Adjustable thoracic garments usable by patients having different thoracic dimensions to locate one or more EM transducers near predefined anatomical chest features and method of using them

摘要

A thoracic garment for placing an EM transducer (133) in contact with a user's thoracic surface area, comprising: a front chest piece (140) and a posterior chest piece (141) having at least one of said front and back chest pieces of at least one EM transducer (133) or at least one mechanical connector for connecting said at least one EM transducer (133), said front chest piece (140) having an array of sleeves formed therein or about it; a handle (142) mechanically connected to said front chest piece (140); a positioning marker (145) located on or in said front chest piece (140) so that when said chest piece is worn by a human user and said front chest piece (140) is placed against or near the chest piece (140). torso of said human user, said positioning marker (145) is located in a predefined position in relation to one or more anatomical characteristics of the user; a plurality of belts (151), (152) each threaded in said sleeve arrangement; a single traction element connected to all of said plurality of belts and adapted to facilitate a pulling of said plurality of belts simultaneously; wherein said thoracic garment is configured to be adapted by said user using a first hand to hold said handle (142) to hold said front chest piece (140) against or near said torso so that said positioning marker (145) is positioned in said predefined position while using a second hand to pull said plurality of belts (151), (152) simultaneously using said single pull element.