Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-14
2010-11-16
Bianco, Patricia M (Department: 3772)
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
C602S005000, C128S845000, C128S869000, C128S874000, C002S044000, C002S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07833182
ABSTRACT:
A device to support the human back/spine and provide assistance in bending, lifting and standing upright comprises a strap and belt system for attachment to the body and one or more bias/tension member to provide the force necessary to urge the user's back to remain or return to a straight position. When used as intended, the device serves to encourage a healthy body position for lifting, and/or to alleviate or prevent back pain associated with bending or lifting. The bias/tension member preferably comprises at least one tension rod that is adjustably fixed to a waist belt, and slidably received by an upper bracket at or near the shoulder blade region of the back. The length of the preferred two tension rods, in effect, may be adjusted by adjusting how or where the rods are fixed to the waist belt, for example. The angle at which the tension rods are held by the upper bracket, and, hence, the angle the upper portions of the tension rods are held relative to the lower portions of the tension rods, may be adjusted to accommodate different body types. With the device installed on the user's upper body, bending over will tend to bend the rods, and, hence, the resilient rods will support or tend to suspend the upper body and will help the user to straighten when desired.
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Bianco Patricia M
Jackson Brandon
Pedersen Barbara S.
Pedersen Ken J.
Pedersen and Company, PLLC
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