Post-Surgical Breast Molding Device

a breast and surgical technology, applied in the field of post-surgical medical garment devices, can solve the problems of difficult procedures, present normal problems, and none of them have provided a simple yet effective means of comfortably supporting the breast areas, and achieve the effect of symmetrical breasts and closing off the deformation pock

a breast and surgical technology, applied in the field of post-surgical medical garment devices, can solve the problems of difficult procedures, present normal problems, and none of them have provided a simple yet effective means of comfortably supporting the breast areas, and achieve the effect of symmetrical breasts and closing off the deformation pock

US20170318867A1Inactive Publication Date: 2017-11-09WIESMAN IRVIN
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[0014]Referring to the attached drawings, a breast molding device 10 is illustrated and works as follows. As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3, there is a u-shaped underwire 12 sewn into the device 10 under both breasts. The u-shaped underwire 12 helps set the inframammary fold. There is a left side longitudinal strap 14 and a right side longitudinal strap 16 that are designed to wrap around the user's torso 18 as seen in FIG. 2. There is a left side shoulder straps 20 and a right side shoulder strap 22 going around the user's shoulders. The left side shoulder strap 20 has one end secured to the left longitudinal strap by means of a ring 23 and the other end has a connector 24 that is received in a complementary connector 26 on the top portion of the left longitudinal strap. This is a conventional type of attachment in women's bras. There are also adjustment clips 28 to adjust the length of the shoulder strap, as is conventionally known. There is a similarly situated right side shoulder ...

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Abstract

A post-operative bra for creating uniform breast symmetry after surgery. There are left and right side cups under the respective breasts, a left and right side longitudinal straps that wrap around the user's torso, a fastener connecting the ends of the left and right side longitudinal straps when the bra is worn by the user, air bladders mounted in the left and rights side longitudinal straps, and a pump connected to each air bladder for inflating the air bladder. The device provides pressure to the appropriate areas of the user to assist in supporting and stabilizing the breast in order to retain its proper shape.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is based on and claims priority of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62 / 331,693 filed May 4, 2016.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to a post-surgical medical garment device to help improve the shape of a breast after breast surgery.BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]After cosmetic breast surgery and surgical breast reconstruction, the newly constructed or enhanced breast requires that the breast be supported and stabilized in order to retain its proper shape. It is commonly known that breast implants tend to move after breast augmentation and breast reconstruction. The problem that this invention solves is how to correct or create better breast symmetry after surgery. The inventive device closes or corrects pockets from prior breast augmentation that have poor outcomes or implant displacement. This device also corrects the over dissected or malpositioned breast pockets that can occur ...

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Application Information

Patent Timeline
09 Nov 2017
Publication
US20170318867A1
IPC
A41C3/00
CPC
A41C3/0064; A41C3/0007; A41C3/0028
Inventors
WIESMAN, IRVIN