ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,037, issued on Oct. 21.

"Spine force modulating assembly" was invented by Kenneth K. Hansraj (Congers, N.Y.), Jonathan A. Hansraj (Congers, N.Y.), Marcia D. Griffin-Hansraj (Congers, N.Y.) and Uros Rozic (Ljubljana, Slovenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spine force modulating assembly for supporting a human spine that prevents, slows down, and or treats spine-related disorders. The spine force modulating assembly includes a frame of a length proportional to a distance between a third thoracic spine bone and a first sacral spine bone of a spine of a wearer of the spine force modulating assembly. The frame is of a "S" shape and con...