Machine and method for measuring skeletal misalignments in the human body
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1. A machine for checking skeletal and postural distortion comprising:
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a pair of platforms to receive the feet of a patient, each of said platforms coupled to a sensor to determine the amount of said patients'"'"' weight resting on each platform;
a pair of arms extending horizontally above said platforms, each arm selectively engaging the top of each ilium of said patient;
a frontal plane transducer coupled to said pair of arms to determine a frontal plane deviation angle, said frontal plane transducer in communication with said indicator;
a transverse plane transducer coupled to said pair of arms to determine a transverse plane deviation angle, said transverse plane transducer in communication with said indicator, whereby said indicator selectively collects and displays data received from said frontal plane transducer and said transverse plane transducer.
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Abstract
An improved machine and method for measuring skeletal misalignments in the human body provides an indicator for simultaneously collecting and storing digital data corresponding to the deviation of the uppermost portion of each ilium from the frontal and transverse planes. The indicator may also collect and store digital data reflecting the position of various vertebrae.
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16 Claims
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1. A machine for checking skeletal and postural distortion comprising:
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an indicator;
a pair of platforms to receive the feet of a patient, each of said platforms coupled to a sensor to determine the amount of said patients'"'"' weight resting on each platform;
a pair of arms extending horizontally above said platforms, each arm selectively engaging the top of each ilium of said patient;
a frontal plane transducer coupled to said pair of arms to determine a frontal plane deviation angle, said frontal plane transducer in communication with said indicator;
a transverse plane transducer coupled to said pair of arms to determine a transverse plane deviation angle, said transverse plane transducer in communication with said indicator, whereby said indicator selectively collects and displays data received from said frontal plane transducer and said transverse plane transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for determining skeletal deviation in a human being, the method comprising the steps of:
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positioning a human on a pair of platforms, one platform supporting each foot; and
substantially simultaneously determining the weight of each foot placed on each platform while determining deviation of the uppermost portion of each ilium from the frontal and transverse planes. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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