49results about "Chiropractic devices" patented technology

Passive gravity balancing orthosis apparatus for assisting and training patients suffering from muscle weakness by relieving the patients afflicted member of its weight using a plurality of articulated supporting members. Relief is obtained by identifying and fixing the center of mass of the combined articulated equipment members and supported weight of the patient's member in space using a defined parallelogram mechanism and once so identified making the total potential energy for any configuration of the articulated members of the system constant. At least one zero free length spring is used to connect the center of mass to a support outside the articulated members. Additional springs connect the center of mass to the articulated members.

A leg assist device with a control law suitable for assisting standing up motion is provided. The leg assist device is provided with an upper leg link, a lower leg link, a rotary joint, and a controller. The upper leg link and the lower leg link is attached to a leg of a user. The rotary joint rotatably connects the lower leg link to the upper leg link. The rotary joint also has an actuator which rotates the lower leg link. The controller controls the actuator so that the lower leg link angle matches a target angle. The controller has a torque limiter that limits the magnitude of the command torque that is output to the actuator. The controller sets a standing position angle corresponding to a user's standing position to the target angle, and raises an upper limit of the torque limiter as a user's hip height rises.

The invention discloses a finger and wrist joint rehabilitation training device. The finger and wrist joint rehabilitation training device is provided with a supporting device, a training device and a detecting device, wherein the supporting device comprises a base, a pedestal and a holding rod, the training device comprises a wrist joint intorsion/extorsion moving platform, a wrist joint dorsiflexion/palmar flexion moving platform and a finger grasp moving platform which are used for achieving three-degree-of-freedom movement of the fingers and the wrist joint respectively, and the detecting device comprises a second torque sensor, a third torque sensor, a first torque sensor and three encoders mounted at the rear ends of motors. The finger and wrist joint rehabilitation training device has the advantages that training patterns are diversified, so that rehabilitation effects are improved; owing to application of three-layer moving platforms, finger and wrist joint rehabilitation training is achieved, intorsion/extorsion and dorsiflexion/palmar flexion of the wrist joint of a human body and finger grasp rehabilitation training are achieved, and torque and moving positions of the patient during training can be acquired; the finger and wrist joint rehabilitation training device integrating rehabilitation training with an information detecting function provides bases for a rehabilitation evaluation system.

A method and system are presented for improving the object's motion. Data indicative of a measured motion of the object is processed, and a relation between the measured motion and a predetermined correct motion is determined. This relation is indicative of an error in the measured motion. Based on the determined error, an operating signal may be generated to be used to apply an effecting force to the object. The operating signal is such that the effecting force, when applied to the object, will increase a value of the error in the object's motion.

The invention relates to an auxiliary device, in particular to an orthopedic leg recovery auxiliary device. Against the technical problem to be solved, the invention provides an orthopedic leg recovery auxiliary device which enables the legs to recover more quickly by enabling a patient to perform leg rehabilitation exercises without walking and thus protecting the patient from the leg wound caused by the falling. In order to solve the technical problem, the orthopedic leg recovery auxiliary device includes a supporting frame, a sleeve, a movable rod, a bolt, a pedal, a sliding rail and a first sliding block and the like. The sleeve is rotatably mounted on the left side of the inner top of the supporting frame, the movable rod is arranged in the sleeve, the pedal is mounted at the bottom of the movable rod, the middle of the right side of the sleeve is provided with a threaded hole, and the bolt is arranged in the threaded hole and is in contact with the movable rod. According to the orthopedic leg recovery auxiliary device, through the continuous rotation of a motor, the pedal can drive the legs of the orthopedic patient to swing up and down to perform recovery training, thereby achieving leg recovery training without walking and avoiding the leg wound caused by the falling.

The present disclosure is directed to an autonomous exoskeleton device that includes one or more actuators, one or more controllers, one or more sensors with one or more unidirectional transmissions. The control system includes an exoskeleton member configured and arranged on a limb of a user; a control device, a control device connected to the at least one exoskeleton member; an actuator mechanically connected to the limb of the user; and a sensor configured and arranged to sense a global angle of the exoskeleton device relative to the ground. The control device is configured and arranged to use the global angle to control the exoskeleton member.

A gait evaluation apparatus that evaluates a training gait of a paralyzed patient suffering from paralysis in a leg includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of motion amounts of a paralyzed body portion according to a gait motion and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate that the gait motion is an abnormal gait in a case where at least one of the motion amounts acquired by the acquisition unit meets any one of a plurality of abnormal gait criteria set in advance. The abnormal gait criteria include at least two or more first criteria, which are criteria relevant to motion amounts of different parts of the paralyzed body portion, or at least two or more second criteria, which are criteria relevant to motion amounts of the same part of the paralyzed body portion in different directions.

The invention discloses a portable 2-DOF wrist joint rehabilitation robot comprising an arm rack to wear outside a human forearm, a hand back rack, to wear on the human back, and a 2-DOF drive mechanism connected between the arm rack and the hand back rack. The 2-DOF drive mechanism comprises a sliding mechanism, a pneumatic muscular mechanism, a rotary joint, a driving link, and a driven link; the rotary joint is driven by driving force of pneumatic muscles so that the driving link and the driven link drive the hand back rack for extension rehabilitation training of the wrist joint. The 2-DOF drive mechanism further comprises a central column, an arc rack, a cylindrical gear, and a guide rail fixed to the outside of the hand back rack. A motor drives a round gear to rotate so that the hand back rack drives the wrist to swing. The portable 2-DOF wrist joint rehabilitation robot has the advantages that the robot is portable and domesticized and gain amplification is achieved for controlling the angle of the rotary joint.

A massaging system features an ottoman base, a first cushion, a second cushion, and a third cushion adapted to at least partially surround an appendage of a user. A first cushion first side is located adjacent to a base first side and features a first cushion component, a first heating element, and a first massaging component located inside. A second cushion second side is located adjacent to a base second side and features a second cushion component, a second heating element, and a second massaging component located inside. The third cushion is located between a first cushion second side and a second cushion first side and features a third cushion component, a third heating element, and a third massaging component located inside. The first cushion, the second cushion, and the third cushion are designed to enclose an appendage of a user on three sides.

An apparatus for passive contraction of at least one finger of a patient with an upper arm unit, a lower arm unit, and at least one connective line. The apparatus is configured such that elbow extension of the patient promotes finger flexion. This is accomplished by taking advantage of the geometry of the arm, where the distance from a point on the patient's humeral area to the patient's fingers is greater when the patient's arm is in extension than when it is in flexion. In one aspect, the upper arm unit is configured to connect to a portion of the patient's arm between the patient's elbow and shoulder and the lower arm unit is configured to connect to a portion of the patient's arm intermediate the patient's hand and elbow.

The invention discloses a maternity pregnant woman postpartum shank massage device. The maternity pregnant woman postpartum shank massage device comprises a placing plate, two foot placing plates, twofirst air bags and a massage device, a side plate is arranged at the rear end of the placing plate, and the side plate is perpendicular to the placing plate; the two foot placing plates are arrangedon the upper surface of the placing plate in a left and right opposite mode, the two foot placing plates can slide on the placing plate in the forward and backward directions, a gear is arranged between the two foot placing plates, and racks meshing with the gear are arranged on the side surfaces, close to the gear, of the two foot placing plates; the two first air bags are arranged on the front surfaces of the side plate in a left and right opposite mode, and the front ends of the two first air bags are correspondingly connected with the rear ends of the two foot placing plates; and the massage device comprises two massage leggings capable of being tied to shanks of a patient, the two massage leggings are connected with the two air bags through a gas guide pipe, and second air bags communicating with the gas guide pipe are arranged in the two massage leggings. According to the maternity pregnant woman postpartum shank massage device, legs of parturients can be exercised and massaged,and blood circulation of the legs of the parturients is promoted.

The present disclosure provides an ergonomic walker that can allow a user to walk upright in comfort and with good posture. The ergonomic walker can be adjusted to a comfortable height, and allows the user to rest the user's forearms in cradles and grasp ergonomically positioned handgrips. The walker is lightweight and can be easily collapsed for storage.

A system and method for treatment of adipose tissue. One or more shock waves are generated focused on a region of adipose tissue located between 0.2 and 3 cm below the skin surface.

The invention relates to the fields of biomedical engineering, computer technology and communication, and specifically discloses an accurate positioning method of a rehabilitation FES signal for stroke patients. The method comprises the steps of wearing a dynamic exoskeleton, defining sensor parameters, performing healthy joint movement, recording exercise data of a healthy joint and the myoelectric signal data of adjacent limbs, and calculating the corresponding motion data of an affected joint and the action time and action point of the FES. The accurate positioning method determines a functional electrical stimulation site and a timing of the affected joint through the healthy joint motion of the patients, instead of determining by the experience of a rehabilitation engineer, by using the principle of time-lapse mirroring, each patient can find electrical stimulation time and action positions suitable for own physical conditions, the FES stimulation on the patients makes the actionof the patient affected joint closer to the action of normal limbs, which can better improve the activation of the brain mirror neurons and promote the rehabilitation of the patients, and the method can help the stroke patients to correct gait during the rehabilitation process to a certain extent.

The invention relates to a leg orthosis (10) comprising a securing device (11) for securing the leg orthosis (10) to the body (2) of a orthosis user (1) and at least one articulation device (20) by means of which a first orthosis component (30) which can be fixed to an extremity (3) of the user (1) is mounted such that is can pivot which respect to the securing device (11). Said articulation device (20) comprises at least three joints (21, 22, 23) which respectively comprise at least one pivot axis (24, 25, 28) and each pivot axis (24, 25, 28) intersect at a common point (100).

The invention discloses a general-purpose motion control device and control method for a rehabilitation robot. The control device comprises a master controller of the rehabilitation robot, a motor driving module, a position and speed detection module, a joint force information acquisition module, a contact force information acquisition module and a rehabilitation data analysis module, wherein themotor driving module, the position and speed detection module, the joint force information acquisition module and the contact force information acquisition module are all mounted on the rehabilitationrobot, and the motor driving module is connected with a plurality of joint driving motors for driving joints of the rehabilitation robot. The control device and control method have the beneficial effects that through the design of a modularized total showing structure, convenient expansion of components and functions of the rehabilitation robot is increased; and the control device can be suitablefor different structure forms of a single-freedom-degree structure form, a two-freedom-degree structure form, a three-freedom-degree structure form, a multi-freedom-degree structure form and the like, and has the functions of performing single-joint independent training of different positions of upper limbs, lower limbs, waists and the like, multi-joint synergistic training and the like.

The invention discloses an intelligent module for obtaining reciprocating traction training parameters. The intelligent module comprises an acceleration sensor and a gyroscope. In use, the intelligentmodule for obtaining the reciprocating traction training parameters is installed on a carrier doing reciprocating traction movement, and the training parameter obtaining method of the intelligent module for obtaining reciprocating traction training parameters comprises the step that according to an acceleration signal fed back by the acceleration sensor and an angular speed signal fed back by thegyroscope, at least one of the movement stroke S, the displacement Sxz, the maximum stroke Smax, the maximum displacement Sxmax, the minimum displacement Sxmin, the number of reciprocating movement times, the movement acceleration a's and the movement speed Vx of the carrier in the traction direction is obtained. The structure is simple, convenience is brought to implementation, in the process that a patient uses a pulley hanging ring trainer and other similar traction movement rehabilitation devices to conduct upper limb rehabilitation training, the maximum training stroke, the number of reciprocating training times, the movement training speed, the traction force and the like of the patient can be monitored in real time, and a scientific reference is provided for rehabilitation physician to make a training plan.

The invention belongs to the technical field of diabetes motion adjuvant therapy, and particularly relates to a diabetes motion compensator. The diabetes motion compensator comprises a first supporting block and a second supporting block; a fixing clamping groove is welded to the corner position of one side of the outer surface of the first supporting block; a clamping block is connected to one side of the interior of the fixing clamping groove in a clamped mode; a containing groove is welded to the tail end of one side of the outer surface of the clamping block; a clamping plate is connectedto one side of the interior of the containing groove in a clamped mode; a first telescopic rod is welded to one side of the outer surface of a second supporting block through a supporting rod; and a supporting plate and a backrest plate are arranged above one side of the outer surface of the first supporting block. By virtue of the supporting plate, a user can sit on the upper surface of the supporting plate conveniently. In addition, through the backrest plate, it is convenient to guarantee the supporting performance of the back of the user when the user sits, and in this way, the user can conduct training more comfortably; and through an external power supply, the first telescopic rod is started, so that the first telescopic rod can drive the clamping block to perform telescopic movementthrough a control rod.

A high-velocity fluid therapy device including a negative-pressure source positioned within a housing with a pair of opposingly oriented sidewalls connected by a laterally extending dowel. The negative-pressure source is in fluid communication with one or more treatment platforms, each platform having one or more longitudinally oriented fluid channels and one or more laterally oriented fluid channels. The channels and conduits permit the airflow pulled by the negative-pressure source to pass over the treatment surface, into the channels and conduits, and eventually internalized by the fluid therapy device to reduce the surface temperature of the treatment area, reducing swelling and inflammation, resulting in reduced pain experienced at the treatment site.

The invention discloses a hydraulic liftable device of a traction bed, which comprises an adjustment device, a mounting device and a support rod, the adjustment device includes an adjustment rod and a buffer frame, the adjustment rod includes a fixed rod and a hydraulic rod, the hydraulic rod and the fixed rod pass The connecting seats are connected together, the buffer frame includes an upper buffer rod and a lower buffer rod, the upper buffer rod and the support rod are connected together, the top of the fixed rod is equipped with a mounting seat, the lower buffer rod and the mounting seat are connected together, the upper The buffer rod and the lower buffer rod adopt the same structure. Both the upper buffer rod and the lower buffer rod are composed of several spring rods, and the spring rods are arranged in a ring. The installation device includes a mounting frame, and the mounting frame includes an upper mounting plate and a lower mounting plate. The installation plate, the device can fully ensure the stability of the overall lifting through the mutual cooperation of the upper buffer rod and the lower buffer rod.

The invention discloses an intelligent rehabilitation robot and particularly relates to the field of rehabilitation robots. The robot comprises a bottom plate. The top of the bottom plate is fixedly connected with a damping seat. A first groove is formed in an inner cavity of the damping base, a sliding plate is slidably connected to the inner cavity of the first groove, first springs are fixedlyconnected to the two sides of the bottom of the sliding plate, the bottoms of the first springs are fixedly connected with the bottom of the inner cavity of the first groove, a sliding rod is fixedlyconnected to the top of the sliding plate, and the outer side wall of the sliding rod is sleeved with a sliding sleeve. The safety belt, the safety protection plate and the projection screen are arranged; a patient can quickly know rehabilitation exercise actions and force application mode movement angles according to videos projected on the surface of the projection screen; compared with the prior art, the labor cost is effectively saved, the rehabilitation training difficulty is reduced. Meanwhile, the binding safety and comfort of a patient during exercise can be improved through the safetybelt and the safety protection plate, and the rehabilitation exercise effect is effectively improved.