SURGICAL PREPARATION GARMENTS

Abstract

Surgical preparation garments comprising in combination a fabric top portion consisting of a jacket having sleeves and a fabric bottom portion consisting of a pair of trousers having a right and left trouser leg. The top portion and bottom portion have openings located at predetermined points for convenient access to the human body to carry out surgical procedures.

Description

Be it known that We, Kevin Carter, residing in the City of Rochester Hills, County of Oakland, a United States Citizen, Craig Evans, residing in the City of Frankenmuth, County of Saginaw, and Patricia Ann Whiting, residing in the City of Lapeer, County of Lapeer, all United States Citizens, all residents of the State of Michigan, have invented new and novel SURGICAL PREPARATION GARMENTS the following of which is a specification therefor.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Surgical preparation garments have common use in the United States and usually consist of garments that have to be completely removed or have to be adjusted in order to be used correctly.

Some of such garments can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,759,083, that issued to Belcher on Jul. 26, 1988 which deals with a garment having panels and parts and releasable closures which function together to define an article of clothing as well as a versatile examination tool. This particular garment requires the exposure of large parts of the human body and is not comfortable for most persons.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,930,161 that issued Jun. 5, 1990 to Cohen deals with a pair of trunks having a single opening in the front for examination purposes.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,097,536 that issued to Cohen on Mar. 24, 1992 deals with a medical examination garment that is a jacket that has releasable fasteners along the front of the garment. This garment allows for unnecessary exposure of the human body and is uncomfortable for the wearer.

In U.S. Pat. No. 5,341,515, that issued to Cohen on Aug. 30, 1994, deals with a medical examination garment that has a frontal opening for examining the crotch of a human.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,460,188 that issued Oct. 8, 2002 to Hatton and U.S. Pat. No. 6,799,332 that issued Oct. 5, 2004 to Hatton deals with two piece garments that require a large exposure of the human body for examination purposes.

U.S. Pat. No. 8,549,665 that issued Oct. 8, 2013 to Putfark deals with a medical examination dress for women. Said garment opens from each side of the garment to expose the entire body of the wearer.

None of the prior art garments anticipate or make obvious the garments of the instant invention.

THE INVENTION

Thus, what this specification discloses is surgical preparation garments comprising in combination a fabric top portion consisting of a jacket having sleeves. The jacket may have detachable fabric flaps to cover predetermined openings in the jacket. The openings are top left chest and top right chest; middle left arm and middle right arm; left forearm and right forearm, and, the stomach.

There is a fabric bottom portion consisting of a pair of trousers having a right and left trouser leg. The trousers have openings located at predetermined points, the points being left upper inside thigh, and, right upper inside thigh, left crotch, and right crotch. The fabric bottom portion may have flaps covering the openings.

In addition, the surgical preparation garments flaps are securable by fasteners, wherein the fasteners can be straps, such as buckled straps, Velcro® closures, snaps, or buttons, or the like.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a full front view of a surgical preparation garment of this invention showing all of the openings in the garments for access to the body of a human.

FIG. 2 is a full front view of a surgical preparation garment of this invention showing the openings in the garments that are used for phlebotomy.

FIG. 3 is a full front view of a surgical preparation garment of this invention showing the openings in the garments that are used for dialysis.

FIG. 4 is a full front view of a surgical preparation garment of this invention showing the openings in the garments that are used for an arthrogram procedure.

FIG. 5 is a full front view of a surgical preparation garment of this invention showing all of the openings being covered by flaps.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Three common surgical procedures carried out by physicians, hospitals, and clinics, and the like, are phlebotomy, dialysis and arthrograms.

Phlebotomy is the process of making an incision in a vein with a needle. The procedure itself is known as a venipuncture. Phlebotomists are people trained to draw blood from a patient for clinical or medical testing, transfusions, donations, or research. Phlebotomists collect blood primarily by performing venipunctures, that is, by drawing blood from veins. Normally, such procedure is done on a patient by utilizing veins in an arm or the like, but sometimes, the procedure requires other locations on the body. When this is the case, the patient may be subjected to undressing and this is uncomfortable for a great number of patients. Thus, if a convenient covering was available for covering the human form, but leaving restricted openings in the garment for access to draw blood, then this would be very practical and comfortable solution to the problems.

Dialysis, on the other hand is the process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer perform these functions naturally. This is renal replacement therapy. Dialysis is used as a temporary measure in either acute kidney injury or in those awaiting kidney transplants and as a permanent measure for those for whom a transplant is not indicated or is not possible. Depending on the type of dialysis that is undertaken, the openings in the inventive garment that are used for phlebotomy can be used for dialysis. On the other hand, if the dialysis is peritoneal dialysis, the patient is subjected to excess body exposure as the abdominal cavity is the place where that procedure is carried out. Thus, in addition to the phlebotomy openings in the garment, it is good to have a peritoneal opening.

An arthrogram is a series of images of a joint after injection of a contrast medium, usually done by ultrasound, fluoroscopy or MRI. The injection is normally done under a local anesthetic. The radiologist or radiographer performs the study using fluoroscopy or ultrasound to guide the placement of the needle into the joint and then injects an appropriate amount of contrast. The procedure generally requires the patient to be exposed from the waist to the shoulders and thus it would be convenient and practical to have a garment that has openings as claimed in this specification.

The garments of the instant invention have all of the required openings for these procedures.

There is shown in FIG. 1 a full frontal view of a set of garments that make up this invention, wherein there is shown a top garment 1, and a bottom garment 2. The garments are fabricated from fabric. The top garment 1 consists of a jacket having sleeves 4. It is anticipated within the scope of this invention to have any length of sleeve.

The openings in the top garment 1 are top left chest 5 and right chest 6; middle left arm 7 and right arm 8; left forearm 9 and right forearm 10, and, the stomach 11.

In FIG. 1, there is also shown a bottom garment 2. The bottom garment 2 consists of trousers having a right 12 and a left 13 trouser leg. There is an opening 14 in the right trouser leg 12 and an opening 15 in the left 13 trouser leg. There is also a lower opening 16 in the left trouser leg 13 and a lower opening 17 in the right trouser leg 12. It is contemplated within the scope of this invention to have any length of trouser leg.

Thus, FIG. 1 is an illustration of the garments of this invention showing all of the openings.

FIG. 2 is an illustration of a garment useful for phlebotomy surgical procedures.

FIG. 3 is an illustration of a garment useful for dialysis.

FIG. 4 is an illustration of a garment useful for arthrogram procedures.

FIG. 5 is an illustration of garments of this invention having fabric flaps 18 covering the openings, wherein the openings are shown in phantom.

As stated Supra, it is contemplated within the scope of this invention that the surgical preparation garment flaps 18 are generally fabricated from fabric and are securable by fasteners 19, wherein the fasteners can be straps, such as buckled straps, Velcro® closures, snaps, or buttons, or the like, all of which are standard in the art.

Referring to FIG. 2, the illustration shows those openings useful in phlebotomy, namely, openings 7, 8, 14, and 15.

With regard to FIG. 3, the illustration shows those openings useful in dialysis, namely, openings 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, and 17.

With regard to FIG. 4, the illustration shows those openings useful in an arthrogram procedure, namely, openings 5, 6, 14, and 15.

Claims

1. Surgical preparation garments, said surgical preparation garments comprising in combination:

A. a fabric top portion consisting of a jacket having sleeves and predetermined openings in said jacket, said openings being: i. top left chest and top right chest; ii. middle left arm and middle right arm; iii. left foreman and right forearm, and, iv. the stomach;

B. a fabric bottom portion consisting of a pair of trousers having a right trouser leg and a left trouser leg, said trousers having predetermined openings in said trousers, said openings being: a. left upper inside thigh; b. right upper inside thigh; c. left crotch, and, d. right crotch.

2. The surgical preparation garments as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one opening is covered by a fabric flap having a fastener.

3. The surgical preparation garments as claimed in claim 2 wherein said flaps are securable by fasteners.

4. The surgical preparation garments as claimed in claim 3 wherein said fasteners are straps.

5. The surgical preparation garments as claimed in claim 3 wherein said straps are hook and loop.

6. The surgical preparation garments as claimed in claim 3 wherein said fasteners are buttons.