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Description
- The present invention relates to a rehabilitation unit. In particular, the present invention relates to a rehabilitation unit comprising a plurality of stations for assisted walking. In particular, the present invention relates to a rehabilitation unit comprising a plurality of stations for assisted walking that are movable along an annular path.
- As it is well known, in the field of rehabilitation of patients with walking troubles it is crucial for the patients to train their lower limbs. Moreover, it is understood that patients suffering from hemiplegia shall also restore their ability of controlling and balancing the functions of their own torso, what is usually not deemed crucial by various rehabilitation approaches and is therefore disregarded, usually focussing attention mainly on the recovery of the paralysed limb. Equipment are well known, provided with harnesses carried by a guide extending along a given path, whose function is to support the patients unable to walk autonomously.
- The use of this type of equipment put the patient in conditions very different than the real walking conditions, as the patient cannot control again the correct posture to manage his/her body on the legs in static and dynamic conditions in order to keep his/her balance autonomously. Therefore, this kind of equipment, in addition to engage significant portions of the areas destined to walking training, are unsatisfactory as regards the recovery of paralysed limbs and, in particular, the recovery of the mobility ability.
- Moreover, in order to maximise the treatment efficiency and to achieve the expected results, the equipment shall be used by the users under the continuous control and with the aid of specialized therapists able to continuously modulate their intervention according to the patients' needs. It is easily understood that, in order to do this, the rehabilitation departments for treating patients affected by reduced mobility of the lower limbs shall have a high number of specialised therapists in order to assist every patient individually during rehabilitation with this equipment. This procedure entails very high costs due to the need for performing rehabilitation for many days under the continuous control of specialized therapists. Moreover, as a therapist cannot manage more patients simultaneously, not all hospitals or care centres can ensure continuous rehabilitation as they do not have a sufficient number of specialized professionals available.
- In view of what above, the problem of having a unit for immobilized patients rehabilitation allowing to perform the operations described above without the intervention of an operator is actually unsolved, and represents an interesting challenge for the Applicant.
- Therefore, it would be desirable to have available a rehabilitation unit that, in addition to allow limiting and possibly overcoming the drawbacks of the prior art, defines a new standard for this kind of units.
- Rehabilitation units in accordance with the state of the art are known, for instance, from documents
US 2015 335940 A1 andUS 7 291 097 B1 . - The present invention relates to a rehabilitation unit. In particular, the present invention relates to a rehabilitation unit comprising a plurality of stations for assisted walking. In particular, the present invention relates to a rehabilitation unit comprising a plurality of stations for assisted walking that are movable along an annular path.
- The object of the present invention is to provide a rehabilitation unit allowing the patient to move the lower limbs safely.
- According to the present invention a rehabilitation unit is provided, whose main features will be described in at least one of the appended claims.
- Further characteristics and advantages of the rehabilitation unit of the invention will be more apparent from the description below, set forth with reference to the attached drawings, that illustrate some examples of embodiment, where identical or corresponding parts of the system are identified by the same reference numbers. In particular:
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of a rehabilitation unit according to the present invention; -
Fig. 2 is a plan view ofFig. 1 ; -
Fig. 3 shows a detail ofFig. 1 in enlarged scale and with some parts removed for the sake of clarity; -
Figs. 4 and 5 are schematic plan views in reduced scale of some variants of a detail ofFig. 1 ; -
Figs. 6 and 7 are front views in different scales of variants ofFig. 1 ; -
Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective schematic views of a detail ofFig. 1 . - In
Fig. 1 ,number 1 indicates a rehabilitation unit for patients with walking trouble, who shall recover muscle strength and the ability to move autonomously their weight from a leg to the other. Theunit 1 comprises aframe 10 that is provided with abase 2 that is profiled in order to define a first annularflat path 30 of given shape. Thebase 2 is carried by a plurality of pillars 2' and is peripherally delimited by a respectivefirst edge 12, which is so designed as to support at least one carriage 20 (coupled to the frame 10) in a sliding manner throughbilateral constraint members 40. Theconstraint members 40 comprise a firstflat guide 42 laterally carried by thefirst edge 12 and geometrically shaped like the firstannular path 30. Thebase 2 is delimited, at the top inFig. 1 , by a substantiallyhorizontal plane 21, and also thefirst guide 42 is horizontal, without however limiting the scope of the present invention. - Each
carriage 20 has a structure comprising abase 200 and a plate 200' supporting, outside the projection of thebase 2, a box-shaped support shaped like an overturned L, to which the patient can rest the flank and an arm so as to be laterally supported. Thefirst guide 42 is longitudinally delimited by oppositecoplanar flanks 420, shaped in a given manner, and each base 200 of arespective carriage 20 carriesfurther constraint members 40 constituted by pulleys 43 (only one of which is visible inFig. 3 ) arranged at opposite sides from the first guide 4242. Eachpulley 43 is provided with respective grooves, whose section is shaped in conjugated manner with theflanks 420 in order to couple in an angularly fixed and freely sliding manner to thefirst guide 42. - The
support 22 is carried by the plate 200' through the interposition of avertical rod 240 shown inFig. 3 . Therod 240 is coupled to the plate 200' in a manner adjustable in height through acrank mechanism 242 embodied in a known manner and provided with a toothed wheel 242' engaging atoothing 242" longitudinally coupled to therod 240 in a rigid manner in order to be vertically moved. - Each
support 22 is externally delimited by a panel extending above and at the side of thefirst guide 42, as it is shown inFig. 3 . The panel is externally delimited by a L-shapedsmooth surface 220, comprising a firstflat part 222 substantially parallel to thefirst guide 42, and a secondflat part 224 substantially transverse to thefirst guide 42. Thefirst part 222 and thesecond part 224 are connected together by means of acurved part 226, whose purpose is to optimize the contact with a patient's armpit and to avoid to constrain him/her, so as to stimulate the patient's ability to find autonomously a balance condition, gradually loading a paralysed limb where he/she has reduced sensitivity. - If necessary, vacuum cushions can be associated with the panel, in order to optimize the contact especially during the rehabilitation first steps, when the patient resting on the
carriage 20 has the impression of needing more support. For instance, vacuum cushions 23' like the "Stabilo" cushions can be associated with the panel, as schematically shown only inFig. 3 , where the cushions have been indicated with a broken line. - In
Figs. 1 and 2 , the carriages carried by theframe 10 are two and are arranged at opposite sides from theannular path 30. - With reference only to
Fig. 3 , eachcarriage 20 is provided with adigital communication device 50 suitable for electronic data wireless exchange, anelectronic computer 60 electronically connected to thecommunication device 50 and amonitor 62 connected to theelectronic computer 60. - Moreover,
sensors first part 222, thesecond part 224 and thecurved part 226 of thesurface 220 and are connected (in a wired known manner, not shown for the sake of drawing economy) to theelectronic computer 60 in order to detect the pressure acting onto the panel, as exerted by a patient interfacing thesupport 22. - The
rehabilitation unit 1 comprises a central computer 64 carried by the frame 1 (only inFig. 1 ) and so designed as to receive and process information from theelectronic computers 60 of eachcarriage 20 through therespective communication devices 50. The electronic connections between thecomponents 60 and 64 are known and have not been shown for the sake of drawing economy. - With reference to
Figs. 1 ,8 and 9 , theunit 1 comprises adetection device 80 for detecting the pressure exerted on the ground by the patient at the side of eachcarriage 20 and therefore of theframe 10 during a rehabilitation session resting on acarriage 20. Thedetection unit 80 comprises at least oneplate 82 shaped substantially as an insole in order to be inserted inside a patient's shoe. - Each
plate 82 is provided with at least onesensor 820 suitable to detect the pressure exerted by the moving patient. Thedetection unit 80 is electronically connected (in a known and therefore not shown manner) to the electronic processing means 60 remotely and wireless. - With reference to
Fig. 9 , thedetection unit 80 is provided with a box-shapedbody 81 containing aprocessing unit 822 electronically connected to eachsensor 820. The box-shapedbody 81 hasfastening members 810, in particular a pair of laces 811 that can be associated to a patient's leg in order to measure the variable load that can be applied to the at least oneplate 82 during a rehabilitation session on theunit 1. - The use of the
rehabilitation unit 1 is clearly apparent from the description above and does not require further explanations. However, it should be useful to specify that the use of therehabilitation unit 1 allows a patient to find a mechanical support for walking adequate to his/her anthropometric measures and physical conformation since the first steps of rehabilitation for recovering his/her mobility. Moreover, the fact of having provided the panel and theplate 82 with sensors allows the users to verify on themonitor 62 the trend of the rehabilitation session, so as to match it to the therapeutic indications received. Moreover, a rehabilitation therapist can contemporaneously control the trends of rehabilitation treatments of more patients through the processing device 64 communicating with thecomputers 60 carried on board of thecarriages 20 of eachrehabilitation unit 1. - Obviously, by connecting
more rehabilitation units 1 to the processing device 64 it will be possible to monitor even more users performing rehabilitation sessions contemporaneously. By providing thecarriages 20 of thevarious rehabilitation units 1 connected to the processing device 64 with audio equipment, it will be possible to communicate with the patients and to help them to improve the rehabilitation sessions. - Lastly, it is clearly apparent that variants and modifications can be done to the rehabilitation unit described and illustrated herein without however departing from the protective scope of the invention.
- In particular, in
Figs. 4a) and 4b ) theframe 10 may be of the modular type and may comprise at least onefirst support 14, delimited by rectilinear edges 12', and at least twosecond supports 16, delimited by a curved edge 12'', in order to provide annular paths whose shape can be defined at will. - In
Fig. 4a ) aframe 10 is illustrated like that ofFig. 1 , divided into parts, and inFig. 4b ) aframe 10 is illustrated composing twofirst supports 14, threesecond supports 16 and a third, substantially T-shaped, joiningsupport 17. Obviously, also theguide 42 is modular and composed of segments associated with the rectilinear and/or curved edges of the various supports composing the desired version of theframe 10. -
Fig. 5 shows anannular frame 10 having a second annular path 30' inside and parallel to thefirst path 30. In this way, theframe 10 is so designed as to carry a second guide 42', substantially identical to thefirst guide 42, so that theframe 10 is suitable to support the carriages 20 (illustrated only schematically) on parallel tracks of substantially identical geometry. A given moving direction for therespective carriages 20 corresponds to eachpath 30 and 30'. - With reference to
Fig. 6 , therehabilitation unit 1 can be modified by providingcarriages 20 supporting aU-shaped arm 201 provided with a supplemental support 22' aligned with thesupport 22 carried by theplate 200. In this way, a patient with high mobility difficulties can rest both arms on thecarriage 20, being therefore supported on both the right and left flank. - Alternatively, in
Fig. 7 therehabilitation unit 1 ofFig. 6 may be simplified and may have an arm 201' for eachcarriage 20 provided with only one ascendingbranch 202 ending with anend portion 203 that supports aharness 204 through acrutch 205. - In view of what described above, the
rehabilitation unit 1, in the embodiments described above, solves the problem of having available a rehabilitation unit for immobilized patients allowing them to perform rehabilitation sessions autonomously under the remote control of an operator safely, minimizing the times necessary to recover autonomous mobility.
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- A rehabilitation unit (1) for assisted walking comprising a frame (10), at least one carriage (20), coupled to said frame (10) and configured for at least partially supporting a patient, wherein said frame (10) is peripherally delimited by a respective first edge (12) that defines a first annular path (30) and supports the at least one carriage (20), bilateral constraint means (40) for coupling said at least one carriage (20) to said frame (10) in a sliding manner along said first annular path (30), wherein said bilateral constraint means (40) comprise a first guide (42) carried by said first edge (12) and shaped like said first annular path (30); wherein each said at least one carriage (20) comprises a support (22) externally delimited by a panel (222, 224, 226) that extends over a first side of said first guide (42), opposite said frame (10), and that extends over a second side of said first guide (42), substantially perpendicular to said first side, and adjusting means (240, 242) for adjusting the position of said panel (222, 224, 226) with respect to said first guide (42).
- Unit according to claim 1, characterized in that said frame (10) is modular and comprises at least one first support (14), delimited by at least one rectilinear edge (12'), and at least two second supports (16), delimited by a curved edge (12"), in order to provide annular paths whose shape can be defined at will.
- Unit according to any one of the previous claims, characterized by comprising a plurality of carriages (20) arranged along said first path (30).
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