ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,948, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Three Strands Recovery Wear Corp. (Salisbury, N.C.).
"Post-operation mastectomy recovery garment" was invented by Leah Brooke Wyrick (Salisbury, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a wearable garment for recovery of a wearer after the wearer has undergone a surgical procedure, the wearable garment having an outer shell including at least a back panel and two front panels that, when the wearable garment is worn about a wearer, have outer edges that are adjacent to each other, a fastening system configured to secure the outer edges of the front panels together, wherein the fas...