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Chest brace and method of using same

  • US 6,533,739 B1
  • Filed: 03/20/2000
  • Issued: 03/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing a distending force on a thorax of a patient, comprising:

  • adhering a chest plate to an anterior surface of such a patient;

    securing the chest plate to an anterior member;

    imparting a force on the anterior member so as to distend a thorax of such a patient; and

    releasing the chest plate from a surface of such a patient by injecting a solvent between the chest plate and such a surface of the patient via a channel defined in the chest plate.

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