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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Will Pickering, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Lisa A. G. Tweardy, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Robert M. Gorsen, McLean, VA (US);
Clay A. Burns, New York, NY (US);
Will Pickering, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Lisa A. G. Tweardy, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Robert M. Gorsen, McLean, VA (US);
Clay A. Burns, New York, NY (US);
Ossur hf., , IE;
Abstract
A traction device having an adjustable tensioning mechanism, the traction device attachable to a head support and a cervical collar. The tensioning mechanism includes a traction base, a slider slidably connected to the traction base and an adjustment mechanism to force the traction base and slider in opposite directions. One of the traction base or slider is at a fixed longitudinal position with respect to the head support and the other of the traction base or slider is at a fixed longitudinal position with respect to the cervical collar.