1.1 This specification covers standards a manufacturer shall meet in the designing, manufacturing, testing, labeling, and documenting of halo and tong external spinal immobilization devices, but it is not to be construed as production methods, quality This specification covers the minimum safety and performance standards that a manufacturer should meet with regards to the design, manufacture, testing, labeling, and documentation of cranial traction tongs and halo external spinal immobilization devic