ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,119, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to IVF HARTMANN AG (Neuhausem am Rheinfall, Switzerland).
"Bandage, in particular a compression bandage" was invented by Claudia Bernet (Marthalen, Switzerland), Tobias Hoesl (Lauchringen, Germany) and Markus Rothmaier (Illnau, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bandage (10) comprising a flat material web (12) having a first (14) and a second (16) side and a first (18) and a second (20) end spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the bandage (10), a wound pad (22) on the first side of the flat material web (12), a pressure application means (32) on the second...