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(11) EP 0 244 271 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.06.1989 Bulletin 1989/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.11.1987 Bulletin 1987/45

(21) Application number: 87303977.0

(22) Date of filing: 01.05.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A61H 1/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 01.05.1986 CA 508084

(71) Applicant: Dyer, Allan E.
Mississauga Ontario L5E 3E1 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • Dyer, Allan E.
    Mississauga, Ontario L5E 3E1 (CA)
  • Savoia, Ernest
    Weston, Ontario M9L 1P7 (CA)

(74) Representative: Singleton, Jeffrey et al
Eric Potter Clarkson St. Mary's Court St. Mary's Gate
Nottingham NG1 1LE
Nottingham NG1 1LE (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Therapeutic table


    (57) This invention relates to a therapeutic table for providing traction in a prone position to a patient's lumbar region. The therapeutic table includes a frame; a table top having an upper-body section (10) rigid with respect to the frame and a lower-body section (18) slideable with respect to the frame, the said sections providing, in use, a separable surface for a patient to lie prone face down on the table top; hand grips (28) rigid with respect to the upper-body section and accessible by a patient with arms above head to provide anchoring for upper body; a pelvic belt anchor (42) rigid with respect to the lower-body section to provide, in use, an anchor to which the pelvic belt (44) can be connected; and means for sliding the lower-body section in the frame to cyclically increase the decrease the distance between said hand grips and said pelvic belt anchors to cyclically apply traction to the lumbar region of the spine in use.







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