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Double pull body brace

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  • US 8,142,377 B2
  • Filed: 03/02/2005
  • Issued: 03/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A body brace comprising:

  • a one-piece panel flexibly extending from a back portion to a front portion of the torso of a wearer;

    a first cord that sinuously engages a plurality of first non-rotating cord guides, and is disposed to cross a first sagittal plane of the wearer;

    a second cord that sinuously engages a plurality of second non-rotating cord guides, and is disposed to cross a second sagittal plane of the wearer; and

    the cords and cord guides operatively coupled to the body such that pulling on the cords in opposite directions re-adjusts the brace about the torso of the wearer each time the brace is worn.

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