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US 2006/0041214 A1Published application
Elastic knee-joint bandage
AssigneeBauerfeind AG
InventorsHolger Reinhardt, Heinrich Hess, Hans Bauerfeind, Wolfgang Krause
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AssigneeBauerfeind AG
InventorsHolger Reinhardt, Heinrich Hess, Hans Bauerfeind, Wolfgang Krause
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Knee-joint bandage of elastic textile material, said knee-joint bandage being provided with a specially shaped insert surrounding the kneecap in a cutout, said specially shaped insert being covered by an overlay of identical or similar textile material attached to said textile material, the specially shaped insert being associated with a flexible, non-expandable tensioning member, said tensioning member connecting the regions of the kneecap poles on the fibula side in an arc around the kneecap such that, when the distance between said regions increases during bending of the knee joint, the distance of the arc from the connecting line between the kneecap poles is reduced and the tensioning member presses on the adjacent side of the kneecap, medially displacing and centering the latter, wherein the tensioning member is attached to the overlay in such a manner that, during bending of the knee joint and stretching of the overlay, the tensioning member displaces the kneecap.
Knee-joint bandage (1) of elastic textile material, said knee-joint bandage (1) being provided with a specially shaped insert (5) surrounding the kneecap (7) in a cutout, said specially shaped insert (5) being covered by an overlay (6) of identical or similar textile material attached to said textile material, the specially shaped insert (5) being associated with a flexible, non-expandable tensioning member (8), said tensioning member (8) connecting the regions of the kneecap poles on the fibula side in an arc around the kneecap (7) such that, when the distance between said regions increases during bending of the knee joint, the distance of the arc from the connecting line between the kneecap poles is reduced and the tensioning member (8) presses on the adjacent side of the kneecap (7), medially displacing and centering the latter, characterized in that the tensioning member (8) is attached to the overlay (6) in such a manner that, during bending of the knee joint and stretching of the overlay (6), the tensioning member (8) displaces the kneecap.
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