Device for releasing spinal contractures and associated methods
US12138209B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61H2205/081
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pelvis of a person is anchored to a chair structure. A lumbar belt is connected to the chair structure. The lumbar belt wraps around a lower abdominal region of the person to pull into a side of the person in a lateral-to-medial direction so as to move a scoliotic curve in a lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region of the person toward a non-scoliotic spinal configuration. A lumbar derotator driver is connected to the chair structure. The lumbar derotator driver applies a therapeutic force to a prescribed posterior/lateral side of vertebrae in the lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region when the lumbar belt is pulled in the lateral-to-medial direction, so as to derotate a scoliotic curve in the lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region.
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