US PATENT SUBCLASS 602 / 38-- .~.~ Counter-traction or reciprocal stress means

US PATENT SUBCLASS 602 / 38
.~.~ Counter-traction or reciprocal stress means

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602 /	HD	SURGERY: SPLINT, BRACE, OR BANDAGE

1	DF	ORTHOPEDIC BANDAGE {5}
32	DF	.~ Skeletal traction applicator {5}
38		.~.~ Counter-traction or reciprocal stress means

DEFINITION

Classification: 602/38

Counter-traction or reciprocal stress means:

(under subclass 32) Subject matter wherein a sound limb is used as the means to fixedly support the applicator in traction producing relation to the infirm limb; a counter-traction or compression stress being thusly produced in the sound limb.

(1) Note. The devices in this subclass typically attach to the legs and are used to treat a broken femur or a broken pelvis by placing the uninjured leg in compression so as to produce a tensile force in the injured leg or hip.