DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT VERTEBRAL COLUMN REHABILITATION Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has pelvic and axillary support members, thoracic belts and brace units designed as telescopic bars driven apart under force actions arising due to elastic bodies like springs being set in tension, the elastic bodies being positioned on the right and left side of the device. They are connected to axillary support members with their upper ends via an articulation member and to pelvic support members with their lower ends via flexible link like rope. To make their rotation axes coincide with hip joints rotation axis, flexible link length is to be appropriately selected. To adjust vertebral column tension force, the spring-loaded bars have tuning mechanisms controlling elastic body tension force. EFFECT: improved designed; simplified unit structures. 2 cl, 2 dwg