ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,390, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Medi USA LP (Whitsett, N.C.).
"Compression garment" was invented by Moses Lipshaw (Whitsett, N.C.), Thomas Richardson (Whitsett, N.C.), Dean Bender (Whitsett, N.C.), Karen Lynch (Whitsett, N.C.) and Kevin Larmer (Whitsett, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression garment is disclosed. The garment can include a body dimensioned to wrap at least partially around a length of a torso of a user. A plurality of tension bands can be positioned along the body. The garment can include at least one shoulder strap, wherein the shoulder strap is operable to wrap over the shoulder of the user to ho...