Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Skeletal traction applicator
Patent
1995-08-16
1997-09-02
Clark, Jeanne M.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Skeletal traction applicator
602 36, 606241, 601 24, A61F 500
Patent
active
056625979
ABSTRACT:
The gravity traction device comprises an inclined platform or table having an upper inclined surface for supporting a user's upper body or torso and a generally U-shaped, head receiving portion mounted to the platform adjacent an upper end thereof and having contoured surfaces for receiving and supporting a user's head and neck and a ridge with an adjacent lift surface for engaging against the occipital bone of the user's head received in the head receiving portion.
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Clark Jeanne M.
Glacier Cross, Inc.
Vigil Thomas R.
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