EP3457999A2 - Articulation pour orthèse de torse et orthèse de torse l'incluant - Google Patents

Articulation pour orthèse de torse et orthèse de torse l'incluant

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EP3457999A2
EP3457999A2 EP17742310.0A EP17742310A EP3457999A2 EP 3457999 A2 EP3457999 A2 EP 3457999A2 EP 17742310 A EP17742310 A EP 17742310A EP 3457999 A2 EP3457999 A2 EP 3457999A2
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articulation
operating axis
torso
fastening elements
hinges
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Carlo Fiorini
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Imoca Industria Meccanica Ospedaliera Casanova Srl
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Imoca Industria Meccanica Ospedaliera Casanova Srl
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices; Anti-rape devices
    • A61F5/01—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces
    • A61F5/02—Orthopaedic corsets
    • A61F5/022—Orthopaedic corsets consisting of one or more shells

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  • the present invention relates to an articulation for torso orthosis and a torso orthosis which includes it.
  • the present invention is particularly suitable to be applied to an orthopedic torso orthosis like bivalve or "sport" to increase the durability and structural stability.
  • This device consists of two complementary shells, made in such a way to adapt to the torso of the user so as to enclose around it and, in use, encase among them to impose a pre-chosen posture on the patient.
  • These shells are generally made of rigid plastic material, for example in poly-methyl-methacrylate.
  • edges viewed in plan, develop along a rectilinear trajectory and, viewed sideways, according to a sinuous trajectory in a way to conform to the profile of the back of the user, from the lumbar to the cervical area.
  • the hinges connect the opposite ends of the edges such that when they are fixed to the shells, these can be opened and reclosed like a book.
  • hinges define mutual axes of rotation of the shells that are neither coaxial nor parallel.
  • the underlying problem of the present invention is to increase the reliability and duration in efficiency of an orthopedic torso orthosis with hinged shells.
  • the main task of the present invention is to provide an articulation for torso orthosis and a torso orthosis which includes it, which solves this problem by solving the disadvantages of the conventional torso orthosis described above.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an articulation for torso orthosis and a torso orthosis that is simple to make and easy to construct.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to propose an articulation for torso orthosis and a torso orthosis that results to be structurally simple and easy to use.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an articulation for torso orthosis according to the present invention
  • FIG. 1 shows a hinge of the articulation of Figure 1 with some removed parts to better illustrate others in perspective;
  • FIG. 3 shows a detail of an articulation according to the present invention in perspective view.
  • an articulation for torso orthosis comprising two shells, shaped to adhere to the torso of a user, not shown.
  • the articulation 10 in its conventional way comprises: at least two joints 11 , 12 fixable to the edges 13 and 14 of two shells of a torso orthosis to articulate one to the other.
  • An articulation 10 according to the present invention has a particular peculiarity in that at least one of the joints 11 , 12 comprises two connecting elements, to fix it to the two shells of a torso orthosis, of which the connecting elements, at least a first consists of a hinge.
  • each joint 11 , 12 comprises two hinges 15, 16, 17, 18.
  • At least one of the joint 11 and / or 12 will comprise only a hinge which is directly connected to one of the shells and directly or indirectly also to the other shell so that they can be opened like a book.
  • Each hinge 15, 16, 17, 18 comprising a first 19 and a second fastening element 20 which are mutually hinged in a rotatable way according to a first operating axis A.
  • the joints 11 and / or 12 may have the second fastening element, that is, consisting of a single piece which acts as a second fastening element for both hinges.
  • the operating axis A of one of the two hinges 15 or 17, which is part of the joint 11 or 12 is advantageously parallel to the operating axis A of the other of the two hinges 16 or 18 which is part of the same joint 11 or 12.
  • the first fastening elements 19 of the hinges 15, 16, 17, 18 can be fastened to the edges 13, 14, for example by means of screws.
  • the second fastening elements 20 are preferably interconnected in a rotatable manner according to a second operating axis B which is transversal, i.e. not parallel and preferably perpendicular, to the first operating axis A of the hinges 15, 16, 17, 18.
  • FIG. 1 a preferred embodiment of the articulation 10 according to the invention is illustrated, which comprises an upper joint 1 and a lower joint 12, where the upper joint 11 is of a traditional type and therefore has the second fastening elements, indicated by the reference 140, which are not mutually rotatable, instead the lower joint 12 is realized in accordance with the present invention and thus has the second fastening elements 20 which are interconnected in a rotatable manner according to a second operating axis B.
  • the upper joint 11 is provided with second fastening elements 20 in substitution of the second fastening elements 140, in a similar way to the lower joint 12.
  • the second fastening elements 19 and 20 may be directly or indirectly connected to each other and be mutually rotatable according to a common second operating axis B or two second operating axes B parallel to each other; in the present text, these alternatives must be considered both contemplated in the expression "the second fastening elements 20 are mutually connected together according to a second operational axis B".
  • the edges 13 and 14 of the shells can advantageously be economically shaped with respect to the back of a user and the joint 11 and 12 can also be connected to such positions so that the first operating axis A of the joint 11 is not parallel to the first operating axis A of the second joint 12 without the implicating tension of the torso orthosis shell and / or an articulation 10 during opening / closing of the torso orthosis.
  • each joints 11 and 12 can rotate with respect to the second operating axis B to adapt to the shape of the shell to which it is connected and to the shape of the respective edges, preventing the occurrence of said stresses.
  • the edge 14, to the right in the figure, is rotated with respect to the left one as it would appear when opening the right shell of a torso orthosis to which the articulation 10 was applied.
  • the second operating axis B is perpendicular to the first operating axis A.
  • the second fastening elements 20 each have a hole 20 each engaged by a pin 21 having an axis defining the second operating axis B.
  • the first fastening element 19 of at least one of the hinges 15, 16, 17, 18 is advantageously fastened to one of the edges 13, 14 in a rotatable manner according to a third operating axis D which is transverse and preferably perpendicular to the first operating axis A of the hinge.
  • both first fastening elements 19 of at least one of the hinges 15, 16, 17, 18 can be fastened to one of the edges 13, 14 in a rotatable manner according to a third operating axis D which is transverse and preferably perpendicular to the operating axis of the hinge.
  • joints 11 and 12 comprise brackets 22 which are adapted to be fixed to the edges 13, 14.
  • brackets 22 will advantageously be connected to the first fastening elements 19 in a rotatable manner according to the third operating axis D, advantageously defined by the axis of a pin 21 which projects from the brackets 22 and engages rotatably in a hole 20 of the first fastening elements 19;
  • a screw 23 can be coupled with the pin 21 to retain the respective first fastening element 19 to the bracket 22.
  • the first fastening elements 19 will have a plurality of holes 20 in order to regulate the mutual support position of the edges 13 and 14 defined by the joints 11 and 12.
  • the upper joint 11 has the first fastening elements 19 secured in a conventional manner, i.e. not rotatable, to the edges 13, it will be clearly preferable to replace this conventional fixing, for major clarity identified particularly E of figure 1 , with a fastening according to the present invention, as described above and exemplified in figure 3.
  • the articulation 10 comprises at least one central element 24 to which the second fastening elements 20 of the hinges 15, 16, 17, 18 are secured.
  • the central element 24 preferably extends in a principal direction and the second fastening elements 20 of one of the joint 11 , 12 are fixed to the central element 24 in a position spaced along said principal direction relative to the position in which the second fastening elements 20 of the other joints 11 , 12 are secured.
  • the second fastening elements 20 of the joints 11 , 12 are fixed to the central element 24 so that each is rotatable with respect to the latter, according to the second operating axis B, which is common to both the second fastening elements 20 of each of the joints 11 , 12.
  • the object of the present invention also a torso orthosis, not shown in the accompanying figures, which, in a conventional manner comprising two shaped shells conformed to at least partially enclose the torso of a user and having a particular peculiarity in the fact that the shells are mutually hinged by an articulation according to the present invention and as described above extensively. It is thus clear that an articulation for a torso orthosis and a torso orthosis that includes it, made according to the present invention, achieve the above-mentioned task and purposes.

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Nursing (AREA)
  • Orthopedic Medicine & Surgery (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Rehabilitation Tools (AREA)

Abstract

Articulation (10) pour orthèse de torse comprenant deux coques profilées pour adhérer au torse d'un utilisateur, ladite articulation (10) comprenant au moins deux raccords (11, 12) pour relier mutuellement les bords (13, 14) des deux coques de l'orthèse du torse. Au moins l'un des raccords (11, 12) comprend deux éléments de liaison comprenant des charnières (15, 16, 17, 18) comprenant chacune un premier (19) et un second (20) élément de fixation qui s'articulent mutuellement de manière rotative selon un premier axe de fonctionnement (A). Les premiers éléments de fixation (19) des charnières (15, 16, 17, 18) sont fixés aux coques et les seconds éléments de fixation (20) des charnières (15, 16, 17, 18) sont reliés entre eux de manière rotative selon un second axe de fonctionnement (B) qui est perpendiculaire au premier axe de fonctionnement (A).
EP17742310.0A 2016-05-19 2017-05-17 Articulation pour orthèse de torse et orthèse de torse l'incluant Withdrawn EP3457999A2 (fr)

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ITUA2016A003592A ITUA20163592A1 (it) 2016-05-19 2016-05-19 Snodo per ortesi da tronco e ortesi da tronco che lo comprende
PCT/IT2017/000100 WO2018008047A2 (fr) 2016-05-19 2017-05-17 Articulation pour orthèse de torse et orthèse de torse l'incluant

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