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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1991
John P Anderson, Norco, CA (US);
Hartwell Medical Corporation, San Marcos, CA (US);
Abstract
A splint device for immobilizing the spine of a patient, including a frame having a central support, first wings for fixing the head of the patient to the central support, second wings for fixing the trunk of the patient to the central support, and attachments for joining the respective wings together about the patient, an open central channel and right and left channels on each side of and parallel to the central channel in the frame central support, a cover fixed to the frame and overlying the central support enclosing the channels, each of the right and left channels having an open end, and with stiffener bars slidably insertable into the enclosed right and left channels through the open ends thereof.