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Protect Your Sternum After Open-Heart Surgery

Trusted by Leading Heart Centers Worldwide.
Enhance your recovery and safety with clinically proven post-surgical support.

Why Posthorax?

LESS PAIN. LESS ANXIETY.

 

The Posthorax vest helps reduce pain during recovery by absorbing pressure from coughing and everyday movements.

PROVEN BY 12 CLINICAL TRIALS

 

The Posthorax vest helps prevent the most feared complications after open heart surgery by up to 72% (see more).

RELIEVES PRESSURE ON STERNAL WIRES

The Posthorax vest helps protect the sternal wires and reduces the risk of the sternum separating (dehiscence) during recovery.

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AWARD WINNING & INNOVATIVE

 

Posthorax won the 1st Place Innovation Award 2009 from the City of Vienna, Austria. 4 years later also winning the HSJ Efficiency In Medical Technology Award in 2013.

Recover without complications.

Patented support cushions run parallel to the sternum

No direct contact with surgical wound

Patented breathe-stop mechanism to protect from sudden coughs or sneezes

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Adjustable shoulder strap to ensure vest sits properly

TESTIMONIALS FROM PATIENTS

—Tom O. 

Minnessota

"This vest has helped me so much I wish I had it sooner after the operation."

Evidence Based Medicine

Posthorax is the only product of its kind proven in large clinical trials to prevent infections and dehiscence.

Over 12,000 patients studied using the Posthorax vest.

Shown to significantly reduce the risk of life-threatening complications.

Successfully applied in leading heart centers worldwide.

Our goal is to help revolutionize post-operative care in cardiac surgery and gain recognition for our novelty sternum stabilizer that prevents the most feared complications after open heart surgery

Jurgen Epple - Founder

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