Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
602018000 | Neck | 84 |
20090149788 | Forward head posture correction collar - A forward head position correction collar is provided which in combination includes a shoulder collar assembly, a chin mastoid piece for engaging and positioning the head of a wearer of the collar; and interconnecting means for interconnecting the chin piece to the collar assembly as to enable the chin piece to be manually and preferably incrementally adjustable with respect to the shoulder collar assembly in a Z-direction to thereby adjust the supported head of the wearer from the forward head position to an increasingly corrected position. The interconnecting means is further adapted for displacing the chin-mastoid piece in a vertical direction with respect to the shoulder collar assembly simultaneously with and proportional to the incremental adjustment of the chin-mastoid piece along the Z-axis. The proportional vertical displacement with respect to the z axis displacement for the chin-mastoid support piece is that yielded by a point moving at about a 5 to 25 degree slope with respect to the horizontal Z-axis. The correction collar may further include a lordosis correction assembly secured to the rear of the collar and engageable with the rear of the wearer for applying corrective forces to at least one or more of the cervical vertebrae of the wearer. | 06-11-2009 |
20090187128 | Shoulder-neck-shaper - Shoulder-Neck-Shaper is designed mainly to alleviate the discomfort of upper back and neck in workers. | 07-23-2009 |
20090187129 | Trauma cervical stability device and methods of using same for diagnostic purposes - Trauma cervical stability devices for using 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. | 07-23-2009 |
20090198163 | Traction apparatus and methods - A brace and traction device and associated methods of operation. In one embodiment, the device incorporates a forwardly open head and jaw brace which is adjustably supported vertically above a forwardly collar member. The brace and the collar member are adapted such that the brace is able to mate with the collar member while still being able to rotate to the subject's left and right while remaining planar to the collar member. Adjustment may be accomplished for example manually or via an electronic motor controlled by a control mechanism and microprocessor. The microprocessor may be adapted to store information regarding a user's sessions, and facilitate communication with patient and physician personal devices, thus sending these data from recorded sessions. The processor element may also be adapted to implement therapy sessions based on physician-entered program specifications, or based on pre-programmed specifications. | 08-06-2009 |
20090204039 | Device and Method for Treating Neck Tension or Neck Injury - A device for treating neck tension or neck injury is provided. The device includes a base connected to a head support which is capable of continuous bi-directional movement relative to at least one axis of said base. The device is configured such that the continuous bi-directional movement is capable of repetitively flexuring and/or extending neck vertebrae of a user of the device. | 08-13-2009 |
20090204040 | NECK SUPPORT - A neck support/brace for protecting a neck has a flexible collar with a top wall, bottom wall, sidewalls and sectional walls disposed therebetween that form compartments therein. A plurality of cells are disposed within the compartment. Each of the fluid cells have a valve element disposed therein. When the pressure acting upon the cells is below a threshold pressure, fluid or air flows through the valve element to allow movement of the neck. Alternatively when the pressure on the cells is above the threshold pressure the valve element closes preventing fluid or air flow out of the fluid cell thus causing the cell to stay inflated and provide resistance to a neck movement. | 08-13-2009 |
20090204041 | NECK SUPPORT - A neck support/brace for protecting a neck has a flexible collar with a top wall, bottom wall, sidewalls and sectional walls disposed therebetween that form compartments therein. A plurality of cells are disposed within the compartment. Each of the fluid cells have a valve element disposed therein. When the pressure acting upon the cells is below a threshold pressure, fluid or air flows through the valve element to allow movement of the neck. Alternatively when the pressure on the cells is above the threshold pressure the valve element closes preventing fluid or air flow out of the fluid cell thus causing the cell to stay inflated and provide resistance to a neck movement. | 08-13-2009 |
20090209893 | Cervical Immobilization Collar with Arterial Cooling Elements - A cervical immobilization collar incorporates one or more cooling elements for inducing a mild cerebral hypothermia by transcutaneous cooling of oxygenated blood flowing through carotid arteries. The immobilization collar includes an annular support structure having an extended axial length for limiting cervical compaction of a wearer's neck and a chin rest for limiting cervical rotation of the wearer's neck. In addition, the one or more cooling elements, which function as a heat extractor, are carried by the support structure in positions for inducing transcutaneous conduction of heat through an anterior portion of the wearer's neck from at least one of the wearer's carotid arteries. | 08-20-2009 |
20090247918 | Custom Fit Cervical Collar - An improved cervical collar suitable for use in emergency or non-emergency situations for adjustment on or off a patient including the elements of an ergonomic occipital support region | 10-01-2009 |
20090264802 | Cervical collar - A cervical collar is disclosed. The cervical collar includes a main collar structure and at least one flexible adjustment member. The main collar structure can be configured to attach the upper chest and the shoulder of the patient and support the head of the patient. The main collar structure further has at least one concave portion. The flexible adjustment member can be disposed to the concave portions and is provided for securing the main collar structure at the back of the neck of the patient and can be configured to form a treatment region at the back of the neck of the patient, thereby conveniently caring the patient at the treatment region. | 10-22-2009 |
20090270783 | Weight Driven Neck Traction Unit and Method - The neck traction device elongated a user's neck with the application of force on the user's shoulders. One embodiment includes a head pad, a vertically movably head support frame, a pivotally connected linkage member coupled to a shoulder frame element. The shoulder frame and shoulder pads are longitudinally movably mounted and the linked system exerts a longitudinal force on the user's shoulders when the user's head rests on the head pad and depresses the head pad. A biasing mechanism either upwardly supports the head frame or longitudinally limits the extension of the shoulder frame such that when the head is lifted off the head frame, the biasing mechanism raises the head pad and moves back the shoulder frame and pads. Alternatively, a transmission may be used to convert the substantially downward force due to the head weight to a longitudinal force on the shoulder pads. | 10-29-2009 |
20090299242 | FOLDING CERVICAL VERTEBRA PROTECTIVE BAND - Provided is a folding cervical vertebra protective band which not only has a sufficient cervical vertebra protective function, but also can be easily folded into a conveniently portable size. The folding cervical vertebra protective band includes: a belt-like protective band body which has a length and a width for surrounding substantially an entire of a cervical portion of a user; and an attachable/detachable fixing means for holding the protective band body when in use in a use state in which the protective band body is curved around the cervical portion, in which the protective band body has divided components obtained as a result of multiple divisions of the protective band body in a longitudinal direction thereof and has hinge portions for foldably coupling those multiple divided components to each other therebetween, and is attached to the cervical portion while the entire of the protective band body is curved around the cervical portion when in use, and is folded into a small size with use of the hinge portions except when in use. | 12-03-2009 |
20090306563 | CERVICAL SPINE TRACTION COLLAR - A cervical spine traction collar is disclosed. The cervical spine collar comprises at least two cervical spine embracing elements, which are relatively displaceable with respect to each other in either up or down direction; a displacement device for relatively displacement of the cervical spine embracing elements in the up or down direction; a fastening device for securing the cervical spine embracing elements in a position in which they embrace a user's neck; and a padding provided on said cervical spine embracing elements for soft contact between the spine embracing elements and a patient body. | 12-10-2009 |
20100042030 | Dual-bracket cervical brace - A dual-bracket cervical brace provides frontal support between the chin and sternum with a hinged chin support. This brace allows lateral movements of the wearer's head and neck as well as vertical movements of the head and jaw. | 02-18-2010 |
20100056968 | NECK BRACE - A neck brace ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100081980 | CREVICE COLLAR - A device for treatment of limbs affected with Lymphedema. The device is a crevice collar which fits into depressed areas and crevices created by over-hanging lobules and protrusions of tissue so that the tissue may be comfortably wrapped with a pressure wrap with exacerbating sores and crevice areas in the skin caused by the Lymphedema. | 04-01-2010 |
20100087764 | NECK CAST WITH MULTI-POSITION ADJUSTABILITY OF HEIGHT AND DIAMETER AND INCLUDING DOWNWARDLY CONFIGURED SHOULDER SUPPORTS FOR IMMOBILIZING A PATIENT'S HEAD - The present invention teaches a head and neck cast for providing secure immobilization of a patient's upper neck and head extremities and includes a lower ergonomically configured ring supported upon the shoulders of the wearer. An upper ring is vertically displaceable in each of upper and lower directions relative to the lower support ring via an interconnecting network of both scissoring and vertically extending jacks. In this fashion, the neck and head of the patient is immobilized via the positional support provided by the lower ring and without the need for screws mounted to the skull. | 04-08-2010 |
20100121238 | NECK BRACE - A neck brace ( | 05-13-2010 |
20100137767 | EXTRICATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A spinal restraint apparatus for use in emergency extrication, where potential back, neck and spinal injuries may exist. The apparatus comprises a collar neck support device and an elongate support member. Further described are methods of using the apparatus. | 06-03-2010 |
20100137768 | CERVICAL COLLAR HAVING HEIGHT AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL ADJUSTMENT - An orthopedic device in the form of a cervical collar having height and circumferential adjustment includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The anterior portion includes a main support piece having depending projections configured to engage a height adjustment mechanism. Each of the anterior and posterior portions also includes a proximal support portion having a three-dimensional anatomically configured shape to support, immobilize, and stabilize an anatomical portion of a wearer. The anterior and/or posterior portion includes circumferential adjustment mechanisms to accommodate different sizes or differing degrees of swelling of anatomical portions. | 06-03-2010 |
20100168628 | HEAD FLEXION SUPPORT DEVICE - A flexible head support worn between the chin and the chest to support the head of the wearer and reduce the possibility of neck strain or injury. The head support allows the wearer to freely move their head in all but the forward flexion direction. Adjustable straps are attached to the support in order to secure the support to the wearer. When properly worn, the head support provides a secure rest for the head of the wearer, reducing strain on the neck caused by the weight of the head when performing tasks requiring prolonged neck flexion. A central hole may be provided in the support to reduce the possibility of airway injury during use. | 07-01-2010 |
20100185130 | Custom fit cervical collar - An improved cervical collar suitable for use in emergency or non-emergency situations for adjustment on or off a patient including the elements of an ergonomic occipital support region | 07-22-2010 |
20100204628 | Apparatus and Methods for Reducing Brain and Cervical Spine Injury - In an embodiment, a device for reducing brain and cervical spine injury includes a headpiece sufficiently designed to secure to a user's head, the headpiece having a first attachment member; a support harness sufficiently designed to secure to the user's torso, the support harness having a second attachment member; and a telescoping member having a main tube and a series of progressively smaller diameter tubes nested within each other, wherein the smaller diameter tubes are adapted to extend and compress in a linear plane by the intake and outflow of fluid, wherein the telescoping member has a first engaging member for engaging the first attachment member, and wherein the telescoping member has a second engaging member for engaging the second attachment member. | 08-12-2010 |
20100268139 | Cervical Collar With Kyphosis Adjustment - A cervical collar can be adjustable with respect to a wearer's head and neck, and include a back portion positionable posterior to a wearer's neck. The collar can also include a member that extends anteriorly relative to the back portion, and can have a mechanism adapted to reposition a prominence of the member superiorly, inferiorly, anteriorly, and posteriorly relative to the portion while the collar is installed on the wearer. A method of enforcing a lordotic curve in a wearer's cervical spine is also disclosed including installing a cervical collar on the wearer, adjusting the cervical collar to fit the wearer's head and neck, and positioning a member so that the member extends anteriorly with respect to the back portion to an extent that is independent of a tightness of the collar about the neck. | 10-21-2010 |
20100286580 | NECK BRACE - A neck brace has two legs with a gap between them and the legs extend on either side of the wearer's neck and along the front of his torso. Shoulder protuberances, and chest protuberances extending laterally from each leg, are received underneath the shoulder straps of a harness, in the region of the wearer's shoulders and chest, respectively. A recess is defined on an underside of each leg between the shoulder protuberance and the chest protuberance to form a beam that is elevated above the wearer's chest. Each leg and its associated chest protuberance, define a channel in which one of the shoulder straps of the harness is receivable to be held captive. | 11-11-2010 |
20100286581 | TRAUMA CERVICAL STABILITY DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING SAME FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES - 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 straps | 11-11-2010 |
20100298749 | Cervical-Thoracic Orthotic With Cervical Collar - An orthosis comprises a cervical portion that holds a head in place relative to a thoracic portion worn by a wearer. The orthosis has an intermediate portion disposed intermediate the cervical and thoracic portions. The orthosis also has a first adjustment region that provides at least 15° of relative movement between the cervical and intermediate portions, and a second adjustment region that provides at least 15° of relative movement between the thoracic and intermediate portions. First and second adjustment regions allow the orthosis to comfortably accommodate differently proportioned wearers, and each comprises one or more locking devices to prevent undesired movement of the cervical and thoracic portions relative to the intermediate portion. | 11-25-2010 |
20110004136 | ORTHOPEDIC TUTOR FOR SPINE AND METHOD - The tutor of this invention is made up of a support ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110034844 | CERVICAL COLLAR HAVING HEIGHT AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL ADJUSTMENT - A cervical collar has a front component formed from a compressible foam material and defines a recess constituting part of a tracheal opening. The collar also has a height adjustment mechanism secured to the front component which forms a substantially rigid border about the tracheal opening, and a sternum pad formed from a compressible foam material. The height adjustment mechanism selectively connects the front component to the sternum pad at a permanently locked position among a plurality of predefined distances. | 02-10-2011 |
20110040224 | CERVICAL IMMOBILIZATION COLLAR WITH ARTERIAL COOLING ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A kit and method for cooling the carotid arteries includes cervical immobilization collar includes a substantially annular support structure having an extended axial length, a chin rest, at least two cheek support structures having an extended vertical length, and an anterior opening that may be covered with an anterior removable door. The door has a body-facing surface and an outward-facing surface, the body-facing surface on which the pressure member is secured. The kit and method also includes a cooling element that may be disposed within the anterior opening and can be secured to the substantially annular support structure by placing the cooling element between the anterior portion of a patient's neck and the pressure member located on the door. | 02-17-2011 |
20110054372 | CERVICAL SPINE AND NECK SUPPORT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a cervical spine and neck supporting device for stabilising the spinal symmetry of a user when seated, comprising, a head garment comprising a band of material for surrounding a user's head, and a back flap comprising a head garment-cooperating end attachable to the head garment and a free end on which the user sits; wherein in use with the band of material surrounding the user's head and the head garment-cooperating end of the back flap attached to the head garment, the back flap is of sufficient length to allow the user to sit on the free end, in order to put the back flap under tension thereby restricting movement of the user's head and neck to stabilise the user's spine. | 03-03-2011 |
20110060260 | CERVICAL SPINE PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention is directed to a cervical spine protection apparatus one or more composite bands attached to provide restraint of one or more motions of the cervical spine of a wearer. The apparatus is designed to protect a wearer from incurring cervical spinal injuries, and/or to reduce the severity of cervical spine injuries without substantially compromising the normal functional range of motion of the wearer's cervical spine. | 03-10-2011 |
20110118639 | IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE - An immobilization device including an anterior component including a two-dimensional shaped section contoured to a shape of the human chest and an anterior outwardly bowed area relative to the two-dimensional shaped anterior section generally corresponding to the sternum of the wearer. The device also includes a posterior component including a two-dimensional shaped section contoured to a shape of the human back and a posterior outwardly bowed area relative to the two-dimensional shaped section corresponding to the spinal column of the wearer, with elongate cushion elements connected to and extending within a width of the posterior outwardly bowed area. A strapping system connects both the anterior and posterior components to one another. | 05-19-2011 |
20110130692 | Restraint Device And Method Of Use - A restraint device includes first and second restraint and/or support portions adapted to extend around part of a person. First and second connector portions may secure the first and second restraint and/or support portions to the person. A lock member may be used to selectively prevent disconnection of the first and second connector portions. One or more removable tags or other information elements may be carried on at least one of the first and second restraint and/or support portions and may indicate who placed the restraint device on, or removed the restraint device from the person, and/or what time the restraint device was placed or removed. The tags or other elements may include a unique identifier to indicate whether the restraint device had been previously removed from the person after an initial placement. The restraint device may include an electronic information element configured to transmit information related to the wearer. | 06-02-2011 |
20110160629 | CERVICAL COLLAR - The present invention discloses a novel cervical collar for maintaining the airways in head and neck immobilized trauma patient open. This collar comprises a rigid motion-restricting frame ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110224591 | CERVICAL COLLAR HAVING HEIGHT AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL ADJUSTMENT - An orthopedic device in the form of a cervical collar having height and circumferential adjustment includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The anterior portion includes a main support piece having depending projections configured to engage a height adjustment mechanism. Each of the anterior and posterior portions also includes a proximal support portion having a three-dimensional anatomically configured shape to support, immobilize, and stabilize an anatomical portion of a wearer. The anterior and/or posterior portion includes circumferential adjustment mechanisms to accommodate different sizes or differing degrees of swelling of anatomical portions. | 09-15-2011 |
20110288459 | DYNAMICALLY REACTIVE SPINAL SUPPORT SYSTEM - A brace device for the spinal support of a wearer. The brace device comprises a plurality of component parts, with each component part being moveable relative to at least one other component part. Movement sensing means are provided, for monitoring the movement of the wearer and/or the movement of one component part relative to the at least one other component part with which it is moveable; the movement sensing means being able to generate output signals indicative of movement or in response to a change in movement. Movement resisting means are provided on component parts and these are operable to prohibit, restrict and/or resist movement of the component parts relative to other component parts. Control means in communication with the movement sensing means and the movement resisting means are programmed to interpret and/or analyze the output signals generated by the movement sensing means within predetermined parameters and/or criteria. Movement resisting means are activated, deactivated or dynamically controlled in response to signals received from the control means when it is determined that a movement or a change in movement requires partial or substantial immobilization of at least a portion of the spine of the wearer. | 11-24-2011 |
20120029403 | RESTRAINT DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - A restraint device includes first and second restraint and/or support portions adapted to extend around part of a person. First and second connector portions may secure the first and second restraint and/or support portions to the person. A lock member may be used to selectively prevent disconnection of the first and second connector portions. One or more removable tags or other information elements may be carried on at least one of the first and second restraint and/or support portions and may indicate who placed the restraint device on, or removed the restraint device from the person, and/or what time the restraint device was placed or removed. The tags or other elements may include a unique identifier to indicate whether the restraint device had been previously removed from the person after an initial placement. The restraint device may include an electronic information element configured to transmit information related to the wearer. | 02-02-2012 |
20120130295 | Universally adjustable cervical collar - A universally adjustable cervical collar is in the form of a U-shaped base with a front joined to a pair of rearwardly extending wings. Left and right planar chin supports are pivotally connected at their distal ends to the distal ends to of respective wings with a chin piece connected between the upper proximal ends of the chin supports. An adjustable latch is individually coupled between each wing and the lower proximal end of the associated chin supports. Preferably the latch is in the form of 1) an arcuate slot in each wing arranged around the respective pivot axis with a track formed on opposite sides of the slot having inwardly projecting ribs and 2) a retractable locking pin carried by each chin support and moveable within the respective slot, the locking pins having outwardly projecting ribs adapted to engage adjacent ribs in the associated track to lock the chin support to the associated wing when in the locked position and to allow the chin support to be moved relative to the associated wing when in the retracted position | 05-24-2012 |
20120136292 | Non-Invasive Cervical-Thoracic Correction System - A non-invasive cervical-thoracic correction system for therapeutic use and for correction of abnormalities in a person's posture is disclosed. The system comprises a chest brace that includes shoulder supports that fit to the person's shoulders; a body harness connected to the chest brace by way of one or more support straps so as to provide a stable foundation when fitted to the person; and a forehead pad mounted to the chest brace by way of a spring connection that provides a variable amount of tension to the forehead pads such that the person's head is biased into a position that is in keeping with normal posture. The spring connection includes a helix spring. The forehead pad is mounted to the chest brace by way of an adjustable joint that allows the person to adjust a force providing the bias to the head. | 05-31-2012 |
20120165712 | CERVICAL COLLAR WITH INDEPENDENT HEIGHT AND CIRCUMFERENCE ADJUSTABILITY - An adjustable cervical collar designed to accommodate a broad range of prospective wearers with unique physical attributes, and to restrict the movements of the wearer's cervical spine, including rotation, flexion, extension, and lateral bending. The cervical collar includes a front portion and back portion, which may be adjusted in relation to one other to vary the circumference of the cervical collar. The front portion includes upper and lower plastic portions which may be adjusted to vary the height of the cervical collar, and a front thoracic extender which may be adjusted to achieve a desired restrictiveness of flexion movement. The back portion includes occipital and back thoracic extenders which may be adjusted to achieve a desired restrictiveness of extension movement. The adjustable features may be operated independently of one another. The adjustable features include locking means to ensure that the cervical collar is securely applied to the wearer. | 06-28-2012 |
20120203157 | NECK BRACE - A neck brace ( | 08-09-2012 |
20120209160 | CERVICAL COLLAR WITH REDUCED VASCULAR OBSTRUCTION - A cervical collar has an anterior portion and a posterior portion having side extending portions removably connecting to the anterior portion. The posterior portion includes a rigid or semi-rigid main support piece and a resilient edge integrally secured to at least a substantial portion of a periphery of the main support piece that is substantially more flexible than the main support piece. The main support piece defines opposed upper side sections and a lower section. The upper side sections extend upwardly from the side extending portions and are oriented toward a proximal middle region and spaced apart by a first distance. The lower section extends continuously between the side extending portions and is spaced a second distance from the upper side sections. | 08-16-2012 |
20120245500 | EMERGENCY STABILIZATION OF A FRACTURED PELVIS OR AN INJURED NECK - A hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, stays, and a chin support and may be wrapped around a patient's neck as a cervical support collar. | 09-27-2012 |
20120330204 | Therapeutic Cushioning and Devices for Assisting Respiration of and administering fluid to a patient - The present invention is directed to both therapeutic cushioning designed to support the head of a patient in bed to improve respiration and a series of devices designed to assist a patient's respiration and administer fluid to the patient, by ensuring such devices cannot be inadvertently removed from the patient in the absence of medical personnel and cause unwanted injury to the patient. At the same, time, a device is provided to assist a patient's breathing in the absence of such assistive devices, e.g., during sleep. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006157 | RESTRAINT DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - A restraint device includes first and second restraint and/or support portions adapted to extend around part of a person. First and second connector portions may secure the first and second restraint and/or support portions to the person. A lock member may be used to selectively prevent disconnection of the first and second connector portions. One or more removable tags or other information elements may be carried on at least one of the first and second restraint and/or support portions and may indicate who placed the restraint device on, or removed the restraint device from the person, and/or what time the restraint device was placed or removed. The tags or other elements may include a unique identifier to indicate whether the restraint device had been previously removed from the person after an initial placement. The restraint device may include an electronic information element configured to transmit information related to the wearer. | 01-03-2013 |
20130035624 | Contoured Support Brace - The present invention relates to an improved head and neck support brace providing increased support for the user and reduced migration of the support brace. | 02-07-2013 |
20130060179 | Cervical Collar With Cable Reel Adjustment System - A cervical collar having a vertically adjustable chin support, the collar including a chin support adjustably connected to a collar body, a cable reel for adjusting the length of a cable cable, a cable stop connecting between the collar body and the chin support and slidingly positionable along a slot on the collar body and a pulley located on the collar body adjacent to the elongate slot. Adjustment of the length of the cable adjusts the position of the cable stop along the slot and adjusts the vertical position of the chin support relative to the collar body. | 03-07-2013 |
20130096476 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING A CERVICAL TRACTION COLLAR - Cervical collars and methods are disclosed. In the various embodiments, an apparatus may include a cervical collar positionable on a neck of a user. A front portion may include at least one extensible chamber and an opposing rear portion having at least one extensible chamber. The front section and the rear section are mutually removably coupleable. A method in accordance with the various embodiments may include positioning the cervical collar about a neck of the user, and positioning a mouth piece in the user to engage the dentition of the user. Selected chambers in the cervical collar may be extended to urge the collar into contact with at least one of a chin and an occipital region of the user. The neck of the user may be tractioned using a selected mobilization pattern. | 04-18-2013 |
20130165831 | CERVICAL COLLAR - A cervical collar including an anterior portion having a rigid or semi-rigid shell anterior main support piece. The anterior portion defines resilient or flexible edges formed along the periphery of the main support piece. The flexible edges form a three-dimensional anatomically configured proximal support portion defined along a proximal area of the anterior portion. The anterior main support piece defines a supporting spring portion centrally located along the proximal area of the anterior portion. The proximal support portion is formed around and encompasses the supporting spring portion. | 06-27-2013 |
20130178773 | CERVICAL COLLAR WITH CABLE REEL ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - A cervical collar having a vertically adjustable chin support, the collar including a chin support adjustably connected to a collar body, a cable reel for adjusting the length of a cable cable, a cable stop connecting between the collar body and the chin support and slidingly positionable along a slot on the collar body and a pulley located on the collar body adjacent to the elongate slot. Adjustment of the length of the cable adjusts the position of the cable stop along the slot and adjusts the vertical position of the chin support relative to the collar body. | 07-11-2013 |
20130226055 | CERVICAL SPINE IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE - A device is disclosed that can be used to immobilize the neck of patients suffering from blunt trauma injuries to the cervical spine. The device implements biomechanically justified features to immobilize the spine without further harming the patient. In certain embodiments, the device immobilizes the neck by limiting head motion in relation to the upper body. | 08-29-2013 |
20130231597 | IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE - An immobilization device including an anterior component including a two-dimensional shaped section contoured to a shape of the human chest and an anterior outwardly bowed area relative to the two-dimensional shaped anterior section generally corresponding to the sternum of the wearer. The device also includes a posterior component including a two-dimensional shaped section contoured to a shape of the human back and a posterior outwardly bowed area relative to the two-dimensional shaped section corresponding to the spinal column of the wearer, with elongate cushion elements connected to and extending within a width of the posterior outwardly bowed area. A strapping system connects both the anterior and posterior components to one another. | 09-05-2013 |
20130261519 | Cervical Collar Spinal Height Adjustment System - Neck braces having versatile rear braces are provided. Some rear braces comprise various components including a rear panel having notches, a height adjustment mechanism, and at least one occipital lobe support. Each component can be movably attached to another component via a fastener (e.g., ball snap, snap connector, etc.), thereby allowing one component to rotate, tilt or otherwise move in relation to the other component. | 10-03-2013 |
20130261520 | Neck Relief Device, and Piece of Headgear Intended Therefore - The present invention relates to a neck relief device ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130281899 | CERVICAL COLLAR BRACE WITH CABLE ADJUSTMENT - A cervical collar brace including a main body collar, a first chin side support pivotally mounted to the main body collar, and a second chin side support pivotally mounted to the main body collar. A cable adjuster adjustably secures the first and second chin side supports to the main body collar and includes a rotatable wheel, one or more cables, and one or more lift effectors for lifting the chin side supports in response to rotation of the rotatable wheel in a first rotation direction. A chin piece is provided for supporting a wearer's chin. | 10-24-2013 |
20130281900 | CERVICAL COLLAR BRACE WITH CABLE ADJUSTMENT - A cervical collar brace including a main body collar, a first chin side support pivotally mounted to the main body collar, and a second chin side support pivotally mounted to the main body collar. A cable adjuster adjustably secures the first and second chin side supports to the main body collar and includes a rotatable wheel, one or more cables, and one or more lift effectors for lifting the chin side supports in response to rotation of the rotatable wheel in a first rotation direction. A chin piece is provided for supporting a wearer's chin. | 10-24-2013 |
20130289460 | Brace - The brace comprises: a chest plate; a chin support; a rod having a top surface, the rod adjustably attached to the chest plate; and an adjustable linkage connected to the top surface and to the chin support. The brace is used to immobilize a Patient's chin relative to The Patient's spinal column, or The Patient's chest, or both when the Patient's chin is placed upon the chin support. | 10-31-2013 |
20130296755 | CERVICAL SPINE STABILIZING SYSTEM - A passive cervical spine stabilizing system includes a head engagement member, a torso supported member, and at least one stabilization connector having a first portion configured to be secured to the head engagement member and having a second portion configured to be secured to the torso supported member, wherein the at least one stabilization connector includes a surface in contact with a shear-thickening non-Newtonian fluid. | 11-07-2013 |
20130310722 | CERVICAL COLLAR - A cervical collar has a chin support slidably connected to an inside surface of an anterior component adapted to secure against an anterior chin and neck of a user. A posterior component connects to the anterior component to circumferentially surround the user's neck. A height adjustment mechanism has spring locks securing the height adjustment mechanism against the anterior component. The cervical collar includes a footplate continuously extending from the height adjustment mechanism generally without a variation in thickness. The posterior component has side portions with a plurality of living hinges located proximate to elongate slots for straps connecting to the anterior component. | 11-21-2013 |
20130317403 | CERVICAL SPINE PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention is directed to a cervical spine protection apparatus one or more composite bands attached to provide restraint of one or more motions of the cervical spine of a wearer. The apparatus is designed to protect a wearer from incurring cervical spinal injuries, and/or to reduce the severity of cervical spine injuries without substantially compromising the normal functional range of motion of the wearer's cervical spine. | 11-28-2013 |
20130324898 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STABILIZATION OF A FRACTURED PELVIS OR AN INJURED NECK - A hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, stays, and a chin support and may be wrapped around a patient's neck as a cervical support collar. | 12-05-2013 |
20140012172 | ADJUSTABLE CERVICAL COLLAR - An embodiment of an adjustable cervical collar system includes a collar body and a chin support structure assembled together, about respective pivots at opposed ends, for pivotal movement about a pivot axis so that the angle subtended by the collar body and chin support structure can be adjusted. The collar body and chin support structure can be locked in a selected position by a locking mechanism. A release mechanism permits the wearer to release the locking mechanism using one hand, and the angular position of the chin support structure relative to the collar body is changed manually. When the release mechanism is released, the locking mechanism automatically locks the chin support in the new position. A neck strap is detachable from the chin support structure and the collar body, and its length is also adjustable. | 01-09-2014 |
20140107551 | Cervical Collar with Cable Adjustment System - A cervical collar having a vertically adjustable chin support, the collar including chin support adjustably connected to a collar body having a stop guide, an adjustment member for adjusting the length of a cable trained around a pulley located on the collar body adjacent to the cable guide and connected to a cable stop connecting between the collar body and the chin support and movably positionable along the stop guide on the collar body, wherein the length of the cable adjusts the position of the cable stop along the stop guide and adjusts the vertical position of the chin support relative to the collar body. | 04-17-2014 |
20140243720 | CERVICAL COLLAR WITH CABLE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - A cervical collar having a vertically adjustable chin support, the collar including a chin support adjustably connected to a collar body, the collar body defining an elongate slot; a cable located on the collar body; a cable stop connected to a distal portion of the cable and connecting between the collar body and the chin support, the cable stop being slidingly positionable along the slot on the collar body; and a pulley located on the collar body adjacent to the elongate slot. The cable cooperates with the pulley so that the direction of the cable is changed between the cable stop and a proximal portion of the cable, and movement of the distal portion of the cable adjusts the position of the cable stop along the slot and adjusts the vertical position of the chin support relative to the collar body. | 08-28-2014 |
20140296758 | CONFORMABLE CERVICAL COLLAR - A neck collar with a first shaped condition adequate for application to the patient's neck, mold and conform to the patient's neck configuration, retain and recall that configuration following removal and reapplication to the patient. A second shaped condition for storage. The collar is achieved by a unique piece of conformable material that is sufficiently resilient to maintain the given shape. The main body is designed to provide support and recall the anatomic shape of a particular patient's cervical spine. | 10-02-2014 |
20140316318 | DYNAMIC LOGARITHMIC SPINAL DECOMPRESSION TABLE AND METHOD - A cervical-head harness has a cervical support collar has two pair of attachment points. When the cervical collar is in place on a user, attachment points of a first pair of attachment points of the collar lie on either side of the user's head below the user's mandible and between the user's chin and ear. With the cervical collar in place on the user, attachment points of a second pair of attachment points of the collar extend on either side of the user's head proximate a back of the user's head. A strap extends from each of the attachment points and each strap is attached to a support. In use, the support extends above a head of the user. | 10-23-2014 |
20140323938 | CERVICAL COLLAR BRACE WITH CABLE ADJUSTMENT - A cervical collar brace including a main body collar, a first chin side support pivotally mounted to the main body collar, and a second chin side support pivotally mounted to the main body collar. A cable adjuster adjustably secures the first and second chin side supports to the main body collar and includes a rotatable wheel, one or more cables, and one or more lift effectors for lifting the chin side supports in response to rotation of the rotatable wheel in a first rotation direction. A chin piece is provided for supporting a wearer's chin. | 10-30-2014 |
20140371645 | CERVICAL ORTHOSIS - A cervical orthosis comprises a main body supporting member having an occipital region supporting part; and a plurality of belt-like members for fixing the main body supporting member to a human body. An occipital region receiving member is fixed inside the occipital region supporting part at the positions near a temporal part at a predetermined interval from a curved surface of the occipital region supporting part, whereby the occipital region receiving member is deformed according to the shape of an occipital region and a pressure is distributed when the patient is in the supine posture. | 12-18-2014 |
20150025433 | JAW BRACE - A brace that includes a chin support for stabilizing a patient's chin in a fixed relative position. More specifically, the chin support is maintained in a fixed position through the use of additional mechanisms such as a chest plate, an articulating arm, or a telescoping arm. The brace is used to stabilize a patient's chin when the patient's chin is placed upon the chin support. | 01-22-2015 |
20150045708 | CERVICAL COLLAR - A cervical collar including an anterior portion having a rigid or semi-rigid shell anterior main support piece. The anterior portion defines resilient or flexible edges formed along the periphery of the main support piece. The flexible edges form a three-dimensional anatomically configured proximal support portion defined along a proximal area of the anterior portion. The anterior main support piece defines a supporting spring portion centrally located along the proximal area of the anterior portion. The proximal support portion is formed around and encompasses the supporting spring portion. | 02-12-2015 |
20150112238 | NECK BRACES - A neck brace comprises a frame, which includes a support section for supporting a user's lower jaw and a brace section for bracing the support section. The brace section comprises a sternum rest and a strut that joins the sternum rest to the remainder of the frame, and is shaped to avoid contact with the user's clavicle region. | 04-23-2015 |
20150133840 | CERVICAL COLLAR WITH INDEPENDENT HEIGHT AND CIRCUMFERENCE ADJUSTABILITY - An adjustable cervical collar designed to accommodate a broad range of prospective wearers with unique physical attributes, and to restrict the movements of the wearer's cervical spine, including rotation, flexion, extension, and lateral bending. The cervical collar includes a front portion and back portion, which may be adjusted in relation to one other to vary the circumference of the cervical collar. The front portion includes upper and lower plastic portions which may be adjusted to vary the height of the cervical collar, and a front thoracic extender which may be adjusted to achieve a desired restrictiveness of flexion movement. The back portion includes occipital and back thoracic extenders which may be adjusted to achieve a desired restrictiveness of extension movement. The adjustable features may be operated independently of one another. The adjustable features include locking means to ensure that the cervical collar is securely applied to the wearer. | 05-14-2015 |
20150328037 | PATIENT STABILIZATION AND TRANSPORT AID - The invention relates to a patient stabilization and transport aid ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150328038 | CERIVAL BRACE - A cervical brace ( | 11-19-2015 |
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20160051391 | CERVICAL SPLINTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A cervical splint assembly is provided for a person to alleviate headaches or cervical conditions. The cervical splint includes a splint assembly having a first end, a second end, and a body extending between the first end and the second end. The body has a front and a back and is formed of compressible material and sized to fit between a chin and a top of a chest of the person. A strap has a first end and a second end selectively and adjustably connected together. The strap wraps around the front of the body such that when the splint assembly is secured to a neck of the person using the cervical splint, the splint assembly provides support for a chin of the person, restricts flexion of a neck of the person, and the first and second ends are aligned approximately below earlobes of the person. | 02-25-2016 |
20160058600 | DAMAGE-REDUCING CERVICAL COLLAR - A neck support collar may have:
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20160058601 | ADJUSTABLE COLLAR - Adjustable braces providing improved levels of adjustability and ease of use are provided. Two components of an adjustable brace can be pivotally fastened to one another at two ends, and define a size-adjustable opening therebetween. The two components can be coupled to one another via an adjustment mechanism that allows for an adjustment of a vertical position of one component relative to another component. Two pivoting locking member can be provided that captures an adjustment and blocks a movement of the adjustment mechanism. | 03-03-2016 |
20160074202 | NECK ORTHOSIS - A neck orthosis, head support system and method of use for supporting a head of a patient having a medical condition are described. The neck orthosis can comprise a body made of a material which is flexible and stretchy and a releasable fastener. The neck orthosis is shaped to cause the neck orthosis snuggly to conform to the anatomy of the patient adjacent the neck of the patient when the neck support is secured in use about the neck of the patient by the releasable fastener to support the head of the patient. A head support system can include a plurality of different support members which can be releasably attached to the neck orthosis to provide different types of support to the head of the patient. | 03-17-2016 |
20160135979 | Neck Brace - The invention relates to a neck brace comprising a deformable brace, said deformable brace is provided with a removable cushion fixed thereon by a tie; said deformable brace is additionally provided with two movable sponge sleeves, and the two movable sponge sleeves slide along the deformable brace. the neck brace consists of a deformable brace, with one end supporting the head and the other end attached onto the body to distribute the weight of the head to other parts of the body through the brace, and reduce the pressure applied to cervical vertebra, thus protecting the cervical vertebra; a removable cushion is provided on one end of the brace, which can improve comfort degree of the product; two thickened sponge sleeves are provided in the middle of the structure, which can produce enhanced comfort when the brace is in contact with the body. | 05-19-2016 |
20160158054 | ADJUSTABLE CERVICAL COLLAR - An embodiment of an adjustable cervical collar system includes a collar body and a chin support structure assembled together, about respective pivots at opposed ends, for pivotal movement about a pivot axis so that the angle subtended by the collar body and chin support structure can be adjusted. The collar body and chin support structure can be locked in a selected position by a locking mechanism. A release mechanism permits the wearer to release the locking mechanism using one hand, and the angular position of the chin support structure relative to the collar body is changed manually. When the release mechanism is released, the locking mechanism automatically locks the chin support in the new position. A neck strap is detachable from the chin support structure and the collar body, and its length is also adjustable. | 06-09-2016 |
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