Knee bandage having a corrective strap

US9393147B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAUERFEIND AG · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Scheuermann · Kiel, DE
• Hans B. Bauerfeind · Zeulenroda, DE
• Heinrich Hess · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2005/0176
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a bandage for knee joints that includes an elastic textile stocking, an annular or clasp-like elastic profiled insert arranged in or at the textile stocking to encase at least the lateral (fibula-side) section of the patella of the knee joint and at least one flexible, inelastic tensile strap essentially extending in the longitudinal direction of the bandage over the knee joint.