Patent ID: 8152857
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: D04B,D10B

Abstract:
1. Tension-free elastic tape for surgical treatments, comprising: tape having a textile structure in the form of a knitted fabric, wherein the textile structure enables the ingrowth of connective tissue, the textile structure of the tape comprised of a first thread pattern of base threads, and whereby the tape has longitudinal edges; and edge threads provided at the edges of the tape in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the tape, the edge threads forming a looped second thread pattern that projects from the longitudinal edges of the thread pattern of base threads and the knitted fabric completed in the peripheral area by the edge threads forming loops on the two longitudinal edges of the tape, said loops projecting laterally in a plane of the tape beyond the edge of the tape without open ends, the loops configured with loop openings greater than 0.01 mm