Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Skeletal traction applicator
Patent
1993-02-01
1994-04-26
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Skeletal traction applicator
602 17, 602 36, 482 10, A61F 500
Patent
active
053062329
ABSTRACT:
A head alignment system for a person having reduced musculature or loss of muscle control of their neck and shoulders, whereby the device maintains the head of the person in a generally upright position. The device comprises at least one pulley attached to a support, a headband having two ends, and a cord having two ends, each of the ends of the cord being adjustably attached to a corresponding one of the ends of the headband. The cord being received by the pulley and the headband and the cord forming an adjustable loop. The loop being adapted for placement about the head of the person, whereby the cord is adjusted so that the head of the person is held generally upright. The cord, by moving about the pulley, permits the headband to move with the head of the person as the person rotates their head about an axis extending from their neck through the top of their head.
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Apley Richard J.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Whitmyer Biomechanix, Inc.
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