Spinal orthotic device and method of using same

Details Spinal orthotic device and method of using same Spinal orthotic device and method of using same

1988-09-14

1990-02-27

Burr, Edgar S.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

5434, 128 68, 128898, 264 452, 264222, 264314, A61F 501

Patent

active

049036904

ABSTRACT:
A customized spinal orthotic device is provided to enhance spinal adjustment and manipulative procedures. The embodiment of the orthotic device shown and described is a plastic head and cervical basin which is enclosed in a plastic bag. The patient is placed in a supine position with the head and cervical spine portion received within the plastic basin but exterior of the bag. Commercial flexible polyurethane foam A and B components are mixed and placed in the bag-enclosed basin. The A and B components react exothermically to expand and to apply pressure to the cervical spine portion contained within the basin. In about fifteen minutes the polyurethane hardens to form a foam mold for the posterior apophyseal joints of the cervical spine and in the process urges the joints of the spine into their normally aligned positions. The mold may then be used by the patient on a daily basis within the purview of a clinical care program to enhance the effect of the spinal adjustment and/or manipulative procedure. Other shaped basins and trays may be designed for similar treatment of other regions of the spine using the same method of treatment.

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