Inflatable collar responses

Inflatable collar responses

Ben McMurtrie

1/20/2002

Thankyou to all who repiled. I have several leads to follow up now.
USMC was mentioned mostly.
Thanks once again
Ben

RESPONSES:
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Ben try an ASPEN collar..flexible plastic with foam liner very user friendly

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The Pneu-Trac from USMC is an iflatable collar. Pt. can inflate it as
much or as little as needed.

Call 800-228-5448 if they are out of stock - try the distributors.
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Try Alimed or Sammons-Preston.

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Try USMC's Pneu Trac collar- it is infaltable. See it on their web site at
usmc.com or call 800- 248-6463.

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usmc


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Ben - I had an ALS patient who couldn't support his head and went through the same scenario. He couldn't use a collar as the weight of his skull put pressure in his jaw which was resting on the device. I ended up using a SOMI with the head restraint that wrapped around his forehead. This might work for you.

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the pneutrac collar from usmc

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Ben,
We carry a collar called the pnue-trac cervical collar that has an
inflatable bladder that you can control the pressure. They come in small
(12-14 1/2), medium (14 1/2-17), Large (17-20). Let me know if we
can help you with this matter, we have them in stock.
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PEL SUPPLY CARRIES AN INFLATABLE TRACTION COLLAR FROM USMC. IF THIS
WILL HELP GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-321-1264
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Yes. USMC makes one called the Pnue-trac cervical
collar. Comes in small, med, large...

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Thanks everyone for the quick replies
Ben



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