A sleeve for wear on a body limb includes a sleeve body and a strap body. The strap body includes straps with fasteners at or near the ends of the straps for attachment to the sleeve body. An arm sleeve includes a thumb opening connected to a tension strap that extends along the length of the sleeve. The arm sleeve is configured to apply a twisting force when the opening is placed on the thumb. An arm and shoulder sleeve includes a lower sleeve, and upper arm cover and straps extending from an elbow band to extend from the upper arm cover for attachment to another garment.

A wearable textile article has a tubular element having an external side and an internal side, a first and a second reinforcement bands placed along a direction extending from a lower opening to an upper opening of the tubular element. A first and a second fabric portions made of fabric obtained from weaving weft threads and warp threads of polymeric material are fused together along a first and a second fusing areas. The first reinforcement band at least partially overlaps the first fusing area and the second reinforcement band at least partially overlaps the second fusing area. A method for manufacturing the wearable textile article includes fusing together the first and second fabric portions along the first and second fusing areas to obtain the tubular element, and joining the first and second reinforcement bands in a partially overlapping way with respect to the first and second fusing areas on the external or internal side.

A compression garment for correcting a lower body shape and a walking gait for an angular deformity of the legs, according to the present embodiment, comprises: a bottom garment main body; and a correction band disposed on the bottom garment main body, wherein the correction band includes a first correction band disposed in a first area of the bottom garment main body and a second correction band disposed in a second area of the bottom garment main body, the first correction band composed of a first part disposed above the first area, a second part disposed below the first area, and a third part connecting the first part of the first correction band and the second part of the first correction band, and the second correction band composed of a first part disposed above the second area, a second part disposed below the second area, and a third part connecting the first part of the second correction band and the second part of the second correction band. The first correction band comprises a connecting member disposed on the first part of the first correction band and including a hole, and the first part of the second correction band may be inserted into the hole of the connecting member of the first correction band and coupled by means of a belt fastening method.

The present invention relates generally to therapeutic articles comprised of carbonaceous blend textile materials comprising yarns having about 25 to 100 weight % carbonaceous fiber and about 0 to 75 weight % fiber made of polyester, nylon, rayon, lyocell, cellulose, wool, silk, linen, bamboo, m-aramid, p-aramid, modacrylic, novoloid, melamine, regenerated cellulose, polyvinyl chloride, antistatic fiber, poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO), polybenzimidazole (PBI), polysulphonamide (PSA), and combinations thereof, or other fibers not listed that are capable of being made into yarn and textile fabrics that are knit, woven, or nonwoven, and wherein the fabric has a weight from about 3 oz/yd.sup.2 to about 20 oz/yd.sup.2. Also encompassed within this invention is a method for using therapeutic textile articles having carbonaceous blend textile materials of the present disclosure for treatment of humans and animals with developmental neurological disorders, central nervous system disorders, autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular disease, sleep disorders, anxiety disorders, pain management, and diabetes.

A garment includes a fabric base layer and at least one side-emitting optical fiber retained to or integrated with the fabric base layer. The fabric base layer can stretch in the grain and cross grain direction of the fabric base layer. The at least one side-emitting optical fiber is located in at least one light-emitting zone to be located over a targeted body area of the person wearing the garment, and is configured to receive light from a light source and in the at least one light-emitting zone is configured to project light having a therapeutic wavelength toward the targeted body area.

A garment is provided for selective attachment of support straps. The straps may be integrated into the garment or may separate therefrom. The straps may be used for support of the wearer. The straps may be used to customize and/or fit the garment to the wearer.

A clothing garment with built-in a compression garment. The clothing garment features a compression unit connected to the interior of a clothing article. The compression unit features a fabric material for connecting the compression unit and clothing article and a compression garment for providing compression support. The compression garment has a compression level ranging from 8 mmHg to 50 mmHg.

An apparatus for reducing facial exposure to airborne germs a UV-C light generator housed within a support housing and a UV-C output array mounted on headgear in an orientation to bathe a face of a person wearing the headgear with UV-C light. A fibre optic cable connects the UV-C generator with the UV-C output array, such that UV-C light generated by the UV-C light generator passes through the fibre optic cable to the UV-C output array.

A robe may include an upper portion, a lower portion, one or more sleeves, or a collar portion. The collar portion may include a hollow interior bound by an interior surface of the collar portion; a first end stitching; and a second end stitching. The robe may further include an opening connecting the hollow exterior to an exterior of the collar portion. The hollow interior may be sized to accept a weighted component. The weighted component may include a plurality of pockets disposed between a first end and a second end of the weighted component.

One embodiment relates to an orthopedic precast comprises a knitted shell portion and a knitted flexible portion. Heat or other hardening agent is used to harden the shell portion, while retaining flexibility in the flexible portion. Contemplated hardening agents include light, heat, and chemical polymerizing agents. In some embodiments the shell portion includes thermoplastic threads or yarns, which is then hardened by heating the thermoplastic sufficiently to at least partially melt, and thereby fuse together some of the threads or yarns, and then cooling to ambient temperature for enhanced rigidity. In other embodiments, the precast is contained in a bag or other airtight container, along with a self-heating composition that is triggered to release heat upon contact with oxygen. In still other embodiments, the precast includes a prepolymer of other polymerizable composition, which is polymerized by effective application of light, heat, and/or chemical agent(s) or deployed as a wearable.