Cervical orthosis
AssigneesRakuhokugishi Prosthetic and Orthotic Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Rehabitech Co., Ltd.
InventorsTsutomu SAKAMOTO, Akinobu Sakamoto, Takeshi Hanajima, Ban Masuhara, Masaya Nomura, Kanji Mori
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Abstract
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.
Claims11
A cervical orthosis comprising:
- a main body supporting member extending from a hack region to an occipital region to protect a cervical spine by receiving the occipital region and stabilizing a posture;
- a plurality of belt-like members for fixing the main body supporting member to a human body, an occipital region supporting part of the main body supporting member being formed into a curved shape for surrounding the occipital region;
- a cushioning material arranged on the occipital region supporting part for directly being in contact with the occipital region;
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- an occipital region receiving member arranged inside the occipital region supporting part at a predetermined interval from a curved surface of the occipital region supporting part, wherein:
- the occipital region receiving member is fixed to the occipital region supporting part at a plurality of positions near a temporal region;
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- the occipital region receiving member receives pressure, being unevenly applied to the occipital region due to a posture displacement, in a distributed manner without concentration of the pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.