ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,505, issued on April 14, was assigned to Medi USA LP (Whitsett, N.C.).
"Compression garment and method for manufacturing a compression garment" was invented by Moses Lipshaw (Hillsborough, N.C.), Jody Erickson (Hillsborough, N.C.), Thomas Wright (Raleigh, N.C.) and Glenn Anderson (Elon, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a compression garment for providing compression to a body part, in particular a limb, of a patient, comprising an, in particular tubular, padded sleeve extending around the body part and having an inner layer and an outer layer secured, in particular sewn, together to define at least one encl...