Medical garment for chest devices and procedures

A garment, comprising:

• a body comprising a front portion attached to a back portion;
• a sleeve coupled to the front portion by at least a portion of a partable seam, and the back portion by at least a portion of a non-partable seam;
• a collar at a top portion of the body, the collar defining an opening and having a perimeter;
• wherein a top partable seam extends:
• from the opening along a shoulder region at or near the top portion of the body, wherein the partable seam extends from the shoulder region down along a sleeve adjacent region of the front portion, toward a bottom portion of the body;
• and
• one or more fasteners configured to hold the partable seam and top partable seam in a closed position and configured to release the partable seam and the top partable seam into an open position such that the partable seam and top partable seam at least partially defines a flap, wherein the flap is configured to open from the collar to the shoulder region, where the flap extends from the collar at least along a top portion of the body to the shoulder region, wherein the flap is configured to open away from the top portion of the body and downward toward the bottom portion of the body, wherein no other partable seam defines the flap, wherein the flap is configured such that opening the flap opens the perimeter of the collar at the top portion of the body;
• wherein when the garment is worn by a person the sleeve is configured to extend to about the person's elbow or wrist and at least partially surround the person's arm and the bottom portion of the body is configured to extend to about the person's waist, wherein when the partable seam and the top partable seam is in the open position the flap is configured to expose a portion of the person's torso, wherein other than the flap the medical garment has no more than one other flap for exposing an upper torso or arm of the person.

A method of making a medical garment that resembles a shirt, in that when the medical garment is worn by a person, first and second sleeves of the medical garment are configured to extend to about the person's elbows or wrists, the medical garment is configured to extend down to about the person's waist, and other than one or more flaps configured to open to expose an area of the person's upper torso the medical garment is substantially free of openings that would expose the upper torso, the method comprising:

• providing a body comprising a front portion and a back portion;
• attaching the front portion to the back portion by at least one non-partable seam;
• attaching the first and second sleeves to the body by a partable seam that extends down toward but not substantially beyond a bottom part of the first or second sleeve where the first and second sleeve attaches to the body;
• attaching the front portion to the back portion by a top partable seam that extends from a collar along a top portion of the body, wherein opening the collar at the top partable seam from the collar along the top portion of the body opens a perimeter of the collar at the top portion of the body;
• and attaching a fastener to the body, wherein the fastener is configured to releasably hold at least one of the top partable seam and the partable seam in a closed position.