Patent ID: 7173161

Claim:
Bandage 100 for relief of the musculature, comprising an essentially rectangular central portion 1 on whose transverse edges 11 , 12 a total of four tensioning straps 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 are secured, wherein straps 21 , 22 are proximal tensioning straps and straps 23 , 24 are distal tensioning straps, the central portion 1 being smoothed on opposite the injured site in the muscle tissue of the limb, the two proximal tensioning straps 21 , 22 being guided in a diagonal movement in the distal direction and the two distal tensioning straps 23 , 24 being guided in a diagonal movement in the proximal direction in such a way that the two proximal tensioning straps 21 , 22 cross each other proximally of the injured site, the two distal tensioning straps 23 , 24 cross each other distally of the injured site, and in each case one proximal tensioner 21 , 22 and one distal tensioner 23 , 24 cross each other laterally of the injured site, so that the injured site is left free, with the ends 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 of the tensioning straps 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 being secured on the bandage 100 and wherein a proximal tensioning strap 21 , 22 and a distal tensioning strap 23 , 24 come together laterally of the injured site to form a single strap, so that two Y-shaped tensioning straps 25 , 26 are obtained.