JP3197715U - Orthodontic pillows for treating and preventing lumbar and thoracic spine diseases - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide a corrective pillow that not only prevents symptoms of the lumbar spine, including lumbar disc herniation, thoracic disc herniation, spondylolisthesis and thoracic kyphosis, but also treats such symptoms and can be used on a daily basis. provide. A pad member 200 and a hard block portion 300 that is entirely inserted into the pad member are provided. The pad member is made of a highly elastic material. The shape of the pad member is rectangular or hexagonal when viewed from the front-rear direction, and is bilaterally symmetric or asymmetrical when viewed from the right or left side. The length of the long side of the pad member is approximately the same as the width of the adult body. The hard block portion is formed of a member having no elasticity. The shapes of the hard block portion and the pad member are similar to each other, and the dimensions are proportional. The length of the long side of the hard block portion is approximately the same as the width of an adult human being. The pad member and the hard block portion have a flat bottom surface portion. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a pillow, and more particularly, to a corrective pillow used for the treatment and prevention of lumbar disease and thoracic vertebral disease.

  The spine supports all loads on the human torso and head, and spinal diseases are caused by bending, stretching, and rotating movements in addition to the constant pressure caused by the load.

  The lumbar spine is the most flexible element of the spine components. When the trunk is bent and rotated, the shape of the spine of the lumbar region at normal times is deformed, and various health problems occur. Typical health disorders include disc herniation and spondylolisthesis. Flat back syndrome and lumbar kyphosis can also occur with a low probability. About 90% of the herniated discs occur between the lumbar vertebra L4 to L5 or the lumbar vertebra L5 to the sacrum S1, which is the lower part of the spinal column, and cause pain to the L5 nerve or SI nerve. Hernia in the lower part of the spine directly hurts the nerve, leading to the development of lumbar radiculopathy. Similar symptoms are seen when spondylolisthesis develops.

  Like the lumbar spine, the thoracic spine develops herniated discs and spondylolisthesis due to degenerative problems. In many cases, the thoracic spine leads to kyphosis.

  As methods for treating lumbar diseases and thoracic vertebral diseases, several attempts have been made, such as artificial disc replacement, orthodontic appliances, therapeutic agents, and chiropractic. Intervertebral disc replacement is performed when a herniated disc occurs, but is not applicable to everyone. For example, if you have osteoporosis, joint pain, and allergic symptoms to stainless steel, artificial disc replacement is not applicable. In addition, artificial disc replacement requires discectomy and may cause infection, excessive bleeding, and neuropathy. When spondylolisthesis is developed, a correction device for supporting the spine can be used, but the correction device cannot return the vertebra to its original position. Pain can be alleviated by therapeutic agents such as acetaminophen and NSAIDs, but the effects of the therapeutic agents are temporary. In addition to the limited efficacy of spinal diseases with therapeutic agents, therapeutic agents can cause kidney damage, gastrointestinal bleeding and ulcers.

  Chiropractic appears to be the safest of the three types of treatment. Chiropractors use effective vertebral palpation techniques, such as palpation of the use of machines, in treating a patient. However, there is a risk of overloading the patient's spine during treatment and causing spinal injury. On the other hand, when the chiropractor reduces the load in consideration of safety at the time of treatment, the treatment period generally becomes longer. Furthermore, considering that the treatment time per day for a patient is about 1 to 2 hours, the treatment period is further increased. In order to safely treat the disease and shorten the treatment time, it is possible to give the same effect as the chiropractor treatment effect, it is easy to apply by the patient, and the treatment period can be shortened The device which becomes is needed.

  So far, various devices have been invented aimed at supporting the lumbar and thoracic vertebrae. However, most of them are effective in preventing spinal diseases, but they do not lead to fundamental treatment. U.S. Pat. No. 5,863,095 discloses a resilient pillow for supporting the waist with cuts. US Pat. No. 5,551,752 discloses a cushion for supporting the waist. US Pat. No. 6,823,549 discloses a cushion for preventing and treating floor rubs rather than spinal diseases. U.S. Pat. No. 4,502,170 discloses a method for relieving posture and back pain rather than treating spinal diseases.

US Pat. No. 5,863,095 US Pat. No. 5,551,752 US Pat. No. 6,823,549 US Pat. No. 4,502,170

  The present invention not only prevents lumbar symptoms including lumbar disc herniation, thoracic disc herniation, spondylolisthesis and thoracic kyphosis, but also corrects pillows that can treat such symptoms and can be used on a daily basis I will provide a.

  The present invention relates to an orthodontic pillow used for the prevention and treatment of lumbar diseases and thoracic spine diseases. Lumbar and thoracic spine diseases include lumbar disc herniation, thoracic disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, and thoracic kyphosis.

  The orthodontic pillow for treating lumbar disease and thoracic vertebral disease in the present invention includes a pad member and a hard block portion that is entirely inserted into the pad member. The pad member is formed of a highly elastic material such as a foam member, a rubber material, or cotton. The shape of the pad member is rectangular or hexagonal when viewed from the front-rear direction, but the shape of the pad member when viewed from the right or left side is a bilaterally symmetric or left-right asymmetric bell shape (bell shape), which is stable. In order to maintain the characteristics, the bottom portion is formed in a normal distribution shape wider than the top portion. The length of the long side of the pad member is approximately the same as the width of the adult body.

  The hard block portion is formed of a member having no elasticity, such as wood, foamed polystyrene, or a hard rubber material. The hard block portion can withstand gravity of about 140 kilograms of mass and shape similar to a human body without rupturing or deforming. The shape of the rigid block part and the pad member are similar to each other, the dimensions are proportional, are symmetrical when the corrective pillow is used for the thoracic vertebra, and the lumbar and the vertebrae when the corrective pillow is used for the lumbar part. It becomes asymmetrical to bend along the curve of the sacrum. The length of the long side of the hard block portion is approximately the same as the width of an adult human being. Both the pad member and the hard block portion have a flat bottom surface portion.

  When using pillows to treat lumbar and thoracic vertebral disorders, including intervertebral disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, and thoracic kyphosis, the user must be in a supine position and the pillow should be placed so that the long side of the pillow is perpendicular to the spine. Need to be placed. The pillow should be placed directly under the disc herniation, the sliding hernia, or the part causing the kyphosis. The hard block portion generates a vertical reaction force due to human gravity, gradually returning the disc herniation or sliding hernia to the normal position, or returning the backed thoracic vertebra to the normal bent state. The reason why the bell-shaped hard block part is made of non-elastic material is not only to keep the reaction force from being absorbed more than necessary, but also to keep the size (magnitude) at a certain level, and to increase the reaction force. This is to keep the time vertical and constant. The pad member softly absorbs human gravity, reduces the reaction force generated by the hard block portion, and is made of a resilient material to give the user comfort when using the pillow.

  The upper part of the pad member is formed wider at a constant ratio than the upper part of the hard block part, so that the width of the hard block part in the lateral direction and two pieces when the pillow is viewed from the symmetrical bell-shaped direction. The dimensions of the thoracic vertebra are the same, or, for the lumbar vertebra, the lateral width and the dimensions of the five back vertebrae are the same when the pillow is viewed from the asymmetrical bell shape. The pad member then disperses the reaction force, reducing the load placed on the specific part of the human body by the pressure of the pillow to a level that will properly treat the disease and not damage the spine. Furthermore, the height of the pillow portion is calculated so as to be about twice as large as the width when viewed from the lateral direction with respect to the rigid symmetrical bell-shaped block. For the asymmetrical bell-shaped block, the height of the pillow portion is calculated to be equal to the lateral width of the asymmetrical bell-shaped block. And the magnitude of gravity and reaction forces are not high enough to damage the spine, or low enough to reduce the effect of the pillow, but are appropriate for treating the disease.

The content of the present invention will be further understood with reference to the following detailed description. The detailed description refers to the following drawings.
It is a right perspective view of an orthodontic pillow used for prevention and treatment of lumbar disease and thoracic vertebral disease in the present invention. FIG. 2 is a left perspective view of the correction pillow illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the pillow illustrated in FIG. 1 and taken along the plane AA ′ illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the pillow illustrated in FIG. 1 and taken along the plane BB ′ illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another embodiment of an orthodontic pillow used for the prevention and treatment of lumbar disease and thoracic vertebral disease according to the present invention. It is the method of using the pillow of FIG.

  The present invention relates to a corrective pillow used for the prevention and treatment of lumbar and thoracic vertebral diseases, including lumbar disc herniation, thoracic disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, and thoracic kyphosis.

  1-4, the pillow part 100 has the pad member 200 and the hard block part 300 inserted in the said pad member 200 entirely. The pad member 200 is made of a highly elastic material such as a foam member, rubber material, or cotton. The shape of the pad member 200 is rectangular or hexagonal when viewed from the long side direction, but the shape of the pad member 200 when viewed from the right side surface or the left side surface 202 is a symmetrical bell shape, and is stable. Therefore, the width of the bottom surface portion 202B is longer than the width of the top surface portion 202T. As shown in FIG. 5, which is another embodiment, the pad member 200 may be asymmetrical. The length of the long side of the pad member 200 is approximately the same as the width of the adult body.

  The hard block portion 300 is formed of a material having no elasticity, such as wood, foamed polystyrene, or a hard rubber material. The hard block portion 300 can withstand gravity having a mass of about 140 kilograms having the same shape and size as a human body without being ruptured or deformed. The shapes of the hard block portion 300 and the pad member 200 are similar to each other, and the dimensions are proportional. The shapes of the hard block part 300 and the pad member 200 may be left-right symmetric or left-right asymmetric depending on the body part used. When used for the thoracic vertebrae, it has a bilaterally symmetrical bell shape, and when used for the lumbar region, it is formed in a bilaterally asymmetric bell shape so as to bend along the curves of the lumbar region and the sacrum. The length of the long side of the hard block portion 300 is approximately the same as the width of an adult human being.

  As shown in FIG. 3, both the pad member 200 and the hard block portion 300 have flat plate side portions 203 and 303.

  FIG. 6 illustrates a method of using the pillow part 100. In using the pillow 100 to treat lumbar and thoracic vertebral diseases including intervertebral hernia, spondylolisthesis, thoracic kyphosis, the user is in a supine position, and the long side of the pillow 100 is connected to the user's spine. It is necessary to arrange the pillow so that it is vertical.

  The pillow part 100 is arrange | positioned directly under the part which has raised the disc herniation or the sliding hernia. The hard block unit 300 generates a vertical reaction force F2 due to human gravity FI, and gradually returns the disc herniation or sliding hernia to the normal position, or returns the backed thoracic vertebra to the normal bent state.

  The reason why the bell-shaped hard block portion 300 is made of a material having no elasticity is not only to keep the reaction force F2 from being absorbed more than necessary, but also to keep the magnitude (size) at a constant value, as well as the reaction force. This is to keep F2 vertical and constant for a long time. The pad member 200 softly absorbs human gravity FI, reduces the reaction force F2 generated by the hard block portion 300, and is a resilient material for providing comfort when the user uses the pillow portion 100. Is formed by.

  The upper portion 202T of the pad member 200 is formed wider than the upper portion 302T of the hard block portion 300 at a constant ratio, so that the width of the hard block portion 300 when the pillow is viewed from a symmetrical bell shape is 2 The dimensions of the thoracic vertebrae are the same, or, for the lumbar vertebrae, the width and the dimensions of the five back vertebrae are the same when the pillow is viewed from the asymmetrical bell shape. The pad member 200 disperses the reaction force and reduces the load applied to the specific part of the human body by the pressure of the pillow to an extent appropriate for treatment and not damaging the spine. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the height H of the pillow portion 100 is calculated so as to be about twice the lateral width when viewed from the symmetrical bell shape for the symmetrical bell-shaped block. For the asymmetrical bell-shaped block, the height of the pillow portion is calculated to be equal to the lateral width of the asymmetrical bell-shaped, and the magnitudes of gravity F1 and reaction force F2 are It is not at a high level that would damage the spine or at a low level that would reduce the effect of the pillow 100, but at a level that is appropriate for treating the disease.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Pillow part 200 ... Pad member 300 ... Block part 203, 303 ... Flat plate side surface part

Claims (3)

A pad member and a hard block portion that is entirely inserted into the pad member;
The pad member is formed of a highly elastic material such as a foam member, rubber material, or cotton;
The shape of the pad member is rectangular or hexagonal when viewed from the front-rear direction, and is bilaterally symmetrical or bilaterally asymmetrical when viewed from the right or left side. Is also widely formed;
The length of the long side of the pad is roughly the same as the width of the adult body;
The shapes of the hard block portion and the pad member are similar to each other, and the dimensions are proportional;
The hard block portion is formed of a non-elastic member such as wood, foamed polystyrene, or hard rubber material;
The hard block portion can withstand gravity of about 140 kilograms of mass and shape similar to a human body without rupture or deformation;
The length of the long side of the hard block portion is approximately the same as the width of an adult human being;
The pad member and the hard block part have a flat bottom part, and are used for the prevention and treatment of lumbar diseases and thoracic vertebral diseases.   The orthodontic pillow is used for the thoracic vertebra, the hard block portion and the pad member have a symmetrical bell shape, and the hard block portion has a lateral width and two pieces when viewed from the symmetrical bell shape direction. The orthodontic pillow used for prevention and treatment of a lumbar disease and a thoracic vertebral disease according to claim 1, wherein the dimensions of the vertebrae are about the same as those of the thoracic vertebra, and the height of the pillow is about twice the width.   The orthodontic pillow is used for the lumbar region, the hard block portion and the pad member are asymmetrical bell shapes, the orthodontic pillow is formed to bend along the curve of the lumbar region and the sacrum, the width and the five back vertebrae The orthodontic pillow used for the prevention and treatment of lumbar disease and thoracic vertebral disease according to claim 1, wherein the dimensions of the pillow portion and the height of the pillow portion are the same.

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