Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Skeletal traction applicator
Patent
1998-01-08
2000-03-07
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Skeletal traction applicator
602 61, 602 70, 128883, 482105, A61F 540
Patent
active
06033374&
ABSTRACT:
The penile traction device includes a preferably reusable or disposable foam pressure dissipation friction pad having a preferably felt-like backing positioned around the penile shaft for dissipating applied force and frictionally holding the device to the shaft. A weight supporting means has a strap that surrounds and transfers force to the pressure dissipation friction pad. The weight support strap receives force from a selective weight means. A resilient and/or shock absorbing connector can be placed between the weight support means and selective weight means. A two-section weight relief means is also connected to the selective weight means. A handle on the relief means allows the patient or attendant to manually lift all or a part of the weight from the weight support means. The two sections of the relief means are adjustable to vary the overall length of the relief means. By attaching a support loop on one end of the relief means to a belt or other support and adjusting the overall length of the relief means, the amount of force transferred from the weights to the weight support means can be incrementally adjusted by transferring a portion of the force to the belt or other support.
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Apley Richard J.
Coughenour Clyde I.
Hwang Victor
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