Patent ID: 8646114

Claim:
A method of avoiding the pressure, puncture or other harmful intervention to health care patients with vulnerable body parts through the use of visual cues provided by a specialized patient hospital gown, comprising the steps of determining from said health care patients whether or not there are any vulnerable portions of said patients' bodies; when vulnerable portions of said patients' bodies are ascertained to be present, providing the choice of a specialized gown to identify said vulnerable patient and said vulnerable portion of said patient's body, said choice of gowns being chosen among the group comprising: a first gown with a front side; a rear side connected to said first side an open bottom; an open top; a first sleeve; and a second sleeve wherein said first sleeve of said gown is contrasted in appearance by a contrast in color with the rest of said gown to alert health care workers that said portion of the patient's body covered by said first sleeve should not be squeezed, punctured or otherwise manipulated in a way contraindicated by the vulnerability of said patient in said portion of said gown; a second gown with a front side; a rear side connected to said first side; an open bottom; an open top; a first sleeve; and a second sleeve wherein a portion of said front and back side of said gown is contrasted in appearance by a contrast in color to alert health care workers that said portion of patient's body covered by said portion of said front and back side should not be squeezed, punctured or otherwise manipulated in a way contraindicated by the vulnerability of said patient in said portion of said gown; a third gown with a front side; a rear side connected to said first side; an open bottom; an open top; a first sleeve; and a second sleeve wherein said second sleeve of said gown is contrasted in appearance by a contrast in color to alert health care workers that said portion of patient's body covered by said second sleeve should not be squeezed, punctured or otherwise manipulated in a way contraindicated by the vulnerability of said patient in said portion of said gown.