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5954681 Breast-supporting band  
A breast-supporting band is described to facilitate participation of women in sports with an elastic top edge, an elastic bottom edge, and an elastic middle band wider than the top and bottom edges...
5950628 Inflatable wearable traction device  
An ambulatory, wearable support to be worn by a person for applying an extending force to a portion of the human anatomy while being worn, the portion of the human anatomy having an anterior...
5913410 Orthopedic belt for pelvis  
An orthopedic belt for pelvis is disclosed, which comprises an upper belt made of an elastic cloth which covers mainly a sacroiliac joint and a lower belt made of the same elastic cloth which...
5911697 Spinal column orthesis  
A spinal column orthesis system is created which reduces the requirements for stock-keeping various sizes of spinal column ortheses and which enables a better adaptation to the body. The inventive...
5896859 Transfer belt  
A transfer belt including an adjustable waist belt and a harness strap, both of which are constructed of a pliant material. In one embodiment, the adjustable waist belt includes a first end...
5893367 Therapeutic gait harness and pelvic support system  
A therapeutic gait harness worn by a patient includes a padded thoracic harness that substantially encircles the patient's waist and which includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced hand...
5891070 Breast presser belt  
A breast presser belt 1 comprising a belt body 2 adapted to be removably wrapped around a breast portion of a user, a presser member 3 adapted to extend from the belt body 2 over to the breast...
5876361 Exercise and posture correcting device  
An exercise and posture correcting device comprising a slightly bowed strip of spring steel or other material having comparable flexing characteristics extends upwardly from the rearward portion of...
5868694 Lower back support apparatus  
A lower back support apparatus for supporting the user's lower back when seated. The lower back support apparatus includes a support frame and a support belt which is supportable on the frame. The...
5868691 Posture training device  
A posture training device comprising a substantially rigid support member including a plurality of slots and a plurality of straps. The straps are detachably coupled to the support member by...
5865774 Lumbo-sacral support  
A lumbo-sacral support has a support, comprising a supporting element placeable on a user's body and having an outer surface and an inner surface adapted to face a user's body, the supporting...
5860944 Back support apparatus  
A back support apparatus includes a pair of shoulder straps and a pair of heel connectors interconnected by a pair of support lines each with a resilient section, and further includes a cover pad...
5855561 Back support with freedom of rotary motion  
A back support for preventing injury to the spinal column that allows a user a limited amount of freedom of rotary motion. The apparatus includes an upper support, which in use extends from a top...
5853379 Lower back brace construction  
A lower back brace construction 10 including a generally cruciform shaped cover member 20 having an outer 21 and an inner 22 cover panel provided with a pair of strap arms 23 and 24 and an upper 25...
5853378 Lumbo-Sacral orthosis  
A lumbo-sacral orthopedic brace apparatus is formed of flexible materials to fit over a patient's torso and has a front flexible section shaped to fit over the front of a patient's torso and...
5843008 Method for mitigating pain when coughing following surgery  
A device and method are provided for mitigating the pain experienced by a patient, after surgery to portions of the patient's torso, when the patient coughs, and for increasing the effectiveness of...
5840051 Flexible back, neck and shoulder brace  
An orthopedic brace for spinal applications is formed from a plurality of relatively rigid hollowed-out parallelepiped portions adjacent pairs of which are joined along a relatively thin web of...
5840050 Post-operative hip brace  
A post-operative hip brace for preventing hip dislocations during recovery of a patient including a waist strap and an upper leg strap that fits around the upper thigh of the patient. The two...
5833638 Back brace  
A back brace for providing back support to the lumbar region of a wearer. The back brace includes a band that wraps around the torso region of a person in covering relationship to the region of the...
5832926 Head support device  
A device for restraining and supporting the head of a user at a given forward angle while alleviating resultant neck, shoulder, and back pain comprises an angularly adjustable upper section...
5830167 Splint for a person with a fractured bone or intervertebral herniated disk  
A splint, used as a support for a broken bone or herniated intervertebral disk so that the bone or disk stays in a particular position while it heals, is disclosed. The splint includes a panel,...
5827209 Intelligent body support  
An automatic feedback and adjustment setup is integrally connected to a body joint support. The support may be of the flexible, semi-rigid, or rigid type. The support contains one or more...
5823984 Expandable wrap with multiple panels and attachable pocket  
An expandable wrap includes one or more panels with exterior and interior surfaces of a fabric loop-type material. Hook-type fasteners which mate with the fabric loop-type material are used to...
5820575 Abdominal support belt  
An abdominal support belt having an inner retainment strap for allowing the wearer to loosen the body of the belt while the retainment strap maintains the position of the belt against the wearer,...
5816251 Back support system  
A back support system including a first cuff for securement around one thigh of an individual; a second cuff for securement around the other thigh of the individual; a suspender harness for...
5797955 Pressure application unit for positioning vertebra  
A device for applying external pressure to one or more vertebra for repositioning the same and/or maintaining the position thereof in the spinal column, or for forcing and maintaining segments of a...
5785672 Lumbosacral support belts and method  
A lumbosacral support belt, a series of lumbosacral support belts, and a method of fitting lumbosacral support belts which are manufactured with specific relationships of certain dimensions so that...
5782781 All-in-one girdling belt for lumbar and coxa support  
The object of the invention is to provide an elastic girdling belt which serves to secure and maintain in a normal condition the connective structure of the coxae and lumbar vertebrae which support...
5782783 Orthosis for the upper body  
An orthosis for the upper body is provided for controlling the shoulder and the arm. The orthosis employs a connection between the waist band and the upper part of the orthosis, specifically a...
5782782 Support belt with corrective angle of lordosis  
A support belt to be worn around the waist of a person includes an elongated strip of rigid material constructed of a low density material such as polyethylene. The elongated strip of rigid...
5765224 Body support garment  
A torso-shape controlling, lower back supporting garment that comprises a garment having control fabric panel portions adapted to extend in waist shape controlling relation to torso front, back and...
5762619 Fashion belt with built-in lumbar support  
A fashion belt with a built-in lumbar support. The belt employs two flexible straps, the ends of which overlap and are detachably secured to form a contiguous band that encircles and supports the...
5743783 Panty girdle  
In the case of the panty girdle having a panty part (1) and an abdominal part (2), the panty part (1) and the abdominal part (2) are connected to one another via a tunnel in which a supporting...
5738640 Upper spine and neck support cushion  
An upper spine and neck support cushion. The cushion has a generally vertical spine support pillow which is held at its top end to a generally horizontal neck support pillow. The device is held...
5728164 Hip joint for orthopedic orthesis  
A hip joint for orthopedic orthesis comprising a pelvic attachment to which the tops of two arms are articulated, and in which the arms are adapted to be rigidly coupled to the top of respective...
5728055 Therapeutic lumbosacral appliance  
A therapeutic appliance is provided for application to the lumbar spine so as to overly the sacrum and sacroiliac joints. The therapeutic appliance is formed basically by an air bladder having a...
5728056 Lumbago correcting belt  
A lumbago correcting belt is disclosed, comprising a belt body adapted to be attached to a lumbar region of a human body to enclose and surround the iliac bones and a pair of tightening members...
5724993 Inflatable spinal traction device  
Disclosed herein is an inflatable spinal traction device capable of both preventing spinal injuries, and of facilitating the healing of existing spinal injuries. As disclosed, the device of the...
5718670 Thoracal lumbosacral orthosis for a human torso  
A thoracal lumbosacral orthosis includes an anterior panel and a posterior panel for overlying anterior and posterior trunk portions of a patient's torso. The panels are strapped one to the other...
5713840 Weighted lumbar support  
An apparatus and method of applying pressure to the lumbar region of a user wherein a lumbar support is secured to the back of a user and positioned and retained such that when the user is seated...
5709648 Resilient back support device  
A back support device employs a torso covering sheet (18) having a plurality of resilient stiffening rods (20), a torso harness consisting a shoulder straps (10), an abdominal strap (12), a breast...
5704904 Inflatable lumber traction vest  
Disclosed herein is an inflatable lumbar traction vest capable of both preventing spinal injuries, and facilitating the healing of existing spinal injuries. As disclosed, the vest of the present...
5695452 Formed resilient orthopaedic device  
An orthopaedic support includes a sheet of foam material that has been compression molded in specific areas. These areas have a thickness and density that is different from other areas of the...
5693006 Method of using a lifting belt in combination with an accessory  
Disclosed is an accessory base for use with lifting belts. Typically, lifting belts have flaps extending from a lumbar section containing loop fastening material on the exterior sides, and side...
5690609 Compound abdominal and back support belt system  
A torso support belt system has individually contoured back and abdominal muscle support pads and an associated multi-belt system. The locations of the abdominal and back support pads around the...
5690122 Abdominal belt  
In the case of an abdominal belt which can be closed by a touch-and-close fastener (6), use is made, for the purpose of large-surface-area support of the lower abdomen, of two supporting straps...
5685321 Device and method to facilitate colonoscopy by externally supporting the colon  
A medical device, and related method of use, for supporting a patient's colon during a colonoscopy includes a wrap which embraces the patient's abdomen and defines a palpation aperture. The wrap is...
5685831 Postulator  
A back brace having interlocking frame members jointed at a first pivotal hinge connection where the two vertically disposed members join the other member. The two vertical members join each other...
5681267 Arrangement for joining/separating distal orthotic device to/from pelvic interface  
An arrangement for adjustably joining/separating an orthotic device to/from an exterior part of human body consists of a receiving component, a base and a proximal component. The receiving...
5681268 Arm support and carpal nerve protection device  
An arm support device is disclosed similar in style to a back brace, having a back support plate connected to a pair of forward curved shoulder support plates covers the entire back and shoulders....