Patent ID: 8579844

Claim:
A therapeutic traction device for increasing intervertebral spaces along a cervical spine of a user, said therapeutic traction device comprising: a user interface that generates and transmits an input signal upon receiving a user input; a neck rest section; a crossbar disposed subjacent to said neck rest section, said crossbar having first and second clamps formed at axial opposed ends of said crossbar respectively; a back pad connected to an anterior side of said crossbar; and a utility box connected to a posterior side of said crossbar, said utility box including a rectilinear driven rod partially seated within said utility box and statically mated to said neck rest section, means for linearly reciprocating said driven rod along a first vertical travel path defined posterior of said back pad such that said neck rest section is synchronously raised and lowered above said crossbar, and a controller communicatively coupled to said user interface and said back pad and said linearly reciprocating means respectively; wherein said back pad remains statically mated to said crossbar while said neck rest section is raised and lowered along a second vertical travel path defined anterior of said first vertical travel path.