Patent ID: 8430830

Claim:
A garment structured to compress predetermined body portions of a post-operative patient, said garment comprising: a torso section dimensioned and configured to at least partially enclose the torso portion of the patient's body and comprising an abdominal segment disposed in overlying relation to the abdomen of the patient, a lower section disposed beneath said torso section in enclosing relation to at least the upper legs and buttocks of the patient and comprising two gluteal segments each disposed in at least partially confronting relation to the buttock and in aligned relation to a portion of a gluteal crease of the patient, an upper section disposed above said torso section in at least partially enclosing relation to the arms and upper lateral portions of the patient and comprising two underarm segments each extending along at least a majority of the length between a corresponding elbow and a corresponding shoulder to a corresponding tricep area of the patient, each of said torso, lower and upper sections comprising a plurality of segments cooperatively disposed and structured to apply a plurality of different degrees of compressive force to correspondingly disposed body portions of the patient, said abdominal segment, said two gluteal segments and said two underarm segments each structured to apply a greater degree of compressive force to correspondingly disposed parts of the patients body than a remainder of said plurality of segments of respective ones of said torso, lower and upper sections, and a remainder of said plurality of segments of each of said torso, lower and upper sections being structured to apply different degrees of compressive force to correspondingly disposed body portions as compared to one another.