A chest brace and method of using same that prevents the chest wall from buckling inwards during patient breathing by providing a distending force on the patient's thorax. The chest brace also restores the normal anterior-to-posterior chest dimensions by providing a distending force in this direction....http://www.google.de/patents/US7297125?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7297125 - Chest brace to prevent collapse of chest wall
