Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust;Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
发明人:
Fallouh, Hazem Bahaa
申请号:
AU2008204392
公开号:
AU2008204392B2
申请日:
2008.01.08
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
The invention provides methods and devices for maintaining a patient in a positionin which the patient's torso can be moved during surgery, for example bywhich the sternum can be closed after open chest surgery. The device comprisestwo contact members for contacting a respective scapula and support means formaintaining the contact members in a grip position in which, in use, each contactmember imparts a force on the respective scapula to close the patient'ssternum.