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US 8,911,388 B2Granted
Method and device for spinal traction alignment
AssigneeBobby B. Reavis
InventorsJoseph P Mooney, William C Reavis, Amanda Mooney
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for providing passive traction involving a pair of rails with 8 degrees of freedom and matching the user's spinal curve for providing relaxation and other medical treatment to a user.
Claims5
An adjustable passive gravity spinal traction device for a human to lie upon comprising:
- a) a first rail having the length and curve of an anatomically correct human spine mounted on a base;
- b) a second rail having the length and curve of an anatomically correct human spine mounted on a base;
- c) wherein the rails are free to move relative to one another in eight degrees of freedom, and
- d) a connector between the two rails for limiting the relative movement to of the rails just enough to accommodate the movement of the human using the device.
1 more element
A method of using a two rail adjustable passive gravity spinal traction device with a human comprising:
- a) positioning the adjustable passive gravity spinal traction device on a surface;
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- b) positioning the human on the adjustable passive gravity spinal traction device such that muscles on the left side of a spinal column of the human are supported on a first rail and muscles on the right side of the spinal column of the human are supported on a second rail such that portions of the spinal column of the human are disposed unsupported in a trough between the first rail and the second rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.