Patent ID: 7115106
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A bandage for an ankle joint comprising an elongated tape, wherein the elongated tape runs around a heel, across a lateral side of the ankle joint, across an instep in a medial plantar direction and across a sole of a foot in a lateral plantar direction, wherein a first and a second transverse edge of the elongated tape are fastened to the tape itself, wherein a first bridle and a second bridle each have one end attached to the elongated tape, one said end of the first bridle being attached to and extending from a lateral side on a forefoot and the second bridle extending from a lateral side on the ankle joint, wherein the second bridle is circularly closed around the ankle joint and has a free end that extends to and is removably attached at the lateral side of the ankle joint and the first bridle is guided on the forefoot across the instep to the ankle joint and is circularly closed around the ankle joint and over the second bridle, wherein the entire width of the free end of the first bridle lies within the width of the free end of the second bridle at the lateral side of the ankle joint, and the first bridle does not have any portion that goes underneath the foot, and wherein the free end of the first bridle extends to and is removably attached to the second bridle at the lateral side of the ankle joint.