Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Reexamination Certificate
2010-07-21
2011-11-15
Bianco, Patricia (Department: 3772)
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
C002S410000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08057415
ABSTRACT:
Trauma cervical stability devices for use by ambulatory personnel arriving at the scene of an injured patient are disclosed. The trauma cervical stability devices comprise a cap element, releasable and adjustable head straps, a shoulder harness, and at least one adjustable member operatively connected to the cap element and the shoulder harness. The trauma cervical stability devices are compact, easy to use, inexpensive to manufacture, and can be placed on a patient with little or no movement of the patient. The trauma cervical stability devices are also useful in diagnosing the severity of damage to a neck and the stability of the patient's neck by applying forces to the patient's head using the trauma cervical stability device. In another embodiment of the devices the devices comprise head straps210, shoulder harnesses220, lateral head elements212, and adjustable pressure fixation elements214. The fixation elements may be vacuum pillows.
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Ben-Galim Peleg
Borivker Nachum
Dashevsky Yakov
Hipp John A.
Tzachar Barak
Baylor College of Medicine
Bianco Patricia
Patel Tarla
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