US 2017/0360619 A1 · MEDICAL COMPRESSION GARMENT AND DONNING METHOD

Abstract

A medical compression garment is provided including a midline opening cut in a medial segment of the elastic garment, dividing its front fabric portion into first and second sections. Fasteners, such as hook-and-loop fasteners, are attached to the first and second sections which connect together to close the opening. Pulls may be included. To don the garment, a wearer places their legs into the garment and pulls the garment along the legs until its top is aligned with the groin. The wearer then inverts and pulls the first and second sections of the garment together and fastens them to close the opening. Afterwards, the wearer pulls up the garment until it reaches the waist. When the wearer subsequently wants to take off the garment, the wearer unfastens the first and second sections and pull the garment down from the waist. The garment thus facilitates the donning and removal process.

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Dependent claims

A medical compression garment comprising:

an elastic compressive fabric adapted to be worn around a body portion of a wearer, the elastic compressive fabric including a front fabric portion and a rear fabric portion, the front fabric portion including a first section and a second section separated by an opening extending at least partially through a medial segment of the front fabric portion;
and
a first fastening attached to an inner surface of the first section and a second fastening attached to an outer surface of the second section, whereby the first section and second section of the front fabric portion are fastened together to close the opening by connection of the first fastening to the second fastening.

A medical compression garment comprising:

an elastic compressive fabric adapted to be worn around a body portion of a wearer, the elastic compressive fabric including a front fabric portion and a rear fabric portion separated by a side opening extending partially through the elastic compressive fabric, and the front fabric portion including a first section and a second section separated by a midline opening extending at least partially through a medial segment of the front fabric portion;
a plurality of side fasteners attached to one of the front fabric portion and the rear fabric portion and a plurality of complementary side fasteners attached to the other of the front fabric portion and the rear fabric portion, whereby the front fabric portion and rear fabric portion are fastened together to narrow the side opening by connection of the plurality of side fasteners to the plurality of complementary side fasteners;
a strip of fabric attached to the second section of the front fabric portion extending over at least a portion of the midline opening;
and
a first fastening attached to an inner surface of the first section of the front fabric portion, a second fastening attached to an outer surface of the second section of the front fabric portion, a third fastening attached to the inner surface of the first section adjacent to the first fastening, and a fourth fastening attached to an outer surface of the strip of fabric, whereby the first section and second section of the front fabric portion are fastened together to close the midline opening by connection of at least one of the first and third fastening with at least one of the second and fourth fastening.

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A method of donning a medical compression garment around a body portion of a wearer, the method comprising:

inserting limbs of the wearer into an elastic compressive fabric, the elastic compressive fabric including a front fabric portion and a rear fabric portion, the front fabric portion including a first section and a second section separated by an opening extending at least partially through a medial segment of the front fabric portion;
pulling the elastic compressive fabric along the limbs until a top of the elastic compressive fabric aligns with the groin of the wearer;
fastening the first section with the second section to close the opening in the front fabric portion by connecting a first fastening attached to an inner surface of the first section with a second fastening attached to an outer surface of the second section;
and
pulling the elastic compressive fabric above the groin after the first section and second section are fastened together until the top of the elastic compressive fabric reaches the waist of the wearer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Medical compression garment and donning method

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Medical compression garment and donning method

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