An upper garment dresser for providing automatic or tele-controlled upper garment dressing of a patient, said upper garment dresser includes: means for picking up an upper garment from a default position, means for positioning a back portion of the upper garment behind a patient's back, and means for positioning a front portion of the upper garment in front of the patient; whereby during dressing, an upper body of the patient is pulled forward to expose the back and upright to expose the front; and whereby during such movement backwards and forwards, the upper garment can be flipped over the head of the patient, and its back and front parts secured together.

A surgical gown folded in a unique pattern that provides for a smaller sized gown that can be packaged in a smaller sized outer wrap as well as provide for an easily donnable gown that maintains its sterility. The fold pattern provides for the interior surfaces of the gown to be visible, and preferably, a portion of the interior surfaces, while maintaining sterility of the exterior surfaces by keeping them inside of the gown. A method of folding the gown in this new pattern is provided herein as well as a method of donning the folded gown.

Described herein are pants containing a zipper extending through the waistband and the entire outseam of each pant leg. The pants have a flange of fabric disposed on the interior of each zipper to prevent direct contact between the zipper and the skin of a person wearing the pants. The pants also include a fabric tab attached at the waistband next to the zipper to cover an exterior portion of the zipper. The pants provide benefits to wearers who have limited mobility, sensitive skin, or a physical impediment, such as a cast, by easing the challenges of applying the pants to the legs.

A gown, comprising: a body member having integral or attached side panels extending behind a front of the body member; wherein the side panels overlap each other behind the front of the body member; means for attaching together the side panels where they are overlapped; wherein the body member defines a neck opening and left and right arm openings; and wherein the gown comprises left and right sleeves attached at the left and right arm openings, respectively. The means for attaching comprises one of the group consisting of welding, spot welding, sonic welding, heat welding, hot or cold glues, adhesives, tapes, hook and loop fasteners, micro adhesives and dry adhesives.

The multifunctional labor gown intents to provide users with a garment or a labor gown, that mothers can wear for labor and delivery. Targeted at hospital patients, the garment is versatile and adapts to the different stages of labor, medical interventions, and labor support techniques. To accomplish this, the garment includes multiple detachable fabric pieces, connected by a plurality of fasteners. Further, various layers of fabric panels are designed in an overlapping fashion to provide both coverage as well as access for medical intervention. Moreover, the garment is suitable for all births, whether at home, in a birthing center, or in a hospital. Additionally, the garment's unique design allows users to wear the garment in different ways. Thus, the multifunctional labor gown is a transforming labor gown that accommodates the needs and wants of the patient while meeting the requirements of the medical staff providing care.

One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a medical garment for exposing a person's upper torso and a method of making the garment. The garment can resemble a shirt, in that sleeves may extend to about the elbows or wrists, the garment may extend down to the waist, and other than one or more flaps configured to open to expose an upper torso the medical garment is substantially free of openings. The garment may include a body with a front portion attached to a back portion by non-partable seams. The sleeves can be coupled to the front and back portions. The flap(s) may include a partable seam that extends from a top portion of the body toward but not substantially beyond a bottom part of the sleeves where they attach to the body. The flap(s) may also include a fastener to hold the partable seam in a closed position.

A self-closing surgical gown including an anterior panel; a posterior left panel connected to the anterior panel; a posterior right panel connected to the anterior panel; a left sleeve connected to the anterior panel and the posterior left panel; a right sleeve connected to the anterior panel and the posterior right panel; and a closure brace including at least one horizontal bar, the closure brace connected to the anterior panel, the posterior left panel and the posterior right panel, wherein the at least one horizontal bar is configured preloaded to transform from a substantially straight longitudinal configuration where the at least one horizontal bar has a cambered cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction into a curved longitudinal configuration where the at least one horizontal bar has a substantially straight cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction by pressing on a convex portion of the cambered cross section.

A protective hood for surgical use, apt to be worn, in sterile form, by an operator over an instrumented helmet, is provided. The hood includes a front vision lens and an enveloping main body fixed to the vision lens, configured to cover wholly the operator's head and neck and an upper part of the chest.

The enveloping main body has a front portion and a rear portion connected and made integral by means of two opposite side portions, wherein the rear portion has a pair of lateral strings arranged on opposite sides with respect to a sagittal plane of the operator and which extend, in use, laterally outside, which strings are grasped by the operator during wearing in order to ease unwinding the hood.

A medical gown includes a main body having a neck edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge. The first side edge may extend from the neck edge. The second side edge may extend from the neck edge, opposite the first side edge. The neck edge may define a neck engagement feature between the first and second side edges. The medical gown may further include a first strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a first loop with the first side edge. The medical gown may further include a second strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a second loop with the second side edge.

A medical gown includes a main body having a neck edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge. The first side edge may extend from the neck edge. The second side edge may extend from the neck edge, opposite the first side edge. The neck edge may define a neck engagement feature between the first and second side edges. The medical gown may further include a first strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a first loop with the first side edge. The medical gown may further include a second strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a second loop with the second side edge.