Cervical spine brace and traction device

Cervical spine brace and traction device
United States Patent 7,128,724
Marsh October 31, 2006
Abstract
A cervical spine brace and traction device incorporates a forwardly open head and jaw brace which is adjustably supported vertically above a forwardly collar member. The brace and the collar member have cooperating lateral wall sections having mating arcuate surfaces that are juxtaposed and which include interengaging means that assure they remain precisely angularly aligned with each other while the vertical spacing between them is being changed. Support of the brace and adjustment is by pairs of laterally extending brackets which interconnect with rotatable rod mechanisms that carry coaxial right-handed and left-handed lead screw surfaces. A miter gear affixed to each rod in a central location mates with a cooperative miter gear affixed to a horizontal shaft that carries a starwheel at one end which permits smooth and accurate patient adjustment.
Inventors: Marsh; M. Lou (Del Mar, CA)
Assignee: Ohana Medical Concepts, LLC (Del Mar, CA)
Appl. No.: 10/414,726
Filed: April 14, 2003