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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Kci Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Stokes, Ringwood, GB;
Timothy Mark Robinson, Basingstoke, GB;
Assignee:
KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 15/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/427 (2006.01); A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/427 (2013.01); A61F 13/00038 (2013.01); A61F 13/00059 (2013.01); A61H 1/008 (2013.01); A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 47/40 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00123 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
A compression therapy apparatus and a method for manufacturing and applying compression with the same may include a bandage and a tension indicator coupled to the bandage. A tension indicator may include a film having layers of liquid crystal droplets deposited on a polymer matrix. The tension indicator can be adapted to color shift under tension between the first end and the second end of the bandage.