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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven M. Reinecke, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Allan D. Luce, Shakopee, MN (US);
Robin Sydor, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Mark J. Strehlke, New Germany, MN (US);
Assignee:
AMEI Technologies Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 ;
Abstract
An ambulatory traction device includes two support belts configured to be positioned around a portion of a user's body and one or more lifting mechanisms. Each lifting mechanism is coupled between the support belts and operable to apply a decompressive force to the portion of the user's body when the support belts are positioned around the user's body.