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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christian Müller, Schwabmuenchen, DE;
Michael Vogele, Schwabmuenchen, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device and method for fixing, compressing or shaping a body, or parts of the body, in particular the human body. The inventive device has a bearing surface ( ) for the body, and at least one external element ( ) which can be freely positioned on the bearing surface ( ). The external element ( ) and the bearing surface ( ) together form a low-pressure chamber ( ) which surrounds the body. The device also has at least one suction opening ( ) which is connected to the low-pressure chamber ( ).