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Ambulatory physiological evaluation system including cardiac monitoring

  • US 5,007,427 A
  • Filed: 09/15/1987
  • Issued: 04/16/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vest for use in an ambulatory physiological evaluation system, said vest comprising:

  • a flexible, planar vest member to be worn about the torso of a patient, said member including an enlarged chest area that covers the chest of the wearer, a pair of strips disposed on opposite sides of said chest area, each of said strips passing below one of the arms of the patient and lying against the back of the patient;

    fist securing means at the end of each strip for joining the strips to arrange said member about the torso in a snug fit so that the member remains relatively stationary relative to the torso during movement of the patient;

    a pair of planar elongated straps, each of said straps spanning across one of the shoulders of said patient, one end of each strap terminating in means for movably mounted said strap to said chest area, the other end of each strap terminating in means for securing said strap to one of said strips of said vest member;

    quick release means dividing the vest top to bottom in a first area of the vest for covering the right side of a wearer'"'"'s chest; and

    mounting means on a second area of the vest for apparatus to be used in said evaluation system, said mounting means being located on a second area of the vest for covering a left part of the wearer'"'"'s chest.

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