# US 2019/0314232 A1 · Surgical recovery pillow > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0314232 A1 - Document ID: US20190314232A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/950,541 - Filed: 2018-04-11 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-11 - Assignees: Sleepeze, LLC - Applicants: Sleepeze, LLC - Inventors: Stacey Jerome-Miller; Ronald Anthony DeMarco - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190314232A1 ## CPC - A61G 7/072: {for the head only} - A47G 9/10: Pillows (pillow holders A47C21/00, {A47C21/026}; specially adapted for preventing snoring A61F5/56) - A47G 9/1054: {for lying face downwards} - A47G 2009/1018: {Foam pillows} - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) ## Abstract A surgical recovery pillow can include one of more cutouts formed in the pillow body, at a top surface of the pillow body, that reduce or avoid pressure around the ear, eye, cheek, and upper neck regions of a user's face at the side of the user's face, when the user lays with their head properly positioned over a cutout. Each cutout is non-circular, and includes a support portion that extends from the pillow body into the cutout to support the user's head at the temple region of the user's head. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A facial surgery recovery pillow, comprising: a pillow body having an outside edge around a perimeter of the pillow body; and a pair of cutouts formed at a top surface of the pillow body and extending from the top surface towards a bottom surface of the pillow body, the cutouts being positioned symmetrically on the top surface with respect to each other, each of the cutouts defining a proximate side and a bottom side, the proximate side and bottom side meeting at a vertex with the bottom side extending away from the proximate side towards an outside edge of the pillow body at an angle from a bottom edge of the pillow body, each of the cutouts further defining a top lobe and a side lobe with a support portion of the pillow body extending in between the top lobe and the side lobe. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The facial surgery recovery pillow of claim 1, wherein the pair of cutouts are separated between their respective proximate sides by a distance of at least two inches. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The facial surgery recovery pillow of claim 1, wherein the pillow body is formed of a resilient foam. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The facial surgery recovery pillow of claim 1, wherein a distance from the respective vertex of each cutout to a lower outside side edge of the pillow body is less than a distance from the respective top lobe of each cutout to an upper outside edge of the pillow body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The facial surgery recovery pillow of claim 4, wherein the distance from the respective vertex of each cutout to the lower outside edge of the pillow body is not more than two inches, and the distance from the respective top lobe of each cutout to the upper outside edge of the pillow body is more than two inches. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The facial surgery recovery pillow of claim 1, wherein each of the cutouts are substantially heart-shaped which are symmetric about a line between a peak of the support portion and the vertex, and wherein the line between the peak of the support portion and the vertex is at an angle of between 40 and 50 degrees with respect to an axis about which the cutouts are symmetric. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The facial surgery recovery pillow of claim 1, wherein the top and bottom surfaces of the pillow body are rectangular. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The facial surgery recover pillow of claim 1, further comprising a ventilation channel formed in the pillow body between at least one of the cutouts and an outer edge of the pillow body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The facial surgery recovery pillow of claim 1, wherein the cutouts pass completely through the pillow body, from the top surface of the pillow body to the bottom surface of the pillow body. ### Claim 10 A surgical recovery pillow for facilitating healing of a user after facial and neck surgical procedures by avoiding pressure on portions of the user's face, the surgical recovery pillow comprising: a pillow body having an outside edge around a perimeter of the pillow body; at least one cutout that is: formed at a top surface of the pillow body and extending from the top surface towards a bottom surface of the pillow body; the at least one cutout defining a proximate side and a bottom side, the proximate side and bottom side meeting at a vertex with the bottom side extending away from the proximate side towards an outside edge of the pillow body at an angle from a bottom edge of the pillow body; and the at least one cutout further defining a top lobe and a side lobe with a support portion of the pillow body extending in between the top lobe and the side lobe, the top lobe having a position corresponding to an ear of the user, the side lobe having a position corresponding to an eye of the user, and the support portion having a position corresponding to a temple of the user, between the ear and eye of the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The surgical recovery pillow of claim 10, wherein the pillow body is formed of a resilient foam. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The surgical recovery pillow of claim 10, wherein a distance from the vertex of the at least one cutout to a lower outside side edge of the pillow body is less than a distance from the top lobe of the at least one cutout to an upper outside edge of the pillow body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The surgical recovery pillow of claim 12, wherein the distance from the vertex of the at least one cutout to the lower outside edge of the pillow body is not more than two inches, and the distance from the top lobe of the at least one cutout to the upper outside edge of the pillow body is more than two inches. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The surgical recovery pillow of claim 10, wherein the at least one cutout is substantially heart-shaped and is symmetric about a line between a peak of the support portion and the vertex, and wherein the line between the peak of the support portion and the vertex is at an angle of between 40 and 50 degrees with respect to an axis from a top edge to a bottom edge of the pillow body along a line in a direction in which a person normally lies with respect to the surgical recovery pillow. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The surgical recovery pillow of claim 10, wherein the top and bottom surfaces of the pillow body are rectangular. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The surgical recover pillow of claim 10, further comprising a ventilation channel formed in the pillow body between the at least one cutout and an outer edge of the pillow body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The surgical recovery pillow of claim 10, wherein the at least one cutout passes completely through the pillow body, from the top surface of the pillow body to the bottom surface of the pillow body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The surgical recovery pillow of claim 10, wherein the at least one cutout comprises two cutouts that are positioned symmetrically on the top surface with respect to each other, wherein the two cutouts are separated between their respective proximate sides by a distance of at least two inches. ### Claim 19 A surgical recovery pillow, comprising: a pillow body formed of a resilient foam material having a top surface and a perimeter including side edges; and a pair of cutouts formed in the top surface of the pillow body which are positioned symmetrically at the top surface of the pillow body, each cutout having a main portion, a top lobe, and a side lobe, the top lobe configured to correspond with a user's ear, the side lobe configured to correspond with an eye of the user, and the main portion configured to correspond with a cheek and upper neck of the user; wherein each of the cutouts is defined in part by a respective proximate side and a respective bottom side, the proximate side of each cutout being substantially in line with a direction in which the user lays with respect to the surgical recovery pillow, and the bottom side meeting the proximate side at a vertex at a portion of the cutout closest to a bottom side edge of the pillow body, the bottom side extending away from the vertex at an angle from the bottom side edge; and each of the cutouts being further defined by a support portion of the pillow body that extends into each respective cutout between the top lobe and side lobe of each respective cutout, and which is positioned to correspond with a temple of the user. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The surgical recovery pillow of claim 19, further comprising at least one ventilation channel between at least one of the pair of cutouts to a side of the pillow body.