KNEE SUPPORTER

• Main Authors: KOMATSU HIROSHIGE, URANAKA HIRONORI, TAKADA SHINJIRO, UEMURA NAOKO, KAWAMICHI KOJI, NAKAO SHIGETAKA, MARUMO TOMOHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 19.05.2016
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BRAIDING; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; OUTERWEAR; PROSTHESES; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; TRIMMINGS; WEARING APPAREL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a knee supporter which prevents a knee from opening outward from the inside during walking by correcting varus of the knee.SOLUTION: A knee supporter comprises an elastic cylindrical body part (11) covering a knee and its periphery. The body part (11) comprises a base part (20) and a plurality of portions (21-25) having lower elasticity than the base part (20). The base part (20) is formed so as to cover between the plurality of portions (21-25). The plurality of portions (21-25) include a first portion (21) disposed on an inner side (52) of the knee along an axial direction of the body (11), and a second portion (22) having a plurality of belt parts arranged to avoid a kneecap (57) of the knee while the plurality of belt parts are crossed or connected on an outer side (51) of the knee. An end part of the second portion (22) is communicated with or adjacent to the first portion (21).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】膝の内反を矯正して歩行時に膝が内側から外側へ開かないようにする膝サポータを提供する。【解決手段】膝サポータは、膝とその周辺を覆う伸縮自在の筒状の本体部（11）を備え、本体部（11）は、ベース部（20）と、ベース部（20）よりも伸縮性の低い複数の部位（21〜25）とを有し、ベース部（20）が複数の部位（21〜25）間を覆うように形成され、複数の部位（21〜25）は、膝の内側（52）に配置され且つ本体部（11）の軸方向に沿う第１の部位（21）と、膝の膝蓋骨（57）を避けて配置された複数の帯部を有し且つ複数の帯部を膝の外側（51）で交差又は接続させた第２の部位（22）とを含み、第２の部位（22）の端部を第１の部位（21）に連通又は隣接させる。【選択図】図１