WO1996014810A3 - Portable traction device - Google Patents
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- WO1996014810A3 WO1996014810A3 PCT/US1995/014217 US9514217W WO9614810A3 WO 1996014810 A3 WO1996014810 A3 WO 1996014810A3 US 9514217 W US9514217 W US 9514217W WO 9614810 A3 WO9614810 A3 WO 9614810A3
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
- A61H1/00—Apparatus for passive exercising; Vibrating apparatus ; Chiropractic devices, e.g. body impacting devices, external devices for briefly extending or aligning unbroken bones
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- A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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Priority Applications (6)
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AU44056/96A AU4405696A (en) | 1994-11-03 | 1995-10-31 | Portable traction device |
US08/817,444 US6506174B1 (en) | 1994-11-03 | 1995-10-31 | Portable traction device |
US10/320,589 US6899690B2 (en) | 1994-11-03 | 2002-12-16 | Portable cervical traction device |
US10/751,688 US7108671B2 (en) | 1994-11-03 | 2004-01-05 | Portable lumbar traction device |
US11/422,231 US7566314B2 (en) | 1994-11-03 | 2006-06-05 | Portable cervical traction device |
US12/319,320 US8083705B2 (en) | 1994-11-03 | 2009-01-05 | Portable cervical traction device |
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