Quick donning hospital gown

Abstract

A hospital gown includes a sheet of material forming a body portion having an opening in the body portion for a Foley catheter. The hospital gown has sleeves that fully open along the top for donning or for introduction of medical device wires or fluid hoses. A first pair of nonferrous snap closures are horizontally spaced and attached to the first end panel proximately to a top edge. A second pair of nonferrous snap closures are horizontally spaced and attached to the second end panel proximately to a top edge to correspond to and to physically engage to the first pair of nonferrous snap closures when the first and second end panels are overlapped. The width of the overlap ensures coverage of the body for modesty. The nonferrous snap closures enable rapid donning of the gown and are compatible with use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hospital gown comprising:
 a sheet of material forming a body portion and having first and second end panels to overlap each other;   left and right sleeves attached to the body portion, each having a slit separating a front side from a back side of the respective sleeve; and   at least one pair of nonferrous snap closures attached to the front side and the back side of each sleeve to close the respective slit.   
     
     
         2 . The hospital gown of  claim 1 , further comprising an opening proximate formed in lower front portion of the body portion for receiving a Foley catheter. 
     
     
         3 . The hospital gown of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first pair of nonferrous snap closures that are horizontally spaced and attached to the first end panel proximately to a top edge; and   a second pair of nonferrous snap closures that are horizontally spaced and attached to the second end panel proximately to a top edge to correspond to and to physically engage to the first pair of nonferrous snap closures when the first and second end panels are overlapped.   
     
     
         4 . The hospital gown of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 one or more nonferrous snap closures attached below the first pair of nonferrous snap closures to the first end panel; and   one or more corresponding nonferrous snap closures attached below the second pair of nonferrous snap closures to the second end panel to correspond to the one or more nonferrous snap closures on the first end panel.