Patent ID: 8029450
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A compression device for wrapping around a part of the wearer's body comprising an inner layer and an opposing outer layer, the outer layer comprising a sheet of mesh material having opposite longitudinal edge margins, a first surface of the mesh material being formed with loops such that the loops are part of the mesh material for use in a hook and loop fastener at least along a first of the edge margins, and a hook fastener member associated with the compression device generally proximate to a second of the longitudinal edge margins of the sheet of mesh material and positioned for engaging the loops on the first surface when the mesh material is wrapped around the body part for securing the first longitudinal edge margin to the second longitudinal edge margin wherein the compression device is retained on the wearer's body part, the compression device further comprising a bladder sized and shaped to be wrapped around substantially an entirety of a circumference of the part of the wearer's body, and bladder openings extending through the bladder, each opening having an area of greater than about 0.50 in 2 (3.23 cm 2 ), the bladder being selectively inflatable for applying compression to the body part.