Elizabeth Lan Tran

US Patent:

20050245854, Nov 3, 2005

Filed:

Apr 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/110121

Inventors:

Eric Leuthardt - St. Louis MO, US
Dennis Rivet - St. Louis MO, US
Guy Genin - St. Louis MO, US
Stuart Rosenberg - Wheeling IL, US
Laura Seger - Leawood KS, US
Elizabeth Tran - Opelousas LA, US

International Classification:

A61F005/00

US Classification:

602018000

Abstract:

A cervical brace for restraining movement of a head and neck vertebra of a patient relative to at least one of a chest and an abdomen of the patient. The brace includes a mount sized and shaped for attachment to at least one of the chest and the abdomen of the patient and a support extending upward from the mount to a position in use adjacent a rearward surface of the head of the patient. The brace includes a loop sized and shaped for receiving the head of the patient cantilevered from the support. The support includes at least one joint for adjusting at least one of a pitch, a yaw and a roll of the loop relative to the mount.