EP0970679B1 - Device for spinal column therapy - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a device for spinal therapy in the form of a couch according to the preamble of claim 1.

A device for spinal therapy (EP 0 267 546 A) with one on one is known Frame or frame of a spring-loaded bed surface with a vibration generator to generate a three-dimensional vibration for the lying surface, with a Footrest that is height-adjustable by motor and with a head element, which forms a headrest that is movable in the longitudinal direction of the device and with a Force is applied so that during treatment one on the couch arranged patients also a pulling force during the vibration movement on the patient's head resting on the headrest.

A device for training and / or treating one is also known human body (DE 33 29 931 A), this device consisting essentially of there is a couch that is provided with rollers at one end and at the other end is held on a vertical guide. The latter is attached to a building wall, so that the couch between a substantially vertical position in a horizontal Location is movable.

A device for vibration treatment is also known (DE 42 29 156) essentially from a couch with an electric motor There is a vibrating part and a frame, the head part is from the vibrating part mechanically decoupled, namely in that between the headboard and the bed elastic means are provided.

Finally, a therapy device in the form of a bed (US Pat. No. 5,020,520) is known heated lying surface and a height-adjustable footrest.

The invention aims to simplify a device for spinal therapy and to achieve an optimal therapeutic effect. To solve this problem is a Device designed according to claim 1.

In the invention, a footrest is provided on the lying surface, which is preferred is adjustable in height and with the vibration movement of the lying surface is moved. This version has particular advantages for a treatment Elongation of the spine for the correction of joint defects. At this Treatment, the patient is positioned with his back on the lying surface, the patient's lower extremities or legs resting on the footrest, which is raised for stretching the spine. Since the footrest on the Lying surface is provided and moves with the vibration movement of the lying surface with this stretching also when the body is lifted off the support the transmission of the vibration movement to the body via the legs maintained so that the stretching of the spine occurs under vibration and so the desired correction of joint defects can be optimally achieved.

The device according to the invention is characterized inter alia. through a particularly compact Design, simple operation and in particular also an optimal therapeutic Effect out.

Developments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

Fig. 1 ein erfindungsgemäßes Gerät in Seitenansicht;

Fig. 2 eine rückseitige Ansicht des Gerätes der Figur 1 ;

Fig. 3 eine Teilansicht des Gerätes in Seitendarstellung, zusammen mit einem Fußteil;

Fig. 4 die Lagerung der Liegefläche in vergrößerter Darstellung;

Fig. 5 und 6 das Kopfteil der Liege zusammen mit einer Kopfstütze, und zwar in Seitendarstellung und in Unteransicht;

Fig. 7 in vergrößerter Teildarstellung die Kopfstütze in Draufsicht;

Fig. 8 eine Draufsicht auf das Kopfteil der Figuren 5 und 6;

Fig. 9 eine Seitenansicht des Kopfteiles bzw. Kopfelementes;

Fig. 10 und 11 das Führungsstück des Fußteils in Seitenansicht sowie in einer um 90° gedrehten Ansicht;

Fig. 12 das obere, höhenverstellbare Element des Fußteils;

Fig. 13 ein an der Unterseite der Liege vorgesehener Schwingungsantrieb mit Exzenter.

The invention is explained in more detail below in connection with the figures using an exemplary embodiment. Show it:

Figure 1 shows an inventive device in side view.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the device of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a partial view of the device in side view, together with a foot part.

Figure 4 shows the storage of the lying area in an enlarged view.

Figures 5 and 6, the head part of the bed together with a headrest, in a side view and in a bottom view.

Fig. 7 in an enlarged partial view of the headrest in plan view;

Figure 8 is a plan view of the head part of Figures 5 and 6;

9 shows a side view of the head part or head element;

10 and 11, the guide piece of the foot part in a side view and in a view rotated by 90 °;

12 shows the upper, height-adjustable element of the foot part;

Fig. 13 a provided on the underside of the bed vibration drive with eccentric.

The device for spinal column therapy shown in the figures is a couch 1 executed and consists essentially of a frame or frame 2, on which on the top a lying surface 3 for the shoulder, trunk and Leg area of the patient to be treated is provided, in all three Room axes elastic or spring-loaded, with the help of rubber buffers or rubber feet 4, one of which is shown in detail in FIG. The Rubber feet 4 are each on the one hand on the frame or housing 2 or on one there frame 2 'and on the other hand above the frame 2' on the lying surface 3 or attached to a vibrating plate 3 'forming the base of this lying surface.

The oscillating plate 3 'is padded at 3 "on the upper side Vibrating plate 3 'is also attached to the vibratory drive 5, which is driven by an electric motor 6 and an eccentrically attached to the motor shaft mass 7, which at motor 6 switched on by an angle with the plane of the oscillating plate 3 ' enclosing motor axis and thereby the vibrating plate 3 'in a Vibration movement offset, the movement components in all three Has spatial axes, namely in the two, the plane of the vibration plate 3 ' determining spatial axis and in the perpendicular spatial axis.

On the frame 2 'housing 2 is still at the head end of the bed 1 Head element 8 provided, and preferably removable. Between the Lying surface 3 and the head element 8 there is a gap, so that vibratory movements cannot be transferred from the lying surface 3 to the head element 8.

On the head element 8 is a headrest 9, which is padded and for resting the head of the patient, slidably provided in the longitudinal direction L of the couch 1. The For this purpose, headrest 9 is attached to the upper end of a support rod 10, which by a slot 11 of the head elements 8 extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis L. through to the underside of this head element and preferably there height adjustable attached to a flat, leaf spring-like support member 12, which with its longitudinal extent perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L and at both ends a ball guide 13 attached, which is also in the direction of the longitudinal axis L extends and allows guidance in this longitudinal axis.

By the force of a spring or a weight, the (force) in Figure 5 with the Arrow 14 is indicated, the headrest 9 is in the longitudinal direction L from the lying surface 3 biased away so that to achieve the desired therapeutic effect with her body on her back on the lying surface 3 and her head on the Headrest 9 lying on the person when the lying surface 3 vibrates (by the drive 5) at the same time a certain pulling force is exerted on the patient's head.

In order to undesirably move or move the headrest 9 through the Avoid weight or spring force 14 when lifting the head for a short time, i.e. to compensate for the effect of the force 14 when the headrest 9 is not loaded is in the illustrated embodiment, a braking or blocking device 15 is provided, which takes effect when the headrest 9 is relieved, i.e. the headrest 9 in that Blocked position that this headrest currently occupies when the load is removed.

The braking or blocking device 15 is in the illustrated embodiment in essentially formed by a rail 16 which is located on the underside of the Head element 8 extends parallel to the slot 11 on one side of the slot, and between the underside of the head element 8 and the support element 12.

On the side facing the rail 16 there is a brake pad on the support element 12 17 provided, which is pressed against the rail 16 when the headrest 9 is not loaded abuts and thereby the headrest 9 against the action of the spring or weight 14 blocked. When the headrest 9 is loaded, the support element 12 gives something in the middle after, whereby the brake pad 12 comes out of engagement with the rail 16 and thereby the spring or weight 14 can act fully on the headrest 9. in the assembled state is the head element 8 with four elastic feet 18 on the frame 2 ' the housing 2 held.

As the figures show, the bed 1 has a very flat design, in spite of the flat design to accommodate functional elements in the housing 2, the larger Have dimensions, namely the vibratory drive 5 and the support rod 10 of the Headrest 9, the underside of the housing 2 is convexly curved at 2 ″, specifically around an imaginary axis parallel to the longitudinal axis L.

A special feature of the bed 1 is that the housing or frame 2 at the end having the head element 8 with the aid of a carrier 19 on one Bearing 20 is provided pivotably, with the help of hinge pins 21 a horizontal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L. The bearing 20 is on one Building wall 22 held.

At the end facing away from the bearing 20 is on the frame 2 on both long sides one foot 23 each around a horizontal, perpendicular to the longitudinal extension L. Axle provided with its upper end pivotable at its lower end has a roller 24. A rod 25 is located between the feet 23 and the bearing 20 provided which is pivotable at one end on the bearing 20 and at the other end is pivotally attached to the feet 23, in each case about a horizontal, Axis running perpendicular to the longitudinal extent L.

The bearing 20 is in the illustrated embodiment using a guide rail 26 height adjustable attached to the building wall 22, so that by changing the Elevation of the bearing 20 a different inclination of the bed 1 is possible. By the handlebar or the rod 25 it is achieved that in any inclined position of the couch Feet 23 are arranged vertically or at least approximately vertically.

At the end of the lying surface 3 which is remote from the head part 8, there is one on it extending in the longitudinal direction and accessible at the top of the lying surface 3 Holding or adjusting rail 27 is provided on the for a step storage Patients attached a cube-like foot part 28 adjustable in the direction of the longitudinal axis L. can be. The foot part 28 consists of an inner element 29 and a outer element 30, which is guided on the inner element 29 adjustable in height. In the illustrated embodiment, the inner member 29 and the outer one Element 30 each have a substantially square outer cross section or Internal cross-section. The outer element 30 forms the support for the patient's feet and is accordingly designed as a padded cushion on the outer surface. By a motorized, preferably electric drive 31 is a motorized one Height adjustment of the outer part 30 relative to the inner part 29 and thus opposite the lying surface 3 possible.

To supply and control the drive 31, 27 are in the guide rail electrical contacts, to which the electrical connection via the specially designed holding or anchoring elements 32 are produced for this purpose, with which the lower part of the inner element 29 can be mechanically anchored in the guide rail 27. The Adjustment drive 31 is in the embodiment shown as a low-voltage drive (e.g. 24 volts). The lying surface 3 or its padding 3 "is preferred heatable, namely by a 3 "built-in electric heater 33rd

Instead of the drive 5 described above, other drives can also be provided be, for example those that have multiple motors 6, each with one Have eccentric mass 7, the motors 6 then with the axes of their shafts are arranged in different spatial axes, e.g. in three vertically mutually extending spatial axes, of which e.g. two the level of Define vibrating plate 3 and is perpendicular to this plane. The usage of three independent motors or drives 6 also allows through different control these drives the most different patterns for the Generate vibration movement, for example, for each Use case to achieve an optimal movement of the lying surface 3.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

lounger

2

frame

2 '

frame

2 '

Frame bottom

3

lying area

3 '

vibration plate

3 '

upholstery

4

Gummifuß

5

vibration drive

6

engine

7

eccentric

8th

header

9

headrest

10

supporting rod

11

slot

12

Leaf spring-like support element

13

ball guide

14

force arrow

15

Braking or blocking device

16

rail

17

brake pad

18

Elastic foot

19

carrier

20

Wandlager

21

hinge pins

22

building wall

23

foot

24

roll

25

connecting rod

26

guide rail

27

retaining rail

28

footboard

29

Inner part

30

Outer part

31

adjustment

32

mounting bolts

Claims (8)

1. Device for spinal therapy in the form of a couch (1),
   with a couch surface (3) which is borne in a sprung manner on a frame (2) and which has at least one vibration generator (5) for producing a three-dimensional vibration for the couch surface in all three spatial axes running perpendicular to one another,
   with a footrest (28) for staged positioning of the patient, and
   with a head element (8) provided on the frame (2), with a headrest (9) which is borne such that it can be moved in the longitudinal direction (L) of the device (1) and can be subjected to a force (14),
   characterised in that
   the footrest (28) is fastened to the couch surface, so that the footrest moves with the couch surface, and
   that means are provided for arresting the headrest (9) when the vibration drive is switched off and/or when the headrest (9) is relieved of pressure.
2. Device in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that the footrest is height-adjustable and/or can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the couch surface.
3. Device in accordance with claim 1 or 2, characterised in that for fastening the footrest (28) to the couch surface, at least one fastening rail (27) is provided, which extends in the longitudinal direction (L) of the couch surface.
4. Device in accordance with claim 3, characterised in that provided in the guide rail (27) are contacts for an electrical drive (31) for the height adjustment of the footrest (28).
5. Device in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the means for arresting the headrest (9) in its position automatically arrest it when the headrest is relieved of pressure.
6. Device in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the couch surface (3) can be heated.
7. Device in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the frame (2) of the couch (1) is fastened in an articulated manner at one end of a height-adjustable bearing (20).
8. Device in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that for the couch surface (3), at least two independently controllable drives (2)[sic] are provided.

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