Chiropractic Tool With Spine Contour And Lotion Recesses
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current chiropractic tools fail to adequately protect chiropractors' hands during spinal manipulations and are limited in their ability to perform soft tissue mobilization and instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization procedures, often causing hand strain and lacking precision in treatment area location.
Innovation Solution
A multi-purpose hand-held tool with a flat bottom section, spine adjustment section featuring raised supports and a concave spine accommodating area, along with protruding edges for soft tissue mobilization, and recessed areas for lotion collection and re-dispersion, designed to fit various hand sizes and allow for comfortable grip and precise spinal manipulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If chiropractors use their hands alone to perform spinal manipulations, then they can maintain direct contact with the patient's spine for precise manipulation, but their hands are exposed to significant stress and strain leading to aches and pains
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a hand-held tool as an intermediary device between the chiropractor's hand and the patient's spine. The tool includes a handle portion for gripping and a treatment portion with a treatment surface that contacts the spine. This mediator allows the chiropractor to apply controlled forces during spinal manipulations without direct hand contact, thereby protecting the hand from stress and strain while maintaining manipulation precision through the designed treatment surface geometry.
2Ease of operation
If chiropractic tools provide ample protection to the chiropractor's hand, then hand strain is reduced, but it becomes hard to determine the proper placement location on the spine since the chiropractor's hand gets fully encased in the tool
Solution Approach 1:
The tool design applies local quality by providing protection only where needed while maintaining tactile capability where required. The handle portion is designed to enclose and protect the chiropractor's hand during force application, while the treatment portion extends outward with a treatment surface that makes contact with the spine. This localized protection approach allows the chiropractor to feel and determine proper placement location on the spine through the treatment surface while the hand remains protected within the handle.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing tools are explicitly designed for chiropractic adjustment, then they provide specialized functionality for spinal manipulation, but they cannot be used for other procedures such as soft tissue mobilization and instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a hand-held tool with multiple functional capabilities. The treatment portion includes a treatment surface suitable for chiropractic adjustments, while protruding edges extend from the treatment surface to enable soft tissue mobilization and instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization procedures. This multi-functional design allows a single tool to perform diverse therapeutic procedures without requiring multiple specialized devices, thereby increasing adaptability while maintaining manageable complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Presented is a chiropractic adjustment and soft tissue mobilization tool. The tool includes a flat bottom section, and a spine adjustment section. The spine adjustment section includes two raised supports aligned substantially parallel, and a spine accommodating area formed along and between the length of the two raised supports for supporting an intended vertebrae portion of a patient's spine during chiropractic adjustment. The spine adjustment section further transitions to form a protruding edge adapted for performing soft tissue mobilization. The protruding edge further protrudes upwardly and rolls off to form a planar raised surface parallel to the flat bottom. Each side of the spine adjustment section features a recessed area formed thereof to allow a provider to hold the tool with the provider's fingertips and to aid in collection and re-dispersal of lotion applied during soft tissue mobilization procedure.