# US 2009/0260637 A1 · Support structure

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- Number: US 2009/0260637 A1
- Document ID: US20090260637A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/491,881
- Filed: 2009-06-25
- Published: 2009-10-22
- Earliest claimed: 2002-03-21
- Assignees: Jolife AB
- Inventors: Peter Sebelius; Per Bergstrom; Jan Hampf
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090260637A1

## CPC

- A61H 31/008: {Supine patient supports or bases, e.g. improving air-way access to the lungs}
- A61H 31/00: Artificial respiration by a force applied to the chest; Heart stimulation, e.g. heart massage (applying electric currents by contact electrodes for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers, A61N1/36 {; teaching or training models, demonstration models for medical purposes G09B23/288})
- A61H 31/004: {Heart stimulation}
- A61H 31/007: {Manual driven}
- A61H 2201/1253: driven by a human being, e.g. hand driven
- A61H 2205/084: Chest
- A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N)

## Abstract

The present invention relates generally to a support structure for fixating a patient to a treatment unit, and especially to a support structure for fixating the patient to a cardiopulmonary resuscitation unit. An embodiment of the support structure (10) comprises a back plate (100) for positioning behind said patient's back posterior to said patient's heart and a front part (200) for positioning around said patient's chest anterior to said patient's heart. Further, the front part (200) can comprise two legs (210, 220), each leg (210, 220) having a first end (212, 222) pivotably connected to at least one hinge (230, 240) and a second end (214, 224) removably attachable to said back plate (100). Said front part (200) can further be devised for comprising a compression/decompression unit (300) arranged to automatically compress or decompress said patient's chest when said front part (200) is attached to said back plate (100).

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-40. (canceled)

### Claim 41

A back plate for use in a support structure for cardiopulmonary resuscitation of a patient having a cardiac arrest, comprising a shaft-like member arranged to be engaged by means of a claw-like member of a front part.

### Claim at position 3

42-45. (canceled)