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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2009
Applicant:
Carlos Bardají Pascual, Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES;
Inventor:
Carlos Bardají Pascual, Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES;
Assignee:
Corporacio Sanitaria Parc Tauli, Sabadell (Barcelona), ES;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device () for use in the surgical treatment of a patient suffering from funnel chest characterized in that it comprises a plate adapted to be fitted underneath the skin of the patient, and further characterized in that, in use, said plate can be attached to the patient's sternum and the curvature, length and width of the plate being such that the plate extends on both sides of the sternum and on the outside of the patient's thorax and is supported by the ribs to hold up the sternum.