Patent ID: 8057415

Claim:
A trauma cervical stability device for use on a patient having a torso and a head connected by a neck, the torso having dorsal and ventral sides and the head having an anterior surface and a crown surface, wherein the head has an instant relative disposition to the torso, the trauma cervical stability device comprising: a pair of shoulder harnesses adapted to be placed onto the ventral side of the torso such that each harness partially extends over a different shoulder; a pair of lateral head elements, each lateral head element constructed to be positionable on the head independently of the other and each associated with a different one of said shoulder harnesses and having multiple degrees of freedom of movement relative thereto, said pair of lateral head elements adapted for positioning on opposing sides of the head; and a pair of adjustable pressure fixation elements, each associated with a different one of said pair of shoulder harnesses and secured to the bottom of a different one of said lateral head elements, each said fixation element adapted for positioning at the junction of the neck and the shoulders of the patient and operable in a first and second mode of operation, wherein, in the first mode of operation said fixation elements are non-rigid and do not restrict movement of said lateral head elements, and in the second mode of operation, they are rigid so as to restrict movement of said lateral head elements, thereby to fix the head in relation to the torso in their instant relative disposition.