Post-abdominal-surgery garment

Abstract

A post-abdominal-surgery garment comprising a body having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion including at least one compression region capable of providing a pressure level to an item contained beneath said compression region and a selectively sealable division capable of transitioning from a first configuration and a second configuration; said selectively sealable division being located substantially within said upper portion, wherein said selectively sealable division can have maintain any configuration between said first configuration and said second configuration without substantially affecting the pressure level beneath the compression region.

1 . A garment comprising: 
 a body having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion including at least one compression region capable of providing a pressure level to an item contained beneath said compression region; and    a selectively sealable division capable of transitioning between a first configuration and a second configuration; said selectively sealable division being located substantially within said upper portion;    wherein said selectively sealable division is capable of maintaining any configuration between said first configuration and said second configuration without substantially affecting the pressure level beneath the compression region.    
   
   
       2 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein said body is comprised of a material capable of a unidirectional elastic response.  
   
   
       3 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein said body is comprised of a material capable of a multidirectional elastic response.  
   
   
       4 . The body of  claim 2 , wherein the orientation of material capable of a unidirectional elastic response in a first compression region varies from the orientation of material capable of a unidirectional elastic response in a second compression region.  
   
   
       5 . The body of  claim 3 , wherein the orientation of material capable of a multidirectional elastic response in a first compression region varies from the orientation of material capable of a multidirectional elastic response in a second compression region.  
   
   
       6 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein said selectively sealable division is comprised of a vertically oriented closure structure.  
   
   
       7 . The selectively sealable division of  claim 6 , wherein said vertically oriented closure structure is at least one of the group consisting of buttons, zippers, hook and loop fasteners, and touch fasteners.  
   
   
       8 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein said pressure levels range between approximately 5 PSI and approximately 80 PSI applied to said item contained beneath said compression region.  
   
   
       9 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein said compression region comprises of at least two sub-compression regions located at different areas of an item contained beneath said compression region.  
   
   
       10 . A method of selectively compressing comprising: 
 providing a garment having a body, having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion including at least one compression region capable of providing a pressure level to an item contained beneath said compression region; and    transitioning a selectively sealable division between a first configuration and a second configuration, said selectively sealable division being located substantially within said upper portion; and    maintaining any configuration from said selectively sealable division between said first configuration and said second configuration without substantially affecting the pressure level beneath the compression region.