Patent ID: 6593508
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An easily applied and secured compression bandage, said bandage comprising:a bandage comprising a strip of material having first and second sides, said material having relatively near and far ends; a pad, said pad attached to the first side of said material closer to said near one of said ends; an anchoring point, attached to the second side of said material, for reversing the direction of wrap of said other end of said material; and a second strip of micro-hooks located on said first side at said far end of said material, said micro-hooks comprising a portion or a hook and loop fastener system, said material comprises a material having loops releasably engageable with said micro-hooks, wherein, when applied, the pad is positioned over a wound on a body or body part, and the far end of said material is passed around the body or body part in one direction of wrap, is passed through the anchoring point and its direction of wrap reversed, is pulled sufficiently tight to deter bleeding and is wound around until the second strip can be fixed to the material of the bandage.