Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1990-01-22
1994-08-02
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
128874, 128869, A61F 537
Patent
active
053336232
ABSTRACT:
A back traction device is disclosed that allows a patient or person to be seated in any type of seat and will relieve the pressure and tension on the disc of the lower back of the patient as much as possible. The back traction device comprises a halter with ribs that serve to transfer some of the pressure that is associated with sitting in a chair when the patient is seated in the chair. The back traction device includes a halter and a traction member. The halter has strips of hook and loop fastening material at an outward rear position that mate with hook and loop fastener portions on the traction device that is attached to a chair or the like. In one embodiment, the traction device comprises a member that has straps that allow it to be removably attached to a chair and, in a second embodiment, the hook and loop material traction device is permanently attached to the back of a chair. The second embodiment is particularly useful in a dedicated chair, for frequent use by people wearing such halters, such as a wheelchair.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3276432 (1966-10-01), Murcott
patent: 4022197 (1977-05-01), Castiglia
patent: 4286588 (1981-09-01), Lovegrove
patent: 4487201 (1984-12-01), Ciambarella et al.
Hafer Robert A.
Life Support, Inc.
Rimell Sam
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