Surgery – Instruments – Chiropractic or osteopathic implement
Patent
1992-02-21
1993-11-02
Burr, Edgar S.
Surgery
Instruments
Chiropractic or osteopathic implement
441108, 45731, B61H 102
Patent
active
052580180
ABSTRACT:
A system for producing mild traction on intervertebral discs by supporting a person in water in a deep spa or pool either by means of a soft neck collar supported by the water or a soft, flexible floating annular floatation device engaging undersides of the person's arms adjacent to the person's armpits without compressing the person's chest and constricting the person's breathing. The spa or pool is sufficiently deep that the person's feet cannot touch the bottom thereof. A submerged weight belt is supported on each of the person's ankles, the weight belts each having a buoyant weight in the range from one to two pounds. The temperature of the water in the spa is maintained at approximately 96 degrees Fahrenheit by conventional heating and thermostatic devices to allow adequate removal of the person's metabolic heat without causing tonicity of the person's muscles. The level of inflation of the collar can be adjusted to adjust the level of traction In another embodiment of the invention, contractions of neurologically disabled muscles are produced in a first limb of a person by supporting the person in water in the deep spa or pool either by means of a soft, flexible annular floatation device engaging undersides of the person's arms or by means of a soft neck collar supported by the water. The person is caused to extend an opposite second limb outward under voluntary control of muscles of that limb, and muscles of the disabled first limb automatically contract so as to counterbalance the opposite second limb.
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Bennett Christopher A.
Burr Edgar S.
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