Patent · US Expired

Crepe effect bandage

US5647842A · kind A · utility

7Cited by
11References
21Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 1, 1996
Grant dateJul 15, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 1, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/313
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is disclosed a woven bandage which exhibits a crepe effect and which contains elastomeric yarns and composite warp yarns (1) wherein the composite yarns comprise a staple fibre yarn (2) and a textured filament yarn (3) twisted together. The staple fibre yarn (2) forms loops (4) which gives the bandage a crepe effect. There is also described a process for manufacture of such bandages.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.