Patents by Inventor Michael E. Janzen

Michael E. Janzen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220175605
    Abstract: A platform supports a person in a supine position. A pelvic restraint secures the person's hips to the platform. A left leg armature is rotatably connected to the platform, with an axis of rotation of the left leg armature positioned at a prescribed distance from an axis of the person's left hip joint when the hips are secured to the platform. The left leg armature lifts the left leg while pushing the left hip into the platform, and maintains extension of the left knee. A right leg armature is rotatably connected to the platform with an axis of rotation of the right leg armature positioned at a prescribed distance from an axis of the person's right hip joint when the hips are secured to the platform. The right leg armature lifts the right leg while pushing the right hip into the platform, and maintains extension of the right knee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew I. Janzen, Michael E. Janzen
  • Patent number: 11273066
    Abstract: A frame includes a front segment extending across an anterior side of a human and a back segment extending across a posterior side of the human in a fixed spatial relationship. A clamp bar extends between the front segment and the back segment to interface with a first lateral side of the human at a location between an ilium bone structure and a thoracic cage of the human. A lateral restraint is positioned between the front segment and the back segment and is configured to interface with a second lateral side of the human over an engagement area corresponding to a portion of the thoracic cage of the human. A downward treatment force is applied to the frame at a location opposite the clamp bar from the lateral restraint. The human works to laterally translate their spinal column toward the lateral restraint to maintain the frame in a near-level orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ScoliWRx Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew I. Janzen, Michael E. Janzen
  • Publication number: 20200214923
    Abstract: A pelvis of a person is anchored to a chair structure. A lumbar belt is connected to the chair structure. The lumbar belt wraps around a lower abdominal region of the person to pull into a side of the person in a lateral-to-medial direction so as to move a scoliotic curve in a lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region of the person toward a non-scoliotic spinal configuration. A lumbar derotator driver is connected to the chair structure. The lumbar derotator driver applies a therapeutic force to a prescribed posterior/lateral side of vertebrae in the lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region when the lumbar belt is pulled in the lateral-to-medial direction, so as to derotate a scoliotic curve in the lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew I. Janzen, Michael E. Janzen
  • Publication number: 20190053934
    Abstract: A frame includes a front segment extending across an anterior side of a human and a back segment extending across a posterior side of the human in a fixed spatial relationship. A clamp bar extends between the front segment and the back segment to interface with a first lateral side of the human at a location between an ilium bone structure and a thoracic cage of the human. A lateral restraint is positioned between the front segment and the back segment and is configured to interface with a second lateral side of the human over an engagement area corresponding to a portion of the thoracic cage of the human. A downward treatment force is applied to the frame at a location opposite the clamp bar from the lateral restraint. The human works to laterally translate their spinal column toward the lateral restraint to maintain the frame in a near-level orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew I. Janzen, Michael E. Janzen