An orthotic compression brace includes a tubular sleeve namely knit from elastic yarns, covering at least the arm and the hand, up to the insertion of phalanges on the metacarpal bones of the hand, and a protrusion aimed to, at least partially, cover the thumb over its entire circumference. The tubular sleeve and the thumb are knit into one piece and the thumb is knit at least in part as from the thermobonding at a T1 temperature the sleeve eventually containing thermobonding yarns at a T2 temperature strictly greater than T1.

A sleeve for placing on a human penis, the sleeve having a flexible sleeve wall having a proximal end and a distal end, the sleeve wall being configured and sized to extend from the just below the corona of the glans of the penis and along the body of the penis towards the base of the penis. The distal end includes a flange that extends radially outwards from an outer surface of the sleeve wall, the flange having an exterior side surface with a curved shape configured to match the shape of the corona of the glans of the penis.

This disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for preventing the onset and progression of POI. In one example, a fan-like polyurethane heat-sealed bilayer that surrounds a plurality of wedge-shaped foam strips that join at a collecting foam portion, is subjected to negative pressure provided through silicone tubing which is sealed to the perforated collecting foam portion. Such negative pressure applied for approximately 48 to 72 hours after closure of the abdomen, helps prevent POI which in turn enhances patient recovery, and reduces the length of their hospital stay.

A wound care device having a covering device fixable to the skin surrounding a wound and used for producing a closed wound space containing the wound. At least sections of the covering device are water vapor-permeable. The covering device preferably comprises a tubular film and a suction port across which a negative pressure can be generated in the wound space. The tubular film preferably has an opening with an opening length of at least 80 cm and more preferably of at least 130 cm.

In a wound care device having a covering device, the covering device being fixable to the skin surrounding a wound and serving to create a wound space, the covering device having a film tube that is at least in part water-vapor-permeable, and the wound care device having a suction connection by way of which a vacuum in the wound space can be created, an improvement is proposed in which the film tube makes a transition to a retainer flap via a transitional area, at least partly surrounding a sagittal axis extending transversely, in particular approximately perpendicularly, to a frontal plane that is defined by the tube axis and by a radial axis that penetrates the tube axis and extends vertically thereto.

A phimosiectomy shield can be firmly fixed to a human body to be able to stably protect an operated part after phimosiectomy, reduces pain in the operated part by stably preventing pressure and friction on the operated part, and helps an operated part to quickly recover by stably preventing bacterial infection due to contact. The phimosiectomy shield includes a protective part surrounding a penis to protect an operated part due to phimosiectomy and an attachment part extending from the protective part to be attached to a human body, in which a hole for inserting a penis is formed at the center of a lower portion of the attachment part.

An apparatus is provided for supplying fluid to tissue of a patient. The apparatus includes an inflatable receptacle positionable at a tissue area. The receptacle comprises one or more walls and is adapted to receive a fluid. The one or more walls comprise at least one section adapted to allow molecules within the fluid to diffuse from the receptacle to the tissue area. The apparatus further includes a cover positionable over the receptacle to form a compartment substantially bounded by the cover, the receptacle and the tissue area.

This disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for preventing the onset and progression of POI. In one example, a fan-like polyurethane heat-sealed bilayer that surrounds a plurality of wedge-shaped foam strips that join at a collecting foam portion, is subjected to negative pressure provided through silicone tubing which is sealed to the perforated collecting foam portion. Such negative pressure applied for approximately 48 to 72 hours after closure of the abdomen, helps prevent POI which in turn enhances patient recovery, and reduces the length of their hospital stay.

Tubular bandage, in particular a finger or toe bandage which is formed as a tube comprising an outer layer which is connected to an inner layer, and wherein the outer layer has a diameter and an elasticity such that the bandage can be clamped adhesive-free around the body part to be treated, in the particular, said finger or said toe, and wherein the inner layer is made of an elastic wound-protective material, wherein said outer layer is made of an air-permeable and water-repellent material, and wherein, at the open endings, said outer layer extends in the longitudinal direction over the inner layer over a distance of more than 0.5 mm, such that the outer layer touches the body part to be treated, in particular a finger or toe, with its endings when applied.

This disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for preventing the onset and progression of post-operative ileus and for preventing and/or alleviating post-operative edema. In one example, a fan-like polyurethane heat-sealed bilayer that surrounds a plurality of wedge-shaped foam strips that join at a collecting foam portion, is subjected to a negative pressure provided through silicone tubing which is sealed to the perforated collecting foam portion. Such negative pressure applied for approximately 48-72 hours after closure of the abdomen, helps prevent and/or alleviate post-operative edema and ileus, which in turn enhances patient recovery, and reduces the length of their hospital stay.