Patent ID: 8845567
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A knee bandage, comprising: a) an elastic, tubular bandage base element designed to fit over a knee of a leg, the bandage base element having a central kneecap region designed to fit a kneecap, a thigh region at one end of the base element, adjoining the kneecap region and designed to fit a partial region of a thigh and a lower leg region at an other end of the base element adjoining the kneecap region and designed to fit a partial region of a lower leg; b) at least one massage pelotte, which is fixed in a massage region of the bandage base element and has massage elements oriented inwards towards the leg when the knee bandage is on; c) the massage region with the at least one massage pelotte is disposed in the thigh region and is designed to fit a trigger point or trigger region of the musculus vastus lateralis or where n the massage pelotte effects massage of a trigger point or trigger region of the musculus vastus lateralis when the knee bandage is put on, and the knee is moved; and d) at least one length adjustable tensioning belt fixed on an outer face of the bandage base element, the at least one length adjustable tensioning belt extending obliquely with respect to the bandage base element, from the thigh region to a transitional region between the kneecap region and the thigh region of the bandage base element, the tensioning belt extending over the at least one massage pelotte such that the inward pressure of the at least one massage pelotte is adjustable by adjusting the length of the tensioning belt.