US 12,434,051 B2
Compression garment assembly for applying TTFields and methods of production and use thereof
Christopher Hill, San Francisco, CA (US); Woonghee Han, San Francisco, CA (US); and Darja Wendel, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Novocure GmbH, Root (CH)
Filed by Novocure GmbH, Root (CH)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,421.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/288,201, filed on Dec. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0181898 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36002 (2017.08) [A61N 1/0484 (2013.01); A61N 1/40 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment, comprising:
a support layer configured to be worn by a patient, the support layer sized and dimensioned to cover at least a portion of the patient and associated with a transducer array fastener;
a transducer array having a skin-facing surface and a complementary array fastener associated with a surface opposite the skin-facing surface, the complementary array fastener operable to be coupled with the transducer array fastener, the transducer array having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge; and
a protective layer disposed on the skin-facing surface of the transducer array, the protective layer having a release member extending from the protective layer adjacent to the first edge of the transducer array and extending beyond the second edge of the transducer array, wherein the protective layer and the release member are formed from a contiguous material wherein the contiguous material forms a “U” shape.