Knee joint brace for osteoarthritis patient
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of orthopedics nursing articles for use, relate to the brace, especially a knee joint brace for osteoarthritis patient.
Background
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. This occurs when cartilage wears away, which results in swelling, pain and difficulty moving without protective cushioning (cartilage) of the bone and bone ends. One method of treating osteoarthritis is the use of an osteoarthritis brace. Knee braces are commonly applied to the legs to treat osteoarthritis and other painful conditions of the knee. Such braces typically include an upper support, a lower support, and one or more hinge assemblies pivotally interconnecting the upper and lower supports. The upper support portion is secured to the thigh of the wearer and the lower support portion is secured to the calf of the wearer. The hinge assemblies are located on one side of the wearer's knee, and the condyle pads are typically located between each hinge assembly and the adjacent side of the knee. Knee braces are primarily designed to correct abnormal flexion inward or outward of the knee (i.e., varus and valgus correction, respectively) and to prevent the femur from contacting the tibia "bone-to-bone" within the medial and/or lateral compartment of the knee when the patient is bearing weight during walking. This act of lifting the femur, lowering the tibia, or preventing contact between the femur and tibia as the knee straightens during heel strike is commonly referred to as "unloading" of the knee joint. With knee unloading, the continual stimulation of the degenerated cartilage in the (medial or lateral) compartment of the affected knee can reduce pain and further reduce injury to the knee.
At present, the knee joint brace designed according to the functional requirements has the problem that the angle of a hinge assembly and the inward or outward abnormal bending of the brace are difficult to control in the application process, so that a knee joint brace for osteoarthritis patients needs to be designed to solve the problems of the existing knee joint brace.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims at providing a knee joint brace for osteoarthritis patient through adopting three hinge structure of group and modular structure design, improves the flexibility of brace, makes things convenient for the patient to dress the use.
The technical scheme of the utility model as follows:
the utility model provides a knee joint brace for osteoarthritis patient, includes thigh cuff, goes up hinge, main hinge, lower hinge, shank cuff, center pad, area clamp, band, and the thigh cuff is through last hinge and main hinged joint, and the shank cuff is through hinge and main hinged joint down, and the center pad is located one side that user's skin is pressed close to main hinge inboard, and area clamp and band all have the upper and lower both ends that are located thigh cuff and shank cuff respectively everywhere.
Thigh cuffs and shank cuffs are designed by metal plate parts, and the inner sides of the metal plates are of a topological mesh rib plate structure, so that the thickness of the metal plates can be reduced, and the supporting strength of the thigh cuffs and the shank cuffs can be ensured.
The main hinge comprises a forming rivet, a main hinge cover, a non-threaded hinge plate, a gasket, an upper rotating device, a lower rotating device, a threaded hinge plate and a hinge pin, wherein the main hinge cover, the non-threaded hinge plate, the gasket and the threaded hinge plate are respectively provided with two symmetrical mounting holes, the upper rotating device and the lower rotating device are positioned in the middle, the gaskets are mounted on the left side and the right side, the non-threaded hinge plate is mounted between the gasket and the main hinge cover, the threaded hinge plate is mounted between the gasket and a central pad, and the forming rivet sequentially penetrates through the mounting holes of the main hinge cover, the non-threaded hinge plate, the gasket, the upper rotating device, the lower rotating device, the gasket, the threaded hinge plate and the central pad and mounts the parts together. The upper rotary device is connected with thigh cuffs through a hinge pin, and the lower rotary device is connected with the shank cuffs through a hinge pin.
The upper rotating device comprises an upper rotating device mounting column, upper rotating device gear teeth, an upper rotating device center hole and an upper rotating device worm, and the lower rotating device comprises a lower rotating device mounting column, lower rotating device gear teeth, a lower rotating device center hole and a lower rotating device worm. Go up the pivot and pivot down for the auricle structure, one end is for rotating the ware erection column, and the other end is for rotating the ware teeth of a cogwheel, and teeth of a cogwheel reference circle center is for rotating the ware centre bore, rotates the ware erection column and is central cylinder hole structure, and the surface that rotates the ware erection column has the worm structure.
Further, the upper and lower hinges include worm gear structures and intermesh with worm structures on the outer surface of the rotator mounting post.
Furthermore, the hinge pin penetrates through the mounting column of the rotator to form a central cylindrical hole structure so as to connect the upper rotator and the lower rotator with thigh cuffs and shank cuffs respectively.
Further, the upper and lower rotor gear teeth intermesh.
The utility model discloses an effect and benefit are:
(1) the knee joint brace for the osteoarthritis patient adopts a modular design, has a simple structure, is convenient to install and use, has portability of functional modules, is wide in application range, and can be widely applied to the rehabilitation treatment process of the osteoarthritis patient;
(2) the knee joint brace can rotate and react around the main hinge, has multiple degrees of freedom, and can improve the wearing comfort and flexibility of a user.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a knee brace.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a knee brace in an unfolded configuration.
Fig. 3 is an exploded view of a knee brace.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the upper and lower turner structure.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the rotation of the knee brace.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a knee brace in a side-tipping configuration.
In the figure: 1 thigh cuff; 2, an upper hinge; 3, a main hinge; 4, a lower hinge; 5, a calf cuff; 6 a center pad; 7, a belt clip; 8, a binding belt; 31 forming a rivet; 32 a primary hinge cover; 33 a non-threaded hinge plate; 34 a gasket; 35 an upper rotor; 36 lower rotary shafts; 37 a threaded hinge plate; 38 a hinge pin; 351 an actuator mounting post; 352, rotor gear teeth; 353 a central aperture of the actuator; 354 an actuator worm; 361 lower rotor mounting post; 362 lower rotor gear teeth; 363 a rotor central bore; 364 rotates the worm.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
The utility model provides a knee joint brace for osteoarthritis patient, as specification attached figure 1 and specification attached figure 2 show, including thigh cuff 1, go up hinge 2, main hinge 3, lower hinge 4, shank cuff 5, center pad 6, band clamp 7, band 8, thigh cuff 1 is connected with main hinge 3 through last hinge 2, shank cuff 5 is connected with main hinge 3 through hinge 4 down, center pad 6 is located one side that user's skin is pressed close to main hinge 3 inboard, band clamp 7 and band 8 all have the upper and lower both ends that four are located thigh cuff 1 and shank cuff 5 respectively.
As shown in the specification and the attached figure 3, the main hinge 3 comprises a forming rivet 31, a main hinge cover 32, a non-threaded hinge plate 33, a gasket 34, an upper rotator 35, a lower rotator 36, a threaded hinge plate 37 and a hinge pin 38, wherein the upper rotator 35 and the lower rotator 36 are positioned in the middle, the gasket 34 is arranged on the left side and the right side, the non-threaded hinge plate 33 is arranged between the gasket 34 and the main hinge cover 32, the threaded hinge plate 37 is arranged between the gasket 34 and the central pad 6, and the forming rivet 31 sequentially penetrates through mounting holes of the main hinge cover 32, the non-threaded hinge plate 33, the gasket 34, the upper rotator, the lower rotator, the gasket 34, the threaded hinge plate 37 and the central pad 6 and is arranged together.
As shown in fig. 4 of the specification, the upper rotor 35 includes an upper rotor mounting post 351, upper rotor gear teeth 352, an upper rotor central aperture 353, an upper rotor worm 354, and the lower rotor 36 includes a lower rotor mounting post 361, lower rotor gear teeth 362, a lower rotor central aperture 363, a lower rotor worm 364.
Example 1
Go up the stopper 35 and be the auricle structure, one end is last stopper erection column 351, and the other end is last stopper teeth of a cogwheel 352, and last stopper teeth of a cogwheel 352 pitch circle center is last stopper centre bore 353, and last stopper erection column 351 is central cylinder hole structure, and the surface of last stopper erection column 351 is last stopper worm 354. The lower rotor 36 is constructed substantially the same as the upper rotor 35. The upper actuator gear teeth 352 mesh with the lower actuator gear teeth 362, the upper actuator worm 354 meshes with the worm gear in the upper hinge 2, and the lower actuator worm 364 meshes with the worm gear in the lower hinge 4.
Example 2
As shown in fig. 5, the upper and lower rotator gear teeth 352 and 362 are engaged to rotate, so that the thigh cuff 1 and the calf cuff 5 can rotate around the main hinge 3 to match the bending motion of the user's knee.
Example 3
As shown in the specification and fig. 6, the upper rotator worm 354 is meshed with the worm wheel in the upper hinge 2 to rotate, so that the thigh cuff 1 can be turned outwards at an angle along the plane of the main hinge 3; the lower rotator worm 364 is engaged with the worm wheel in the lower hinge 4 to rotate, so that the lower leg cuff 5 can be turned outwards at an angle along the plane of the main hinge 3.
The above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the spirit and scope of the present invention. Without departing from the design concept of the present invention, various changes and modifications of the technical solution of the present invention made by those skilled in the art shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention, which is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and therefore all changes that fall within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be embraced therein, and any reference signs in the claims shall not be construed as limiting the claims concerned.