Panel attachment and circumference adjustment systems for an orthopedic device

A spinal orthosis, comprising:

• a back unit;
• first and second belt members having first and second end portions, the second end portions removably securing to the back unit, each of the first and second belt members arranged for being reduced in length from the second end portions such that the second end portions are arranged with a leading section securable to a surface of the respective first and second belt members, the first and second belt members arranged to form a belt having a circumference with the back unit by the first end portions removably securing to one another;
• wherein the first end portion of the first and second belt members corresponds to an anterior side of the spinal orthosis and the first and second belt members are reducible in length of the respective one of the first and second belt members defined as a length between an anterior end of the first end portion to the second end portion secured to back panel;
• wherein the back unit includes first and second plates defining first and second slots, respectively, such that the first and second belt members secure to the back plate via the first and second slots, respectively;
• wherein the first and second plates each carry a plurality of reduction elements connected to one another by at least one cable;
• wherein the first end portions of the first and second belt members have a geometric shape arranged to removably and repeatedly secure with one another.

A spinal orthosis, comprising:

• a back unit;
• first and second belt members having first and second end portions, the second end portions removably securing to the back unit, each of the first and second belt members arranged for being reduced in length from the second end portions such that the second end portions are arranged with a leading section securable to a surface of the respective first and second belt members, the first and second belt members arranged to form a belt having a circumference with the back unit by the first end portions removably securing to one another;
• a posterior plate being flexible and anatomically shaped to correspond to a lumbar region of a human back, the back plate attachable to an interior side of the spinal orthosis;
• wherein the first end portion of the first and second belt members corresponds to an anterior side of the spinal orthosis and the first and second belt members are reducible in length of the respective one of the first and second belt members defined as a length between an anterior end of the first end portion to the second end portion secured to back panel;
• wherein the back unit includes first and second plates defining first and second slots, respectively, such that the first and second belt members secure to the back plate via the first and second slots, respectively;
• wherein the first and second plates each carry a plurality of reduction elements connected to one another by at least one cable on an exterior side of the spinal orthosis;
• wherein first and second elongate tensioning elements extend from first and second sides of the first and second plates.