Patent ID: 7960603

Claim:
A cover fabric for a medical bandage, comprising: a knitted spacer fabric containing a moisture-hardenable substrate, the knitted spacer fabric comprising monofilament yarn having a diameter from about 0.07-1.14 mm and multifilament yarn including from about 24-48 filaments, the spacer fabric having a weight from about 90-200grams/m 2 and an uncompressed thickness of about 2.5 mm to characterize the cover as padding, the spacer fabric further having a moisture vapor transmission rate range from about 900-1050g/24 hrs/m 2 and an air permeability range from about 3200-4500cm 3 /cc 2 per hour at 20 cm Mercury, wherein the knitted spacer fabric has a stitch pattern according to: Bar1. 16-16/8-8/0-0/8-8 Inlay over 4 needles 18 gauge Bar2. 0-4/4-4/4-0/0-0 Chain Stitch 18 gauge Bar3. 4-8/12-8/4-8/4-0 3 Needle ‘V’ 9 gauge Bar4. 0-4/12-8/16-20/12-8 5 Needle ‘V’ 9 gauge Bar5. 4-4/4-0/0-0/0-4 Chain stitch 9 gauge Bar6. 0-0/12-12/24-24/24-24/24/24/12- Inlay over 3 needles 9 gauge. 12/0-0/0-0/0-0