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US 2017/0290727 A1Published application
Cervical traction device and method of using same
OwnerElton Devin Savageinventor
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Abstract
A cervical traction device is provided. A frame presents an anterior support under the maxilla of a user, while a posterior support is applied to the lower portion of the occiput of the user. Thus, pressure is avoided on the potentially unstable mandible, and the lower and upper teeth are not compressed against one another. A series of suspension points on the frame allows the angle at which traction may be applied to the cervical vertebrae to be varied.
Claims20
A cervical traction device (10) comprising:
- a frame (100);
- a first skull attachment (200) attached to the frame (100) and releasably attachable to a skull at an anterior portion of a head on an inferior aspect of a maxilla of a user, and
- a second skull attachment (300) attached to the frame (100) and releasably attachable to the skull at a posterior portion of the head on an inferior aspect of an occiput of the user.
A cervical traction device (10) comprising:
- a frame (100) having a plurality of suspension points (110) releasably reversibly surrounding a head of a human user;
- a maxillary tray (200) attached to the frame (100) and releasably attachable to a skull at an anterior portion of a head on an inferior aspect of a maxilla of the user, and
- an occipital strap (310) attached to the frame (100) and releasably attachable to the skull at a posterior portion of the head on an inferior aspect on an occiput of the user.
A cervical traction device (10) for a human user comprising:
- a frame (100) having a plurality of suspension points (110) releasably attachable to an external device to the frame (100) and arranged in an anterior-posterior direction relative to a transverse process of a cervical vertebra of a user;
- a maxillary tray (200) having a maxillary contact portion (212) releasably supporting a maxilla at an anterior portion of a head on an inferior aspect of a maxilla of a user and a tray-frame attachment (214) coupled to the frame (100), and
- an occipital strap (310) coupled to the frame (100) and releasably supporting a skull at a posterior portion of the head on an inferior aspect of an occiput.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.