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Heart massage unit

  • US 3,374,783 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1965
  • Issued: 03/26/1968
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1965
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A HEART MASSAGE UNIT, COMPRISING A PLATE UNDERLYING A PATIENT, A LENGTH OF BELT EXTENDING OVER THE PATIENT AT THE LOCATION OF THE STERNUM OF THE PATIENT, MEANS SECURING SAID LENGTH OF BELT AT BOTH ITS ENDS TO SAID PLATE, A PRESSURE APPLICATOR SECURED TO SAID LENGTH OF BELT AND EXTENDING FROM SAID BELT INTO CONTACT WITH SAID STERNUM, SAID MEANS COMPRISING MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY TIGHTENING AND RELEASING SAID BELT AT A RATE OF ABOUT 1 (RECIPRROCATION PER SECOND) AND TO AN EXTENT SUCH THAT SAID APPLICATOR MOVES INWARDLY TOWARD SAID STERNUM AND IS RELEASED AT SAID RATE FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 1", SAID LAST MEANS BEING LOCATED AT LEAST ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID LENGTH OF BELT.

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