Graduated compression device having separate body and bands

Abstract

A compression garment, having: (a) a body portion dimensioned to be wrapped around a body limb, the body portion having a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of opposite side edges; and (b) a plurality of bands, wherein the bands are each attachable onto the body portion at a plurality of different locations, and wherein the bands wrap around part of the body portion when the body portion is wrapped around the body limb to apply compression force to the body limb.

1 . A method of fitting a compression garment to a body portion, comprising:
 assembling a compression garment around a patient's limb, wherein the compression garment comprises a body portion and a plurality of bands, by;
 (i) selecting an orientable position on the body portion where each of the plurality of bands are to be attached in reference to the limb; 
 (ii) attaching each of the plurality of bands to the body portion; 
 (iii) wrapping the body portion around the limb; and 
 (iv) wrapping each of the plurality of bands around the limb and the body portion to apply compression to the body limb. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising: (v) cutting the body portion to a preferred shape prior to attaching the bands to the body portion. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein cutting the body portion to a preferred shape comprises: (i) measuring the circumference of a body limb at multiple locations, and (ii) tapering the body portion such that top and bottom edges of the body portion correspond to the circumference of the body limb at each of the locations. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein attaching each of the plurality of bands to the body portion comprises attaching the plurality of bands to the body portion by hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein wrapping the bands around the body portion comprises:
 (i) pulling together the opposite side edges of the body portion, and   (ii) wrapping the bands across the opposite side edges of the flat body portion.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein wrapping the bands across opposing edges of the body portion comprises juxtaposing bands extending from the opposing edges. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a shape of the body portion is changed during fitting and a size of the bands are not changed during fitting. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a shape of the body portion and the bands are each changed during fitting. 
     
     
         9 . A compression garment, comprising:
 a cylindrical body portion dimensioned to be wrapped around part of a patient's body, the body portion having a top edge and a bottom edge; and   a plurality of bands, wherein the bands are each attachable onto the body portion at a plurality of different locations, and   wherein the bands wrap around part of the body portion when the body portion is wrapped around the part of the patient's body to apply compression force to the patient's body.   
     
     
         10 . A method of fitting a cylindrical compression garment to a body portion, comprising:
 assembling a cylindrical compression garment around part of a patient's body, wherein the cylindrical compression garment comprises a cylindrical body portion and a plurality of bands, by;
 (i) selecting a position on the body portion at which each of the plurality of bands are to be attached in reference to the part of the patient's body; 
 (ii) attaching each of the plurality of bands to the body portion; 
 (iii) wrapping the body portion around the part of the patient's body; and 
 (iv) wrapping each of the plurality of bands around part of the body portion to apply compression to the body limb.