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US 4,360,009 AGranted
Medical treatment table
OwnerEric Weismaninventor
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Abstract
Medical treatment table having one degree of freedom and including slidable foot-ankle harnesses for securing a patient's legs to one end of the table. The foot-ankle harnesses slidably move on one end of the table either manually or electrically. The table is tilted by way of an electric motor or a manual override crank. A cervical traction harness at the other end of the table can also be used in conjunction with the table. The table is for the treatment of medical conditions or disorders predetermined by doctors.
Claims10
Medical treatment table for treating predetermined medical conditions, comprising:
- a. table including end frame supports and two centered pivot mounts;
- b. half circumferential ring gear adjacent to one of said pivot mounts on the bottom of said table;
- c. pedestal base including an upward extending pedestal, four pods extending angularly outward from said pedestal, and a pivot pin extending through a top portion of said pedestal and through said pivot mounts;
- d. motor drive means including a sprocket at a base of said pedestal and engaged to said ring gear for angularly tilting said table;
- e. control means for switching power to said motor means where said motor tilts said table for treating a patient;
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- f. second motor means on each end of one of said end frames, pulleys anchored at each end of said second motor means, and an ankle-leg harness means connected to an endless loop about said pulleys whereby said motor means varies positioning of said endless loops about said pulley thereby varying distance of said ankle-leg harness with respect to each other.
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