Surgical chest dressing
AssigneeGolda, Inc.
InventorHaidee M. Johnstone
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Abstract
A surgical chest dressing is constructed of a band of stretchable material having a pair of panels of non-stretchable material attached thereto, the non-stretchable panels biasing the side and breast tissue of a patient inwardly toward a sutured incision in the center of a patient's chest to support and substantially immobilize the patient's side and breast tissue and to minimize stress on the sutured incision.
Claims24
A surgical chest dressing comprising:
- a chest encircling flexible band formed primarily from a stretchable material and having free ends overlapping each other at engaging surfaces generally centrally of the chest of a person about which the dressing has been wrapped;
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- said band including first and second non-stretchable support panel means for biasing body tissue of said person therebeneath in a desired direction relative to the person's chest, wherein said first and second non-stretchable support panel means are separated by a first section of stretchable material and spaced apart from each of said free ends by second sections of stretchable material.
A chest encircling surgical dressing comprising band means of stretchable material having free ends, and a pair of panels of non-stretchable material attached to said band means for biasing the breast tissue of a person wearing said dressing inwardly of said person's chest, wherein said pair of non-stretchable panels is separated from each of said free ends by at least one section of stretchable material.
A surgical chest dressing comprising elongate band means of stretchable material having a first end and a second end, and first and second interengagable fastening means respectively on said first and second ends of said band means, said band means including spaced apart edges extending between said first and second ends, said edges providing for said band means to have a first width in a central portion of said band means between said ends and a second width between said first and second ends of said band means respectively between said central portion and said first end and between said central portion and said second end, said second width being greater than said first width, said central portion of said band means including an elastic panel, a first non-stretchable panel supported on a first portion of said band means between and spaced apart from said elastic panel and said first fastening means, and a second non-stretchable panel supported on a second portion of said panel means between and spaced apart from said elastic panel and said second fastening means.
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