| 摘要 |
<p>Brasssieres (20) which reduce lymph flow interference by providing a pattern of alternating higher and lower skin-compression areas which are configured to follow the direction of the lymph pathways in the various sectors of the breast, side and/or back areas of the wearer. The width of and spacing of the pattern is varied at different areas of the garment to accommodate the comfort of the wearer and to optimize the flow of the lymph. A pattern of elongated ribs (22) of relatively higher density material formed through weaving, compression molding or other appropriate processes extend generally away from the nipple area of the breast so that the pattern corresponds to lymph drainage pathways leading to the auxillary (11) or subclavicular (13) nodes, to an intercostal space, or to a plarality of all of the above. The pattern can include pockets or cells at least partially filled with a solid, liquid or gas.</p> |
