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Knitted garment for the support and/or compression and/or compression therapy of parts of the body

a technology of compression therapy and knitted garments, which is applied in the direction of flat warp knitting machines, straight-bar knitting machines, knitting, etc., can solve the problems of uniform and uninterrupted elasticity and pressure conditions on all sides of the tube, and achieve the effect of long service life and economical manufactur

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-02-02
BSN JOBST GMBH
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[0003] The present invention is based on the object of creating a knitted garment for the support and / or compression of parts of the body and / or for compression therapy that is comfortable to wear, has a long service life, and is economical to manufacture.

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The unique feature of this garment is the fact that the knitting thread and the weft thread form a spiral from one row of knitted stitches to the next, which results in identical and uninterrupted elasticity and pressure conditions on all sides of the tube.

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[0016] The sole figure shows a compression glove 10 that is produced on a flat bed knitting machine out of a total of six tubular knitted garments 11 through 16. Tube 11 having a large diameter encloses the hand itself, while tubes 12 through 16 enclose the five fingers of the hand. All tubes are joined individually and with each other in a seamless manner. This means there are no seams anywhere that could negatively affect wearing comfort and the service life of overall glove 10 due to an increased susceptibility to wear. The figure of compression glove 10 further shows that tube 11 in particular is adapted exactly to the anatomy of the hand. This means that tube 11 has a smaller diameter in the region of welt 11.1 than it does in region 11.2 of the thumb joint. This is achieved by increasing the number of meshes in region 11.2 compared to region 11.1. Shaping and / or transfer techniques can be used for this purpose. A further possibility for fitting glove 10 to the anatomy of the h...

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Abstract

A knitted garment (10) for the support and / or compression of parts of the body and / or for compression therapy is knitted in the shape of a tube (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) using at least one elastic knitting thread and at least one elastic weft thread, at least in sections, on a flat bed knitting machine.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] Compression articles such as compression sleeves, compression gloves, socks and the like are used in particular to prevent or treat edemas, varicose veins, venous insufficiency, and after vein surgery. Further elastic articles are joint bandages or burn-care bandages. Support bandages are used in sports to project against injury and, to a certain extent, to enhance performance. These articles are manufactured primarily as knitted garments, due to their good elastic properties. It is possible to manufacture the articles on a circular knitting machine. Tubes having a constant or variable—with limits—diameter can be produced on circular knitting machines. The advantage of these tubes is that they have no seams, which could possibly cause pressure points. On the other hand, the circularly-knit, elastic articles cannot always be adapted in an optimum manner to the anatomical details of the part of the body to be supported or compressed. The fit and desi...

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IPC IPC(8): D04B1/26D04B21/12
CPCA61F5/0109A61F13/06A61F13/08D10B2509/028D04B1/18D04B1/24D04B1/28A61F13/10
Inventor GEBEL, ETIENNEGREVE, JUERGENKRIMMEL, GERHARD
Owner BSN JOBST GMBH
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