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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2004
Heinrich Hess, Kleinblittersdorf, DE;
Heinrich Hess, Kleinblittersdorf, DE;
Bauerfeind AG, Zeulenroda, DE;
Abstract
A tubular compression bandage of elastic textile material includes a plurality of tightening straps adjacently encompassing the bandage. The tightening straps are fastened by their starting portions to a starting longitudinal strip connected to the outer surface of the bandage and are guided circumferentially in pairs at an oblique angle of up to 30° with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bandage to their terminating portions of the side opposite the starting longitudinal strip to pairs of securing eyes arranged in herringbone-like manner and are folded back therein to form Velcro™ fasteners on the bandage, the degree of oblique guiding being adjustable through selectble fixing of the starting and/or terminating portions of the tightening straps in the longitudinal direction of the bandage.