Bandage system

(42) Date of commencement of the patent: 15. 3.1993 (45) Date of issue: 25.10.1993 (56) Documentation:

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Patentee:

0E-A1-3839377 DE-Al-4015043 EP-Al-0198482 FR-Al-2612772 US-A-2014991 US-A-2560243 US-A-3446880 US-A-3515134 US-A-3780729 US-A-3906944 US Pat. No. 4,598,703 (54) Bandage System (57) bandage system for fixing near-joint upper arm fractures, Shaft fractures, Injuries of the shoulder girdle and postoperative care, consisting of a wide chest strap (1), which is applied around the thorax of the patient and fixed by wide velcro straps, an upper arm belt (3) and a forearm belt (2), the side or mounted on the front of the chest strap (1), characterized in that in addition a shoulder strap (4) is attached to the chest strap (1), which pulls from dorsal to ventral, whereby an additional securing of the chest strap (1) is achieved that the upper arm strap ( 3) obliquely and cranially extending on the chest strap (1) is arranged, whereby a much better adjustment of the fracture and fixation of the same is achieved, and that the upper arm belt (3) and the lower arm belt (2) arranged at a slightly acute angle in the elbow joint, resulting in a

CD slight extension of the upper arm leads.

AT 396 649

ERWIN P0D0LSKY SOCIETY Μ. BH A-1120 VIENNA (AT).

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It described wildly a bandage system for the fixation of joint near upper arm fractures, Schaftfirakturen, valleys of the school belt and postoperative fixation, which consists of a chest strap with Velcro on which two other smaller straps are mounted so that a seae and appropriate fixation of the upper and Achieve forearm

This invention aims to achieve on the one hand a self-immobilization of the upper arm in conjunction with the adjacent joints of the forearm, on the other hand to take the best possible freedom of the remaining skin and joints as consideration.

This object is achieved in particular by the features specified in the patent claims. In particular, a shoulder strap (4) for securing the chest strap (1) is additionally provided, and a special arrangement of the oboarm strap (3) and forearm strap (2) is set forth

More detailed description of the invention with reference to drawings:

FIG. 1: shows the strap belt (1) which is provided with Velcro fastener, on which a second strap (2), also provided with velcro, arranged so that the distal forearm can comfortably be accommodated in this belt At the level of the upper arm shaft, a wide belt (3) is connected to the belt (1), that at the level of the proximal third, the upper arm is firmly fixed in its position. Since the shoulder strap (4) is designed to that he pulls from dorsal to ventral and can be attached to the front of the chest strap. It ensures a secure hold of the chest strap (1). For the middle hand, a loop (5) was designed to allow the patient to store the hand safely or to take it out of it for physiotherapeutic exercises and to move the fingertips and hands vigorously.

Figure 2: In this side view of the invention, the position of the belt (3) is to be described near. Due to the oblique and cranially offset arrangement of the belt as the upper arm is brought into a slight Recurvatur, and thereby fixed the fracture in aa axis-correct position

Figure 3: This back view shows once again the situation da straps (1,3) and (4). The arrangement of the straps (3) and (1) extends the upper arm to the forearm in a slight acute angle, which cause soU, that bring the two fracture parts by itself in a slight extension and are involved in there axis-correct position of the upper arm.

Additional advantages of the invention are in particular also the fact that the forearm is not entirely, as is often the case, in a tube system for fixation, but by strap (2), since also attached to strap (1), only a distal portion of the forearm is fixed and so the rest of the forearm and the entire hand is freely accessible. Furthermore, a large part of the skin is left free by the attachment of the individual straps, and it can thus achieve a much better skin care and skin control.