US Patent Issued to SIGVARIS on Feb. 10 for "Compression wrap with a starting portion formed as a tongue" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,275, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SIGVARIS AG (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Compression wrap with a starting portion formed as a tongue" was invented by Keith Hoffman (Hamilton, Mich.) and Laure Kuipers (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression bandage adapted to be wrapped around a body part in a helicoidal manner. The compression bandage has a length (L) and a width (W) and the length (L) is several times greater than the width (W). The compression bandage includes a starting portion (1) and a central portion (2) adjacent to the starting portion (1). The starting portion (1) and the central portion (2) includ...