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US 12,514,774 B2Granted
Spinal weighting devices
AssigneeScoliWRx Inc.
InventorMatthew I. Janzen
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Abstract
A spinal weighting device has pairs of adjustable padding on supporting frames for making contact with selected portions of the core or trunk of a patient and includes an extending armature for applying force to urge at least one of the contacting pads to adjust the spine and/or cause the selective strengthening of muscles or muscle groups to correct scoliosis. The opposing padding members are disposed at oblique angles to correct spinal rotation as well as lateral curvature.
Claims20
A system for treatment of spinal scoliosis, comprising:
- a locking lumbar leverarm including a frame, a strap, and a weight, the frame having a first portion configured to engage against a first hip of a person on a first side of the person, the frame having a second portion that is connected to the first portion of the frame, the second portion of the frame extending away from the first portion of the frame to a distal end of the second portion of the frame, wherein the distal end of the second portion of the frame is configured to be positioned laterally outward from the first hip of the person, the strap configured to extend from the second portion of the frame around a second side of the person that is opposite from the first side of the person, the strap configured to engage the second side of the person at a location above a second hip of the person that is opposite from the first hip of the person, the weight loaded onto the distal end of the second portion of the frame;
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- a weighted shoulder strap configured to extend over a first shoulder of the person on the first side of the person, the weighted shoulder strap configured to pull downward on the first shoulder of the person, wherein the weighted shoulder strap includes a strap portion and a bottom weight, the strap portion configured to extend from the bottom weight upward past the second portion of the frame of the locking lumber leverarm and upward past the strap of the locking lumber leverarm and over the first shoulder of the person and downward past the strap of the locking lumber leverarm and downward past the second portion of the frame of the locking lumber leverarm to the bottom weight.
A method for treatment of spinal scoliosis, comprising:
- fitting a person into a locking lumber leverarm, the locking lumber leverarm having a frame, a strap, and a weight, the frame having a first portion positioned against a first hip of the person on a first side of the person, the frame having a second portion that is connected to the first portion of the frame, the second portion of the frame extending away from the first portion of the frame to a distal end of the second portion of the frame, wherein the distal end of the second portion of the frame is positioned laterally outward from the first hip of the person, the strap configured to extend from the second portion of the frame around a second side of the person that is opposite from the first side of the person, the strap tightened against the second side of the person at a location above a second hip of the person that is opposite from the first hip of the person, the strap connected to the second portion of the frame at a location away from the first portion of the frame, the weight loaded onto the distal end of the second portion of the frame causing the strap to apply a therapeutic force to the second side of the person so as to correct a scoliotic curvature of the spinal column of the person;
- applying a weighted shoulder strap over a first shoulder of the person on the first side of the person, such that the weighted shoulder strap pulls downward on the first shoulder of the person in conjunction with the strap applying the therapeutic force to the second side of the person, wherein the weighted shoulder strap includes a strap portion and a bottom weight, the strap portion configured to extend from the bottom weight upward past the second portion of the frame of the locking lumber leverarm and upward past the strap of the locking lumber leverarm and over the first shoulder of the person and downward past the strap of the locking lumber leverarm and downward past the second portion of the frame of the locking lumber leverarm to the bottom weight;
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- having the person wear the locking lumber leverarm and the weighted shoulder strap while the person maintains a standing position with substantially straight posture for a prescribed period of time.
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