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US 2004/0171974 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for therapeutic treatment of back pain
AssigneeCert Health Sciences, LLC
InventorTimothy R. Emsky
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Abstract
A therapeutic table construction which isolates a first portion of the patient's body to a fixed table portion and a second portion of the patient's body to a moveable table portion, and applies a distraction force to the moveable portion of the patient's body while positioning the portion of the patient's spine that is to be treated at an angle so as to isolate the portion of the patient's spine which receives the distraction force.
Claims18
An apparatus for treating back pain comprising:
- a fixed first body support section;
- and
- a moveable second body support section moveable toward and away from said fixed first body support section, said second body support section having a pivotable support section configured to pivot with respect to the remainder of said second body support section.
A method for treating back pain comprising the steps of:
- positioning a patient on a generally horizontal surface having a pivoting support configured to support a portion of said patient's body at an angle with respect to said generally horizontal surface;
- isolating a desired region of said patient's spine to receive a distraction force by modifying the angle of said pivoting support with respect to said generally horizontal surface to an angle that will cause a horizontally applied distraction force to be concentrated in said desired region;
- and
- applying a horizontal distraction force to said patient's spine.
1 more element
A system for treating lower back pain comprising:
- a table having a fixed first body support section, and a moveable second body support section moveable toward and away from said fixed first body support section, said second body support section having a pivotal support section configured to pivot with respect to the remainder of said second body support section;
- and
- a controller, said controller further comprising computer executable code operable to (i) modify the angular orientation of said pivotal support section to isolate a desired region of said patient's spine to receive a distraction force such that a horizontally applied distraction force applied to a patient lying prone on said table will be concentrated in said desired region, and (ii) cause said table to cyclically apply a distraction force to said desired region of said patient's spine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.