JOBST

United States
Founded 1950

JOBST started with a patient. Conrad Jobst was a mechanical engineer in Toledo, Ohio who had venous insufficiency himself, and who noticed his legs troubled him far less in water. Reasoning that a garment could reproduce that pressure — strongest at the ankle, easing as it goes up the leg — he built one, and by 1950 it had become a product. After his death his wife Caroline Jobst broadened the range and took it worldwide. JOBST is part of Essity today.

The everyday ranges are UltraSheer and Opaque for sheer and matte finishes, Relief for straightforward daily wear, forMEN, and Style, Sport and ActiveWear — in knee high, thigh high, pantyhose and chap.

For lymphedema and chronic edema, the FarrowWrap pieces (leg, thigh, foot, arm and gauntlet) fasten with adjustable straps for patients who cannot manage a pull-on garment, alongside Comprilan and Comprifoam bandaging and the donning aids that go with them.