DIFFERENTIATED LYMPH DRAINAGE GARMENT

Abstract

In the field of medical devices for the treatment of diseases related to blood circulation, a garment is provided which is capable of improving the lymph drainage of adipose tissues of the legs. The differentiated lymph drainage garment is characterized by at least two areas, a front one and a back one, contiguous to each other, each made with a fabric divided into bands having a decreasing elasticity from the bottom upwards. The elasticity of the bands in the front area is, at the same height, different from, or only partially coincident with the elasticity of the bands of the back area.

Claims

1. A differentiated lymph drainage garment characterized by at least two areas, a front one and a back one contiguous to each other, each made with a fabric divided into bands having a decreasing elasticity from the bottom upwards; the elasticity of the bands in the front area being, at the same height, different from or only partially coincident with the elasticity of the bands of the back area.

2. A differentiated lymph drainage garment according to claim 1, wherein the fabric of the at least one front area comprises at least three bands with different elasticity, each of which is contiguous to one of the bands that make up the fabric forming the back area, having the same elasticity degree.

3. A differentiated lymph drainage garment according to claim 1, wherein the fabric used for making the garment comprises a variable percentage of zeolite and steatite mineral.

4. A method for making a differentiated lymph drainage garment according to claim 1, characterized by the following steps: tailoring the garment comprising a front fabric piece, formed by a plurality of bands with different elasticity, and a back fabric piece, which is also formed by a plurality of bands with different elasticity; the bands of the front fabric piece and the bands of the back fabric piece, with the same elasticity, having at least one contact point; spraying a mixture comprising resin and zeolite on the inside and/or outside of the garment; subsequently spraying a mixture comprising resin and steatite on the inside and/or outside of the same garment; and fixing the compound of resin and color through a wash at a dry cleaner's.

Description

[0018] The differentiated lymph drainage garment according to the present invention is described hereinafter, in a preferred non-limiting embodiment of further developments in the scope of the invention itself, with the aid of the accompanying drawing which illustrates the following figure:

[0019] FIG. 1, a side view of a leg of pants made according to the present invention, wherein the bands with upwards decreasing concentration of the elastomers are highlighted.

[0020] According to the present invention, garment 1 uses a fabric formed by areas whose concentration of elastomers gradually varies.

[0021] More in particular, as shown in the accompanying figure, the garment which for example is pants, comprises a front part 1a and a back part 1b, each comprising a plurality of bands from 2 to 11 whose elasticity, i.e. the degree of compression capable of exerting on the user's body, does not coincide but, in both cases, decreases from the bottom upwards.

[0022] The progressive elasticity is achieved by inserting a greater number of elastomers in the weft. The maximum area of pressure, about 20 mmhg, is made at the front of the ankle, i.e. in the fabric band which has the highest concentration of elastomers and it progressively decreases in the bands close to the crotch of the pants, for example at knee height, the pressure exerted by band 6 is about 10 mmHg, in contrast band 11 in the proximity of the waist will exert a pressure of about 1 mmhg.

[0023] The slow graduated, decreasing and constant pressure only partially coinciding at the front with respect to the back, supports and facilitates the lymphatic circulation, ensuring a stimulus of the same, preventing the lymphatic stasis which leads to the problems already mentioned. The lymph drainage pants 1, through the walking of its user, create a pumping with an effect on the lymphatic vessels which contract and move up the lymph, draining the connective tissue. The beneficial effects of the garment are also amplified by the fact that the fabric comprises zeolite and steatite components.

[0024] According to the present invention, garment 1 is made according to the following steps:

[0025] 1. Tailoring a garment comprising a front fabric piece 1a, formed by a plurality of bands with different elasticity, and a back fabric piece 1b, which is also formed by a plurality of bands with different elasticity; the bands of the front fabric piece 1a and the bands of the back fabric piece 1b, with the same elasticity, having at least one contact point;

[0026] 2. Spraying a mixture consisting of resin and zeolite on the inside and/or outside of the garment;

[0027] 3. Subsequently spraying a mixture consisting of resin and steatite on the inside and/or outside of the same garment;

[0028] 4. Fixing the compound of resin and color through a wash at the dry cleaner's. In order to facilitate the lymphatic and venous circulation using the peculiarities of blood and lymph, which tend to move from the cold areas of the body to those warmer, the spraying of minerals is not uniform but more concentrated in certain areas of the garment.