Patent ID: 8235923
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: A61F,A61H

Abstract:
1. A device for applying compression treatment to a part of a wearer's body, the device comprising: first and second opposing bladder layers secured to one another along two bladder lines to define first and second inflatable bladders spaced apart from one another along an axis of the device; a connecting section including a portion of at least one of the first and second bladder layers extending between and connecting the first and second inflatable bladders to one another; a line of weakness in the connecting section extending generally transverse to the axis of the device for selectively separating the inflatable bladders from one another; an overlying layer in generally opposing relationship to one of the first and second bladder layers, the overlying layer being discontinuous generally adjacent to the line of weakness to define terminal edge margins of the overlying layer extending generally along the line of weakness, the terminal edge margins each being connected to at least one of the first and second bladder layers on an opposite side of the line of weakness from the other terminal edge margin.