Alba-waldensian, Inc.

Samuel M Knox

Michael R Griffin

A stocking for use in positioning a pulsatile bladder about a portion of a user's body is described. The stocking is desirably circularly knit to have an inner sleeve, and an outer sleeve extending concentrically over the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve desirably is knit to provide a graduated degree of compression along the underlying portion of a person's body when the stocking is positioned on a wearer's limb. The outer sleeve is preferably relatively less elastic than the inner sleeve, so as to prevent a bladder positioned within the stocking from pressing uncomfortably into a wearer's flesh. The outer sleeve also desirably includes first and second spaced-apart openings, one for bladder insertion and the other for allowing the exit of tubing typically associated with pulsatile bladders. The stocking is preferably integrally knit on a circular knitting machine such that it comes off of the machine in finished form.

Pulsatile anti-embolism stocking

A garment having integrally knit underabdominal and back support panels is described. The garment desirably has a rear panel and a front panel which includes a substantially U-shaped support panel which is more resistant to stretch than the portion of the front panel which the substantially U-shaped panel surrounds, i.e. the abdominal section. The garment can be knit from a single or a pair of circularly knit tubular blanks, and preferably is formed so that the support panels are integrally knit with the garment. The abdominal section desirably has additional courses provided therein, in order to form a pouch area for accommodating the expanded abdominal region of a wearer. The garment also desirably includes an integrally knit back support panel which has a greater resistance to stretch than the abdominal section. In this way, when the garment is worn, the weight of the wearer's expanded abdominal region can be supported and distributed over a greater portion of his or her body. The garment can also include leg portions, to form a long-line panty, pantyhose, or the like.

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Hickory, NC, United States of America

Samuel M Knox