Patent ID: 6932780
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A lumbar-sacral orthosis comprising in combination, a) a main body including a left and right side belt segment of flexible, inelastic material configured to wrap around a wearer's torso in opposite directions relative to one another, each of said segments having an anterior edge extending in overlapping relationship to the anterior edge of the other segment over a frontal area of the wearer's waist and a posterior edge overlapping the posterior edge of the other segment generally over the wearer's lumbar spine; b) fastening means carried by each of said segments near each of said anterior edges for releasably fixing a front portion of said segments to one another over the wearer's abdominal area; c) at least two vertically spaced, horizontally extending slots provided in each of said segments and disposed near, but spaced from the respective posterior edges of a respective segment in a position wherein a respective one of said at least two horizontally extending slots of one of said segments are disposed in at least partially overlying relationship to a respective one of said at least two horizontally extending slots of the other of said segments; d) a discrete, at least semi-rigid lumbar support panel including at least two vertically spaced openings, said panel being disposed in juxtaposition to a portion of each of said segments with a respective one of said openings aligned with a respective one of said horizontally extending slots in a respective one of said segments; e) at least two fasteners, a respective one of said fasteners extended through a respective one of said horizontally extending slots in each of said segments and a respective one of said aligned openings in said lumbar support panel adjustably connecting the posterior edges of said side segments to said lumbar support panel to permit relative movement of said posterior edges toward or away from one another.