Self-adhesive ready-to-use bandage for ligament and muscle stabilization at the knee joint

US6447470B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BEIERSDORF AG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Bodenschatz · Buxtehude, DE
• Peter Himmelsbach · Buxtehude, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/062
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Ready-to-use bandage self-adhesively coated on one side, for relieving, stabilizing and functionally restricting the ligament and muscle structures of the knee joint, comprising a substantially rectangular central part (A) which is at least partially inelastic in the transverse direction of the bandage and on which there are respectively arranged, directed upwards and downwards seen in the longitudinal direction, two elongate strips (B, C, D and E).