Non-slip bandage

• US 6,194,629 B1
• Filed: 04/14/1999
• Issued: 02/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mark Julian Bernhard
• Original Assignee: Mark Julian Bernhard
• Inventors: Bernhard, Mark Julian
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Michael A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAMILTON, LALITA M
• Application Number:
  US09/214,816
• Time in Patent Office: 685 Days
• Field of Search: 602/41, 602/42, 602/48, 602/50, 602/60, 602/61, 602/74, 602/79, 128/882
• US Class Current: 602/41
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/0273 Adhesive bandages for winding around limb, trunk or head, e.g. cohesive

Abstract

In the field of bandages it is known to provide a non-slip coating to one surface of a bandage. However, previous such bandages have suffered numerous disadvantages. The disclosure relates to a bandage (1) having a resiliently stretchable, non-slip coating (3) applied to it in wavy lines extending along the length of the bandage (1). The non-slip coating is such as to provide slip resistance between the bandage (1) and the human skin, to which the bandage (1) may be applied in a compressive manner. An advantageous feature of the invention is the use of a barb hook-type fastener (5,13) the shear force which acts in a plane approximately coinciding with that of the outer surface of the bandage (1), thereby reducing the tendency of the bandage to peel apart as a result of forces arising from the compressive application of the bandage to e.g. a human limb.

Claims

1. A resiliently stretchable bandage having a non-adhesive surface which resists slipping when the bandage is wrapped around a limb under tension, the bandage including one or more areas of slip resistant material and one or more areas lacking slip resistant material, the maximum extension of the bandage being up to 200% of its relaxed length, and the bandage having an elastic modulus of at least 400 g, the elastic modulus being expressed as the mass which would have to be hung from the bandage to extend it by 40% of the additional length of the bandage when extended from its relaxed state to substantially its maximum extended length, wherein the slip resistant material is slip resistant relative to human skin, and wherein the resilient stretchability of the bandage, the modulus and the areas of slip resistant material permit the location and magnitude of the compressive force resulting from such wrapping to be freely varied.

2. A bandage of claim 1 which is capable of extending by at least 50% of its relaxed length.

3. A bandage of claim 1 which is capable of extending by at least 80% of its relaxed length.

4. A bandage of claim 1 which is capable of extending by at least 100% of its relaxed length.

5. A bandage of any of claim 1 which, when extended to a maximum, is no more than 150% longer than when in its relaxed state.

6. A bandage of claim 1 which, when extended to a maximum, is between 110 and 130% longer than when in its relaxed state.

7. A bandage of claim 1, wherein the modulus is at least 700 g.

8. A bandage of claim 1, wherein the modulus is at least 800 g.

9. A bandage of claim 1, wherein the modulus is no more than 1300 g.

10. A bandage of claim 1, wherein the modulus is no more than 1100 g.

11. A bandage of claim 1, wherein the modulus is no more than 1000 g.

12. A bandage of claim 1, wherein the modulus is about 900 g.

13. A bandage of any of claims 1 to 12 which is stretchable in a longitudinal direction but substantially unstretchable in a transverse direction.

14. A bandage of claim 13, wherein the fabric is a polyester fabric.

15. A bandage of claim 13, wherein the fabric contains longitudinally oriented resiliently stretchable strands.

16. A bandage of claim 13, wherein the fabric contains longitudinally oriented resiliently stretchable strands.

17. A bandage of claim 16, wherein the strands are laid between the warp threads of the fabric.

18. The bandage of claim 16, wherein the stretchable strands are elastomer strands.

19. A bandage of claim 1, wherein the strands are laid between the warp threads of the fabric.

20. A bandage of claim 19, wherein the rubber or rubber-like material is a silicone.

21. A bandage of claim 19, wherein the slipresitrant surface has a discontinuous coverage of said material.

22. A bandage of claim 21, wherein said material is formed as one or more generally longitudinal lines.

23. A bandage of claim 22 wherein, the line or lines undulate(s).

24. The bandage of claim 22, wherein there are a plurality of lines, spaced apart transversely.

25. A bandage of claim 24, wherein the lines are separated by a distance of from 5 to 15 mm.

26. The bandage of claim 25, wherein the lines are separated by the distance of from 8 to 12 mm.

27. A bandage of claim 1, which is provided at one end of a reusable fastener to fasten the end of the bandage to an underlying bandage layer when the bandage is wrapped around a limb.

28. A bandage of any of claims 1 wherein the thickness of the fabric lies in the range 0.89-1.7 mm when in unstretched state.

29. A bandage according to claim 1wherein the thickness of the fabric lies in the range 0.5 mm-0.9 mm when in its fully streched state.

30. A bandage according to claim 1, including a barb-type fastener the barbs of which are secured on a piece of fabric having a barb-free portion secured to the fabric of the bandage so that the barbs project from a plane substantially coplanar with the outer surface of the bandage.

31. A bandage according to claim 30 wherein the barb-free portion is secured to the bandage fabric by welding.

32. A bandage according to claim 30 wherein the barb-free portion is secured to the bandage fabric by stitching.

33. A bandage according to claim 30, wherein the barb-free portion is secured to the bandage fabric by means of an adhesive compound.

34. A bandage according to claim 1 that is continuously elastic over its intire range of extension.

35. An elongate fabric bandage according to claim 1 which is resiliently stretchable in a longitudinal direction but substanlially unstrechable in a tranverse direction and has a rubber or rubber-like material applied to a major surface of the fabric.

36. A bandage of claim 35, the major surface of which has a discontinous covering of said material.