Sacrum mobilization tool
AssigneeAlign Athlete LLC
InventorMark Thiesmeyer Hook
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Abstract
A device for aligning a sacrum includes a device for aligning a sacrum. The device includes a body having a top portion opposite a bottom portion, and a support portion. The top portion and the bottom portion are attached to the support portion. The body further includes a top lip opposite of a bottom lip, and a pair of side lips. The top lip and the bottom lip each have a pair of ends. The pair of side lips interconnect a corresponding pair of ends of the top lip to a corresponding pair of ends of the bottom lip. A length of the top lip is longer than a length of the bottom lip, and the pair of side lips are arcuate so as to define a wedge-shaped structure having a depression at a center of the body.
Claims20
A device for aligning a sacrum, the device comprising:
- a body having a top portion opposite a bottom portion, and a support portion, the top portion and the bottom portion attached to the support portion, the body further including a top lip opposite of a bottom lip, and a pair of side lips, wherein the top lip and the bottom lip each having a pair of ends and the pair of side lips interconnecting a corresponding pair of ends of the top lip to a corresponding pair of ends of the bottom lip, wherein a length of the top lip is longer than a length of the bottom lip, and the pair of side lips are arcuate so as to define a wedge-shaped structure having a depression at a center of the body.
A tool for aligning a sacrum, the tool comprising:
- a bar;
- a closure;
- and
- a body having a top portion opposite a bottom portion, and a support portion, the support portion configured to be coupled to the closure so as to fix the bar therebetween, wherein the top portion and the bottom portion attached to the support portion, the body further including a top lip opposite of a bottom lip, and a pair of side lips, wherein the top lip and the bottom lip each having a pair of ends and the pair of side lips interconnecting a corresponding pair of ends of the top lip to a corresponding pair of ends of the bottom lip, wherein a length of the top lip is longer than a length of the bottom lip, and the pair of side lips are arcuate so as to define a wedge-shaped structure having a depression at a center of the body.
A method of aligning a sacrum comprising the steps of:
- providing a device including a body having a top portion opposite a bottom portion, and a support portion, the top portion and the bottom portion attached to the support portion, the body further including a top lip opposite of a bottom lip, and a pair of side lips, wherein the top lip and the bottom lip each having a pair of ends and the pair of side lips interconnecting a corresponding pair of ends of the top lip to a corresponding pair of ends of the bottom lip, wherein a length of the top lip is longer than a length of the bottom lip, and the pair of side lips are arcuate so as to define a wedge shaped structure having a depression at a center of the body;
- placing the device onto the sacrum so as to engage a top portion of the sacrum with the top lip and a bottom portion of the sacrum with the bottom lip;
- positioning the device so as to grip at least one of the top portions of the sacrum and the bottom portion of the sacrum with the corresponding top lip and bottom lip so as to move the sacrum in the superior or caudal directions and rotationally to the left/right, into nutation/counternutation or in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction until the sacrum is aligned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.