DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING POSTURE Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has belt having a base with fixing member and flexible supporting shoulder ribbons. The base is rigid and manufactured from woven stiff warp or artificial leather. The base profile enables inferior and cervical portion of the vertebral column to be embraced. The base has scapular part and back. Each supporting shoulder ribbon is arranged at 30-35 C to the vertical axis with 60-70 C angle formed between the ribbons. The fixing members are mounted on the base making an angle of 70-75 C with respect to the vertical axis and 140- 150 C angle formed between each other. The fixing members are positioned in the inferior part of the back aligned on the longitudinal axis. EFFECT: posture correction with individual patient features taken into account. 1 dwg