Patent ID: 8579843

Claim:
A knee joint bandage comprising: an elastic textile material for surrounding a portion of a leg of a person from an intermediate portion of a thigh to an intermediate portion of a lower leg, an oval-shaped profiled insert having an opening for accommodating a kneecap of a person such that the oval-shaped profiled insert surrounds the kneecap of the person when wearing the knee joint bandage, an overlay made of material that is identical or similar to the elastic textile material wherein the overlay covers the oval-shaped profiled insert and the oval-shaped profiled insert is fastened to an underside of the elastic textile material, so that when the person is wearing the knee joint bandage, the opening encompasses a kneecap of the person, and a flexible, non-expandable tensioning member arranged in the oval-shaped profiled insert wherein the flexible, non-expandable tensioning member extends from above an upper kneecap pole to below a lower kneecap pole and has an arc-shape and is positioned on a fibula side of the kneecap, such that, during bending of a knee joint, a distance from the flexible, non-expandable tensioning member to the fibula side of the kneecap deceases, and the flexible, non-expandable tensioning member presses on the fibula side of the kneecap, displacing the kneecap medially and centering the kneecap, the knee joint bandage further comprising: a single, flexible tensioning band fastened on an outer side of the knee joint bandage so as to partially cover a portion of the kneecap on a side opposite to where the flexible, non-expandable tensioning member is located, wherein the single, flexible tensioning band is a rectangular strip that extends directly and continuously in a lengthwise direction of the knee joint bandage from above the upper kneecap pole over an outward facing portion of the kneecap that is exposed at the opening of the oval-shaped profiled insert and terminating below the lower kneecap pole such that the single, flexible tensioning band counteracts a lifting of the kneecap.