Patent ID: 7274844

Claim:
A light-emitting textile structure, in particular for medical purposes, comprising: a flat flexible support ( 2 ) and a plurality of light-emitting elements ( 4 , 4 a , 4 b ) affixed thereto: wherein each light-emitting element further comprises a light-supplying optical fiber ( 6 , 6 a , 6 b ), said optical fiber not being a woven or integral part of said flexible support, characterized in that to each optical fiber ( 6 , 6 a , 6 b ) there is associated exactly one light-emitting element ( 4 , 4 a , 4 b ) that comprises at least one output zone ( 8 , 8 a , 8 b ) formed by a local curvature ( 12 , 13 ) of the optical fiber by either a fixation stitch or at least one loop.