garment wrappable about the limb and a template comprising markings showing where to trim the compression garment to fit a smaller size limb. Measurements may be taken of a circumference of the limb of the patient. Next, the template may be positioned to overlay at least a portion of the compression garment. The compression garment may then be cut or trimmed proximate a marking of the markings matching the measurement. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120010551 | COMPRESSION-GARMENT BAND METHOD - A therapeutic compression garment is disclosed. The compression garment may include a first band wrapping around a first portion of a limb. The first band may deliver to the first portion a first level of therapeutic compression. The compression garment may further include a second band connected to the first band and positioned adjacent thereto. The second band may wrap around a second portion of the limb. The width of the second band may be greater than the width of the first band. Accordingly, when the first and second bands are applied with equal tension, the level of therapeutic compression provided by the second band may be less than the level of therapeutic compression provided by the first band. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120059302 | RESILIENT PROTECTIVE WRAP - A resilient protective wrap usable to wrap a body part of a user for protection against injury includes at least one resilient fabric layer that is stretchable at least in one direction, and an open cell water-based polyurethane foam laminated on the resilient fabric layer and made from a material including an aqueous dispersion of polyurethane. The polyurethane foam has a thickness of at least 1 mm, a largest elongation ranging from 200%-450%, a modulus of elasticity ranging from 2 to 7 kgf/cm | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120083725 | Protective Tendon Boot for Protecting Horse Legs - A protective tendon boot for protecting horse legs includes an essentially rectangular padding, where the padding includes two longitudinal edges which run in the longitudinal direction of the leg when fastened on the horse leg. A zipper includes having two zipper halves), each of the zipper halves is located being situated in the area of one of the longitudinal edges of the padding, and an overlapping section which covers the entire zipper when the protective tendon boot is fastened on the leg. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120165717 | MEDICAL COMPRESSION PRODUCT, SYSTEM UTILIZING SUCH PRODUCT, AND PROGRAM FOR USE THEREWITH - A medical compression product (“MCP”) for applying pressure to a limb of a patient may include one or more sensors integrally united therewith for measuring information indicative of the pressure applied by the MCP. The sensors may be permanently or removably attached to the MCP, and the sensors may be grouped into particular predetermined regions. The sensors may communicate (e.g., by use of wires or wirelessly) with a computer system that provides information to the user regarding the application of the MCP. The MCP may include bandages in the form of elongated fabric strips and tubular hosiery products. Wires connected to the sensors and communicating with the computer system may be aligned along or transverse to the longitudinal dimension of the bandage. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120179084 | Graduated Compression Device Having Separate Body and Bands - A compression garment, having: (a) a body portion dimensioned to be wrapped around a body limb, the body portion having a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of opposite side edges; and (b) a plurality of bands, wherein the bands are each attachable onto the body portion at a plurality of different locations, and wherein the bands wrap around part of the body portion when the body portion is wrapped around the body limb to apply compression force to the body limb. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120330213 | Not an elastic slim wraps - The preceding objects and other characteristics and advantages are managed by an adapted wrap to cover a part of the human body. The not an elastic slim wrap made of a group of fabrics and plastic, to form shell. The slim wrap model contains portions, united by front Velcro's panels. These parts have the strength to wrap around a person's body. In addition for adjustment to size when the counter is reduced during treatment. It also facilitates in the terms of hygiene, by allowing the user to put it on and to take it off as they please. The not an elastic slim wrap can be complemented by other products used for the same purpose; massage creams, wet plaster therapy, etc. The product will be produce in a variety of sizes; Small to 6 XLarge. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130053750 | Elasticized Garment and Strapping System to aid in Body Mobility Support and Maintenance - A method for donning a therapeutic garment system on a mammalian body, whereby the garments are adapted for donning and releasably securing in a close-fitting fashion so that a plurality of elasticized pieces may be releasably applied, utilizing fasteners, against an outwardly facing surface of at least one—and more often two—of the garments in an operative therapeutic configuration. At least one elasticized garment is included for donning around an area of a torso such as the upper-torso, lower-torso, or full-torso area; a second elasticized garment is included for donning and releasably securing in a close-fitting fashion around a portion of the body, generally other than that around which the first garment will be (or has been) donned. In addition to an outwardly facing surface adapted for accepting releasable fasteners, each garment has an under-layer with an inwardly facing surface to resist slippage. A wide variety of operative therapeutic configurations are available to one donning garment system components, including those that address generally targeted objectives. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130110027 | MULTI-PURPOSE MODULAR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND NOVEL INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS FORMING PART THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130131572 | ADAPTED COMPRESSION/SPLINT ORTHOSIS FOR REINFORCEMENT OF THE CALF MUSCULOAPONEUROTIC PUMP - The orthosis ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130296763 | SHEET-BASED COMPRESSION GARMENT - A compression garment for treating edema is disclosed. The garment may include first and second bands. Each of the bands may comprise a first end, second end opposite the first end, and an intermediate portion located between the first and second ends. The first and second bands may each comprise short-stretch material having a maximum elastic elongation in the range of about 15% up to about 100%. The first band may wrap around a first portion of a patient's limb. The second band may wrap around a second portion of the limb. The first and second bands may be applied such that the intermediate portion of the first band and the intermediate portion of the second band abut without overlapping one another. Once applied, the garment may provide therapeutic compression to the patient's limb. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140094731 | COMPRESSION WRAP - A compression wrap for providing pressure to an injured portion of a joint of a limb is provided. The compression wrap includes flexible body that includes a pressure application portion for applying pressure to the limb of user and a strap portion. The strap portion is connected to the pressure application portion and adjustably secures the compression wrap to the limb. A strap attachment is attached to the flexible body having a first portion that releasably engages the flexible body when the compression wrap is in a large configuration and a second portion that releasably engages the flexible body when the compression wrap is in a small configuration. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20150374551 | SMART BANDS ELASTIC BANDAGES - An elastic bandage having an elongated length in which the bandage has a portion that extends along its length that is of a shade of a color that is a function of the amount the material is stretched, representing either a loose fit, a firm fit, or a tight fit. A novel color chart may be used with the elastic bandage that includes different shades printed thereon to assist the user during wrapping of the bandage around a part of a body. The elastic bandage may further include a second portion that extends along its length that is of a color different from the first portion and wherein, upon completion of a proper wrapping of the bandage, most of the first color of the first portion is visible and nearly none of the second color of the second portion is visible. The elastic bandage may further have a different color on its opposite side wherein the user places that opposite side down, toward the body part to be wrapped, and then upon completion of wrapping, an enclosure mechanism can properly be used to prevent the bandage from unraveling. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160030251 | COMPRESSION DEVICE - Disclosed is a compression device for applying compression to a body part of a user. The compression devices comprises a sleeve for substantially covering a portion of the body part of a user, wherein the sleeve has an outer surface, an inner surface, an upper edge, a lower edge and two lateral side edges. In the transverse direction from the first lateral side edge to the second lateral side edge the sleeve comprises a first lateral side region, a central region and a second lateral side region. At least the central region of the sleeve comprises a main material having elasticity in at least the transverse direction of the sleeve. A maximum elongation in the transverse direction is from 5% up to and including 30% under a load of 10 N per cm width and a difference quotient of tension in transverse direction from 20% elongation to 25% elongation equal to or greater that 0.6 N per cm width per percent elongation. The device further comprising a releasable closure system configured and arranged relative to the sleeve, such that, in use, upon closure of the closure system the sleeve is restrained and tightened about the body part of the user. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160045356 | Medical Compression Device for Animals - A compression garment designed for use on the neck, chest, and torso of a four-legged animal. The garment has adjustable sections that can be calibrated to specific levels of compression using tensioning straps. By setting a specific part of the compression garment to a specific pressure level, surgical sites, wounds, and other injuries can be treated by reducing edema and increasing circulation in the specific part of the animal treated by the calibrated, compressed section of the garment. Some embodiments of the invention additionally use the PowerNet fabric to achieve uniform compression and/or accommodate a Jackson-Pratt drain to facilitate active draining of care sites. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160058623 | REDUCTION KITS - The present invention relates to garments and kits, including uses thereof, for providing therapeutic compression such as compression therapy for the treatment of circulatory disorders such as Lymphedema and Venous Disease. | 03-03-2016 |
| 602076000 | Woven, knit, or nonwoven fiber pattern | 9 |
| 20090076432 | Compression garment - A compression garment comprises a plurality of longitudinal yarns arranged to form a fabric having a length and generally parallel to the length, and a plurality of transverse elastomeric yarns connecting adjacent longitudinal yarns and equally spaced about a length of the longitudinal yarns. In a stretched state, the longitudinal yarns are spaced from one another and remain generally parallel to the length. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090099497 | Bandage With Lengthwise Elasticity In Warp Direction - The invention relates to a bandage with lengthwise elasticity in the warp direction, comprising a textile expanse woven in leno weave and having weft threads, leno threads and elastically extensible core threads. The core threads are cotton-elastic threads. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090112145 | NOVEL SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES OF THE VEINS - The present invention relates to a support system particularly intended for treatment and prevention of diseases of venous origin, characterized in that it comprises a first support layer, which is composed of an elastic band attached across its entire surface to an absorbent layer, and a second support layer, which is a self-adhesive elastic band. This support system has a dynamic coefficient of elasticity of between 5 and 55 Newton/cm. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090275873 | CIRCULAR KNIT FABRIC FOR USE IN COMPRESSION THERAPY - The present invention relates to a circular knit fabric for use in compression therapy of lymphedemas, having a surface with a patterned structure with protuberances ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20110137223 | Sports bandage and improved flexible medical devices - The present invention relates to the field of flexible medical devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to flexible fabric bandages comprising inter-woven stretchable material with anti-slip characteristics and storage devices for protecting the bandages while not in use, for administering the bandages during use, and for re-packaging the bandages after use. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a flexible medical device comprising: a base fabric woven of elastic material and of a weave operably configured to provide a fabric having an upper surface and a lower surface and which is capable of being stretched longitudinally and laterally; and elastic silicone thread interwoven into the base fabric in a manner that provides the silicone thread exposed longitudinally along the lower surface of the fabric. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120078156 | Compression article with insert - A compression article has an elastic base structure with an insert which is knitted double-ply and applies at least substantially a same compression pressure on a body of a wearer of an article as a base structure. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120116282 | MADE-TO-MEASURE ORTHOSIS FOR COMPRESSION/CONTAINMENT, FOR REINFORCING THE MUSCULO-APONEUROTIC PUMP OF THE CALF - The orthosis comprises an elastic compressive distal portion extending upwards from the ankle and associated with an adjoining containment proximal portion covering a region of the calf extending between the level of the junction point between the Achilles tendon and the calf muscle and the level situated beneath the tibial tuberosity. This containment proximal portion is an essentially non-elastic deformable tubular portion made by knitting with a thermoformable yarn, and it is knitted continuously with the elastic compressive distal portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20140052043 | Elastic Bandage - The invention relates to an elastic bandage for creating a compression dressing comprising foam and a textile material having a textile inner layer that can be placed on the skin and at least one outer layer. The inner layer contains a woven, mesh and/or knit fabric. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20160166437 | ELASTIC BANDAGE AND TEXTILE MATERIAL FOR USE IN SUCH AN ELASTIC BANDAGE | 06-16-2016 |
| 602077000 | Rubber or latex coated fabric | 2 |
| 20090192433 | APPAREL ITEM FOR COMPRESSIVE TREATMENT OF EDEMA - An article of apparel adapted to provide a compressive pressure to reduce lymphedema, the pressure configured to direct edema in a direction, wherein the apparel may be a garment adapted to be worn on an upper body portion of a user and may include a body portion, arm portions, and a neck portion, the body portion including a front portion, a back portion, and chest wall portions, wherein, the front, back, and chest wall portions may be adapted to encircle the torso of a user and provide compressive pressure, the arm portions including sleeve portions and underarm portions wherein the sleeve and underarm portions may be adapted to encircle the arms of a user and provide compressive pressure. Using the article of apparel as or in a method of reducing lymphedema is encompassed. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20110071453 | COMPRESSION BANDAGE SYSTEM - A compression bandaging system includes inner and outer bandages. The inner bandage is an inner skin facing, elongated, elastic bandage and includes an elongated, elastic substrate and an elongated foam layer affixed to a face of the substrate. The outer bandage is an outer, elongated, self-adhering elastic bandage having a compressive force when extended. In use, the outer bandage overlies the inner bandage. | 03-24-2011 |
