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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2022
Applicants:
William T. Mcclellan, Morgantown, WV (US);
Justin Ronald Chambers, Morgantown, WV (US);
Inventors:
William T. Mcclellan, Morgantown, WV (US);
Justin Ronald Chambers, Morgantown, WV (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/058 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/05833 (2013.01); A61F 5/05825 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rib brace includes: a sealed enclosure; an adhesive on an external side of the sealed enclosure, the adhesive configured to adhere the rib brace to a person externally and noninvasively to the person; a layered structure inside the sealed enclosure; and a port through a wall of the sealed enclosure, wherein a stiffness of the layered structure is adjustable by applying suction to an interior of the sealed enclosure via the port.