ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,508, issued on March 3, was assigned to BAUERFEIND AG (Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany).
"Bandage for the wrist joint or the ankle joint" was invented by Hans B. Bauerfeind (Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany) and Toni Bogusch (Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a joint bandage for a wrist or an ankle with a strap element, wherein the strap element has at least two elastic sections and at least one non-elastic section between the two elastic sections, wherein the second end of the strap element is reversibly fastenable to the strap element or to a tube element and/or wherein the strap ele...