Patent ID: 6029670
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
An apparatus to be worn by a person for use as a guide to allow placement of a person's head in different positions relative to a base surface for assisting in a canalith repositioning maneuver, said apparatus comprising:a front end, a rear end, an upper end, and a lower end with a cavity formed in said apparatus from said lower end for receiving a person's head with the front of the person's head being located at said front end and the rear of the person's head being located at said rear end,a first pair of posterior and anterior, outer planar surfaces located on opposite sides of a first plane extending through said apparatus between said upper and lower ends,a second pair of posterior and anterior outer planar surfaces located on opposite sides of a second plane transverse to said first plane and extending through said apparatus between said upper and lower ends,each of said surfaces has an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion,said two surfaces of said first pair flare outward and downward relative to each other from their said upper edge portions,said two surfaces of said second pair flare outward and downward relative to each other from their said upper edge portions,said anterior surfaces of said first and second pairs have front edge portions respectively which are located near said front end of said apparatus near and on opposite sides of a central plane extending through said apparatus between said front and rear ends and between said upper and lower ends,said posterior surfaces of said first and second pair have rear edge portions respectively which are located near said rear end of said apparatus near and on opposite sides of said central plane.