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.
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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.
A buoyancy-based cervical traction system for applying cervical traction to a person partially submerged in a liquid, the system comprising;
- a head rest adapted to support the person's head above the neck;
- a floatation system having positive buoyancy when in the liquid, the head rest being supported by the floatation system so the system exerts an upward force on the person's head when the person and the system are in the liquid and the person's head is supported by the head rest;
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- a head rest orientation adjustment system adapted to allow selective adjustment to an orientation at which the head rest will be relative to the flotation system.
A method of applying cervical traction to a person partially submerged in a liquid, the person having a head and a neck, the head being supported above the neck by a head rest, the head rest being supported by a floatation system in the liquid, the method comprising adjusting at least one of the head rest and floatation system to adjust the position of the head relative to the surface of the liquid when the person and the floatation system are floating in the liquid at equilibrium.
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;
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- a head rest supportable by the floatation system so the system exerts an upward force on the person's head when the person and the system are in the liquid and the person's head is supported by the head rest, the head rest including a chin support for supporting the person's chin,
- wherein the chin support and floatation system are adapted so the chin support is secured to the floatation system by the weight of the person.
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;
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- a head rest supportable by the floatation system so the system exerts an upward force on the person's head when the person and the system are in the liquid and the person's head is supported by the head rest, the head rest including a chin support for supporting the person's chin,
- wherein the chin support is adapted to yield in a manner that results in separation of the chin support from the floatation system in response to any forces in excess of a cervical traction limit.
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