Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
606237000 | Chiropractic or osteopathic implement | 86 |
20080312690 | APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A SPINE - An apparatus includes a frame having a substantially planar first portion and a substantially planar second portion. The first and second portions are spaced rigidly apart from each other in a substantially parallel orientation to define a passage that extends through the frame between the first portion and the second portion. The passage is dimensioned and configured to receive a hand. A central axis extends longitudinally through the passage. The apparatus further comprises a first pad and a second pad located on an exterior of the first portion of the frame and spaced apart from each other to provide a channel that extends longitudinally between the first pad and the second pad substantially orthogonal to the central axis. The channel may be configured to align with the spine where the first pad and the second pad are positioned to lie on opposing sides of the spine. | 12-18-2008 |
20090030456 | Leather furniture - A leather furniture includes: a frame; a leather sheet wrapped around the frame; and a connecting unit including a first connecting element and a second connecting element. The first connecting element has a first secured part secured to the frame, and a first engaging part extending from the first secured part. The second connecting element has a second secured part secured to the leather sheet, and a second engaging part extending from the second secured part. The first engaging part releasably engages the second engaging part in a snap engaging manner. | 01-29-2009 |
20090062856 | Integrated Lumbar Combined Variable Angular Distraction Structure - A spinal treatment apparatus for applying a force to a patient includes a base portion, a telescoping support, a spinal distraction device and an actuator. The telescoping support is mounted on the base portion and includes a bottom member and a top member. The top member is engaged with the bottom member so that the top member has a retracted position and an extended position. The telescoping support is capable of withstanding a force, corresponding to the spinal treatment force, imparted on the top member, while in both the retracted position and the extended position. The spinal distraction device is mounted on the top member and applies the spinal treatment force to the patient. The actuator moves the top member vertically relative to the bottom member. | 03-05-2009 |
20090198276 | PELVIC BALANCER - A pelvic balancer is disclosed. The pelvic balancer includes a first correction part to support any one of user's left and right pelvic bones placed thereon, a second correction part to support the other one of the user's left and right pelvic bones placed thereon, and a central shaft connected with the first correction part and the second correction part so that the first correction part and the second correction part can rotate. Accordingly, pelvis correction can be achieved by setting a dislocated pelvis to a normal position only by using a user's weight without application of a physical pressing force. | 08-06-2009 |
20090270914 | Spinal Therapy Apparatus - A spinal therapy apparatus ( | 10-29-2009 |
20090281570 | System and Method for Treating Cervical Vertebrae - Systems, methods and computer readable mediums encoded with computer instructions for treating cervical vertebrae are provided. Certain cervical vertebrae treatment devices include a head support configured to support a patient's head, and a motion component operably connected to the head support, wherein the motion component is configured to provide movement of the head support about at least three axes. Certain devices also include a control system operably connected to the motion component and configured to control operation of the motion component. | 11-12-2009 |
20090306713 | SPINAL SUPPORT DEVICE - A spinal support device for providing a guide to a user lying with the user's back on a surface for positioning the user's spine correctly over the surface. The device includes an elongated guide body having a first tubular portion, a second portion, and a third tubular portion parallel to the first tubular portion, wherein the first and third tubular portions are at least partially filled with a filler material such that the second portion forms a gutter or trough between the first and third tubular portions of the guide body. | 12-10-2009 |
20100274284 | BODY ALIGNMENT APPARATUS - A body alignment apparatus includes a body having an underlying foot engaging surface. The body is sufficiently wide to provide a minimum width sufficient to accommodate a width of a pair of feet placed side by side, and sufficiently long to provide a minimum length sufficient to accommodate a length of the pair of feet from heel to at least as far as the balls of the feet. There is an X-axis level indicator for indicating whether the body is level along an X-axis, and a Y-axis level indicator for indicating whether the body is level along a Y-axis. | 10-28-2010 |
20100280548 | VERTICAL REHABILITATION APPLIANCE - A vertical rehabilitation appliance includes a horizontal frame, vertical frame, moving mechanism, head positioning structure, body positioning structure, and fastening belts. The vertical frame has two first posts coupled to the horizontal frame and formed with holes. The first posts are coupled to a second post. The second post and the horizontal frame are coupled to two third posts. Moving mechanisms are horizontally provided between the first posts and bilaterally provided with positioning devices for engagement with the holes of the first posts. The head positioning structure and the body positioning structure are provided on the moving mechanisms. The fastening belts are provided between the third posts to fix a rehabilitation patient's shoulders and lower limbs in position. Two back-positioned ends of the fastening belts have first connecting elements coupled to a second connecting element so as to pull the rehabilitation patient's back during spine rehabilitation therapy. | 11-04-2010 |
20100280549 | ADJUSTABLE SPINAL REHABILITATION DEVICE - An adjustable spinal rehabilitation device includes a bed frame, three soft pads thereon, five elevation adjustment mechanisms provided between the bed frame and the soft pads for adjusting inclinations of the soft pads, an inverted U-shaped frame provided outside the bed frame and coupled thereto from above, two tractors provided outside the inverted U-shaped frame, and five fastening belts. Four fastening belts are tied to the bed frame bilaterally for fixing in position a rehabilitation patient. Cords coupled to two fastening belts extend from the tractors and penetrate holes of the inverted U-shaped frame so as for the cords to be coupled to pulley trains disposed on rails provided on inner sides of the inverted U-shaped frame, respectively. The tractors pull the rehabilitation patient to increase inclination of the rehabilitation patient's thoracic and lumbar spine to a required angle and pull the rehabilitation patient's cervical spine from a required angle. | 11-04-2010 |
20110093011 | COMPARING HUMAN MUSCLE STRENGTH ON OPPOSITE SIDES - A muscle strength measuring apparatus has a force receiver connected to a force sensor. An upright bracing surface is rigidly positioned with respect to the force receiver to provide a testing space between the surface and the force receiver. The receiver is adjustable such that a person standing in the testing space can brace against the surface and exert a force against the force receiver with a first muscle on each side of the person's body, and can then adjust the position of the force receiver and exert a force against the force receiver with a second muscle on each side. Thus comparative strengths of muscles on opposite sides of the person's body can be accurately determined by measuring the isometric force exerted by corresponding muscles on each side. | 04-21-2011 |
20110160770 | NERVE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - Nerve treatment/mobilization apparatuses are configured to mobilize a user's peripheral nervous system. The nerve treatment apparatus includes a back support, a pair of force applying members and a neck cradle. Additional optional attachments include upper body nerve mobilization tracks and a lower peripheral nerve mobilization device. | 06-30-2011 |
20110307009 | EAR INSERT FOR RELIEF OF TMJ DISCOMFORT - A prosthesis for insertion in an ear to reduce pain resulting from TMJ disorders. The ear insert has a predefined shape conforming to the shape of the ear canal when the jaw is in an open position. The ear insert supports the TMJ and associated secondary musculature to reduce strain in the TMJ area, including the muscles, ligaments, nerves, and the temporo-mandibular joint itself. The insert is hollow in the inside to permit hearing and is made of a rigid material which retains the shape of the ear canal. A scalloped indenture extends across a surface of the ear insert positioned behind the tragus. | 12-15-2011 |
20110319934 | Simple portable lumbar spine distraction device and method - A simple, lightweight, portable, lumbar spinal distraction device is provided which employs a frame having concave left and right hand upper leg contacting members for asserting forces against substantially vertically oriented left and right upper leg portions of a user assuming a substantially horizontal position. The user pushes the portable frame forward by manually grasping a pair of handles, causing the left and right contacting members to press against the vertically oriented left and right upper leg portions respectively. Increased unilateral traction ability is produced by simply having the user apply extra force to one handle or the other. This will permit users suffering from unilateral pain in the buttocks, hip or leg to obtain a little extra pressure on the symptomatic side. Anyone who has suffered low back pain can relate to the fact that some days the pain feels more right sided and some days more left sided. | 12-29-2011 |
20120029563 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING PATIENTS - There is provided a system and method for treating a patient by administering a predetermined sequence of adjustments to a patient's body. Unlike the unstructured or random application of adjustments used in prior art chiropractic treatments, the treatment sequences and provided for herein unlock function of dysfunctional joint systems in a manner analogous to a combination lock mechanism. Disciplines that may utilize embodiments of the present invention include chiropractic, naturopaths, sports medicine, physical therapy, professional and collegiate trainers, as well as aspects of veterinary medicine. Through applications of the method of the present invention, patients may receive a predetermined number of treatment applications, and have long-lived or substantially permanent results from the treatment without the need for ongoing adjustments to spine or other body structures. | 02-02-2012 |
20120041488 | BODY-POSITIONING AID FOR BODY ALIGNMENT - A body positioning aid may include one or more cushions optionally comprising one or more fasteners for securing said one or more cushions to at least one of an inner surface of a leg covering, an outside surface of a leg covering and a leg. The one or more cushions may extend a distance at least sufficient to extend from a user's medial knee and extend to said user's medial malleolus and may be configured to maintain contact with said user's medial knee and user's medial malleolus. | 02-16-2012 |
20120095508 | Portable and hand-held device for pulling thoracic vertebrates of a user upwardly and forwardly into vertical alignment - A portable and hand-held device that generally fits like a vest, and which pulls thoracic vertebrates of a user upwardly and forwardly into vertical alignment. The device includes a continuous loop. The continuous loop is flexible, and has memory so as to allow the continuous loop to stay bent in any desired position to pull the thoracic vertebrates of the user upwardly and forwardly into the vertical alignment. | 04-19-2012 |
20120130425 | Electromechanical Adjusting Instrument - A chiropractic adjusting instrument comprising a housing; thrust nose piece an impact head to contact a body, a preload switch plunger; a dampening spring; a solenoid having a core; a preload spring; a recoil spring; an electronic pulse system operatively connected to a power source to provide alternating current for energizing the solenoid to impart impulse energy from the core to the thrust nose piece which is reproducible and independent of the power source; and a trigger system for triggering the electronic pulse system comprising a switch activated by the preload switch plunger. Preferably, the chiropractic adjusting instrument includes one or more of the following: an intelligent universal AC power converter; optimized force-time waveform; pulse mode operation; a sensing device having a sense output and a suite of electromechanical components designed to promote reproducible dynamic force impulses and safe operation. | 05-24-2012 |
20120158055 | PNEUMATIC JOINT SEPARATOR FOR LOWER BODY ALIGNMENT - A spinal disc/joint, lower body, leg muscle, abdominal muscle and spine exercising device and method adapted for imparting curvature and manipulating the thoracic/lumbar/sacral spine and for decompressing/hydrating spinal discs and exercising the lower body are provided. The device may generally include a frame and apparatus for redefining the curvature of the spine and exercising the lower body muscles. Specifically, the apparatus for manipulating and imparting curvature of the spine includes a frame for placement on a floor and having a top surface, along with a first inflatable bladder disposed for directly bearing against lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebrae of a user's spine in a first direction. A second inflatable bladder is disposed for directly bearing against the mid-lumbar and lumbo-sacral vertebrae of the spine in a second direction. The adjacent inflated bladders, or alternately inflated bladders, provide diverging forces against the user's spine and thereby cause stretching and longitudinal aligning of the spinal vertebrae while promoting fluid imbibition throughout the vertebrae and discs. Thus the spinal vertebrae are urged into the natural elliptical alignment and the joints are lubricated and aligned. An adjustable body strap attachment for encompassing the user's thoracic/lumbo-sacral-pelvic spinal vertebrae region and secured through the frame is attached to an elongate stirrup strap. The stirrup attachment engages slidably on the user's feet/legs for exercising pulling force aligned from the legs and lower body to the spine, thereby imparting decompression force from the lower body to the spine and the lower body muscles including the legs, are stretched and exercised. Additionally a hand held monitor for communicating with a tension gauge for measuring the decompression force exerted by the feet/legs on the lower body and spine may be disposed and integrally attached to the stirrup strap. | 06-21-2012 |
20120179201 | Chiropractic spinal manipulation boards - A portable device that provides a stable rigid platform with two parallel peripheral elevations and a channel in between that can be applied to the spine or pelvis of a patient placed in either a supine, sitting, or standing position, which the doctor uses to obtain therapeutic effects to correct spinal and pelvic disorders, conditions, and syndromes in conjunction with the application of manual manipulation and manipulative surgery beyond what can be done by using the hands alone. | 07-12-2012 |
20120245635 | Lumbar Lordosis Maintenance System and Method - Disclosed herein is a new and improved system and method for maintaining and improving the function of the human back. A first embodiment of the method may include the steps of sitting in a lumbar support chair for a first period of time with the lumbar portion of the back in a reclined neutral lordosis, placing the feet on an elevated foot support, and standing erect with the assistance of a rod for a second period of time. The lumbar support chair may include a sacral depression, a lumbar protrusion, a thoracic recession, a raised dorsal thigh support, a left thigh protrusion, and a right thigh protrusion. The elevated foot support may be capable of pivoting towards and away from the lumbar support chair and placing the feet on the elevated support may result in the knees being higher than the iliac crest. | 09-27-2012 |
20130066372 | SYSTEM CORRECTING SPINAL ORIENTATION THROUGH MUSCULAR BIO-ELECTRICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS - A system for correcting spinal orientation through an analysis of bio-electrical signals of muscles is provided. The system includes: an electromyography (EMG) signal processing module measuring bio-electrical signals of muscles related to a spinal disease and analyzing the same; an HCl control module generating a control signal for controlling a spinal orientation correction module based on information received from the EMG signal processing module and delivering the generated control signal to the spinal orientation correction module; the spinal orientation correction module correcting a mal-aligned spine of a patient to its correct orientation according to the control signal; and an information display and feedback module receiving information from the EMG signal processing module in real time, displaying the received information, and delivering information received from a user to the HCl control module. | 03-14-2013 |
20130079823 | CHIROPRACTIC MACHINE - A chiropractic machine including a base, a pelvic part section, an abdominal part section, a leg part section, a head part section, a cervical part traction section and mattresses. The pelvic part section rotating and moving up-and-down, also moving by the use of a third drive device, a second drive device, a fourth drive device, and a second drive device with respect to a central sliding rod, a first pivotally-connected shaft, along with an outer sliding rod sleeve tube, a first pivotally-connected shaft respectively. The head part section rotating with respect to a second pivotally-connected shaft and a third pivotally-connected shaft by the use of a sixth drive device. A traction rod rotating up-and-down with respect to an adjusting seat by the use of a seventh drive device. The abdominal part section swinging left-and-right with respect to a third pivotally-connected part by the use of a fifth drive device. | 03-28-2013 |
20130131724 | Chiropractic Device Having Alignment-by-Touch Function - Chiropractic apparatus including a chiropractic adjuster means and a contact means. The contact means being capable of relative movement with respect to the chiropractic adjuster means, the contact means having a forward end portion that is capable of contacting both the tip of a palpation finger of a user and a body surface of a patient, the contact means having a targeting space that is capable of receiving the tip and causing the palpation fingertip to be placed in contact with the body surface. The targeting space receiving the forward end portion of the chiropractic adjuster means and causing the forward end portion to be placed in contact with the body surface. By subjecting the contact means and the chiropractic adjuster means to relative movement, the chiropractic adjuster means is capable of moving to the targeting space of the contact means and placed in contact with the body surface. | 05-23-2013 |
20140148852 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CERVICAL CURVATURE AND FOR MAINTAINING PROPER CURVATURE IN PERSONS PREDISPOSED TO DEVELOP IMPROPER CURVATURE - A core muscle exercising and resistance training device includes a weighted bar having opposed bar ends adapted to removably mount at least one weight or other force generating element. A pad element is removably and frictionally mounted on the bar, the pad element being constructed from a lightweight foam material having a density within a specific range. The pad has an outer surface with a radius of curvature substantially the same as a normal cervical curvature. In use, the outer pad surface is placed adjacent a user's cervical curve and the weighted bar, the additional isometric resistance generating elements and the pad element act in combination to apply a force upon the user's core cervical curve muscles for improving the user's cervical curve posture by gradually modifying the cervical curvature to conform with clinically desirable curvature. | 05-29-2014 |
20140303670 | Method and Device for Spinal Analysis - A method for interpreting patient treatment results and data is described. The Method uses an electric chiropractic adjusting instrument and software program and preferably comprises the following steps of adjusting a spine of a patient using the electric chiropractic adjusting instrument; gathering electric chiropractic instrument adjustment thrust data, patient spine response to thrusts of the electric chiropractic adjustment instrument, and objective clinician findings; recording the electric chiropractic instrument adjustment thrust data, the patient spine response to the thrusts, and the objective clinician findings in a database; providing real time results and findings; and generating reports based on the thrust data, the patient spine response to the thrusts of the electric chiropractic adjustment instrument, and the objective clinician findings. | 10-09-2014 |
20140309692 | METHODS FOR TREATING SPINE PATHOLOGIES - A method of treating spine pathologies and related outcomes in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method includes placement of at least two calibrated, differential disturbances or protuberances under the subject's feet. | 10-16-2014 |
20160038366 | Method and System for Treating Patients - There is provided a system and method for treating a patient by administering a predetermined sequence of adjustments to a patient's body. Unlike the unstructured or random application of adjustments used in prior art chiropractic treatments, the treatment sequences and provided for herein unlock function of dysfunctional joint systems in a manner analogous to a combination lock mechanism. Disciplines that may utilize embodiments of the present invention include chiropractic, naturopaths, sports medicine, physical therapy, professional and collegiate trainers, as well as aspects of veterinary medicine. Through applications of the method of the present invention, patients may receive a predetermined number of treatment applications, and have long-lived or substantially permanent results from the treatment without the need for ongoing adjustments to spine or other body structures. | 02-11-2016 |
20160095780 | PNEUMATIC JOINT SEPARATOR FOR LOWER BODY ALIGNMENT - A leg muscle, abdominal muscle, and spinal exercise device adapted for imparting curvature to a lumbar or sacral spine of a user and for manipulating the spine and intervertebral discs with decompression force includes a frame for placement on a floor. The frame has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface and bottom surface are in a spaced apart relationship forming a hollow portion there between. At least one inflatable bladder is carried by the top surface of the frame. A body strap attachment passes through the frame in non-fixed relationship and is partially disposed within the hollow portion for encompassing the user's thoracic-sacral spinal region and securing said frame. An elongate stirrup strap member is attachable to the body strap attachment thereby connecting to the user's spinal region. A stirrup is attachable to the stirrup strap member distal end. | 04-07-2016 |
606238000 | Percussive prod | 10 |
20090270915 | Portable chiropractic adjustor - A portable battery power operated chiropractic adjustor, manipulator or thruster for applying an adjustment energy to a patient through a plunger having a resilient or cushioned head with the energy applied to the plunger being supplied by non-manual sources and the impulse is adjustable or tunable along with having annunciators or indicators for preload and readiness to operate. The power source may be an internal rechargeable battery or removable rechargeable battery pack and the adjustor is DC motor operated to impart selectively single or multiple thrusts. | 10-29-2009 |
20100137907 | Power Operated Chiropractic Adjuster - A power operated chiropractic adjuster is disclosed. It uses a driving set to rotate an urging ring, which drives a pulling ring to perform a reciprocal motion along its axial direction. It has an impact set that includes a control pin, a plunger, and an escape tube connected with the pulling ring to perform a reciprocal motion with the pulling ring. The rear section of the firing ring has a second spring. The escape tube is mounted on the plunger and constrains it. The control pin is disposed inside the plunger and can release the constraint between the plunger and the escape tube. The plunger is driven by a restoring elastic force of the second spring to perform a firing action. The power operated chiropractic adjuster also has an urging pin set whose one end is disposed opposite to the impact set and whose other end is opposite to a hammer set. When the plunger fires, the urging pin set is hit by the plunger to push the hammer set, producing an ejection effect. | 06-03-2010 |
20130030464 | LOW BACK PAIN TREATMENT TOOL - [Problem] To safely and properly correct the pelvis by pressing the coccyx using the weight of a recipient himself/herself. | 01-31-2013 |
20160045393 | Chiropractic Adjuster Utilizing Regional Motion Analysis - An implement head adapted for connection to an impactor of an adjustment apparatus to perform a regional tissue analysis and/or treatment therapy. The implement head includes a base member for connecting the base member to the impactor, a first set of three projections extending in substantially the opposite direction of the base member, and a second set of three projections extending in substantially the opposite direction of the base member. The second set of three projections being substantially parallel to the first set of three projections. | 02-18-2016 |
606239000 | Motorized pummelling device | 6 |
20090005812 | Portable chiropractic adjustor - A portable power operated chiropractic adjustor, manipulator or thruster for applying an adjustment energy to a patient through a plunger having a resilient or cushioned head with the energy applied to the plunger being supplied by non-manual sources and the impulse is adjustable or tunable along with having annunciators or indicators for preload and readiness to operate. The adjustor also allows for settings of single or multiple strokes. The power source may be internal such as from a rechargeable battery, removable rechargeable battery pack, or air cartridge depending on whether it is electrically or pneumatically operated. | 01-01-2009 |
20120046694 | Device for Applying Algorithmic Afferent Modulation and Method of Use - Disclosed is a chiropractic instrument capable of achieving the benefits of algorithmic pre-stretch, power-stretch, and recoil and release in reciprocating therapy to human tissue. In particular, that application teaches a plunging-probing technique wherein a barrage of power-stretch impulses is added to a time-modulated ramp of increasing and decreasing stretches, while offering an inherent safety-limit which prevents, upon operator error force, beyond the max given on its label, while providing meaningful tactile feedback to the practitioner. The new idea yields tethered reproducible power-stretches which only occur concurrently with achieving precise, variable, and preset levels of tissue pre-stretch force. | 02-23-2012 |
20130158602 | Chiropractic Apparatus Capable of Forming a Release Surface - A chiropractic apparatus that is not only easily portable, but also enables even a chiropractor not having a high level skill to perform easily a safe, correct and effective adjustment of any bone of a patient without causing a pain. The chiropractic apparatus includes: a chiropractic adjuster means containing a thrust member having a thrust head and a release-surface means attached to the chiropractic adjuster means, the release-surface means having a surface for forming a release surface. When a longitudinal forward thrust is applied to the thrust member so as to give a thrust to a body surface, the release-surface means and the thrust head are subjected to relative movement with respect to each other, whereby a release surface including the surface for forming a release surface is formed around the thrust head, the release surface having at least a part thereof placed in contact with the body surface. | 06-20-2013 |
20140031866 | CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A portable battery power operated chiropractic adjusting instrument, manipulator or thruster for applying a selectable adjustment energy impulse to a patient through a plunger having a resilient or cushioned head with the energy impulse applied to the plunger being supplied by a solenoid. The adjusting instrument can have annunciators or indicators for preload, readiness to operate, level of energy impulse and the like. The power source can be an internal rechargeable battery or removable rechargeable battery pack. | 01-30-2014 |
20140188169 | Chiropractic Adjustment Instrument - The invention provides a cordless chiropractic adjustment device including a thrust element ( | 07-03-2014 |
20140309693 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPINE CORRECTION ROBOT - A three-dimensional spine correction robot includes: a pillar, a seat, human body fixing belts, a head fixing apparatus, a bracket, pillar casing pipes, a spine lateral push-and-pull apparatus and a seat locking mechanism. The head fixing apparatus is fixed on the top of the bracket. The pillar casing pipes are movably sleeved over the pillar, and each pillar casing pipe is connected to a human body fixing belt. The lower end of the pillar casing pipe is connected to the seat, and the upper end is connected to the pillar. A first elastic connection object is connected between the pillar casing pipes. The spine lateral push-and-pull apparatus may move up and down along the pillar and swing. The seat is connected to the pillar through a bearing, and may move up and down along the pillar. The seat locking mechanism is fixed between the bracket and the seat. | 10-16-2014 |
606240000 | Positioner for recumbent user | 17 |
20100286729 | DECOMPRESSION TRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD - A device and method is disclosed for removing or otherwise ameliorating tension from the human body. The device having a body ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100331882 | Anchorless Non-Invasive Force Dissipation System for Orthopedic Instrumentation - An anchorless non-invasive force dissipation device for orthopedic instrumentation including a base having a patient contacting surface, the patient contacting surface including a surface area adapted for external placement on a patient's body, and an instrument alignment mechanism operably connected to and selectively positionable relative to the base, the instrument alignment mechanism adapted to interface with at least one orthopedic instrument, such that forces applied by the orthopedic instrument are dissipated across the surface area of the base with the device being unanchored externally of the patient. | 12-30-2010 |
20110137343 | PORTABLE SPINAL DISC DECOMPRESSION DEVICE - A portable spinal disc decompression device includes a collapsible base unit, a traction mechanism, a series of patient support members, and a controller. The base unit includes upper and lower base members. The traction mechanism includes first and second pluralities of linear bearings slidably connected to the upper and lower base members (respectively), and a linear actuator attached to the base unit. The patient support members are connected to the base unit and include a cervical support member, a thoracic support carriage, a pelvic support carriage, and first and second leg support members. The patient support members include a plurality of locking mechanisms that allow selective linear movement of the thoracic and pelvic support carriages. The controller is in electrical communication with the linear actuator and provides a signal to the linear actuator to cause a force to be applied to the thoracic and/or pelvic support carriages. | 06-09-2011 |
20110152931 | Spinal Three-Dimensional Orthopedic Equipment - A spinal three-dimensional orthopedic equipment includes a frame for fixing an operation means and a drive device, a front board member and it's drive device fixed on the frame, a back board member and a middle board member as well as their drive devices fixed on the frame, and a head holding means fixed on the middle board member for holding the patient's head. The head holding means includes a splint connected to said middle board member immovably, two sliding grooves are provided on the splint, and two head holding clips and a mandible tray connected to the sliding pieces mounted in the two sliding grooves respectively, which can slide along the sliding grooves. The spinal orthopedic equipment also includes a front board member fast lifting device, and a drive device for controlling the lifting device. | 06-23-2011 |
20120089183 | SPINAL TRACTION DEVICE - A spinal traction device permits a user to conduct spinal traction therapies, either with or without aid by another, using the user's leg weight and/or leg muscle and/or torso muscle action to apply tensile forces to the spine. The device includes a body support portion on which the user lies in a supine position, and a movable leg support that is coupled to the body support portion. The leg support pivots and/or translates relative to the body support portion in response to the application of leg weight and/or leg muscle and/or torso muscle action to the leg support. Under-arm supports along the body support portion engage the user's underarms to keep the user's upper torso in a substantially fixed position, so that tension is applied to the user's spine in response to movement of the leg support, as it is engaged by the calves and/or backs of the user's legs. | 04-12-2012 |
20120179202 | CERVICAL PILLOW FOR TREATMENT OF CERVICAL SPINE DISEASES - A cervical pillow for treatment of cervical spine diseases includes a padded member made of resilient materials such as foam, rubber, or cotton. The padded member has a rectangular flat bottom side, vertically flat left and right sides, a rounded front side, a thin back side, and a wavy top side that has a flat portion connecting to the front side, a slightly concave portion in the middle, and a very convex portion connecting to the back side. The cervical pillow further includes a nearly rectangular solid block made of high-strength materials such as plastic or compressed rubber. This solid block is embedded within the padded member along its back side and under the very convex portion of its top side. | 07-12-2012 |
20120226311 | CONFIGURABLE BACK ORTHOSIS - There is disclosed a configurable back orthosis, comprising a backplane, a plurality of support elements positioned on the backplane, each support element being associated with a respective area of the human body and a plurality of position adjusters, at least one position adjuster being associated with each of the support elements. Each support element may be adjusted using the associated at least one position adjuster in order to counteract a postural deviation of an individual using the configureable back orthosis. | 09-06-2012 |
20130018417 | SPINAL ALIGNMENT DEVICE AND METHODAANM Goldberg; DavidAACI PiedmontAAST SCAACO USAAGP Goldberg; David Piedmont SC USAANM Belton; JasonAACI NortonAAST OHAACO USAAGP Belton; Jason Norton OH USAANM Rae; CraigAACI SalisburyAAST NCAACO USAAGP Rae; Craig Salisbury NC US - An adjustable head and neck support device with an adjustable head rest assembly and an adjustable neck rest assembly that attach to and move with respect to a base. The adjustable neck rest assembly is configured to move and non-fixedly lock on a z-axis and to rotate about non-fixedly lock on a y-axis. The head rest support assembly rotates about non-fixedly lock on an x-axis. The adjustable head rest assembly is configured to move and non-fixedly lock on the z-axis and to rotate about the x-axis. | 01-17-2013 |
20130046343 | Spinal Mobilization Device - A device for mobilizing a joint includes a flat, planar substrate having a first face and an opposing second face. A first longitudinal side extends between the first face and the second face. A second longitudinal side extends between the first face and the second face, distal from the first longitudinal side. A mobilization portion extends above the first face and includes a first convex rib extending parallel to the first longitudinal side, a second convex rib extending along the second longitudinal side and parallel to the first convex rib, and a valley extending between the first convex rib and the second convex rib along a longitudinal centerline of the flat, planar substrate. A cavity extends above the first face. The cavity is defined by an opening between the first face and the mobilization portion and is sized to receive a bladder. | 02-21-2013 |
20130226238 | Vertebrae Support Device and Method - A vertebrae support device and method. An embodiment of a method of using the vertebrae support device by a person includes disposing a resting surface of a vertebrae support device on a substantially flat horizontal surface, and lying on the vertebrae support device such that muscles on the left side of a vertebrae column of the person are supported on a first rail of the vertebrae support device, the muscles on the right side of the vertebrae column of the person are supported on a second rail of the vertebrae support device, and the thoracic and lumbar portions of the vertebrae column of the person lying on the vertebrae support device are disposed unsupported in a trough between the first rail and the second rail. | 08-29-2013 |
20130253582 | Backrest Apparatus Comprising a Concave Support Pad with Convex End Portions - A physical therapy apparatus includes an elongated body support sized to substantially support the user's torso with the user's spinal column oriented and aligned in positions which maximize the intervertebral spacing along the anterior regions of the spinal column. The body support is provided with a support pad which extends from a forward end to a rearward end having a longitudinal length of between about 0.6 and 2 meters. An upwardly curving convex portion is positioned adjacent each of the forward and rearward ends, with an upwardly middle concave saddle portion connecting each convex portions. A first convex portion has a curvature selected to provide supporting contact to the user's lumbar and thoracic regions of the spine in the performance of one procedure, and the sacral and pelvic regions in another procedure. Optionally, the concave saddle portion may be scalloped or otherwise contoured to facilitate the proper alignment of the user's buttocks and legs in one procedure and the upper back and shoulders in another procedure thereon. | 09-26-2013 |
20130274800 | Spinal Column Correction Device - A spinal column corrective device is provided that includes an upper and lower portion joined by a connection area which may articulate, having an adjustment means and wider support area by which a device user can mirror a cervical radius, thoracic radius, lumbar radius and sacral radius, inherent in the device, with users spine for educational and wellness purposes. | 10-17-2013 |
20140046371 | SPINAL DECOMPRESSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - There is provided a device for use with a patient. The device includes a first load line including an anchor attachment end and a first inline end. The anchor attachment end is sized and configured to be attachable in a terminating manner to an anchor object. The device further includes a second load line including a head attachment end and a second inline end. The head attachment end is sized and configured to attach to a head of the patient. The device further includes an elastomeric member disposed between and attached to the first and second inline ends. The elastomeric member has a significantly lower linear elastic modulus than each of the first and second load lines. The device further includes an adjustment element sized and configured to adjust the tension in an effective tension length of the device. | 02-13-2014 |
20140207190 | SPINAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT - A spinal three-dimensional orthopedic equipment comprises a frame, a front board member and a drive device for driving the front board member fixed on the frame, a back board member and a middle board member as well as their drive devices fixed on the frame, a head holding device fixed on the middle board member for holding the patient's head, and a drawing and holding device for drawing and holding the head and neck of the patient. The head holding device comprises a splint connected to the middle board member immovably, two sliding grooves are provided on the splint, and two head holding clips and a mandible tray connected to the sliding pieces mounted in the two sliding grooves respectively, which can slide along the sliding grooves. The spinal orthopedic equipment also comprises a front board member fast lifting device, and a drive device for controlling the lifting device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140277136 | PORTABLE WIRELESS POINT-OF-SALE VENDING MACHINE - At least one embodiment of the invention describes a portable wireless point-of-sale vending machine that is easily moved and carried by a user. The vending machine includes an outer surface and at least one inner portion enclosed by the outer surface. The one or more inner portions include one or more receptacles, where each of the receptacles contains one or more reusable and interchangeable mechanical items. The vending machine may also include a wireless transceiver and embedded or removable computer that communicate with at least one third party in a bidirectional manner. The mechanical items are dispensed out of the outer surface as needed and the entire portable wireless point-of-sale vending machine may also be structurally used as an exercise device, integrated service device, carrying device, baby carriage or a physical therapy device. | 09-18-2014 |
20150080949 | CERVICAL ORTHOTIC DEVICE - A cervical orthotic device is generally provided. The device includes a base, sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom, and a cervical support surface opposite the base. The cervical support surface unites the sidewalls. The sidewalls include opposingly paired lateral sidewalls and opposingly paired longitudinal sidewalls. The cervical support surface includes a first planar portion adjacent a first longitudinal sidewall of the opposingly paired longitudinal sidewalls, a second planar portion adjacent a second longitudinal sidewall of the opposingly paired longitudinal sidewalls, and an arcuate portion intermediate the planar portions. The arcuate portion of the cervical support surface delimits a cervical engagement ridge. | 03-19-2015 |
20150351989 | THERAPEUTIC BOARD FOR TREATMENT OF THE SPINE - A therapeutic device is provided. The therapeutic device includes a substantially flat board and a pair of risers. The board includes an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and a perimeter comprising a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge. A first riser and a second riser protrude from the top surface of the board. Each of the first riser and the second riser include a taper from a first end to a second end. The first end of the first riser and the first end of the second riser are disposed near the top edge. The first and second risers are disposed at an acute angle relative to one another. | 12-10-2015 |
606241000 | Extension appliance | 26 |
20100094342 | DEVICE FOR THE DECOMPRESSION AND THERAPY OF THE CERVICAL SPINAL COLUMN - The device consists of a shaped shoulder piece ( | 04-15-2010 |
20110060364 | UNDERWATER EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL THERAPY DEVICE FOR JOINT RELEASE AND SPINAL ADJUSTMENT - The present invention relates to an underwater exercise and physical therapy device for joint release and spinal adjustment wherein a tube is worn on a user's upper body and weights are worn on the user's feet in a water tank having a predetermined depth wherein his feet are spaced apart from the bottom surface thereof to carry out underwater exercise and physical therapy by using the buoyant force of the tube and the gravity of the weights, thereby enabling his joints to be released, making his muscles reformed, and further adjusting and preventing his spinal diseases. | 03-10-2011 |
20110208242 | RESTRAINT, REPOSITION, TRACTION AND EXERCISE DEVICE AND METHOD - A restraint, reposition, traction, and exercise device treats acute or chronic mechanical pain, particularly back, neck, hip, pelvis, shoulder, knees, and/or leg pain, and restores and/or increases range of motion in suitable users. The device may include two or more movable support structures and two or more restraints, such as straps. The restraints may be incrementally adjustable to stabilize two or more portions of a person's body, such as the back and/or pelvic regions, against the support structures in any number of three-dimensional orientations that produce a substantially pain-free position. The support structures may be moved apart to apply spinal traction to the portions of the person's body between the restraints. Exercises may be performed while in a substantially pain-free position before, during, or after spinal traction is applied. The user may reposition and restrain herself/himself in another substantially pain-free position and then re-apply spinal traction and/or perform further exercises. | 08-25-2011 |
20110295317 | Restraint system for a spinal decompression table - A spinal decompression table includes a table frame, a back support portion attached to the table frame and defining a longitudinal direction, at least one pair of arms coupled with and extending from the back support portion. When in a release position, the at least one pair of arms is generally coplanar with the back support portion. Each pair of arms has a pair of respective distal ends which are substantially aligned relative to the longitudinal direction. The respective distal ends of each of the at least one pair of arms are removably coupled together with a securing mechanism. | 12-01-2011 |
20120215258 | Chiropractic distraction plate - A portable devise that provides a plate attached to a ball and socket structure with an adjustable range-of-motion ring supported by a stable rigid platform that is capable of performing gyroscopic motion that can be applied to the spine or pelvis in either the prone, supine, or sitting position when placed on the floor, structure with flat surface, chair, or table to be used in conjunction with the methods, techniques, and procedures of spinal manual manipulation and manipulative surgery by a doctor educated and trained in the professions of either chiropractic, osteopathy, naturopathy, or physical medicine for treatment of spinal and pelvic disorders, conditions, and syndromes. | 08-23-2012 |
20120221047 | Chiropractic cervical traction-decompression device - A portable device that provides a frame for cervical traction with an elevation clip holder that can produce gross or incremental adjustments along a vertical axis during traction supported by a stable rigid frame that can be attached to a manipulation or manipulative surgical table with support brackets, which is designed to be used in conjunction with a variety of cervical traction units and certain methods, techniques, and procedures to create decompression forces in the spine with the use of the hands of the doctor. | 08-30-2012 |
20130023931 | SPINAL TRACTION DEVICE - A spinal traction device ( | 01-24-2013 |
20130066373 | BODY HAULING MECHANISM - A body hauling mechanism includes a weight seat, a weight control assembly and a body hauling auxiliary part. The weight control assembly of the body hauling mechanism has an enclosure with a stretching mechanism configured inside. Said stretching mechanism is made up of a separating board, a gear unit, a cord rolling wheel, a back-stop mechanism and a driving wheel. The user can pull the two-way pulling cord to drive the stretching mechanism to control the weight control assembly hanged on the weight seat, so that the hauling cord of the weight control assembly can be retracted or released mildly, and can apply or release the hauling force smoothly. When using the body hauling mechanism to improve the symptoms caused by irritation or compression of the body nerves, secondary injury of the affected part can be avoided. | 03-14-2013 |
606242000 | Couch | 18 |
20080306512 | Portable slant board anterior adjusting table - This is a chiropractic adjusting table which makes correction of spinal misalignments in 1 | 12-11-2008 |
20090024164 | System for determining spinal implants - A system for determining spinal implants includes a surgical table that moves a patient secured on the table into different positions in response to patient command, including a position of pain (POP) where the patient experiences the most pain from one or more affected levels of the spine, and a position of comfort (POC) where the patient has the least amount of pain. A scanner scans the patient on the table at least at the POP and the POC, and produces corresponding radiographic image data. Image processing apparatus coupled to the scanner quantifies changes in the relative position of adjacent vertebra at each affected level when the vertebra move from their configuration in the patient's POP, to their configuration in the patient's POC. The apparatus can then select an optimal implant device from among a number of devices whose characteristics are stored in a system database. | 01-22-2009 |
20090259253 | APPARATUS FOR STRETCHING THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN OF A PERSON - An apparatus for stretching the vertebral column of a person, comprising a table equipped with a traction system having fixing means for connecting a cable to the person's feet, and traction means acting on the cable to effect traction on the legs in order to stretch the legs and the column, and oscillating means that act on the cable so as to obtain movements of lateral oscillation of both legs, the traction means and the oscillating means adapted to be controlled by a control unit in order to combine movements of lateral oscillation and movements of traction. The apparatus can be used to effect movements of lateral oscillation in order to achieve muscle relaxation in the region of the pelvis and the lumbar region, and thereby make the subsequent stretching of the lower back region more effective. | 10-15-2009 |
20090306714 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A SUPPORT ARTICLE, A SUPPORT ARTICLE, AND A SUPPORT DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A method of producing a support article for part of the human body, in particular the back, comprises the steps of obtaining an array of electronically encoded points defined in 3D corresponding to points on a surface of the body part utilizing a non-contact 3D digitiser. The array of points are converted into data readable by a computer aided manufacturing device. The data is adjusted to alter the surface prior to forming the article. The support article is formed incorporating the surface from the adjusted data using the computer aided manufacturing device. | 12-10-2009 |
20100004684 | RECLINING CHAIR SYSTEM FOR SPIRAL TRACTION - A spiral-traction device is disclosed that includes a neck and upper back frame attached designed to attached to a patient, and a portable or stationary reclining chair. The neck and upper back frame is used with the portable or stationary reclining chair. Both the neck and upper back frame and the portable or stationary reclining chair have inflatable and deflatable air chambers that can be controlled to apply spiral traction relax muscles and to release soft-tissues and decompress spinal-joint surfaces with specificity. | 01-07-2010 |
20100121377 | LUMBAR SUPPORT DEVICE - A portable lumbar support is provided and includes an elongate resilient cushion member having a pair of opposing end sections and an intermediate section having a concave therapeutic surface on at least one major side thereof for fitting against a lumbar region of a patient, and an opposed major stabilizing surface for contacting and being supported by an adjacent support structure such as a seat back when the support is in use. Pressure from contact between the lumbar region of the patient and the support elongates a fascia portion of the lumbar region. | 05-13-2010 |
20110270310 | DYNAMIC LOGARITHMIC SPINAL DECOMPRESSION TABLE AND METHOD - A logarithmically increasing decompression force is applied to a spinal column in a progressively changing direction lying in the mid-sagittal plane. This focuses the decompression force as compared with a straight-line pull. A table to achieve this decompression force has a fixed table section, a moveable table section, a reciprocating arm which acts as a movable pre-tension section, a vertically adjustable upstanding support supported by the pre-tension section, an attachment point attached to a tensionometer-head associated with the upstanding support for attachment to a harness, a moveable table section drive for extending the moveable table section from the fixed table section and for retracting the moveable table section toward the fixed table section, a reciprocating arm drive for extending and retracting the reciprocating arm from the movable table section, and an upstanding support drive for driving the upstanding support to different vertical positions. | 11-03-2011 |
20110288586 | Closed-Loop Automated Chiropractic Adjustment Device - A chiropractic evaluation, diagnostic and adjusting system includes a surface having including an elongated slot therein, a number of actuators, each including a rod and a position sensor, and a drive for translating the adjustment actuators along the length the slot. A control system determines a curvature of a spine of a patient by controlled extension and retraction of each rod into and out-of contact with the spine of the patient via the slot during translation of the adjustment actuators along the length of the slot. The control system compares the determined curvature of the spine of the patient to a predetermined spine curvature and controls the drive and each of one or more of the actuators to apply a series of corrective stroke pulses to an area of the patient's spine requiring adjustment via the rod of the actuator. | 11-24-2011 |
20120271350 | Range of motion table - A massage table for supporting a person during a massage above a surface includes a leg assembly that engages the floor, and a table top that includes six foldable wings, four staging feet and a handle. The frame is made up of rectangular aluminum sections that are welded together to make up the frame and the wings frame. The frame includes a frame base that supports at least a portion of the person above the surface with two legs, the wings are connected to the base of the frame by piano hinge and can fold down independently while still connected to the frame base, the frame sections are made of aluminum but can be made up of various materials. A T-bar face cradle inserts into the head of the table. | 10-25-2012 |
20130060282 | ORTHOPEDIC CHAIR FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF SPINAL DISEASES - A chair comprises a seat and a seat back made of non-resilient materials. | 03-07-2013 |
20140316465 | "Apparatus and Method For Spinal And/or Neck Decompression" - A device for relieving back and/or neck pain of a seated user through spinal decompression includes a frame, a seat base connected to the frame, and a seat back connected to the frame. The seat base has a front portion and a rear portion, with the seat back extending from the rear portion of the seat base. At least one of the seat base and the seat back is movable relative to the other of the seat base and the seat back to increase a distance between the seat base and the seat back to decompress a spine of the seated user. | 10-23-2014 |
20140364910 | SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING TREATMENT ANGLE UNDER TENSION TO ACCOMMODATE VARIATIONS IN SPINAL MORPHOLOGY - A system for dynamically adjusting treatment angle under tension to accommodate variations in spinal morphology during spinal decompression therapy is provided. It provides a tensioning device including a patient-positioning means, a tension-producing actuator, a positioning device, a patient interface device, a control system and a display. The control system with feedback on the resultant tension vector applied to patient spine operationally configured to allow for adjustment of either tension producing actuator position, patient position, or both while applying tension to the patient spine during non-therapeutic tension levels. The control system automatically adjusts tension producing actuator work levels such that the resultant tension vector magnitude remains ideally constant during adjustment of resultant tension vector angle, reducing the risk of eliciting paraspinal muscle contraction due to changes in resultant tension vector magnitude. | 12-11-2014 |
20150335511 | SPINE TREATMENT APPARATUS - A patient support apparatus for spinal conditions comprising means | 11-26-2015 |
606243000 | With intermediate gap | 2 |
20080312691 | Exercise Apparatus for Backbone Remedy - Disclosed herein is an exercise apparatus for backbone care, in which an exerciser's lower body is moved leftwards and rightwards when a lower body exercising panel rotates leftwards and rightwards, so that his or her upper body is moved in a direction opposite the moving direction of the lower body, and thus a slipped disk is restored to its original position and a bent section of the backbone is straightened. A sliding means or a rotation means is provided on an upper body exercising panel so that an exerciser's upper body is exercised naturally by the movement of the lower body. Thus, free rotation of the upper body exercising panel is possible even though additional power is not transmitted to the upper body exercising panel. The exercise apparatus allows exercise to be stably conducted in the shape of an S. | 12-18-2008 |
20090240282 | Therapeutic, tilting, split table, traction apparatus for home, office ,or workplace use, manually operated by the user / person, to relieve back pain and /or stretch, lumbar /spine / back muscles before and / or after athletic activity ,bending or lifting type work or sitting all day .Traction / distraction, may be applied, intermittently, using an on-off cycle, or continuously. - Therapeutic, tilting, split table, traction apparatus for home use manually operated by the user to relieve back pain and/or stretch, lumbar/spine/exercise back muscles/and provide mechanical traction with person in supine position. Apparatus having a upper tilting frame (one end being back and head support and opposing end being a rolling or sliding carriage), pivotally hinged on base frame with approximately 13 kilograms of upper body weight offset unto the back support to offset the effect of the 13 kilogram spring used to retract rolling or sliding carriage and keep body weight balanced for ease of use. Lower body is anchored by pelvic or waist harness to rolling or sliding carriage, As person releases latch, frame tilts (head lower then feet) and simultaneously pushes rod and roller assembly (hinged to under back support and under rolling carriage) up the 35 degree incline track pushing carriage away from back support creating traction/distraction force. Upper body is anchored by way of incline, gravity, skin on back directly in contact with padded vinyl back support. Removable handles attached to base are used by person to control tilt and traction force. As amount of tilting and traction force are simultaneous and easily controlled by the person, unlimited amount of techniques as far as traction/distraction, may be applied, intermittently, using an on-off cycle, or continuously. | 09-24-2009 |
606244000 | With pivot to pedestal | 3 |
20100042148 | Device at a So-Called Back Bench for Arresting the Lying Part of the Bench in Desired Angular Setting - The invention relates to a device ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100298881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERTEBRAL STABILIZATION - Systems and methods for vertebral stabilization are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a bone anchor with a threaded portion positioned opposite a post portion. A connector is provided including a pair of oppositely positioned branches defining a receptacle structured to receive the post portion. The receptacle is positionable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein the connector is positionable along and about the post portion in the open configuration. The system also includes an elongate support member defining a passage structured to receive and engage a portion of the connector. As the connector is received in the passage, the branches of the connector move toward one another and force the receptacle toward the closed configuration wherein the connector is fixed relative to the post portion. Other systems, apparatuses and methods for vertebral stabilization are also disclosed. | 11-25-2010 |
20140371793 | INVERTIBLE SPINAL DECOMPRESSION ROLLER TABLE - A chiropractic table has a power-operated linkage that will invert a user of the table. The table employs a foot plate which secures the user's feet. A set of rollers can rotate and massage the user and can travel the length of the user's spine. The use of the rollers while in an inverted position allows greater health benefits than while in a non-inverted position due to the decompression of the spinal cord. | 12-18-2014 |
606245000 | With intermediate pivot | 4 |
20100211099 | CHIROPRACTIC POSTURE CORRECTION TOOL - The claimed invention provides an improved posture correction tool in the form of a table to be used by chiropractic practitioners to treat mechanical disorders of the spine and musculoskeletal system. The improved posture correction tool provides a plurality of pads to support the various major areas of the body and has built in drop capability and adjustment capability for the pelvic pad, the lumbar pad, the thoracic pad and the head and cervical area. The claimed invention also has a novel cervical support. | 08-19-2010 |
20110009903 | Therapy mat table with adjustable portion - A therapy mat table has an upper surface and removable mat. A portion of the mat and a separate plate is rotatably mounted within the flat top so as to be capable of being selectively raised and lowered to form a seat back for a patient reclining or sitting on the pad on an elongated side edge of the table. The table may also include transfer bars which help to move a patient on and off the table or when moving to a standing position or while simply standing. The table may further include a stowable foot stop, which prevents backward movement of the patient's feet when the patient is standing between the transfer bars. The table may also include a knee blocker, which helps to limit or prevent buckling of the patient's knees when the patient is standing between the transfer bars. | 01-13-2011 |
20120179203 | Chiropractic table apparatus and method of use - A chiropractic table has a base, a table support member connected to the base and extending upward from the base, an axial-lateral-tilt mechanism laterally connected to table support member, a cephalad section connected transversely to and being supported by the table support member above the base, a head section connected to and extending longitudinally from a first cephalad section end of the cephalad section, and a caudal section interconnected with the axial-lateral-tilt mechanism and the table support member and being positioned longitudinally adjacent a second cephalad section end of the cephalad section where the axial-lateral-tilt mechanism has an axial pivot mechanism configured to axially swing the caudal section along a predefined arc, the arc coinciding with a predefined radial distance from a pivot axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the chiropractic table and located a predefined distance above a top surface of the chiropractic table. | 07-12-2012 |
20130085531 | PHYSIOTHERAPY APPARATUS - An apparatus ( | 04-04-2013 |