Device, strap and garment for treating skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders and for repairing sports injury, and method for making same
AssigneeThuasne
InventorsMaryvonne Chardon-Bras, Francois Courtet
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Abstract
A device (1) includes a first web of soft material (5), a projecting structure integral with the web and including multiple discrete projecting elements. The projecting elements include pieces of foam (3) spaced apart form one another and integral with the first web (5). The pieces of foam are compressed between the first web (5) and a second web (7) of soft material, the two webs mutually adhering between the projecting elements. The device is useful for treating various types of edemas and excessive tissue infiltration, as well as for repairing sports injury.
Claims17
A method for treating skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders, comprising the steps of:
- applying a device for treating skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders on an area of skin of a patient, said area being affected by a skin or subcutaneous tissue disorder, the device comprising:
- a first web of flexible material,
- a second web of flexible material, and
- a projecting structure which is joined to the first web and comprises a plurality of discrete projecting elements, said discrete projecting elements comprising parallelepiped pieces of foam which are spaced apart from one another and are joined to said first web, the parallelepiped pieces of foam being compressed between said first web and said second web, the first and second webs adhering directly to each other between the discrete projecting elements, said parallelepiped pieces of foam having respective orientations that are irregular relative to an axis of symmetry of each of said parallelepiped pieces of foam perpendicular to a plane of one of said first and second webs;
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- massaging the skin with the parallelepiped pieces of foam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.