Abstract: A compression hosiery garment includes a knit fabric including a first yarn and a second yarn knit in an alternating knit construction and having at least one course of the second yarn for each course of the first yarn. The first yarn includes a covered yarn with an elastic core, such as a soft modulus elastic core, and the second yarn includes an inelastic yarn. The alternating knit construction includes an inverse course shift, where the first yarn is knit with a first course height that is greater than a second course height of the second yarn.

Abstract: A self-adhesive band or complex has a textile support structure with a coating for securing to the skin of a wearer. The textile support structure includes an extensible, aerated, finely knitted or woven support structure having, at least on its inner face, a thin coating having immediate and high adhesive properties. The coating has a degree of softness to conform to microreliefs of the wearer's skin, and an elastic modulus at least as low as that of the substrate against which it is in contact to match the microreliefs thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compression textile, e.g. a compression bandage or garment, which comprises at least one chitosan-containing fiber. The compression textile is suitable for medical applications, but also for non-medical applications in the field of wellness and sport.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compression textile, e.g. a compression bandage or garment, which comprises at least one chitosan-containing fibre. The compression textile is suitable for medical applications, but also for non-medical applications in the field of wellness and sport.

Abstract: A self-adhesive band or complex has a textile support structure with a coating for securing to the skin of a wearer. The textile support structure comprises an extensible, aerated, finely knitted or woven support structure having, at least on its inner face, a thin coating having immediate and high adhesive properties. The coating has a degree of softness to conform to microreliefs of the wearer's skin, and an elastic modulus at least as low as that of the substrate against which it is in contact to match the microreliefs thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assigning states to stitches of a fabric, wherein the state can vary between a first and a second state, that comprising the steps of allocating a part of the fabric, randomly assigning a state to each stitch of the allocated part of the fabric, evaluating the ratio between the number of stitches in the first state and the number of stitches in the second state, checking if the ratio lies within a predefined range of values, and restarting at step b) if the ratio lies outside the predefined range. The method may be used for manufacturing a medical compression garment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assigning states to stitches of a fabric, wherein the state can vary between a first and a second state, that comprising the steps of allocating a part of the fabric, randomly assigning a state to each stitch of the allocated part of the fabric, evaluating the ratio between the number of stitches in the first state and the number of stitches in the second state, checking if the ratio lies within a predefined range of values, and restarting at step b) if the ratio lies outside the predefined range. The method may be used for manufacturing a medical compression garment.

Abstract: A filter provided with a degassing vent including an absorbing material in the form of an elongated column (28) which is surrounded by a gas- and liquid tight material (30) on the larger part thereof disposed between longitudinal ends thereof, wherein the filter has an input (38) and an output which are separated by the effective length of the column (28). The input (38) is entirely separated from an external medium by a film which is made of a liquid-tight and gas-permeable hydrophobic material and whose face opposite to the input (38) is directly accessible for the body fluids. The liquid-tight and gas-permeable hydrophobic material (32) contains a laminated non-woven matter and a polypropylene membrane. The filter is suitable for pockets collecting body fluids.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel strain Saccharothrix actinomycete SA 103 deposited at CNCM on 16 Feb. 2004, number 1-3160 or a mutant strain thereof; a method and a medium for selection of said strain; and a method for the production of a broth, active concentrate and active compounds from a culture of said strain SA 103. The invention also relates to active compounds which can be obtained by the production method, i.e. novel mutatimycins and aldgamycins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said active compounds and the use thereof in medicine and phytopharmaceuticals.