US 12,453,673 B2
Wrist traction tower and traction tower scale
Gregory Alfonso, Seffner, FL (US); Robert Thibodeau, Saint Petersburg, FL (US); Matthew Summitt, Palm Harbor, FL (US); Thien Vu, Pinellas Park, FL (US); and Brenda Yantzer, Temple Terrace, FL (US)
Assigned to Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/426,273
Filed by Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/016170
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/160445, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,115, filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/799,318, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079798 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/042 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 1/0274 (2013.01) [A61F 5/042 (2013.01); A61H 1/0285 (2013.01); A61H 1/0288 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traction tower assembly, comprising:
a base plate having a top outside surface extending in a first plane;
a first tower having a first outside surface and a first bottom outside surface connected to the top outside surface of the base plate, wherein the first bottom outside surface extends in a second plane parallel to the first plane, and a second tower having a second outside surface positioned adjacent to and in contacting relation with the first outside surface, wherein the second tower is movable with respect to the first tower in a first direction and in a second direction;
an elongated arm assembly attached to and extending from the tower assembly, wherein the arm assembly comprises a first arm having a first end and a second end, and a second arm having a first end and a second end; and
a rotation joint having a bottom surface, a top surface and a side surface, wherein the bottom surface is positioned on a second top surface of the second tower, and the first end of the first arm is positioned through the side surface of the rotation joint.