Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1989-06-30
1991-02-26
Burr, Edgar S.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128 72, A61H 102
Patent
active
049953788
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a therapeutic table for providing traction in a prone position to a patient's lumbar region. The therapeutic table includes a frame; a table top having an upper-body section rigid with respect to the frame and a lower-body section slideable with respect to the frame, the said sections providing, in use, a separable surface for a patient to lie prone face down on the table top; hand grips rigid with respect to the upper-body section and accessible by a patient with arms above head to provide anchoring for upper body; a pelvic belt anchor rigid with respect to the lower-body section to provide, in use, an anchor to which the pelvic belt can be connected; and cylinder and piston drive for sliding the lower-body section in the frame to cyclically increase and decrease the distance between said hand grips and said pelvic belt anchors to cyclically apply traction to the lumbar region of the spine in use.
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Dyer Allan E.
Savoia Ernest
Burr Edgar S.
Dyer Allan
Pham Huong Q.
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