Patent ID: 8114117

Claim:
A device for applying compression treatment to a part of a wearer's body, the device having an inner face for being placed adjacent to the part of the wearer's body in use and an outer face opposite the inner face, the device comprising: a pressure applicator to apply compression to the wearer's body part when the device is placed on the wearer's body part; a first fastener element mounted on the device; a second fastener element mounted on the device and adapted for releasably connecting to the first fastener element for use in holding the device on the wearer's body part, a visual indicator associated with the second fastener element adapted to show where to engage the first fastener element with the second fastener element, the visual indicator being adapted to wear upon repeated connection and disconnection of the first and second fastener elements so that the visual indicator fades over time; wherein the first fastener element comprises hook material, the second fastener element comprises loop material having a multiplicity of loops, and the visual indicator comprises colorant on at least a portion of the loop material; wherein the loop material further includes another area separate from said at least a portion of the loop material, the loops in said another area having a color different from a color of the colorant on said at least a portion of the loop material, the breaking of the loops in said at least a portion of the loop material causing the color of the colorant to become less distinct from the color of the loops in said another area of the loop material.