ORTHOPEDIC BACK SUPPORT OR VERTEBRAL COLUMN BRACE

• US 20150133843A1
• Filed: 05/15/2012
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: F.G.P. S.R.L.
• Original Assignee: F.G.P. S.R.L.
• Inventors: Ferrigolo, Moreno, Turrini, Alberto
• Granted Patent: US 9,849,021 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 602/19
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0512 Neck or shoulders area
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0531 Spine
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/026 Back straightening devices with shoulder braces to force back the shoulder to obtain a correct curvature of the spine for clavicle fractures A61F5/05808; restraining devices A61F5/37

Abstract

A brace (10) which can be used in the orthopedic sector for correctly blocking and anatomically supporting the vertebral column, substantially consisting of a semirigid slat (11), with elongated vertical development, shaped in accordance with the vertebral column and thus making it possible to follow and support the column, the lower part being attached to straps (12) which are fixed at the front to an abdominal plate (13), wrapping around the waist, and the upper part to the end of straps (14) which also couple to the same abdominal plate (13), passing through loops (15) positioned at the sides, there being, in the initial part of the straps (14), that is to say in the coupling area (16) of the casing that encloses the semirigid slat and to a certain extent the section towards the front of the brace, a pocket (17) surrounded by stitching and in which there is a slit (18), said pocket being designed to accommodate a stiffening element (19) with a substantially arched shape.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector for correctly blocking and anatomically supporting the vertebral column, substantially consisting of a semirigid slat, with elongated vertical development, shaped in accordance with the vertebral column and thus making it possible to follow and support the column, the lower part being attached to straps which are fixed at the front to an abdominal plate, wrapping around the waist, and the upper part to the end of straps which also couple to the same abdominal plate, passing through loops positioned at the sides, wherein the initial part of the straps, that is to say in the coupling area of the casing that encloses the semirigid slat and to a certain extent the section towards the front of the brace, is provided with a pocket surrounded by stitching and in which there is a slit, said pocket being designed to accommodate a stiffening element with a substantially arched shape.

9. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 8, wherein the stiffening element consists of a core made from preformed plastic material designed to keep the shoulder straps “

in shape”

when the brace is not being worn.

10. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 8, wherein the stiffening elements, which are made from plastic or other material suitable for the purpose, are positioned in such a way that they can be removed, if necessary, through the slit in the shoulder strap.

11. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 9, wherein the stiffening elements, which are made from plastic or other material suitable for the purpose, are positioned in such a way that they can be removed, if necessary, through the slit in the shoulder strap.

12. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 8, wherein there are at least two pockets and two stiffening elements.

13. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 9, wherein there are at least two pockets and two stiffening elements.

14. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 10, wherein there are at least two pockets and two stiffening elements.

15. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 8, wherein the pockets and the stiffening elements can be used on any strap of any brace.

16. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 9, wherein the pockets and the stiffening elements can be used on any strap of any brace.

17. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 10, wherein the pockets and the stiffening elements can be used on any strap of any brace.

18. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 12, wherein the pockets and the stiffening elements can be used on any strap of any brace.

19. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 8, wherein the stiffening elements are made according to anatomical curvatures specifically shaped to follow the curvature of the upper body or limbs.

20. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 9, wherein the stiffening elements are made according to anatomical curvatures specifically shaped to follow the curvature of the upper body or limbs.

21. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 10, wherein the stiffening elements are made according to anatomical curvatures specifically shaped to follow the curvature of the upper body or limbs.

22. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 12, wherein the stiffening elements are made according to anatomical curvatures specifically shaped to follow the curvature of the upper body or limbs.

23. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 15, wherein the stiffening elements are made according to anatomical curvatures specifically shaped to follow the curvature of the upper body or limbs.

24. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 8, wherein the stiffening elements can have varying thicknesses, for example they can be thicker in the lower part and become thinner in the upper part in order to differentiate the flexion zones.

25. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 9, wherein the stiffening elements can have varying thicknesses, for example they can be thicker in the lower part and become thinner in the upper part in order to differentiate the flexion zones.

26. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 10, wherein the stiffening elements can have varying thicknesses, for example they can be thicker in the lower part and become thinner in the upper part in order to differentiate the flexion zones.

27. A brace which can be used in the orthopedic sector according to claim 12, wherein the stiffening elements can have varying thicknesses, for example they can be thicker in the lower part and become thinner in the upper part in order to differentiate the flexion zones.