Patent ID: 8079971

Claim:
A spinal treatment system for treating a spinal region of a patient's back, comprising: a. a harness configured to be coupled to a preselected location on the patient; b. a force transfer member coupled to the harness and configured to transfer force to the harness; c. a computer; d. a vibrational movement head controlled by the computer and configured to apply a preselected laterally vibrating force to the force application member extending therefrom, the vibrational movement head including: i. an attachment structure coupled to the force transfer member; ii. a lateral track coupled to the attachment structure and configured to allow selective lateral movement of the attachment structure along the lateral track; and iii. an actuator, responsive to the computer, configured to move the attachment structure to at least one preselected position along the track and configured to apply a preselected amount of tensile force to the force transfer member; and e. a vertical displacement member coupled to the computer and configured to move the vibrational movement head to a preselected vertical displacement relative to the patient.