Compression garment and method for manufacturing a compression garment
AssigneeMedi USA, L.P.
InventorsMoses Lipshaw, Jody Erickson, Thomas Wright, Glenn Anderson
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Abstract
The invention concerns a compression garment for providing compression to a body part, in particular a limb, of a patient, comprising an, in particular tubular, padded sleeve extending around the body part and having an inner layer and an outer layer secured, in particular sewn, together to define at least one enclosure between them, and multiple particles, in particular plastic foam particles, received in the enclosure for being pressed against the body part.
Claims18
A compression garment for providing compression to a body part of a patient, comprising a padded sleeve configured to extend around the body part and having:
- an elastic inner layer and an elastic outer layer secured together to define at least one enclosure between them, and
- multiple particles, received randomly in the enclosure, contacting each other and forming free spaces between the multiple particles,
- wherein the padded sleeve is configured to apply compression to and press the multiple particles against the body part,
- wherein the padded sleeve comprises at least one structuring seam structuring the padded sleeve, and
- wherein the at least one structuring seam is at least one quilt seam, and wherein at least one stitch of the at least one quilt seam extends through at least one of the multiple particles to compress the at least one of the multiple particles such that the padded sleeve is of less thickness at the at least one quilt seam.
The compression garment of claim 11, wherein a basic compression profile and the additional compression profile are chosen such that they combine to an effective compression profile according to at least one compression class according to at least one guideline or standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.