Patent ID: 6974433

Claim:
A tubular compression bandage comprising: a tubular compression bandage; a plurality of tightening straps; a starting longitudinal strip connected to the outer surface of the bandage; and a plurality of securing eyes attached to the strip; wherein the plurality of tightening straps adjacently encompass the bandage; wherein the tightening straps are removably fastened at their starting portion to the longitudinal strip and are guided circumferentially in pairs at an oblique angle of up to 30° with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bandage to their termination portion on the side of the bandage opposite the starting longitudinal strip through the pairs of securing eyes arranged in a herringbone-type manner and are folded back and fastened to themselves; and wherein the degree of oblique guiding is adjustable through selective fixing of the starting and/or terminating portion of the tightening straps in the longitudinal direction of the bandage.