Orthopaedic apparatus for spinal treatment

Claim 1

An orthopaedic apparatus for treatment of the spinal column, distinguished by the fact that it is comprised of the following components: a rigid pelvic girdle shaped such that it may be wrapped around the pelvis and supported by at least one of the trochanters, with a raised rear part forming the back and with two forward extremities interspaced between them so as to form a central opening, a rigid abdominal plate, generally V-shaped with rounded off corners, having its large base at the top and its small base at the bottom, whose lower end is affixed under the forward extremities of the pelvic girdle, and has in its upper part a concavity positioned such that when the apparatus is worn said concavity will be turned towards the patient's stomach, with the upper extremity finishing at the height of the xyphoid appendix; and two rigid lateral shells, each generally U-shaped and notched in the middle at top and bottom to fit one side of the patient by straddling the hip bone crest, their lower part forming a rim to be supported on the hip bone crest and with the respective forward parts of almost identical height and lower than that of the abdominal plate, both being fixed on the middle or upper part of the abdominal plate, with rear parts with a height appreciably greater than that of their respective forward parts, both fixed onto the raised rear part which forms the back of the pelvic girdle.