US 6,477,710 B1Granted

Garment for concealing patient medical appliances

OwnerFeyisayo Ojoyeyiinventor

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Abstract

A garment for concealing a medical appliance such as a central line that is connected to a patient has a hidden pocket for storing the appliance on an inside surface of the front of the garment. The pocket has connected side and bottom edges which secure the pocket to the garment. The pocket also has a free upper edge that is positioned in spaced relationship below an opening in the front of the garment. The medical appliance can be concealed within the pocket while connected to the patient and later, when it is to be deployed, can be withdrawn from the pocket, raised above the upper edge of the pocket and withdrawn through the opening which is unobstructed above the pocket. The garment can have a second concealed opening at a lower level on one side of the garment for enabling multiple medical appliances to be connected to the patient for simultaneous use and withdrawn through openings in the garment at two different elevations. The opening can be concealed by a zipper or a cover flap.

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Dependent claims

A garment for concealing a medical appliance connected to a patient while allowing the appliance to be reached from the outside and withdrawn without removal of the garment, said garment comprising,

a flexible garment body formed from cloth or plastic having a back, arm openings, neck opening and a front portion,
the garment body includes a hidden pocket on an inside surface of the garment for storing at least one medical appliance,
the garment has an access opening extending therethrough,
the access opening is constructed and arranged relative to the pocket so that a person can reach in through the opening from outside of the garment, grasp a medical appliance that is stored within the pocket and withdraw an end portion of the medical appliance through the opening to the outside while the other end thereof remains connected to the patient,
means for closing the opening when the opening is not in use and
the opening is positioned relative to the pocket for enabling a.) a person to reach into the inner hidden pocket through the opening and b.) reach through the opening into a space between the garment and the patient's body in treating the patient.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.