Patent ID: 6613007
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A multilayer compression stocking system for use on a person's lower extremities, comprising:a plurality of layers including an underlayer and at least one overlayer; the underlayer having predetermined amounts of compressive pressure at discrete locations on the underlayer and having at least one alignment marking, each underlayer alignment marking positioned at a different location on the underlayer corresponding to a different anatomical location on the lower extremities; each of the underlayer and the at least one overlayer further comprising a length with pressure graduations along the length, the pressure graduations being the same along the length of each of the underlayer and the at least one overlayer; and each underlayer and overlayer further comprising a toe portion, wherein the toe portion of at least one of the underlayer and overlayers has a high stretch modulus, and wherein when the underlayer is applied to the lower extremities, each underlayer alignment marking is aligned with the corresponding anatomical location, and the at least one overlayer is applied over the underlayer, the discrete locations of compressive pressure on the underlayer are aligned with the same pressure on the at least one overlayer to provide an expected cumulative compressive pressure at each anatomical location on the person's lower extremities.