Usage of the Original Device Broken Down: The original device was created to stabilize a unilateral (one leg) closed mid shaft femur fracture by the use of held in place mechanical traction. The device has parallel telescoping rails, made from the frame itself, these rails allow the device to be adjusted and size appropriate for all heights of patients requiring this device. These rails lock in the position the medical provider deems correct. To start the application process, a medically trained individual must first apply an ankle brace (if no ankle fracture is present) to the injured leg, this brace has a loop attached to the bottom of it (this loop is used later), the provider will then pull manual traction using the ankle of the injured leg in a directional manner meant to realign the broken femur to its normal position prior to the break. The goal is to stretch the shortened injured leg until it meets the length of the non-injured leg. The force needed to reach this position is then matched by the devices mechanical ability to recreate the same amount of force the provider used to hold the leg in proper place. The original device then uses a strap that wraps around the whole upper portion of the injured leg (ischium/groin/thigh area), this strap secures the upper leg to the device and now becomes the anchor point the device will use to pull traction against. After this groin strap is secured, the device has a ratchet strap that can now be attached to the ankle brace loop mentioned above. Traction is now applied by pulling the leg taught until it matches the manual force applied by the provider; this is done by using a hand turned dial located on the device end. Once the desired outcome is reached, the device is then secured in place to inhibit any further movement until further medical care is required.

Usage of the Modified BTSD Broken Down: The BTSD will serve the same function as the original, being a tool that is specific for a unilateral closed mid shaft femur fracture; but will also come optional to be outfitted with two fixed in place ratchet assemblies for treating a bilateral femur fracture. The key differences the BTSD will have over the original will be (1) better overall stabilization to the injured leg, (2) the BTSD design change to the original frame offers a simpler and a more practical application which now allows the uninjured leg to be part of stabilization process, (3) the BTSD offers a less painful, more effective and overall safer means of traction being applied, (4) the BTSD ratchet assembly housing will come optional with one ratchet strap housing assembly being able to slide and lock into grooved/notched positions found on

Various orthopaedic brace configurations and elements to be applied to the lower leg and foot are disclosed here, which include a rigid monocoque exoskeleton, foam padded interior, a plurality of retention devices, a plurality of stabilizers extendable through a spring loaded ratcheting mechanism, and a plurality of smaller stabilizer structures. This orthopaedic brace limits inversion, eversion and planterflexion of the ankle and limits flexion, extension, medial rotation and lateral rotation of the knee and hip joint.

A system for dynamically adjusting treatment angle under tension to accommodate variations in spinal morphology during spinal decompression therapy is provided. It provides a tensioning device including a patient-positioning means, a tension-producing actuator, a positioning device, a patient interface device, a control system and a display. The control system with feedback on the resultant tension vector applied to patient spine operationally configured to allow for adjustment of either tension producing actuator position, patient position, or both while applying tension to the patient spine during non-therapeutic tension levels. The control system automatically adjusts tension producing actuator work levels such that the resultant tension vector magnitude remains ideally constant during adjustment of resultant tension vector angle, reducing the risk of eliciting paraspinal muscle contraction due to changes in resultant tension vector magnitude.

The present disclosure relates to software used in planning the correction of bone deformities preoperatively or postoperatively, and in particular relates to virtually manipulating rings and struts of an external fixation frame in order to plan the steps for making a desired correction to two or more bone portions of a patient. The software can be used prior to surgery, allowing a user to virtually define a bone deformity, and virtually add and manipulate fixation rings and struts to the bone deformity. Based on the virtual manipulations, a correction plan can be generated that describes length adjustments that should be made to the plurality of model struts over a period of time to correct the bone deformity. The software can also be used after surgical fixation of the fixation frame and struts to the deformed bone.

A system and method for sensing environmental conditions within a conventional orthopedic device, such as a cast or splint, which may lead to serious medical complications from that form of treatment and to provide a notification of adverse conditions. An implantable node includes sensors for pressure, moisture and temperature, which, when combined with a power source, monitoring circuitry, communication hardware, and companion software can provide sensor data to a remote application and thus alert health care professionals to potentially dangerous environmental conditions developing within the cast.

A system and method for sensing environmental conditions within a conventional orthopedic device, such as a cast or splint, which may lead to serious medical complications from that form of treatment and to provide a notification of adverse conditions. An implantable node includes sensors for pressure, moisture and temperature, which, when combined with a power source, monitoring circuitry, communication hardware, and companion software can provide sensor data to a remote application and thus alert health care professionals to potentially dangerous environmental conditions developing within the cast.

A method is provided for treating back pain whereby a person sits comfortably in a seated position in a chair and fastens their upper body above the waist to the seat back and fastens their lower body at just above the buttocks and then by means of leaning back allows the seat back to pull the person's upper body away from their lower body providing spinal traction.

A method is provided for treating back pain whereby a person sits comfortably in a seated position in a chair and fastens their upper body above the waist to the seat back and fastens their lower body at just above the buttocks and then by means of leaning back allows the seat back to pull the person's upper body away from their lower body providing spinal traction.

A method of rehabilitating an injured leg of a quadruped. The method can include attaching a strap to the foreleg and hindleg on the same side of the quadruped. The strap causes the un-injured leg to applying a moving force to the injured leg. This force moves the injured leg and requires the quadruped to more fully use the injured leg leading to rehabilitation.

A method of rehabilitating an injured leg of a quadruped. The method can include attaching a strap to the foreleg and hindleg on the same side of the quadruped. The strap causes the un-injured leg to applying a moving force to the injured leg. This force moves the injured leg and requires the quadruped to more fully use the injured leg leading to rehabilitation.