Compression bra for postoperative care
AssigneeAmoena Medizin-Orthopadie-Technik GmbH & Co.
InventorDirk MÜLLER
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Abstract
A compression bra for the postoperative care of patients, wherein the bra comprises a body portion having two shoulder straps to surround the torso of a patient and to engage over her shoulders, wherein the body portion is produced at least sectionally from an elastically stretchable textile and wherein one or more compression zones are integrally worked into the elastically stretchable textile and have a modulus of elasticity with respect to a deformation in their direction of extent that is increased in comparison with the surrounding fabric.
Claims20
A compression bra for postoperative care of patients, wherein the bra comprises a body portion having two shoulder straps to surround the torso of a patient and to engage over her shoulders, the body portion is at least sectionally produced from an elastically stretchable textile, and
- one or more compression zones are integrally worked into the elastically stretchable textile and have a modulus of elastically increased with respect to a deformation in its direction of extent in comparison with the surrounding fabric.
A bra in accordance with claim 2, wherein the compression zones are formed by a thread pattern modified with respect to the surrounding regions of the body portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.