Articular bandage having waxy structure inserts
AssigneeBeiersdorf AG
InventorsStefan Bodenschatz, Wolfgang Feldberger, Hans Spenke
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Abstract
Described is a fabric produced from textile threads, more particularly a knitted fabric, for use within the flexion area of articulated bandages. The knitted fabric is incorporated into the articulated bandage (2) in the form of an insert (8). In order to eliminate the formation of creases within the flexion area of the articular bandage, a transverse wave structure is formed on at least one side, which, by the use of an elastic thread arrangement which is incorporated or located underneath a top structure, is elastically pretensioned and stabilized and is connected to the top structure at predetermined intervals or according to a specific rule.
Claims9
A tubular articulate structure having a top section and a bottom section for holding the bandage in place and a middle section forming a compression area, said structure comprising:
- an insert made of a fabric manufactured from textile threads, such that said insert is placeable over and adjacent to a bending area of a joint of a user, the insert being integral with the compression area and having fabric that is a wavy structure in the form of transversal waves;
- wherein the transversal waves are oriented essentially perpendicularly to a horizontal stretch direction, wherein the wavy structure formed by multiple stitches, is elastically pretensioned and stabilized by means of an elastic thread arrangement having fewer stitches than the wavy structure incorporated into a stitch course-like manner and connected at predetermined intervals to the elastic thread arrangement in at least one zone of a covering structure;
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- wherein the greatest number of transversal waves is located where the greatest horizontal elongation occurs due to the bending of the joint and the elongation of the fabric in the compression area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.