Lumbar support belt
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN Β· China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- LAB INNOTHERA SAS
- Publication Date
- 2012-10-03
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Abstract
Description
technical field
[0001] The present invention relates to a waist support belt. Background technique
[0002] Such belts are particularly suitable for persons suffering from low back pain, and generally comprise an elastic textile belt for placement around the lower part of the human torso. The belt has a central portion and a first end portion and a second end portion provided with complementary fastening means and placed opposite each other in the abdominal region of the body and assembled using said fastening means.
[0003] So placed, the belt is able on the one hand to relieve the pain felt by the wearer and, on the other hand, to keep the wearer in position, especially due to splinting of the wearer's lumbar and abdominal areas.
[0004] In practice, it has been observed that this belt produces a significant load on the lower vertebrae, ie especially on the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae (L4-L5). Apart from the pain experienced by the wearer, this is not entirely sa...