GRADUATED COMPRESSION DEVICE HAVING SEPARATE BODY AND BANDS

• US 20160030267A1
• Filed: 07/30/2014
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Circaid Medical Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Circaid Medical Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Lipshaw, Moses A., Richardson, Thomas, Kennerknecht, Teresa, Shaw, Sandra Anne
• Granted Patent: US 9,642,766 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/06 specially adapted for feet or legs; Corn-pads; Corn-rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/085 Openable readjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/10 specially adapted for fingers, hands, or arms; Finger-stalls; Nail-protectors restraining devices for arms A61F5/37; shoulder bandages A61F13/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/00553 with detachable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/008 Apparatus for applying pressure or blows almost perpendicular to the body or limb axis, e.g. chiropractic devices for repositioning vertebrae, correcting deformation

Abstract

A compression garment, having: (a) a body portion dimensioned to be wrapped around a body limb, the body portion having a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of opposite side edges; and (b) a plurality of bands, wherein the bands are each attachable onto the body portion at a plurality of different locations, and wherein the bands wrap around part of the body portion when the body portion is wrapped around the body limb to apply compression force to the body limb.

Claims

1. A garment, comprising:

a body portion dimensioned to be wrapped around a part of a patient'"'"'s limb, the body portion comprising a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of opposite side edges, wherein the body portion is trimmable between the edges permitting the body portion to correspond to any shape of the part of the patient'"'"'s limb, and

wherein one or more cut away portions on the edges can be removed so that a width of a top edge of the body portion corresponds to a top circumference of the limb and a width of a bottom edge of the body portion corresponds to a bottom circumference of the limb; and

a plurality of bands, wherein each band is removably positionable onto the body portion at a plurality of different orientations relative to any of the edges,

wherein a proximal edge of each band is removably attached onto the body portion and a distal edge of each band extends away from the proximal edge, and

wherein the distal edge of each band wraps around a part of the body portion when the body portion is wrapped around the part of the patient'"'"'s limb to apply a compression force to the patient'"'"'s limb.

2. The garment of claim 1, wherein the body portion wraps around a portion of the top and bottom circumferences of the limb.

3. The garment of claim 1, wherein the body portion wraps around more than three quarters of the top and bottom circumference of the limb.

4. The garment of claim 1, wherein a top edge of the body portion is wider than a bottom edge, and wherein opposite side edges of the body portion taper inwardly from the top to bottom edges.

5. The garment of claim 1, wherein the plurality of bands are positionable onto the body portion by hook and loop fasteners.

6. The garment of claim 1, wherein the plurality of bands are positionable onto the body portion using D-rings.

7. The garment of claim 1, wherein the body portion comprises alternating channels of high and low pressure.

8. The garment of claim 1, wherein bands extending from a first side edge of the body portion are juxtaposed between bands extending from an opposing second side edge of the body portion.

9. The garment of claim 1, wherein the body portion has trimmable regions for shortening a length of the garment along the limb.

10. The garment of claim 1, wherein the bands comprise trimmable portions to shorten their respective length.

11. The garment of claim 9, wherein the bands extend from different opposing side edges of the body portion.

12. The garment of claim 1, wherein the bands extend from a same side edge of the body portion.

13. The garment of claim 1, further comprising a wrap attached to a bottom edge of the body portion to apply compression adjacent to the garment.

14. The garment of claim 1, further comprising reinforcement tabs securing the proximal or distal edges of each band onto the body portion.

15. The garment of claim 1, wherein one end of each band adheres more strongly to the body portion than the other end.

16. The garment of claim 1, wherein the bands are positionable to the body portion in sets or pairs.

17. The garment of claim 1, wherein the body portion comprises a bridge portion.

19. The garment of claim 1, further comprising an orthotic insert wrapped within the body portion or a wound dressing attached to the body portion.

20. The garment of claim 1, wherein the body portion comprises measurement indicia, and wherein the measurement indicia corresponds to a respective circumference of the limb such that one or more trimmable portions on edges of the body portion can be removed so that a width of a top edge of the body portion corresponds to a top circumference of the limb and a width of a bottom edge of the body portion corresponds to a bottom circumference of the limb.

18. The garment of claim 21, wherein the bridge portion has a different stretchability than the remainder of the body portion.