Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1990-12-07
1992-03-24
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
128DIG23, 602 17, A61F 504
Patent
active
050978241
ABSTRACT:
A cervical collar is disclosed which is formed from a stiff flexible plastic material and comprises (a) a neck encircling band comprising a back portion and a front portion and (b) a chin support formed from such plastic material. The collar provides two features which confer greater comfort when the collar is worn for extended periods of time. The chin support is supported to reduce the force of contact between the chin support and the top edge of the front portion of said collar. In a preferred embodiment, the support is provided by a plurality of load-bearing tabs extending from the top edge of the front portion of the collar. The collar also has a shelf-forming member which is attached to the back portion of the collar. Preferably the shelf-forming member is a sheet of padding material and the forming means is a strap which passes between the back portion of the collar and the shelf-forming member such that when the strap is engaged to hold the back portion in a flexed position the shelf-forming member forms the supporting shelf.
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Apley Richard J.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
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