Weighted lumbar support

Details Weighted lumbar support Weighted lumbar support

1995-09-27

1998-02-03

Donnelly, Jerome

Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage

Orthopedic bandage

Splint or brace

128 961, A61F 502

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057138400

ABSTRACT:
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 in a chair the lumbar support applies pressure to prevent realignment of the user's lower spine for maintaining proper posture. The lumbar support remains suspended so that it moves as the user moves, thereby retaining the lumbar support in a predetermined position relative to user's lumbar vertebrae. Weight in the lumbar support applies a moment to the spinal column to counter-balance the moment applied by extended arms or resulting from poor posture.

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