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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2006
Victor M. Haughton, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
M. Elizabeth Meyerand, Cross Plains, WI (US);
Baxter P. Rogers, Madison, WI (US);
Ryan Henry Sydnor, Racine, WI (US);
Anthony Carl Nelson, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeremy Robert O'brien, Madison, WI (US);
Brian Peter Asti, Brookfield, WI (US);
Rafael Davis Connemara, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Michael John Hallam, Wausau, WI (US);
Scott Richard Wiese, Glendale, WI (US);
John Paul Puccinelli, Bayside, WI (US);
Victor M. Haughton, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
M. Elizabeth Meyerand, Cross Plains, WI (US);
Baxter P. Rogers, Madison, WI (US);
Ryan Henry Sydnor, Racine, WI (US);
Anthony Carl Nelson, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeremy Robert O'Brien, Madison, WI (US);
Brian Peter Asti, Brookfield, WI (US);
Rafael Davis Connemara, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Michael John Hallam, Wausau, WI (US);
Scott Richard Wiese, Glendale, WI (US);
John Paul Puccinelli, Bayside, WI (US);
Wisconcin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A patient support and software evaluate spinal instability by controlled isocentric rotation of the spine and measurement of rotation among vertebra to detect damaged vertebra having disproportionately large rotations. The patient support comprises a first support, adapted to support the shoulders of a patient, and a second rotatable support adapted to support the hips and legs of the patient.