Patent ID: 9668905
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A conformable cervical collar including a main body of a single piece and having a non-foam, malleable material center core surrounded by an energy absorbing material, wherein the center core is capable of being manually molded, but not permanently deformed in a configuration around a patient's neck; such that an absorbed energy of the manually molded core is restored in a resilience recall of an anatomic shape of a particular patient's cervical spine; wherein after removal, a reapplication of a collar requires no further fitting or intervention due to the resilience recall wherein the center core comprises an aluminum foil sheet that is coated on all sides with a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the aluminum foil sheet and the thermoplastic elastomer are congruent, and wherein the thermoplastic elastomer has no ribs or flanges which may jab and irritate a patient wherein the aluminum foil sheet and the thermoplastic elastomer are congruent.