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US 2022/0175059 A1Published application
Active knit compression garments, devices and related methods
AssigneeRegents of the University of Minnesota
InventorsRachael Margaret Granberry, Kevin Eschen, Julianna Abel, Bradley Holschuh
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Abstract
Garments having active and passive knitted rows can provide desired levels of compression. Garments made of active and passive knitted rows can provide dynamic levels of compression with respect to both location and over time to address a variety of conditions.
Claims10
A therapeutic garment configured to provide compression in a radial direction, the therapeutic garment comprising:
- a plurality of knitted rows of an active material each extending in an axial direction, each of the rows having a plurality of loops of the active material to define a knit index,
- wherein each of the plurality of loops of the active material defines a cross-sectional diameter, and
- wherein the knit index and the cross-sectional diameter are selected to provide a therapeutic level of applied force by the active material due to a thermal transition in the active material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.