Method and equipment for evaluating the flexibility of a human spine
CA 1297952 C · Owner: Diagnospine Research Inc. · Inventors: Gracovetsky, Serge
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A non-invasive method and equipment for the evaluation of the flexibility of the spine of a patient and as a result, of this evaluation, the detection and identification of possible mechanical injuries in the lumbar portion of this spine. According to this method, a string of skin-markers is fixed onto the skin of the back of the patient in the midline of his spine from at least cervical vertebra C7 down to at least sacral vertebra S3. Two other skin-markers are fixed onto the skin of the back of the patient in a bilateral and symmetrical manner on the crests of his ilium. The relative positions of all the skin-markers are then monitored and recorded as he flexes forward in this sagittal …
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- Granted March 24, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 24, 2009.
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