An article of clothing is provided having a plurality of accesses for accessing, when the clothing is worn by a wearer, the area below the clothing without removing the clothing. In one example, the article of clothing is an upper-body garment with two arm accesses, an anterior torso access, and two side torso accesses. In another example, the article of clothing is a lower-body garment with two leg accesses, two knee accesses, and two hip accesses. In one example, each access is opened or closed by an incremental fastening device such as a one-way or two-way zipper.

A gown is formed with a front, a back, a left side, a right side, a left lateral arm opening, and a right lateral arm opening. A plurality of flaps are each formed in an inverted U-shaped configuration with a lower horizontal section coupled to the gown. The gown has a openings positioned beneath the flaps. Fixed hook and loop fasteners around each of the openings and separable hook and loop fasteners on each flap are adapted to couple and uncouple. The flaps are adapted to be lowered to provide for use by a care giver when administering to a patient.

A garment is provided having a closed front portion made of a pair of overlapping fabric panels that are joined along a seam. The garment also includes a lower front access portion where the pair of fabric panels overlap but are not joined and may therefore be parted, providing access to a portion of the wearer's body. A third fabric panel is joined to the overlapping pair fabric panels and is disposed in a chest area of the garment. A rear portion of the garment is openable to provide access to the wearer's spine.

A support garment for breast cancer patients who have undergone or are going through radiation therapy after lumpectomy, mastectomy, or breast reconstruction is provided. A garment for a wearer having breasts and an under bust located directly under the breasts can include a head opening, first and second arm openings, a band configured to fit at the under bust of the wearer, and a cup extending from the band. The cup may include an outer layer, an inner layer that is interior to the outer layer, and an attachment component configured to removably couple an insert to the inner layer. The garment may also include the insert removably coupled to the inner layer. When the garment is worn, at least a portion of the insert is exposed to skin of the wearer, and the insert provides topical therapy and cooling to the skin.

A conformable garment may fit snugly against, and may exert pressure against, skin in a region of a user's body. The garment may house multiple sensors that touch the user's skin. Each sensor may exposed to the user's skin through a hole in an inner surface of the garment. The garment may include elongated channels. Flexible, stretchable wiring may pass through a hollow central region of each channel. This wiring may provide electrical power to the sensors, and may enable wired communication between the sensors and a main hub. Each sensor may include an integrated chip and may be encapsulated in a waterproof material. Each sensor may output electrical signals that encode digital data and that are transmitted, via the wiring, to a main hub housed in the garment. The encapsulated sensors and the wiring may remain in the garment when the garment is washed.

A lift vest of this disclosure includes a base garment shaped to cover at least a substantial portion of an upper torso of a patient, a waist belt connected to the base garment, and a pair of crotch belts removably connected to the waist belt. The base garment may include a chest a waist belt interconnected by cross-webbing. Pulling on one or both of the belts in any direction causes the webbing to tighten about the wearer's torso. The lift vest may include a pair of knee belts connected to the waist belt. The knee belts can be fixed to the waist belt or removably connected to it. The knee belt may include a removable connection along its length. Other embodiments include a base garment covering the upper torso below the armpits and having a single belt connected to garment that provides a hand hold.

A support device for wearing during a MRI procedure includes a front panel, a left arm sleeve extending from the left edge of the front panel, and a right arm sleeve extending from the right edge of the front panel. Methods for preparing the support device for wearing during a MRI procedure include attaching the front panel to the left arm sleeve; and attaching the front panel to the right arm sleeve.

A garment for use by a dialysis patient is presented. The garment includes a right sleeve, a left sleeve and a plurality of zipper systems. The zipper systems are configured to provide access to a predetermined site of the arm of a dialysis patient. The garment is structured and arranged as a hooded top sweatshirt. The garment is useful to provide comfort and warmth for a dialysis before, during, and after a dialysis treatment session.

A garment for health care use is disclosed. The garment comprises at least one rear panel, at least two front panels and a plurality of releasable seams, positioned along peripheral regions of said at least one rear panel and said at least two front panels for releasably connecting said at least two front panels to said at least one rear panel. Each of the at least two front panels is permanently connected to the at least one rear panel at least one position. At least a portion of one the front panels overlaps the other. The rear and front panels each comprise a plurality of flaps or regions which can be folded over when in use as worn by a wearer, to expose different areas of said wearer's body.