Self-adhesive ready-to-use bandage for ligament and muscle stabilization at the knee joint
AssigneeBeiersdorf AG
InventorsSTEFAN BODENSCHATZ, PETER HIMMEISBACH
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Abstract
Ready-to-use bandage self-adhesively coated on one side, for relieving fixing, stabilizing and functionally restricting the ligament and muscle structures of the knee joint, which is characterized in that it comprises a substantially rectangular central part A which is at least partially inelastic in the transverse direction of the bandage and on which there are respectively arranged, directed upwards and downwards seen in the longitudinal direction, two elongate strips B, C, D and E.
Claims15
Ready-to-use bandage self-adhesively coated on one side, for relieving and stabilizing ligament and muscle structures at the knee joint, characterized in that it comprises a substantially rectangular central part a which is at least partially inelastic in the transverse direction of the bandage and on which there are respectively arranged, directed upwards and downwards seen in the longitudinal direction, two elongate strips b, c, d and e:
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the strip A is about 10 cm long and about 2 to 16 cm, preferably 10 cm, wide and the strips B, C, D and E are about 30 to 50 cm, preferably 45 cm, long and about 1 to 8 cm, preferably 5 cm, wide.
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it consists of a textile material which is extensible or elastical in one direction.
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the strips are of different thicknesses, lengths and widths and are elastic.
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a clearance is located at the inner point of intersection S of A, B and C or A, D and E between these parts.
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is covered on its adhesive-coated side with an adhesive-repellent material.
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the central part of the bandage is fixed such that the inelastic portion has the same orientation as the muscle and ligament structures to be supported, relieved, fixed and stabilized.
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is applied to the more or less outstretched leg in such a way that the central part A is fixed on the outer side of the knee joint and at the same time it is applied widthwise, i.e. in the transverse direction, in a way analogous to the anatomical shape of the ligaments or muscles to be relieved, supported or stabilized and is fixed by the straps B, C, D, E.
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the central part A is fixed in the hollow of the knee.
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is applied to the more or less outstretched leg in such a way that the central part A is fixed on the outer side of the knee joint and at the same time it is applied widthwise, i.e. in the transverse direction, in a way analogous to the anatomical shape of the ligaments or muscles to be relieved, supported or stabilized, in that the upwardly pointing left-hand strip B is led on the rear side in a circular motion from lateral to medial around the upper leg, the neighbouring strip C is led on the rear side in a circular motion from lateral to medial around the lower leg, the strip D is led on the front side distally to the lower leg and from there in a circular motion from medial to lateral and the neighbouring right-hand strip E is led on the front side proximally from the lower leg to the upper leg and from there in a circular motion from medial to lateral.
Bandage according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upwardly pointing strips B and D are led in a circular motion around the upper leg and the respectively neighbouring strips C and E are led in a circular motion around the lower leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.