Patent Application
20240016657
This disclosure relates to an apparatus for use in preserving an individual's eyebrow during medical treatments and specifically during chemotherapy treatments.
Chemotherapy and other cancer treatments are very damaging to a patient's body. One of the common side effects of chemotherapy is the loss of hair. The loss of a patient's hair includes a patient losing their eyebrows. In some cases, patients spend a lot of time taking care of their eyebrows. Thus, the loss of a patient's eyebrows can be emotionally damaging in addition to the physical damage that the patient's body is experiencing with regard to chemotherapy or other cancer treatments. Accordingly, a need exists to develop an apparatus or device to specifically focus on saving a patient's eyebrows.
A better understanding of the features, advantages and principles of the present disclosure will be obtained by reference to the following detailed description that sets forth illustrative embodiments, and the accompanying drawings. Although the detailed description includes many specific embodiments, these are provided by way of example only and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the inventions disclosed herein.
Described herein is a brow saving device utilized to protect a patient's brow during chemotherapy or other damaging cancer treatments. The brow saving device comprises a headband that wraps around a patient's head and specifically covers both of the patient's eyebrows with pockets that allow for the easy swapping or replacement of ice packs.
The brow saving device comprises a headband that wraps around a patient's head and specifically covers both of the patient's eyebrows with pockets that allow for the easy swapping or replacement of ice packs. Although the headband may also cover a portion of the patient's hair (depending on the patient's hair style), the focus of the brow saving device is to cover the patient's eyebrows. The brow saving device may include a pouch or pocket where an ice pack can be inserted. When the brow saving device is worn by the user or patient, the ice pack that is inserted or positioned in the pocket and may be pressed against the patient's eyebrows. The pressing of a cold surface against the user or patient's eyebrows has been found to assist in keeping the user or patient's eyebrows from falling out and/or thinning. It is important to limit the size so to not apply too much cold or ice to user's or patient's forehead. The brow saving device may be made of a comfortable fabric because it will be touching a patient's face, forehead and back of a patient's headband. In some embodiments, a body of the brow saving device may be made of a nylon or spandex material. In some embodiments, the body of the brow saving device may include a ½ inch finished binding around a circumference and/or perimeter of the brow saving device.
The brow saving device 100 may wrap around a patient's head. In some embodiments, the brow saving device 100 may wrap around just above eye level of an individual. In some embodiments, the brow saving device 100 may wrap around a patient's head and may touch a patient's or user's eyebrows.
In some embodiments, the brow saving device 100 may include a Velcro fastening system or fastener. In some embodiments, the brow saving device 100 may include a rough/hook Velcro fastener 105 on one end and a soft/loop Velcro fastener on a second and opposite end 110. Other fastening apparatuses and/or devices may also be utilized to connect one end 105 of the brow saving device 100 to the opposite end 110 of the brow saving device 100 including, but not limited to a hook and latch connector, a snap connector assembly, or another adhesive assembly. In some embodiments, the fastening device of the brow saving device 100 may allow an overall length of a brow saving device to be adjustable.
In some embodiments, as illustrated in
In some embodiments, an inside part of the middle section 115, as shown in
In some embodiments, the bottom portion of the pocket 120 may be a little longer than the top portion of the pocket 110 (as is illustrated in
Because the pocket 120 is made of a sheer and/or nylon material, the coldness of the ice packets may be felt against patient or user's eyebrows and may protect the patient or user's eyebrow from falling out and/or thinning. In some embodiments, the brow saving device 100 may only have one pocket 120 (not two as is shown in
In some embodiments, most of the portions of the brow saving device 100 may be made of a single piece of material, except for the Velcro connectors 105 and 110, and the pocket 120 (the left portion 122 and the right portion 121).
In some embodiments, the brow saving device 100 may be finished by a stitching or a binding 170. In some embodiments, the stitching or binding 170 may be a nylon and/or spandex material). In some embodiments, the stitching or binding may be ½″ in width. In some embodiments, the stitching or binding 170 may be positioned or installed around a circumference of the brow saving device 170. In some embodiments, the brow saving device 100 may be a nylon, a spandex, a cloth, a plastic and/or any combination thereof material. The brow saving device 100 may be utilized for 30 minutes (e.g., pressed against a patient's eyebrows for 30 minutes). Alternatively, the brow saving device 100 may be utilized for 1 hour or two hours at a time. Alternatively, the brow saving device 100 may be utilized for 15 minutes to 30 minutes at a time. The brow saving device 100 may be placed against the user's brow a number of times during a 24-hour period, for example, from 4 to 14 times.
The brow saving device may also have a width of 3 inches. The brow saving device may also have a width ranging from 1.5 inches to 6 inches.
In some embodiments, a brow saving device may include a first end portion; a second end portion; a middle section adjacent to the first end portion and the second end portion; a hook at an end of the first end portion; a loop at an end of the first end portion configured to connect the loop to the hook; and a pocket to an inside portion of the middle section, the pocket configured to hold two or more ice packets. In some embodiments, the first end portion, the second end portion, and the middle section may be made of a single piece of material. In some embodiments, the pocket may include a first portion and a second portion, the first portion may be configured to a first one of the two or more ice packets and the second portion may be configured to hold a second one of the two more ice packets. In some embodiments, an end of the first portion may be configured to allow insertion of the first one of the two or more ice packets and an end of the second portion may be configured to allow insertion of the second one of the two or more ice packets. In some embodiments, a top of the first portion of the pocket may be sewn shut and a top of the second portion may be sewn shut. In some embodiments, a middle stitching may separate the first portion of the pocket from the second portion of the pocket. In some embodiments, a circumference of the brow saving device may be finished with a nylon or spandex binding.
A person of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that any process or method disclosed herein can be modified in many ways. The process parameters and sequence of the steps described and/or illustrated herein are given by way of example only and can be varied as desired. For example, while the steps illustrated and/or described herein may be shown or discussed in a particular order, these steps do not necessarily need to be performed in the order illustrated or discussed.
The various exemplary methods described and/or illustrated herein may also omit one or more of the steps described or illustrated herein or comprise additional steps in addition to those disclosed. Further, a step of any method as disclosed herein can be combined with any one or more steps of any other method as disclosed herein.
Unless otherwise noted, the terms “connected to” and “coupled to” (and their derivatives), as used in the specification and claims, are to be construed as permitting both direct and indirect (i.e., via other elements or components) connection. In addition, the terms “a” or “an,” as used in the specification and claims, are to be construed as meaning “at least one of.” Finally, for ease of use, the terms “including” and “having” (and their derivatives), as used in the specification and claims, are interchangeable with and shall have the same meaning as the word “comprising.
The processor as disclosed herein can be configured with instructions to perform any one or more steps of any method as disclosed herein.
As used herein, the term “or” is used inclusively to refer items in the alternative and in combination.
As used herein, characters such as numerals refer to like elements.
Embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described as set forth herein and are provided by way of example only. One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize numerous adaptations, changes, variations and substitutions without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Several alternatives and combinations of the embodiments disclosed herein may be utilized without departing from the scope of the present disclosure and the inventions disclosed herein. Therefore, the scope of the presently disclosed inventions shall be defined solely by the scope of the appended claims and the equivalents thereof.
This application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 63/389,286, filed Jul. 14, 2022, entitled “MyBrows Apparatus,” the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63389286 | Jul 2022 | US |
