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Negative pressure chest brace

  • US 5,820,572 A
  • Filed: 11/21/1995
  • Issued: 10/13/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Chest brace apparatus for providing negative distending intra-thoracic pressure to a patient, comprising:

  • adhesive means having an inner layer and an outer layer, said inner layer having means to adhere to a chest region of a patient and said outer layer manifesting an outer adherent layer; and

    a brace structure for substantially encircling a patient'"'"'s body and comprising a resilient strip exhibiting an oval-like shape in a non-stressed state, said resilient strip including (i) a frontal segment with a patient-side adherent layer for joinder to said outer layer of said adhesive means, and (ii) flexure means connected to said frontal segment for imparting an outward flexure to said frontal segment so as to distend a patient'"'"'s chest region by outward pressure exerted thereon via said adhesive means, thereby creating a negative intra-thoracic pressure, and wherein said frontal segment is displaced from said adhesive means when not adherent thereto, and when adherent thereto, exerts an outward distending force thereon.

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