Custom-Made
Garments for the Head and Neck
The current Bio-Concepts Measurement
Charts are available as Adobe documents below. If you do not
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Charts and Forms |
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Measuring Manual |
All
Charts & Forms, all of the documents
listed below in one file.
(713KB,
15 pages) |
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Entire manual,
all of the sections listed below in one
file.
(3.6 MB, 76 pages) |
Order
Form, this should be completed and
transmitted with every order for a new patient
for us.
(189 KB,
1 page) |
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Order Form,
detailed instructions for submitting orders and
an example order form.
(641 KB, 12 pages) |
Head
& Neck Measurement Chart,
all head and neck garments.
(111 KB,
1 page) |
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Measuring the
Head & Neck, procedures and an example
chart.
(266 KB, 5 pages) |
Re-Order
Form, do not resend original
measurements, just indicate the item number,
quantity, and minor changes on the reorder form.
(35 KB, 1 page) |
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Submitting
Re-Orders, instructions for submitting
simple reorders and an example form.
(336 KB, 5 pages) |
Styles & General
Information
Full Face Mask |
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Hair
protectors cover the ear openings
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Holes can be
cut in the garment to allow for
ponytails and pigtails
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Ears may be
exposed or covered. The ear holes
may look like slots, but when
stretched the areas become
circular to fit the ear.
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Although
hook & loop fasteners are
more frequently used, zippers can
be used instead. The cross-seams
on the scalp give a roundness to
the contours of the garment.
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Lining
material can be inserted at the
chin or crown.
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Material cut
in a V-shape can serve as a nose
bridge.
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Hook &
loop tabs can be used to attach
the face garments to a vest.
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Collars may
be attached to chin straps and
face masks to provide extra
comfort for sensitive areas.
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Open-face Face Mask |
Regular Chin Strap |
Chin Strap with Lip
Place |
Head Band |
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Foam Collar
Pillow Collar
Trach Collar |
- Important!
- Custom-made
pressure garments provide that
constant, even pressure necessary
to aid in preventing hypertrophic
scarring and disfigurement. To be
effective, the garments should be
worn 24 hours a day, every day,
until the scar tissue is mature,
usually 9-14 months post-burn. A
pressure garment maintains
effective pressure for 2-3 months
and then must be replaced.
Alternating between several
garments will aid in lengthening
the life of the garments,
although, in some cases of weight
change, or spurts of rapid growth
in children, more frequent
re-measurement and replacement
may be necessary.
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