# US 11,980,529 B2 · Cylindrical bandage > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,980,529 B2 - Document ID: US11980529B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/844,254 - Filed: 2020-04-09 - Published: 2020-10-15 - Granted: 2024-05-14 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-09 - Assignees: Trestech Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Trestech Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Toshiya Sasaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11980529B2 ## CPC - A61F 13/08: Elastic stockings; for contracting aneurisms - A61F 13/064: {for feet (incorporating non-textile reinforcing elements, e.g. springs or stays A61F5/0111; corn-pads, corn-rings A61F13/063)} - A61F 13/10: specially adapted for fingers, hands or arms; Finger-stalls; Nail-protectors - A61F 13/104: {for the hands or fingers (A61F13/107 takes precedence)} - D04B 1/108: {Gussets, e.g. pouches or heel or toe portions} - D04B 1/22: specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration - D04B 1/24: wearing apparel - D04B 1/265: {Surgical stockings (of unspecified knit construction and reinforced A41B11/02; of unspecified knit construction and elastic A61F13/08)} - A61F 2013/00097: {net structure} - A61F 2013/00238: {characterised by way of knitting or weaving} - D10B 2403/0114: with one or more yarns appearing predominantly on one face, e.g. plated or paralleled yarns (for pile fabrics D03D27/00, D04B1/02, D04B21/02; for intarsia fabrics D04B1/126) - D10B 2509/028: Elastic support stockings or elastic bandages - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - D04B: KNITTING - D10B: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES ## Abstract A cylindrical bandage is held in place without using binding means such as strings tied to an upper limb. Additionally, the cylindrical bandage for a lower limb or upper limb fits the shapes and dimensions of a body part and stays on the body part and thus allows great increase in venous return. The cylindrical bandage includes a tubular knit being of a length corresponding to a length of an arm or a leg and a gutter-shaped knit extending from a lengthwise first end of the tubular knit. This gutter-shaped knit has smaller circumferential length than the first end of the tubular knit and has a cut-out section with a horseshoe or V shape. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cylindrical bandage, comprising: a tubular knit; and a gutter-shaped knit extending from a lengthwise first end of the tubular knit, the gutter-shaped knit having a smaller length in a circumferential direction than the first end of the tubular knit, the gutter-shaped knit having a variation in a number of wales and a horseshoe-shaped cut-out section at a lateral side of the gutter-shaped knit, wherein the horseshoe-shaped cut-out section has a bottom edge being a lengthwise extension of the tubular knit, and wherein a top end of the gutter-shaped knit is formed congruently with the bottom edge of the horseshoe-shaped cut-out section. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cylindrical bandage according to claim 1, wherein the gutter-shaped knit has a thickness in a range of 2 to 15 mm and the tubular knit has a thickness in a range of 2 to 15 mm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cylindrical bandage according to claim 1, wherein the tubular knit has a second end placed on a foot part configured to correspond to metatarsal bones. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cylindrical bandage according to claim 1, wherein the tubular knit has a second end placed on a hand part configured to correspond to metacarpal bones. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cylindrical bandage according to claim 1, wherein the gutter-shaped knit is symmetrical about a center perpendicular line in an extended configuration of the gutter-shaped knit and the tubular knit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cylindrical bandage according to claim 1, wherein the gutter-shaped knit and the tubular knit have a base structure formed of stitches of a base yarn; and the base structure includes stitches of an elastic yarn. ### Claim 7 A cylindrical bandage, comprising: a tubular knit; and a gutter-shaped knit extending from a lengthwise first end of the tubular knit, the gutter-shaped knit having a smaller length in a circumferential direction than the first end of the tubular knit, the gutter-shaped knit having a gutter shape and a horseshoe-shaped cut-out section at a lateral side of the gutter-shaped knit, wherein the horseshoe-shaped cut-out section has a bottom edge being a lengthwise extension of the tubular knit, and wherein a top end of the gutter-shaped knit is formed congruently with the bottom edge of the horseshoe-shaped cut-out section, wherein the tubular knit and the gutter shaped knit have inner protuberances and outer protuberances extending along a longitudinal direction of the bandage; and the inner protuberances and outer protuberances have one end on a symmetrical line of the bandage. ### Claim 8 A cylindrical bandage, comprising: a tubular knit configured to correspond to a humerus bone, an elbow, a radius and an ulna; and a gutter-shaped knit extending from a lengthwise first end of the tubular knit, the gutter-shaped knit having a smaller length in a circumferential direction than the first end of the tubular knit, the gutter-shaped knit having a variation in a number of wales and a horseshoe-shaped cut-out section at a lateral side of the gutter-shaped knit, wherein the horseshoe-shaped cut-out section has a bottom edge being a lengthwise extension of the tubular knit, and wherein a top end of the gutter-shaped knit is formed congruently with the bottom edge of the horseshoe-shaped cut-out section, wherein the tubular knit and the gutter-shaped knits are comprised of inner protuberances, outer protuberances, and a base yarn. ### Claim 9 A cylindrical bandage, comprising: a tubular knit configured to correspond to a femur, tibia, a fibula bones, a heel and a foot; and a gutter-shaped knit extending from a lengthwise first end of the tubular knit, the gutter-shaped knit having a smaller length in a circumferential direction than the first end of the tubular knit, the gutter-shaped knit having a variation in a number of wales and a horseshoe-shaped cut-out section at a lateral side of the gutter-shaped knit, wherein the horseshoe-shaped cut-out section has a bottom edge being a lengthwise extension of the tubular knit, and wherein a top end of the gutter-shaped knit is formed congruently with the bottom edge of the horseshoe-shaped cut-out section.