Garment for holding lvad peripherals
OwnerJohn Strattoninventor
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Abstract
A garment having accommodation for the driveline and support peripherals of a LVAD is shown and described. The garment is preferably formed in two sections including an upper body sheath and a lower body tube. These sections may overlap. The garment includes a slot for passing a driveline of the LVAD, and pockets for containing each of the support peripherals such as controller and batteries. The pockets hold the support peripherals close to the body with even distribution of weight of the support peripherals with respect to right and left sides of the body, compared with prior art practice of containing the peripherals in a bag slung over the shoulder.
Claims12
A garment adapted to hold peripheral support devices for supporting a surgically implanted left ventricular assist device (LVAD) on a patient's body, the garment comprising:
- an upper body sheath including a neck opening, a right arm opening, and a left arm opening;
- a lower body tube for encircling a torso of the patient's body, the lower body tube including a front panel and a rear panel joined to the front panel, at least a first pocket on the front panel on an interior surface of the front panel, the first pocket opening towards the neck opening so that devices placed therein are held by gravity when the body is upright, the first pocket closed at a bottom thereof and having a right side wall and a left side wall so that the devices are prevented from loss at the right and left sides of the body;
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- a slot in one of the upper body sheath and the lower body tube at a right side of the garment, for passing an exposed portion of a driveline of an LVAD from the body to the first pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.