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Shoulder-joint bandage

US4784128A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 18, 1987
Grant dateNov 15, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 18, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F13/146
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A shoulder-joint bandage having an elastic sleeve and a pair of belts which extend helically around the sleeve in opposite senses from the distal end thereof to then run along opposite lateral edges of a cap of the sleeve overlying the shoulder. The belts cross again behind the back of the patient and one belt passes around the other arm through the armpit and joins the other belt, e.g. at a buckle permitting longitudinal adjustment of the belts.

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