Patent ID: 9649260
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61J

Claim:
1. A method for shielding and treating a post-operative nipple on a patient, comprising: (A) providing a nipple shield including: a cylinder with a top end and a bottom end, wherein said cylinder is open on both ends and sized to encase a patient's nipple; a flange located at said cylinder bottom end, wherein said flange includes four suture holes and is perpendicular to said cylinder; wherein said four suture holes define the corners of a rectangle whose short sides are shorter than the cylinder outer diameter and whose long sides are longer that the cylinder outer diameter; (B) suturing said nipple shield to the patient's skin through each of said suture holes, wherein said nipple shield is positioned such that said cylinder is surrounding but not touching the patient's post-operative reconstructed nipple.