Patent ID: 6936021

Claim:
A compression garment for providing adjustable compressive force over a surgical site located in the dorsocervical region of a human being comprising, in combination, a vest having: (i) a torso section with a first layer of a bi-directional ‘stretchy’ material that yields slightly, elastically, in all directions in its fabric plane secured to an elastic waistband adapted to encircle the human being's waist; (ii) a shoulder harness section adding a second layer of the bi-directional ‘stretchy’ material over the first layer adapted for tightly encircling the human being's shoulder region; (iii) a dorsocervical section adding a third layer of the bi-directional ‘stretchy’ material over the first and second layers located, for compressing the human being's dorsocervical region below a neckline of the vest; means for securing a left and a right front section of the vest together; an elastic compression band secured to the dorsocervical section of the vest, having at least a left and a right free end, means at the free ends of the compression band for adjustably attaching to the left and right front sections of the vest, the left and right free ends of the elastic compression bands stretching from the dorsocervical region over the left and right shoulders respectively of the human being, whereby the compression over a surgical site in the dorsocervical region can be adjusted by varying the anchor positions of the free ends of the compression band on the front sections of the vest.