Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1997-09-03
1998-07-28
Dvorak, Linda C.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
128DIG23, A61F 500
Patent
active
057856702
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable cervical collar is fabricated from a one-half inch thick unitary neoprene member six inches wide by thirty-two inches long. The member includes a laterally extending center portion. It is scored on its inside surface to a depth of about three-eighths inch along the edges of the center portion to provide first and second portions that are foldable towards the outside surface of the center portion. The first foldable portion is wide enough to extend vertically above a patient's occiput and long enough to extend laterally to the patient's mastoid processes. The center portion is wide enough to support the patient's chin and to avoid excessive pressure against the patient's carotid arteries. Hook and loop fasteners attached to the inside and outside surfaces at opposite ends of the member permit the collar to be releasably fastened around the patient's neck. Folding one or the other or both of the foldable portions towards the outside surface permits the collar to adapt to four different neck sizes.
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Hermell Products, Inc. catalog, illustrating Four-Way Cervical Quickollar.TM. (cover and p. 16).
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