ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,624, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SPINE & JOINTLAB INC. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Cervical vertebra and thoracic vertebra traction structure and cervical vertebra and thoracic vertebra correcting apparatus having the same" was invented by Jun-Kyu Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Won Seok Yoo (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cervical and thoracic vertebra traction structure is provided, including a back support for the user's thoracic and cervical vertebrae, a head support for the back of the user's head, and a pivoting mechanism connecting both supports. The head support can rotate downward in an arc relative to the ba...