Microtraction bed
OwnerPeter Carl Lindstrominventor
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Abstract
Beds and methods for applying a micro traction force on the body of a user over time to treating or relieve back/spinal pain. Embodiments of a bed according to the present invention provide a section of the bed that is movable relative to other sections of the bed and apply a restorative force to the movable section such that when a user lays on the movable section, the movable bed section is displaced and a tractive force is applied to the user’s body due to a force apparatus applying a force thereto. The movable bed section can be suspended by a tensional support and/or supported by a compressional support in various configurations disclosed herein.
Claims33
A bed apparatus for treating or relieving spinal pain of a user, the bed apparatus comprising:
- a main frame comprising a head end and a foot end;
- a movable section disposed on said main frame between said head end and said foot end, said movable section supported by a support apparatus and configured to move in relation to said main frame when there is a change in the weight applied to said movable section;
- a restorative force apparatus disposed on said movable section;
- a head section comprising a head platform disposed on said main frame at or adjacent to said head end;
- a foot section comprising a foot platform disposed at or adjacent to said foot end;
- wherein said movable section comprises a center platform disposed between said head section and said foot section;
- wherein said movable section further comprises a subframe, and wherein said support apparatus comprises a tensional support and a compressional support, and wherein said restorative force apparatus is communicably coupled to apply force to at least one of said subframe, said movable section or said support apparatus;
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- wherein said movable section is configured such that its center of mass lies about halfway between said tensional support and said compressional support.
A method of applying a microtraction force to the spine of a user to treat or relieve spinal pain, the method comprising:
- configuring a movable section of a bed to move in relation to a main frame of the bed comprising a head end and a foot end when there is a change in the weight applied to the movable section of the bed, wherein the movable section of the bed is disposed on the main frame between the head end and the foot end of the bed, the movable section is supported by a support apparatus and configured to move in relation to the main frame when there is a change in the weight applied to the movable section, and the bed comprises:
- a restorative force apparatus disposed on the movable section;
- a head section comprising a head platform disposed on the main frame at or adjacent to the head end;
- a foot section comprising a foot platform disposed at or adjacent to the foot end;
- and wherein the movable section of the bed comprises a center platform disposed between the head section and the foot section, the movable section of the bed comprises a subframe, the support apparatus comprises a tensional support and a compressional support, and the restorative force apparatus is communicably coupled to apply force to at least one of the subframe, the movable section or the support apparatus, and wherein the movable section is configured such that its center of mass lies about halfway between the tensional support and the compressional support ;
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- applying a force to the movable section of the bed in either the direction of the head end or the foot end of the bed to apply a traction force to the spine of the user when the user applies at least some of his or her weight to the movable section of the bed, which force is a function of weight applied to the movable section of the bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.