An adjustable hospital gown is designed to cover the bodies of users of varying shape and size. The gown has a torso-covering garment, a pair of backflaps, and an adjustable fastener. The torso-covering garment is used to cover the front side of the user's body. The pair of backflaps are connected along backflap seams that are positioned on opposite sides of the torso-covering garment. As a result, the pair of backflaps can be transitioned between an opened and a closed configuration. The adjustable fastener is connected in between one of the backflaps and the torso-covering garment such that the backflap can be repositioned to cinch the gown around the body of the user. By connecting the adjustable fastener to various anchor points, the size of the gown can be modified to accommodate user's of varying shape.

An item of clothing is adapted to be worn against the skin, and comprises at least one panel adapted to provide targeted compression of at least 20% of the total length of a specific surface vein in the body, or adapted to provide targeted compression of at least 20% of a specific plexus of veins, a specific lymphatic plexus, drainage plexus or a collection of lymphatic vessels. The clothing is useful in a method of reducing recovery time in a human or other mammal, after a period of activity and in a method of enhancing performance, in particular sports performance, in a human or other mammal. It may also improve the conditioning of the skin and aid lymphatic drainage, and can be used in the treatment of certain medical conditions.

The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to a treatment garment for use in clothed radiation treatment and diagnosis procedures, and methods of using the garment.

A garment is configured to facilitate wearing by an occupant of a seat assembly with a plurality of harness strap, such as a wheelchair or child car seat. The garment has an inner surface, an outer surface, and defines a plurality of slots that extend from the inner surface to the outer surface. The slots are sufficiently sized and positioned such that a respective one of the harness straps is insertable through a respective one of the slots when the garment is on the seating assembly.

A breast support medical gown includes an outer garment and a brassiere. The outer garment comprises an outer garment opening to allow body access for medical examinations and operations. The brassiere is permanently or removably attached to the outer garment providing wearers with a sense of self-dignity and breast support. The breast support medical gown can be worn with the outer garment opening facing forward or backward without comprising the brassiere's breast-supporting function. For a removably attached brassiere, a wearer may mix-match the sizes of an outer garment and a brassiere. The wearer may also wear the outer garment without a brassiere.

A medical surgical wound support device comprising a flexible support garment designed to be worn by a patient, the flexible support garment having an inner surface that comes in direct contact with the patient and an outer surface facing outward from the patient, a plurality of permanent magnets embedded within the flexible support garment, each of which is oriented such that its north magnetic pole faces the outer surface, a rigid base component, that has an outer surface facing upward from a support on which the rigid support structure rests, a plurality of permanent magnets embedded within the outer surface of the rigid base component, each embedded magnet oriented such that the north magnetic pole faces the outer surface; and a repelling magnetic force originating from the outer surface of the flexible support garment and the outer surface of the rigid base component such that a portion of the patient wearing the flexible support garment is elevated a controllable distance above the rigid base component.

Pivotably connected upper and lower cushions may be sized and shaped to protect chest and lower abdomen areas of a patient, respectively. The cushion structure may be held against the chest and/or abdomen areas of a patient by a combination of an adjustable and disconnectable neck strap attached to an upper portion of the upper cushion, and an adjustable length and resilient strap, such as an elastic belt binder, which may be positioned around the user's waist and the upper cushion. The lower cushion may pivotably move with the patient's legs, allowing the cushion structure to be comfortably used when moving between standing and seated positions, and providing improved protection from automotive seat belts. Pockets may be provided for positioning ice packs proximate the patient's body and for inconspicuously placing a negative-pressure wound therapy vacuum pump or other items.

A garment for boosting circulation in areas of a user's body corresponding to the user's joints, having at least one fabric member of a size for at least partly covering at least one part of the user's body that includes at least one joint area lying over at least one joint of the user, and at least one muscle area lying over at least one muscle of the user, the fabric member being at least one of dimensioned and structured so as not to compress the part of the user's body covered by the fabric member, the fabric member having a heat insulating property at each joint area to be covered and a heat transmitting property at each muscle area to be covered, so that when the garment is worn, each joint area stays warmer than each muscle area to boost circulation in each joint area.

Anchoring of fabrics for applications in which force is applied by or on the fabric facilitates new uses and functionalities. Dynamic anchoring through any of three modes (mechanical, compressive, or friction-based) enables transient or permanent anchoring across a garment or other fabric.

A color coded garment and color coded bedding can be used in a medical setting to identify the location of a medical procedure to take place. A medical patient would wear a specific color coded garment that identifies, through color, the location of a medical procedure to take place. The medical patient's bedding would also reflect this location using a similar color coded identification mechanism. The combination of the two (garment and bedding) provide unmistakable visual indicia that will help limit or reduce wrong site medical procedures.