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US 2002/0152535 A1Published application
Hospital gown
OwnerAnn Gazainventor
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Abstract
A hospital gown having closable openings on left and right sides to provide access for physician examination to selectable portions of a patient's torso from either side, while substantially maintaining a cover over the unexamined portions.
Claims20
A gown for use by a patient in a health care environment, comprising:
- a front panel having a front top edge, a front bottom edge, a front left side and a front right side;
- a back panel having a back top edge, a back bottom edge, a back left side and a back right side, said front and back panels comprising drapable material and being connected at said front and back top edges to form a neck opening of said gown, the bottom of said gown comprising said front and back bottom edges, said front left and back left sides corresponding to a left side of said gown, said front right and back right sides corresponding to a right side of said gown;
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- releasable fastening structure associated with left and right openings disposed respectively on said left and right sides of said gown, said fastening structure being configured and arranged for selectable release whereby to expose desired underlying portions of a patient's body for examination.
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A hospital gown comprising:
- front and back panels between at least substantially open left and right gown sides, a top edge of said panels being connected to form a neck opening;
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- releasable fastening structure associated with both of said left and right gown sides, said fastening structure being configured and arranged to at least substantially close said open sides of said gown and to allow for release whereby to provide physician access through an opening to selectable portions of a patient's body for examination while maintaining a cover substantially over the unexamined portion of the patient's body.
An improved hospital gown, the improvement comprising:
- openings disposed in said gown at left and right side locations corresponding to left and right sides of a patient wearing said gown, said openings being configurable to provide physician access to selectable areas of said patient's torso;
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- fastening structure disposed in association with said openings and operable for release whereby to provide said access through said openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.