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Splint device for spinal immobilization

CA 1308984 C · Owner: Millar Mitchell & Co. Pty. Ltd. · Inventors: Russell, Robert Allan

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A splint device for the spinal immobilization of a patient. The splint includes a central support portion and two pairs of laterally extending flexible wings adapted to extend, respectively, about the head and about the body of a patient and the central support portion is formed integrally with the wings from a synthetic plastics material and is concave on one side. The concavity includes a plurality of stiffening ribs adapted to render the central support portion substantially inflexible. The central support portion may be formed in two parts joined together by a lockable hinge such that the angle of inclination of a head part of the splint to the body part thereof may be selectively …

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  • Granted October 20, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 20, 2009.
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FiledFebruary 29, 1988
GrantedOctober 20, 1992
Term endedOctober 20, 2009
Patent numberCA 1308984 C
Classification (IPC)A61F5/04 +1 more

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedFeb 29, 1988Patent grantedOct 20, 1992Term endedOct 20, 2009

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