Patent ID: 8177109

Claim:
A carrier system for supporting medical device during a medical procedure, comprising: a substantially planar chest plate having a lower region and an upper region, the upper region of sufficient width to present a first portion of the upper region beneath an adult person's left shoulder and a second portion of the upper region below the person's right shoulder with the chest plate resting against the person's chest; a left shoulder piece pivotally attached to the chest plate in the first portion, the left shoulder piece extending thence upward and ending in a shoulder hook adapted to fit over the left shoulder of the person; a right shoulder piece pivotally attached at a position level with the attachment of the left shoulder piece to the chest plate in the second portion, the right shoulder piece extending thence upward and ending in a shoulder hook adapted to fit over the right shoulder of the person; and carrier cradle pivotally attached to the lower region of the chest plate, at an attachment point below the attachment of the left and right shoulder pieces, the carrier cradle comprising a descending portion extending down from the attachment point to a hook portion proceeding outward then upward from the descending portion, the descending portion twisted about a vertical axis such that the medical device, suspended in the hook portion, will be carried at an angle from the plane of the chest plate.