US 12,419,770 B2
Adjustable multi-band spine brace system
Albert V. Romo, Lakewood, CA (US); and Jane Price, Anaheim, CA (US)
Assigned to Aspen Medical Products, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Aspen Medical Products, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,567.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,424, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0280325 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/028 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spine brace comprising:
a first band formed of a first middle band disposed between a first upper band and a first lower band, the first middle band includes a posterior portion configured to reside against a back of a wearer; and
a pulley system physically separate and independent from the first band, the pulley system including a first cord, a first pulley base moveable in response to movement of the first cord to cause tightening of the first band and a second pulley base, wherein the first pulley base, physically separate and independent from the second pulley base, includes at least a first upper slot adapted to receive the first upper band, a first lower slot adapted to receive the first lower band, and a plurality of pulleys, wherein the first upper slot and the first lower slot are disposed with a first angle toward a center of the pulley system,
wherein the first cord is fixedly connected to the first pulley base and the second pulley base and looped around a first subset of the plurality of pulleys, and
wherein a rotation angle of the first upper slot is set to allow a folded portion of the first upper band inserted through the first upper slot to be fastened back to the first upper band and a rotation angle of the first lower slot is set to allow a folded portion of the first lower band inserted through the first lower slot to be fastened back to the first lower band.