Sizing wheel for medical undergarments
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorsAmin Setoodeh, Robert Irving
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Abstract
A device (100) for determining an appropriately sized medical undergarment for a wearer includes a housing (101) and a wheel (102). A first body mass index factor alignment indicator (108) can be aligned with a first body mass index factor, such as weight of a wearer, thereby revealing color coded symbols (109) aligned with a plurality of second body mass factor alignment indicators (110). A user selects the appropriate size by determining which color is aligned with a second body mass factor alignment indicator of the wearer. An optional second side (205) of the device (100) can be used to determine an appropriate type of medical undergarment based upon urinary output, wearer mobility, or combinations thereof.
Claims20
A device for determining an appropriately sized medical undergarment, comprising:
- an exterior member having a first side and a second side, each of the first side and the second side defining at least two apertures;
- an inner member coupled to the exterior member so as to be pivotally movable within the exterior member;
- a first wearer measurement alignment indicator disposed on the exterior member adjacent to a first aperture;
- a plurality of second wearer measurement alignment indicators disposed on the exterior member adjacent to a second aperture;
- a plurality of first wearer measurements disposed about the inner member so as to be at least partially visible through the first aperture;
- a plurality of color-coded symbols disposed about the inner member so as to be at least partially visible through the second aperture, with each color representing a different size of medical undergarment;
- wherein when a first wearer measurement is aligned with the first wearer measurement alignment indicator, a corresponding plurality of color-coded sizing symbols become visibly aligned with the plurality of second wearer measurement alignment indicators, thereby indicating the appropriately sized medical undergarment for each of the plurality of second wearer measurement alignment indicators.
A device for determining an appropriate size medical undergarment for
- a wearer, comprising:
- a housing;
- a wheel coupled to the housing;
- one of urinary output information or wearer mobility information disposed along the wheel so as to be visible through a first aperture in the housing;
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- pictorial representations of medical undergarments disposed on the housing about a second aperture in the housing;
- wherein when the wheel is turned such that a selected one of urinary output information or the wearer mobility information appears in the first aperture, a corresponding one or more pointers are revealed in the second aperture to point to at least one pictorial representation of an appropriate medical undergarment.
A method for determining an appropriately sized medical undergarment for a wearer, comprising:
- entering a measurement corresponding to the wearer into a device for determining the appropriately sized medical undergarment;
- determining a size corresponding to the appropriately sized medical undergarment from a plurality of color-coded symbols aligned with a plurality of second measurements corresponding to the wearer;
- entering urinary output information corresponding to the wearer into the device for determining the appropriately sized medical undergarment;
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- determining a type of medical undergarment to be used on the wearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.