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US 6,190,345 B1Granted
Vertebral traction device and method
OwnerJoseph E. Hendersoninventor
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Abstract
A vertebral traction device for applying traction to the lower vertebral column. A method for applying traction to the lower vertebral column.
Claims25
A vertebral traction device for applying traction to the lower vertebral column comprising:
- a support having a top end, a bottom end, a front side and a back side;
- a bed attachment cable having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end of the bed attachment cable is attached to the support at or near the bottom end of the support;
- a tension provider having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end of the tension provider is attached to the support;
- a harness attachment cable having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end of the harness attachment cable is attached to the tension provider at or near the distal end of the tension provider, and where the distal end of the harness attachment cable has a long axis;
- a harness comprising a belt and a belt attachment cable, where the belt attachment cable has a first end and a second end, and where the first end and the second end are connected to the belt;
- a belt attachment cable connector slidably attached to the belt attachment cable;
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- a swivel connected to the belt attachment cable connector and to the harness attachment cable;
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- where the swivel allows the harness to rotate freely about the long axis of the distal end of the harness attachment cable.
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A vertebral traction device for applying traction to the lower vertebral column comprising:
- a support having a top end, a bottom end, a front side and a back side;
- a bed attachment cable having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end of the bed attachment cable is attached to the support at or near the bottom end of the support;
- a tension provider having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end of the tension provider is attached to the support;
- a harness attachment cable having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end of the harness attachment cable is attached to the tension provider at or near the distal end of the tension provider, and where the distal end of the harness attachment cable has a long axis;
- a harness comprising a belt and a belt attachment cable, where the belt attachment cable has a first end and a second end, and where the first end and the second end are connected to the belt;
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- a belt attachment cable connector slidably attached to the belt attachment cable by a pulley and attached to the harness attachment cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.