US 11,752,028 B2
Pneumatic cervical collar
Damon Browne, Pensacola, FL (US)
Assigned to ATP CONCEPTS, LLC, Eagan, MN (US)
Appl. No. 16/962,463
Filed by ATP CONCEPTS, LLC, Eagan, MN (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/015068
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/147882, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/621,830, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0077291 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/055 (2006.01); A61F 5/058 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/055 (2013.01) [A61F 5/05816 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collar device comprising:
a tubular structure having a longitudinal axis, the tubular structure comprising:
a pneumatic bottom portion configured for contouring with human shoulders;
a pneumatic top portion having an anterior first section configured to receive and engage a human mandible, and a posterior second section, the posterior second section extending from the anterior first section, the pneumatic top portion terminating as a posterior occiput rim, the posterior second section in combination with the posterior occiput rim being configured to receive entirely a posterior of a human occiput; and
a plurality of inflatable pillars each generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the tubular structure, the plurality of inflatable pillars each having a proximal end in proximity to the bottom portion and each having a distal end in proximity to the anterior first section and the posterior second section of the top portion.