US 11,883,198 B2
Two-layer tension measurement system for compression garments
Thomas Richardson, San Diego, CA (US); and Moses A Lipshaw, Encinitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Medi Manufacturing, Inc., Whitsett, NC (US)
Filed by MEDI MANUFACTURING, INC., Whitsett, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/160,553.
Application 16/160,553 is a continuation of application No. 15/096,113, filed on Apr. 11, 2016, granted, now 10,117,618.
Application 15/096,113 is a continuation of application No. 13/903,783, filed on May 28, 2013, granted, now 9,316,570, issued on Apr. 19, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/652,810, filed on May 29, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2019/0046115 A1, Feb. 14, 2019
Int. Cl. A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 3/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61F 13/08 (2006.01); G01L 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6804 (2013.01) [A61B 5/103 (2013.01); A61B 5/6812 (2013.01); A61F 13/08 (2013.01); A61H 1/008 (2013.01); G01L 5/047 (2013.01); G01N 3/08 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable compression garment having a two-layer compression measurement system, comprising: the compression garment adapted to be wrapped around the limb of a patient, the compression garment comprising a body adapted to wrap at least partially around the limb of the patient, and the body having a plurality of bands extending therefrom comprising fasteners separate from the material of each of the plurality of bands and fastened or attached on an underside of each of the plurality of bands,
wherein each band of the plurality of the bands is positioned on the body and having a length such that each of the fasteners on the plurality of the bands attaches directly to the body when the body is wrapped at least partially around the limb to apply compression and the measurement system is stretched,
wherein at least one of the plurality of bands includes on an upper surface of the at least one of the bands a two-layer compression level measurement system, comprising:
(a) a stretchable base layer having at least two indicia thereon, wherein the indica comprise a tension force scale calibrated to display different tension levels; and
(b) an upper layer positioned on top of the stretchable base layer, the upper layer having one fixed end that is attached to the stretchable base layer, and one free end that is not attached to the stretchable base layer,
(i) wherein the indicia on the stretchable base layer are disposed under the free end of the upper layer and are not visible to a user before the measurement system has been stretched, and
(ii) wherein the indicia on the stretchable base layer are pulled out from under the free end of the upper layer and are therefore visible to the user after the measurement system has been stretched.