Active spinal support system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9370237
APP PUB NO 20140224849A1
SERIAL NO

14181148

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A wearable spinal support system having an upper body adapter engaging the head and/or torso of a wearer and a lower body adapter engaging the hips/pelvis, the upper and lower body adapters joined by an articulated structural column. The structural column is made up of stacked vertebral elements each having an aperture provided there through such that a tendon can be fed through the aligned apertures of the vertebral elements. The tendons are fixed at one end and each engaged to mechanical control element at the other end such that the tension/payout in each tendon is independently variable under direction of a controller receiving sensor feedback in order to support the loaded upper body of the wearer and position it relative to the lower body when desirable according to the controller.

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INNOVITAL LLC3901 CALVERTON BOULEVARD # 155 CALVERTON MD 20705

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hiemenz, Gregory J Silver Spring, US 9 191
Kothera, Curt S Crofton, US 7 133
Sztein, Pablo J College Park, US 2 26

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