Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1999-03-15
2000-04-04
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
128DIG23, A61F 500
Patent
active
060455233
ABSTRACT:
A cervical collar to assist medical personnel in making diagnoses of neck or thoracic injuries while the patient wears the collar includes a major stiff portion of material that has anterolateral aspects of zones I, II and III of a patient's underlying neck that are transparent to visible light, upper and lower edges, sufficient flexibility to lie largely flat when not worn on a patient, an anterior portion including lateral extensions, an anterior window to permit access to the trachea for tracheotomy and a stiff chin support. A posterior portion extends from one of the lateral extensions and has vents to permit air to move from within the collar as worn to exterior thereof and an end with a patch of hook and loop fastener material. The other lateral extension has a posteriorly-extending leaf of hook and loop fastener material, so that the collar can be wrapped around the neck of the patient for installation and secured in position by engagement of the leaf of hook and loop material with the patch. Upper and lower soft portions of material that are transparent to visible light are mounted on the edges of the major stiff portion.
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