Cervical correcting brace

• US 6,379,358 B1
• Filed: 11/22/2000
• Issued: 04/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert W.H. Kuo
• Original Assignee: Robert W.H. Kuo
• Inventors: Kuo, Robert W. H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirsch, Paul J.
• Application Number:
  US09/721,209
• Time in Patent Office: 524 Days
• Field of Search: 606/53, 606/60, 606/61
• US Class Current: 606/261
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/7053 with parts attached to bones or to each other by flexible wires, straps, sutures or cables
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/7055 connected to sacrum, pelvis or skull

Abstract

A cervical correction brace includes a pair of spaced upright bars each having a wavelike lower section and an inclined upper section. The upper sections extend upward and inward. A top crosspiece interconnects top ends of the upper sections.

Claims

1. A cervical correcting brace for secure attachment by wire to a defective spine of a patient, whereby the cervical correcting brace securely supports the spine over a required length of time, the cervical correcting brace comprising:

a pair of upright bars (10) spaced apart from each other, each of said upright bars (10) having a wavelike lower section (11) and an inclined upper section (13), said upper section (13) extending upward and inward; and

a top crosspiece (14) interconnecting top ends of each of said upper sections (13).

2. The cervical correcting brace as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said upright bars (11) further has an intermediate section (12) formed between said lower section (11) and said upper section (13), and wherein said intermediate section (12) extends upward and outward.

3. The cervical correction brace as claimed in claim 1, wherein said top crosspiece (14) has a V-shaped portion (140) formed therein.

4. The cervical correction brace as claimed in claim 1, wherein said top crosspiece (14) has a curved portion (16) formed therein.

5. The cervical correction brace as claimed in claim 1 further including a bottom crosspiece (15) interconnecting the bottom ends of each of said lower sections (11).

6. The cervical correction brace as claimed in claim 5, wherein said bottom crosspiece (15) has an outwardly curved portion (150) formed therein.