Post-operation mastectomy recovery garment
AssigneeThree Strands Recovery Wear Corporation
InventorLeah Brooke Wyrick
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Abstract
Described herein is a wearable garment for recovery of a wearer after the wearer has undergone a surgical procedure, the wearable garment having an outer shell including at least a back panel and two front panels that, when the wearable garment is worn about a wearer, have outer edges that are adjacent to each other, a fastening system configured to secure the outer edges of the front panels together, wherein the fastening system comprises a hook and eye mechanism and a zipper, thereby securing the wearable garment about the wearer, a compression region that provides a compressive force about the wearer; straps that hold the wearable garment about the wearer, and a drain loop strap attached to each of the front panels for holding a drain tube in a coiled configuration against the wearer.
Claims20
A wearable garment for recovery of a wearer after the wearer has undergone a surgical procedure, the wearable garment comprising:
- a back panel and two front panels adjacent to opposite sides of the back panel, wherein the back panel and the two front panels together form a continuously connected fabric, wherein each of the two front panels comprises an outer edge configured to abut the outer edge of the other front panel in use;
- a fastening system configured to secure the outer edges of the two front panels together,
- a compression band comprising an elastic material, configured to provide a compressive force about the wearer;
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- an internal pocket on an internal surface of at least one of the two front panels, wherein the internal pocket has an access point where the front panel transitions to the back panel;
- a drain loop strap attached to at least one of the two front panels configured to hold a drain tube against the wearer.
A wearable garment for recovery of a wearer after the wearer has undergone a surgical procedure, the wearable garment comprising:
- a back panel and two front panels adjacent to opposite sides of the back panel, wherein the back panel and the two front panels together form a continuously connected fabric, wherein each of the two front panels comprises an outer edge configured to abut the outer edge of the other front panel in use;
- a fastening system configured to secure the outer edges of the two front panels together;
- a compression band comprising an elastic material, configured to provide a compressive force about a wearer;
- an internal pocket on an internal surface of at least one of the two front panels, wherein the internal pocket has an access point where the front panel transitions to the back panel;
- a drain loop strap attached to at least one of the two front from panels configured to hold a drain tube against the wearer;
- a drain pocket configured to hold at least one drainage device, the drain pocket being removably attached to one of the front panels of the wearable recovery garment;
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- a strap with an adjustable length configured to be secured about a shoulder of the wearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.