Progressive Back Support Plate Design for Gradual Spinal Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home supports for back pain either fail to provide effective relief or attempt to correct spinal alignment too quickly, leading to increased pain and non-compliance in use.
Innovation Solution
A series of back support plates with gradually increasing curvature, designed to be used in succession, providing a gradual increase in spinal alignment to reduce back pain effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If existing home supports attempt to correct spinal alignment quickly, then spinal alignment is improved, but pain increases and patient compliance decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The back support plate incorporates adjustable curvature through a series of progressively contoured surfaces that can be adjusted to provide increasing levels of spinal alignment correction over time. This dynamic adjustment allows the support to adapt to the patient's healing progress, starting with gentle curvature and progressively increasing to more aggressive correction as pain decreases and tolerance improves.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the curvature parameter of the back support plate in a progressive manner. The plate features multiple surfaces with different curvature radii (e.g., first surface with radius R1, second surface with radius R2 where R2 < R1), allowing the patient to transition from less curved to more curved surfaces as healing progresses. This parameter change approach enables gradual spinal realignment without causing acute pain or muscle resistance.
2Stability of the object's composition
If existing home supports provide strong support, then spinal alignment is improved, but patient compliance decreases due to discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The back support plate is designed with dynamic adjustability, allowing patients to select from multiple curvature surfaces based on their comfort level and healing progress. This dynamic capability ensures continued patient compliance by preventing discomfort while maintaining therapeutic effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The plate is segmented into multiple functional surfaces (first support surface, second support surface, etc.) with progressively increasing curvature. This segmentation allows patients to use different surfaces at different stages of recovery, making the overall treatment more acceptable and compliant while still achieving the goal of proper spinal alignment.
3Stability of the object's composition
If back support plates have high curvature for quick correction, then spinal alignment is improved, but pain increases making treatment less compliant
Solution Approach 1:
The invention implements controlled parameter changes by providing a sequence of surfaces with progressively increasing curvature (R1 > R2 > R3, etc.). Patients begin with the least curved surface to minimize pain, then progressively transition to more curved surfaces as their spine adapts and pain decreases, ultimately achieving proper spinal alignment without acute discomfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The treatment protocol uses preliminary action by starting with gentle curvature surfaces before progressing to stronger correction surfaces. This preliminary approach prepares the spinal muscles and ligaments for future, more aggressive correction, preventing pain and ensuring long-term compliance with the treatment regimen.
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AI summary
A back plate system for recovery of lumbar vertebrae of a human body the system. The system has a plurality of rigid surfaces shaped to place the user's back into a correct posture. A series of the rigid surfaces may be used to gradually bring the user's spine into a correct posture. A first rigid unitary surface has a first concave curve and a first convex curve which reverse direction in a continuous manner. A second rigid unitary surface comprises a second concave curve and a second convex curve which reverse direction in a continuous manner. The height of the second convex curve is greater than the height of the first convex curve. When the series of back plates is used, a user lays on the first rigid unitary surface for a first period of time with the first convex curve under a lumbar region. Then the user lays on the second rigid unitary surface for a second period of time with the second convex curve under the lumbar region.