Patent ID: 8118762
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. Medical knee bandage having a knee guard affixed to a sheathing body made of material that is elastic in at least some sections and is open on opposite ends, and in an applied functional state, said state being when the sheathing body is located about a human knee, the sheathing body forms a closed sheathing material that is under stress elastically and tangentially in a region around the human knee, wherein an aid is provided for removing the bandage, this aid being designed as a separation having a zipper and a protective structure located between the zipper and an inside region of the sheathing body, the aid extending over at least a portion of the length of the sheathing body in an area of the sheathing body which is opposite one of a lateral and a medial side of the human knee when the sheathing body is in the applied functional state, and further wherein at least one longitudinal side of the separation has a supporting strand which has a lower flexibility than the material of the sheathing body.