Elastic knee-joint bandage

US7517331B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAUERFEIND AG · DE

Inventors

• Holger Reinhardt · Kempen, DE
• Heinrich Hess · Cologne, DE
• Hans B. Bauerfeind · Zeulenroda, DE
• Wolfgang Krause · Waibstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 14, 2009
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/061
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Knee-joint bandage of elastic textile material, the knee-joint bandage being provided with a specially shaped insert surrounding the kneecap in a cutout. The specially shaped insert being covered by an overlay of identical or similar textile material attached to the textile material with the specially shaped insert being associated with a flexible, non-expandable tensioning member. The tensioning member connecting the regions of the kneecap poles on the fibula side in an arc around the kneecap such that, when the distance between the regions increases during bending of the knee joint, the distance of the arc from the connecting line between the kneecap poles is reduced and the tensioning member presses on the adjacent side of the kneecap, medially displacing and centering the latter, wherein the tensioning member is attached to the overlay in such a manner that, during bending of the knee joint and stretching of the overlay, the tensioning member displaces the kneecap.