Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
  • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices ; Anti-rape devices
  • A61F5/01—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces
  • A61F5/0102—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations
  • A61F5/0104—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations without articulation
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
  • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
  • A61F13/01—Non-adhesive bandages or dressings
  • A61F13/01034—Non-adhesive bandages or dressings characterised by a property
  • A61F13/01038—Flexibility, stretchability or elasticity
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
  • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
  • A61F13/06—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads specially adapted for feet or legs; Corn-pads; Corn-rings
  • A61F13/08—Elastic stockings; for contracting aneurisms
  • A61F13/085—Openable readjustable
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
  • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices ; Anti-rape devices
  • A61F5/01—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces
  • A61F5/0102—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations
  • A61F5/0104—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations without articulation
  • A61F5/0106—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations without articulation for the knees
  • A61F5/0109—Sleeve-like structures

Definitions

• the invention relates to the field of compression means applicable to members of a person, in particular to maintain and / or compress all or part of the member. More particularly the present invention relates to elastic venous compression orthoses, which are particularly recommended in various clinical manifestations of venous insufficiency of the lower limbs. STATE OF THE PRIOR ART
• the known orthoses are intended to produce a therapeutic effect by compression of the limb to which they are applied over a greater or lesser extent and with differentiated pressures according to the areas concerned.
• These orthoses are textile elements, well known as 'compression stockings' or 'compression tights'. These are mostly tubular textile elements that surround and compress a leg.
• Class 2 relates to stockings or tights exerting pressure between 15 and 20 mmHg on the limb; this class is recommended for larger varicose veins than those of class 1, that is to say greater than 3 mm.
• Class 3 concerns textiles exerting a pressure of between 20 and 36 mmHg either for the treatment of permanent edema, trophic disorders or healed ulcers.
• the textile elements known and cited above allow to treat by compression including venous problems, specifically the pathological manifestations of the venous system, from simple functional disorders to trophic disorders.
• Elastic stockings are often considered a key element of therapy for chronic venous insufficiency.
• Compression is the effect produced by an elastic orthosis on a limb at rest or effort.
• the restoring forces of the elastic fibers of the compression means act almost continuously on the member concerned.
• contention when it comes to exerting a stronger and different pressure than that mentioned above, it is called contention and the means implemented act differently; it's basically about keeping a part of the body in a given posture.
• the pressures involved are of the order of 70 to 80 mmHg and the means used in particular act directly on sclerotic veins that are compressed to reduce pain.
• the means of restraint At rest the means of restraint exerts little or no pressure on the member considered; during the muscular contraction the means of restraint is opposed to the increase of volume of the muscle which thus abuts on the means of contention, which increases the pressure force.
• the compression is therefore effective and active during exercise, and almost inactive at rest.
• document FR 2 961 389 discloses a compression / compression orthosis comprising a compressive part in the form of a sock or stocking, associated with a non-elastic tubular headband-shaped portion placed in the region of the calf. where it is superimposed on the compressive sock.
• the dimensions of the headband contant are adjusted to the dimensions of the calf so as to come into contact not content with it in the absence of contraction of the calf muscle.
• the compression stocking is designed in such a way that it exerts a lower level of pressure in the region of the headband.
• this document therefore reveals an orthesis exerting different pressures depending on the areas concerned.
• a rather close solution is disclosed in the document FR 2 967 051, according to which a sock has knitting zones of different elasticities from the foot to below the knee. More specifically, this sock orthosis comprises an elastic compressive distal part and an adjacent contiguous proximal part, enveloping the region of the calf.
• the container part is tubular, deformable essentially non-elastic and knitted in continuity with the compressive part.
• a compressive tubular orthosis whose mesh or fabric is chosen according to the perimeter dimensions of the lower limb, so as to apply to it a compression pressure substantially constant over any the height of the leg. More specifically, the tubular portion extends from the foot to the root of the thigh and comprises an elastically extensible inner region with high elasticity, connected along two generators to a weakly extensible outer region. In addition, an open sleeve along a generator is provided to surround and reinforce the pressure on the thigh; it is provided with adjustable closing means.
• a knitted sock type orthosis comprising several zones exerting different pressures on different areas of the member concerned.
• WO 2006/117459 describes an example of this type of solution.
• the known solutions, described above, are specifically adapted to a morphology or they can produce a given therapeutic effect and adapted to the case envisaged.
• the known means may be delicate or long to place on a limb, in particular by poorly trained patients, poorly trained, elderly, affected by osteoarthritis or other phenomena.
• the known solutions are mostly made from a knitted mesh, they are dimensioned and made to deliver a determined maximum pressure at the ankle. They therefore have by nature an adjusted form and an appropriate elasticity which partly explain a difficulty of implementation by the user.
• US Pat. No. 5,472,413 discloses a splint for a joint, such as for the knee and the elbow.
• This splint includes a base element and a spider-shaped element.
• the spider-shaped element is superimposed on the base element. Consequently, said elements are not longitudinally juxtaposed.
• the base and the spider-shaped member are each formed of a unitary flat sheet made of elastomeric material. As a result, the elasticity in these sheets is constant over the length of the splint.
• this prior invention does not seek to cover a limb but the articulation of a limb, which is different from the present invention. Moreover, in this document it is not proposed to juxtapose two different zones of elasticity.
• the prior art furthermore comprises US Pat. No. 5,415,624, which describes a bandage provided with pockets able to receive elements containing a liquid. These elements are superimposed on the bandage and not juxtaposed with it.
• the liquid is intended to be heated or cooled, which constitutes a different objective from that of the invention.
• the bandage itself is a body of a typical elastic material.
• the invention aims to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art and in particular to produce a simple and effective solution to the problem. In addition, a technologically easy solution is provided by the invention.
• a compression strip to be wound around a lower or upper member; the strip comprises at least first and second zones respectively having a first and a second longitudinal elasticity, the first and second zones being longitudinally juxtaposed, and a retaining means being provided in order to adjustably overlap the ends of said strip so adjusting the compressional tension applied to said member.
• the headband is made of a textile material.
• the retaining means comprises a Velcro hook-type surface at a first end, which cooperates with a conjugate hook surface, disposed at a second end of said strip.
• said retaining means comprises at least one longitudinal extension of said strip. Such an extension is attached to a width-forming side of the band.
• the strip comprises two extensions juxtaposed according to the width of the strip and attached to a first end of said strip, said extensions to facilitate the gripping of said strip including its opening.
• the strip comprises a first zone juxtaposed to a second zone.
• the strip comprises a first region longitudinally surrounded by two second zones, the first zone having a lower elasticity to each second zone.
• the band may further comprise at least one pocket formed at the level of the first zone.
• a rigid member may be provided for insertion into said pocket.
• the rigidity of the rigid element can be chosen as a function of the case.
• the strip according to the invention may comprise at least one stiffening rod oriented substantially along the width of the strip and preferably disposed at at least one longitudinal end of said strip. This or these rods are preferably inserted into a slot formed for example by a double seam on the side concerned. They can be set up or not, by the user himself.
• FIG. 1 a front view of the strip according to a first embodiment of the invention.
• Figure 2 a front of the strip according to a second embodiment of the invention.
• Figure 1 schematically illustrates a compression strip according to a first embodiment of the invention, made of a textile material.
• the strip comprises a first zone 1 longitudinally juxtaposed with a second zone 2.
• the first zone 1 has a first elasticity different from that of the second zone 2.
• the first zone 1 may consist of an attached textile, for example sewn, and partially covering a textile part whose uncoated surface corresponds to the second zone 2 which has a different elasticity than that of the first zone.
• the dashed lines 10 correspond to the seam lines of the first zone 1 on the second zone 2.
• this embodiment is illustrative and in no way limiting.
• the first zone 1, the most rigid, can be made from a knitted textile mesh very tight texture.
• the first zone is rigid, that is to say non-elastic;
• the second zone 2 has a certain elasticity: for example with a test piece 50 mm wide and 150 mm long, an elongation of 125% is obtained under a pull of 74N.
• the second zone 2 may comprise another seam line 20 which allows to attach to one of its sides at least one retaining means 3, 4.
• two retaining means 3, 4 are provided.
• the one or more retaining means are in particular intended to superimpose in an adjustable and adjustable manner the longitudinal ends of the strip.
• the retaining means 3, 4 constitute a kind of longitudinal extension of the first 1 and the second zone 2, advantageously used for gripping and handling the strip; the means 3, 4 are further used as a means for hooking the first end of the strip on the second end of the strip.
• at least one retaining means 3, 4 may have a face provided with hooking elements adapted to cooperate with the opposite face of the second longitudinal end of the strip. To do this the second end is provided with elements of hung conjugate.
• Velcro ® type faces may be provided to achieve this adjustable overlay.
• series of hooks cooperating with rings can be chosen without departing from the scope of the invention. Any means technically can be used.
• two extensions 3, 4 as shown in Figure 1, arranged on either side of the main longitudinal axis of the strip, a certain balance is achieved.
• the two extensions are juxtaposed according to the width of the strip and attached to a first end of the strip, for example by the seam lines 20.
• the strip comprises a first zone 1 longitudinally surrounded by two second zones 2, 20.
• the first zone 1 has a stiffness greater than those of the second zones 2, 20 which themselves may have equal rigidity or not.
• FIG. 2 is furthermore diagrammatically a pocket 11 formed by a specific seam line 12 between the first zone 1 and the second zone 2.
• this pocket 11 at least one rigid element 13 can be inserted, for example foam, intended to increase the pressure specifically, controlled and localized.
• the skilled person will choose the dimensions, shapes and rigidities of the rigid element 13 according to the effects to be produced and constraints (economic, ergonomic, normative or other ...) to be respected.
• such a pocket may be provided in all the embodiments of the invention, in particular that of FIG. 1.
• the strip according to the invention may comprise at least one stiffening rod 14, 15, 16 preferably oriented substantially along the width of the strip and at at least one longitudinal end of the strip.
• the rod or rods 14, 15, 16 may be housed in a double seam formed at these locations and providing an opening at one end.

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