Shoulder-joint bandage

Claim 1

A shoulder-joint bandage for relieving pain as a result of shoulder-joint surgery and malfunction, comprising: a sleeve of elastic material receiving one of the upper arms of a patient and having a distal edge remote from the respective shoulder joint of the patient and a cap at a proximal end of said sleeve overlying the shoulder joint whereby said sleeve has a proximal edge at said proximal end spaced from said cap and said cap has lateral edges extending from said proximal edge to an upper portion of said cap; and a first flexible belt and a second flexible belt; said first flexible belt extending generally helically around said sleeve in a first direction from an upper part of said distal edge toward said shoulder joint, and along one of said lateral edges, said first belt extending from said sleeve across the back of the patient, running below the armpit of the other arm of the patient and being secured to said second belt; said second flexible belt extending generally helically around said sleeve in an opposite direction from said first direction from said upper part of said distal edge toward said shoulder joint and crossing said first belt on said sleeve, and along the other of said lateral edges, said second belt extending free from said sleeve across the back of the patient to again cross said first belt, being connected to said first belt at a location remote from said sleeve, and being secured to said first belt.