Medical device for supporting at least one region of the body
US12127964B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD10B2509/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical device for supporting at least one region of the body, and a process for making the medical device. The medical device includes at least one textile panel having a longitudinal direction and a transversal direction, and the textile panel has a woven textile strip, or several woven textile strips at least partially superposed. The woven strip or woven strips each has a warp direction and a weft direction, and has weft threads, first elastic warp threads, second non-elastic warp threads, and third warp threads. The first warp threads and the second warp threads are woven according to a leno shed. The second warp threads form the doup threads. The textile panel is elastic in the longitudinal direction and has a force in the longitudinal direction which is greater than or equal to 500 cN/cm, to achieve an elongation equal to 30%.
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