DR. BALA HARI PILLAI, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at Peconic Bay Blvd, Laurel, NY
License number
New York 117778
Category
Osteopathic Medicine
Type
Pulmonary Disease
Address
Address
8280 Peconic Bay Blvd, Laurel, NY 11948
Phone
(631) 298-7086
(631) 298-9565 (Fax)
(631) 298-9565 (Fax)
Professional information
Dr. Bala H Pillai, Laurel NY - MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Specialties:
Pulmonology
Address:
8280 Peconic Bay Blvd, Laurel 11948
Languages:
English
Education:
Medical School
Karnatak University / Karnatak Medical College
Karnatak University / Karnatak Medical College
Traction Adjustable Cervical Collar For Transferring Weight Of The Head Of A Wearer From The Cervical Spine Of The Wearer To The Shoulders Of The Wearer
US Patent:
7048705, May 23, 2006
Filed:
Jul 13, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/890499
Inventors:
Bala Hari Pillai - Laurel NY, US
International Classification:
A61F 5/00
US Classification:
602 18, 602 13
Abstract:
A traction adjustable cervical collar transferring weight of the head from the cervical spine to the shoulders. A collar portion releasably encircles the neck and is inflated by inflating apparatus. A bladder of the inflating apparatus is a part of the collar portion and a squeezable hand bulb of the inflating apparatus selectively inflates the bladder. The bladder has a lowermost surface that is flat for preventing slippage along the shoulders of the wearer. The bladder has a pair of side walls and contains a plurality of ribs extending upwardly from the lowermost surface thereof and which have a portion of the pair of side walls of the bladder adjacent thereto being attached thereto so as to provide rigidity to the bladder and prevent it from rolling over onto itself during use.