Provide moderate to firm control with its two-piece contoured moulded foam shell. It features rigid occipital and mandibular posts, a tracheotomy aperture, and bilateral front touch-and-close fastening, ensuring reliable support and ease of use.
Item No: MSC01
Material: PE foam, plastic sheet, Velcro
Color: Black
Product Size: S, M, L
Certificates: FDA, CE , ISO13485
The Philadelphia cervical collar MSC01 is the rigid, two-piece collar in this range: a contoured moulded foam shell carries rigid occipital and mandibular posts, and an opening in the front panel gives access to the trachea without removing the collar. It is the model built for when the neck needs to be held still, in sizes S, M and L.
What it does is mechanical. The shell carries the weight of the head so the neck muscles are not, and the posts limit how far the head can nod, turn and tilt. How long it is worn is a clinical decision — a support garment is not a treatment.
As the manufacturer of this Philadelphia cervical collar, Medisolemates has produced orthopaedic and medical support products in Shenzhen since 2010, five of those years on heat-moulding insoles. The neck range is one of eleven product families, so a distributor can build a container from soft, semi-rigid and rigid collars plus the traction devices on one set of terms and one documentation set.
To check the aperture position, the post rigidity and the colour on your own samples, send your requirement through the cervical collar manufacturer page, or contact us with your target specification.
The MSC01 Philadelphia cervical collar is built from two moulded pieces, front and rear, closed with hook and loop straps at both sides of the front. Each piece is a contoured shell of PE foam over a plastic sheet insert, which is where the rigidity comes from: the foam conforms, the sheet holds the shape, and together they keep the chin, jaw and base of the skull supported in the positions the moulding defines.
The front panel carries the tracheotomy aperture — a cut-out low on the chin support that leaves the front of the throat accessible for suctioning, tube checks and dressing changes. On a collar worn for extended periods, that access is the difference between keeping the collar on during care and taking it off twice a day.
The front and rear sections connect through a plastic slide channel with screw fasteners, so the overlap between the two shells can be set before the straps are closed. The published photographs show this channel clearly on both the front and the rear panel.
The Philadelphia collar takes its name from the hospital where the design was developed, and it has become the reference shape for a rigid foam collar: a rigid occipital post at the back, a rigid mandibular support at the front, and an opening over the trachea. Philadelphia cervical collar is also the term buyers type when they want exactly this construction. MSC01 follows that pattern. It is the design emergency departments and spine units specify when they say “Philadelphia collar” on an order — which is also why the term belongs on this page rather than on any other model in the range.
One construction detail is worth stating precisely. The foam is closed cell, which keeps the shell light and stops it absorbing fluids, and the ventilation is provided by holes punched through the shell rather than by an open-cell structure. The photographs show the perforations across the rear panel. Closed-cell foam with perforations and open-cell foam are different materials doing the same job differently, and a buyer comparing quotations should know which one is on the page.
The colour line cannot ship as it stands. The specification row on the page says Black and every photograph on the page shows a beige collar. One of the two is wrong, and a distributor who orders on the written spec and receives beige stock has a claim. Before this page goes out, the colour row and the photographs need to agree.
The material line is otherwise clean for a device of this type: PE foam is the cushioning layer, the plastic sheet is the stiffener, and the closure is named as a mechanism rather than as a trademarked brand name. What the page does not state is the cover fabric over the foam, if there is one, and the exact polymer of the sheet insert — both belong on the specification for a tender.
A Philadelphia cervical collar is specified for cases where the neck must be held in a neutral position and a soft collar is not firm enough: the published indications are head drop, general cervical support and degenerative changes of the cervical spine. Which patient wears it, and for how long, is a clinician’s judgement; what a product page can state is what the collar does mechanically — it carries the head’s weight, limits motion, and leaves the airway accessible.
The three indications currently listed are mechanical and conservative, which is the right register. The page should keep them in mechanical language and let the clinical decision sit with the prescriber.
A Philadelphia cervical collar in closed-cell PE foam wipes clean and does not absorb fluids, so the shell is cleaned with a damp cloth and a mild detergent and left to dry before the next fitting. Check the plastic sheet inserts and the slide channel for cracks at each reissue, because a Philadelphia cervical collar only limits motion while its posts and shell are intact — a shell that has cracked at a post no longer limits motion the way it was tested to.
Two care points belong on the instruction sheet. The collar is a passive support and should be time-limited on a clinical decision rather than worn indefinitely. And the straps, like any hook and loop fastener, lose grip as lint builds up; a stiff brush restores most of it.
MSC01 is supplied for own-brand programmes. Foam density, shell colour, the size run, packing and the instruction leaflet are the items buyers change most. Colour deserves a note of its own: if your market expects black, confirm the colour with a sample before bulk, because the current photographs and the current specification row disagree.
Send the target market and the artwork and we will confirm which items are standard and which need setup.
The page states FDA, CE and ISO 13485, and for a rigid collar the three mean different things. ISO 13485 certifies the quality management system of a legal entity rather than a product; CE is a conformity marking applied under the applicable EU regulation, and a rigid non-invasive orthopaedic collar is normally class I under the EU medical devices regulation; FDA status is normally a registration or listing rather than a product certificate.
Three documents belong with this product and are not on the page: a material declaration covering the foam, the sheet insert and the closure; a biocompatibility statement for the skin-contact materials; and label artwork carrying the required warnings.
A rigid two-piece collar with moulded occipital and mandibular supports and an opening over the trachea, named after the hospital where the design originated. MSC01 is this catalogue’s Philadelphia-pattern collar, in PE foam over plastic sheet inserts, sizes S to L.
When the neck needs to be held still rather than merely cushioned — that is the case for a Philadelphia cervical collar or an equally rigid shell. A soft collar cushions and reminds the wearer not to turn; a rigid collar physically limits nodding, turning and tilting. The trade-off is comfort and skin contact, which is why rigid collars are worn under clinical direction and for limited periods.
It leaves the front of the throat accessible without removing the collar — for suctioning, checking a tube, or changing a dressing. On a collar that may be worn for extended periods, removing it twice a day for airway care would defeat the purpose of wearing it.
A collar is a passive support, and the evidence for passive measures is neutral rather than positive. The Cochrane review of conservative treatment for whiplash found collars and rest sit in the same category, with the evidence neither supporting nor refuting them, and an earlier randomised trial found early mobilisation produced better outcomes than rest combined with a soft collar. The practical reading: a collar is a time-limited measure decided by a clinician.
S, M and L. The page does not publish the neck circumference band per size 【待确认】 — that number is the first question a distributor should ask, and it should be added to the specification.
500 pieces per model at stock colours, with mixed orders from 2,000 pieces across the neck range. Lead time is 5 to 25 days for stock colours and 14 to 25 days with your own branding.
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