Patent ID: 8251939

Claim:
A cervical traction/stretch system comprising: a traction/stretch mechanism for applying tension between a body's head and shoulders, the traction/stretch mechanism including a bellows; a pump operatively coupled with the traction/stretch mechanism for alternately inflating and deflating the bellows; and an at least semi-automatic controller operatively coupled with the pump for at least semi-automatically controlling the pump by activating and deactivating the same in such a manner as to alternately and repeatably inflate and deflate the bellows to prescribed pressure levels over prescribed pressure intervals; wherein the controller is configured for user-assisted semi-automatic operation by which the user manually adjusts the traction to a given level within a desired comfort zone and by which the controller memorizes the given level, stores the given level in a memory, and, on demand, automatically activates the pump to inflate the bellows to reproduce the given traction level.