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US 12,629,289 B2Granted
Graduated compression device for the treatment of circulatory disorders
AssigneeMedi Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsMoses Lipshaw, Thomas Richardson, Teresa Kennerknecht, Sandra Anne Shaw
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Abstract
A therapeutic compression garment, including: a body portion; and a spine portion, wherein the bands extending from either the body portion and/or spine portion attach the body and spine portions together when the body and spine portions are wrapped around a body limb, and wherein the spine portion is releasably attached onto the body portion such that the spine portion is positionable at different locations on the body portion.
Claims9
A therapeutic compression garment, comprising:
- a body portion comprising one or more bands;
- a spine portion comprising one or more bands;
- and
- an intermediary portion positioned between the body portion and the spine portion, wherein the intermediary portion is removably attached to the body portion and the spine portion, wherein the body portion and the spine portion are connected together by way of the intermediary portion;
- wherein the spine portion, the body portion, and the intermediary portion are separate pieces of the compression garment;
- wherein when the spine portion and the body portion are connected together with the intermediary portion, the one or more bands of the body portion and the one or more bands of the spine portion extend from opposite sides of the intermediary portion;
- wherein the one or more bands of the body and the one or more bands of the spine portion are flexible and configured to be wrapped around a limb;
- and
- wherein the intermediary portion is releasably attached to the body portion and the spine portion by fastener tabs, and wherein the fastener tabs are independently angled to the intermediary portion at different orientations and permit the body portion and spine portion to be adjusted to a contour of the limb.
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A method of donning a garment, comprising:
- providing the garment, the garment comprises:
- a body portion comprising one or more bands;
- a spine portion comprising one or more bands;
- and
- an intermediary portion positioned between the body portion and the spine portion, wherein the intermediary portion is removably attached to the body portion and the spine portion, wherein the body portion and the spine portion are connected together by way of the intermediary portion;
- wherein the spine portion, the body portion, and the intermediary portion are separate pieces of the compression garment;
- wherein when the spine portion and the body portion are connected together with the intermediary portion, the one or more bands of the body portion and the one or more bands of the spine portion extend from opposite sides of the intermediary portion;
- wherein the one or more bands of the body and the one or more bands of the spine portion are flexible and configured to be wrapped around a limb;
- and
- wherein the intermediary portion is releasably attached to the body portion and the spine portion by fastener tabs, and wherein the fastener tabs are independently angled to the intermediary portion at different orientations and permit the body portion and spine portion to be adjusted to a contour of the limb;
- measuring a body limb to obtain a limb measurement;
- attaching the body portion or the spine portion to a location on the intermediary portion corresponding to the limb measurement;
- attaching the body portion or the spine portion that has not been attached to the intermediary portion in the above step to another location on the intermediary portion corresponding to the limb measurement, wherein the spine portion is attached to the intermediary portion at a location on an opposing side of the intermediary portion where the body portion is attached, and wherein the intermediary portion is removably attached to body portion and the spine portion;
- wrapping the one or more bands of the body portion and the one or more bands of the spine portion around the body limb;
- and
- attaching the fasteners on the one or more bands of the body portion and the one or more bands of the spine portion to the garment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.