Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Support covering
Patent
1996-12-20
1998-03-17
Reichard, Lynne A.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Support covering
602 26, 602 63, 607112, A61F 500
Patent
active
057280576
ABSTRACT:
A substantially rectangular piece of flexible web having a first end and a second end and an elastic portion therebetween stretchable along a longitudinal axis of the piece of flexible Web. The piece of flexible web has a length great enough to encircle a user's knee such that the first and second ends overlap. The first end has a reclosable fastening system for attaching the first end to the piece of flexible web near the second end in order to hold the piece of flexible web around the user's knee when the piece of web is stretched. The piece of flexible web also has an aperture therein. The aperture is aligned with the user's patella to establish a convenient locating point for wrapping the knee wrap around the user's knee. The piece of flexible web further includes a slit to enable stretching the piece of flexible web transverse to said longitudinal axis at the aperture in order to accommodate bending of the user's knee. The knee wrap even further includes a plurality of thermal elements embedded in the piece of flexible web to apply thermal energy to the sides and top of the user's knee. The knee wrap further includes glue stays embedded in the flexible material to minimize bunching of the flexible web when the user's knee is repeatedly bent.
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Burkett Timothy A.
Davis Leane K.
Harvey Elizabeth M.
Holstein Kurt E.
Noble Carl A.
Kock Ronald W.
Lee Kim M.
Reichard Lynne A.
The Procter & Gamble & Company
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