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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Thomas Bologovsky, Millbrook, NY (US);
John Cline, Union Vale, NY (US);
Russell Ralph Mohberg, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Richard Sunderland, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Assignee:
Laerdal Medical Corporation, Wappinger Falls, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128869 ; 128870 ; 5 82 / ;
Abstract
A spine board having internal stiffening elements mechanically connected to an outer shell via a number of speed pins. A quantity of urethane foam fills the spaces between the stiffening elements and the shell. The speed pins permit the rotational molding of the shell about a pair of graphite reinforcing tubes, which better distributes the loads to be born among the outer shell, urethane filler, and stiffening elements, thereby increasing the life span of the board.