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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Jeff Nemeth, Chandler, AZ (US);
Lisa Tweardy, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Jeff Nemeth, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ossur HF, Reykjavik, IS;
Abstract
An immobilization device including an anterior component including a two-dimensional shaped section contoured to a shape of the human chest and an anterior outwardly bowed area relative to the two-dimensional shaped anterior section generally corresponding to the sternum of the wearer. The device also includes a posterior component including a two-dimensional shaped section contoured to a shape of the human back and a posterior outwardly bowed area relative to the two-dimensional shaped section corresponding to the spinal column of the wearer, with elongate cushion elements connected to and extending within a width of the posterior outwardly bowed area. A strapping system connects both the anterior and posterior components to one another.