Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1991-10-29
1993-09-28
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 18, 602 19, 606241, 128875, A61F 500
Patent
active
052482936
ABSTRACT:
A support device (10) intended for use by people who suffer from neck dysfunction resulting in loss of head control is described. The support device is designed to support the head while reducing undesirable head motions relative to the torso. The support device includes a stiff support means mounted on the torso such as a yoke (13) worn over the shoulders and the upper torso and a mast (11) that extends upward from the yoke, behind the wearer's head to a rear portion of the head at a height approximately equal to the head's center of gravity (approximately eye level). A head harness (30) is worn on the head. A tether system (20), consisting of one or more tethers (25), is attached between a slider line (21) mounted on the head harness and a portion of the mast, adjacent the rear portion of the head of the person. The head harness connects the head harness to the mast to couple the head and the torso. Variations of the tethering system provide any desired degree of head mobility from almost total immobilization to loose support. Another embodiment of the support device (90) includes a yoke (91) worn over the torso and an integral mast (93) that extends upward to below a rear portion of the head. A head harness (101) is attached to the mast for supporting the head from below the rear portion of the head.
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Boughner Robert L.
Hubbard Robert P.
Apley Richard J.
Biomechanical Design Inc.
McLeod Ian C.
Reichard Lynne A.
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