Buoyancy-based cervical traction system
AssigneeAquatic Therapy Innovations, LLC
InventorsKenneth H. Murer, Neill M. Wright
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Abstract
A buoyancy-based cervical traction system has a floatation and a head rest supported by the flotation system. The head rest is adapted to support a person's head above the neck and apply traction to the neck when the person is in a body of liquid. The system has a position adjustment system adapted to allow selective adjustment of the position at which the person's head rest will be relative to an upper surface of the liquid when the person and the cervical traction system are in the liquid, the person's head is supported by the head rest, and the cervical traction system and person are floating in the liquid at equilibrium.
Claims15
A buoyancy-based cervical traction system for applying cervical traction to a person partially submerged in a liquid, the system comprising:
- a floatation system having positive buoyancy when in the liquid,
- a head rest supported by the flotation system and adapted to support the person's head above the neck and apply traction to the neck when the person is in the liquid;
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- a position adjustment system adapted to allow selective adjustment of a position at which the head rest will be relative to an upper surface of the liquid when the person and the cervical traction system are in the liquid, the person's head is supported by the head rest, and the cervical traction system and person are floating in the liquid at equilibrium, the position adjustment system comprising a plurality of buoyancy adjusters;
- an attachment system connecting the buoyancy adjusters to the floatation system to selectively alter the buoyancy of the floatation system, the attachment system being configured to connect different combinations of the buoyancy adjusters to the floatation system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.