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Body hugging instrumentation vest

CA 1264069 C · Owner: Strauss, H. William · Inventors: Moore, Richard H.; Strauss, H. William; Alpert, Nathaniel M.

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A vest for positioning medical instrumentation about the human or animal torso to provide ambulatory monitoring of patient cardiac functions or administration of medication or therapy with reasonable freedom of movement while maintaining precise positioning of the instrumentation relative to the torso. The vest typically includes a sheet of a dimensionally rigid material such as a low density polymer tailored to fit between neck and hips and to surround the torso,terminating on the back. Straps are provided to fasten the sheet ends together at the back and to suspend it from the shoulders. The vest may also be instrument to function as a transducer itself to detect chest expansion for heart …

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  • Granted December 27, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 27, 2006.
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FiledMay 31, 1985
GrantedDecember 27, 1989
Term endedDecember 27, 2006
Patent numberCA 1264069 C
Classification (IPC)A61B5/04 +2 more

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1986198919921995199820012004Application filedMay 31, 1985Patent grantedDec 27, 1989Term endedDec 27, 2006

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