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US 5,152,741 AGranted
Surgical chest dressing
AssigneeGolda, Inc.
InventorFrank G. Farnio
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Abstract
A surgical dressing is constructed of a chest encircling flexible band formed primarily of a stretchable material with free overlapping ends that engage each other between the breasts of a person about which the dressing has been wrapped. The band includes differential support structure to provide more support for the sides of the user as compared with the remainder of the person about which the band has been wrapped.
Claims25
A surgical chest dressing comprising:
- a chest encircling flexible band formed primarily from a stretchable material, said band having free ends overlapping each other at engaging surfaces between the breasts of a person about which the dressing has been wrapped;
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- said band including differential support means for providing more support for the sides and sides of said breasts of said person as compared with the support provided for the front of said breasts and back of said person.
A surgical chest dressing, comprising:
- a chest encircling flexible band formed primarily from a stretchable material, said band having a back portion adapted to lie against the back of a person using said dressing;
- said back portion having longitudinally spaced ends, with each of said ends connected to a corresponding one of a pair of side panels adapted to engage and exert supporting pressure against the sides and sides of the breasts of the person using the dressing;
- said side panels including front ends spaced over the width of said band and from said back portion and connected to a corresponding one of a pair of front flaps adapted to support the breasts of the person using the dressing, said flaps including free ends overlapping each other at engaging surfaces when said dressing is wrapped around said person;
- fastening means for releasably securing said free ends together;
- first and second shoulder straps fixedly secured to said back portion;
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- means on each of said front flaps and the corresponding side panel for releasably securing said straps thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.