Postoperative Compression Bra With Offset Fabric Layers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Compression bras for post-operative breast care are insufficiently adjustable, leading to discomfort in areas like the armpits, shoulders, and back, compromising patient comfort.
Innovation Solution
A compression bra designed with at least two layers of fabric, where one layer is offset from the other, creating non-congruent edges to reduce material strain and enhance adaptability to patient movements, and optionally incorporating a third or fourth layer for added comfort and softness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a compression bra is made with uniform fabric layers covering all areas, then complete coverage and support are achieved, but the bra creates excessive strain and discomfort in sensitive areas like armpits, shoulders, and back
Solution Approach 1:
The compression bra is divided into multiple fabric layers (first layer 9 and second layer 10) with different coverage areas. The first layer extends beyond the second layer in sensitive areas like armpits, shoulders, and back, creating zones with different levels of coverage and support. This segmentation allows complete coverage while reducing strain in sensitive regions.
2Strength
If the compression bra uses multiple layers of fabric for support, then compression and support are improved, but the bra becomes less adaptable to patient movements
Solution Approach 1:
Different areas of the compression bra have different fabric layer configurations tailored to local requirements. Sensitive areas like armpits, shoulders, and back have the first layer extending beyond the second layer for reduced strain and increased adaptability. Breast sections have both layers for optimal support. This local differentiation allows the bra to adapt to patient movements while maintaining necessary compression and support.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design allows the bra to better conform to the patient's movements, increasing comfort by reducing material strain and providing a softer edge, especially in the armpit and back areas, with optional seamless edges and stretchable materials for enhanced fit and durability.
Implementation Method 1
the first and second layers of the compression bra can be made of an elastic fabric, such as stretch, especially multiway stretch
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AI summary
The invention relates to a compression bra (1) for postoperative care of patients, comprising a body section (2) with two shoulder straps (3), each forming an armpit opening (4), wherein the shoulder straps (3) are connected to each other via a back section (5) to enclose the torso of a patient and cover her shoulders, wherein two breast sections (6) are attached to the body section (2) to each accommodate one breast of the patient, wherein the compression bra (1) is made of a first layer of fabric (9) and a second layer of fabric (10) arranged thereon, and the first layer of fabric (9) is set back from the boundary of the second layer of fabric (10) at least in the area of the back section (5) and the armpit opening (4).