JPH077613U - Spinal correction device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a spinal correction device that enhances the therapeutic effect by accurately impacting the first cervical spine at a correct angle without absorbing the impact midway. [Structure] A center support column 4 is erected on the head-supporting side of the bed 2 on which the patient 90 sleeps, and a rotation support column 7 is rotatably erected horizontally in the horizontal direction via a rotation arm 8 about this center support. An arm support block 43 is attached to the upper end of the rotating column 7, and the sliding arm 5 is supported movably in the horizontal direction here, and an impact device 6 in which a pin 71 for giving an impact is projected downward is installed in the sliding arm 5. It is characterized in that it is tiltably attached to the tip end side, and the macula 3 is tiltably attached to the upper end of the center column 4 below the impact device 6.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a spinal correction apparatus that corrects a spinal deformity by applying an impact to the first cervical spine.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In general, when the spine is displaced and deformed, many nerve systems connected to organs pass through the spine, and these nerves are compressed, causing various diseases such as disc herniation, headache, and desensitization of various parts. It was. To treat such spinal deformities, a light impact force is applied laterally to the first cervical vertebra so that the first cervical vertebra is orthogonal to the vertebrae and multiple cervical vertebrae connected below are sequentially aligned. There are treatments to correct the entire spine.

As a conventional spinal correction device used in this treatment, there is a portable device in which a solenoid is mounted in a case and a pin connected to the solenoid is projected outside the case. With this device in your hand, with the tip of the pin in contact with the first cervical vertebra from the side of the patient's neck laid sideways on the bed, when the switch is turned on, the solenoid is excited and the rod is loaded. It is sucked and the impact at this time is transmitted through the pin and applied to the first cervical vertebra to correct the deformity of the spine.

However, with this device, since the impact is applied while holding the pin toward the first cervical vertebra while holding it in the hand, the impact is absorbed by the hand, or the hand shakes and the first position is accurately measured at the correct position and angle. There were drawbacks such as not being able to give impact to the cervical spine.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks, and provides a spinal correction apparatus that enhances the therapeutic effect by accurately impacting the first cervical vertebra at a correct angle without absorbing the impact midway.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to a first aspect of the present invention, a center support is erected on the head-supporting side of a bed on which a patient sleeps, and the rotation support is rotatably erected horizontally about a rotation arm via a rotation arm. The arm support block is attached to the upper end of this rotating column, and the sliding arm is movably supported horizontally here, and the impact device in which the pin for impact is projected downward is installed at the tip of the sliding arm. It is characterized in that it is tiltably attached to the side, and a macula is tiltably attached to the upper end of the center column below the impact device.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the center column and the rotary column are formed so as to be vertically expandable and contractible. Further, the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the impact device is constituted by a solenoid and a pin connected to the solenoid.

[0008]

[Action]

 The spinal correction device of the present invention is designed such that the patient is first placed on the bed and the head is placed on the macula so that the patient lies sideways. After that, turn on the switch to extend and retract the center column to adjust the height of the macula. The macula is then tilted so that the first cervical spine is aligned with the center post axis. After that, the rotary support is pulled by hand to rotate the center support as the center of rotation, and the impact device supported by the sliding arm attached to the rotary support is positioned above the patient. Next, slide the sliding arm inserted into the arm support block connected to the upper end of the rotating column and slide it back and forth to position and secure the impact device above the patient's neck.

After that, the rotary strut is expanded and contracted, and the height of the sliding arm supported on the upper part is adjusted to bring the tip of the pin protruding from the impact device close to the first cervical vertebrae, and then the impact device is removed. Tilt and set the pin angle so that it impacts the first cervical spine. Next, the impact device is activated to generate an impact, and a light impact is applied from the tip of the pin to the first cervical vertebra. Can be corrected.

[0010]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a spinal correction apparatus, in which a bed 2 is horizontally mounted on a mount 1. On the head-supporting side of the bed 2, there is provided a makura 3 formed of a plate-shaped mounting seat, and the makura 3 is tiltably attached to the upper end of a center column 4. An impact device 6 rotatably supported on the tip of a sliding arm 5 is attached above the motor 3. The sliding arm 5 is supported on the upper end of a rotating strut 7, and the rotating strut 7 is connected to the center strut 4 via rotating arms 8 and 8 so as to rotate right and left around the center strut 4. . A rear plate 11 provided with a length scale 10 is attached to the leg supporting side of the bed 2 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the detailed structure of the center column 4 is such that a motor case 13 is mounted on a substrate 12, and a center shaft 15 formed of a pipe is erected on the motor case 13. A slide pipe 16 is vertically movably inserted inside the center shaft 15, a screw bush 17 is attached to the lower end opening, and a screw shaft 18 is attached by screwing the screw bush 17. Further, a bevel gear 19a is joined to the lower end of the screw shaft 18 which protrudes into the motor case 13, and this is engaged with the bevel gear 19b attached to the geared motor 20 to attach the macula 3 by rotation of the geared motor 20. The slide pipe 16 is vertically movable in the center shaft 15.

A lower bearing pipe 22 is attached to the outer periphery of the center shaft 15 on the lower side, a clamp ring 23 is attached to the outer periphery of the upper part, and the mount 1 is attached to the outer periphery of the middle portion of the slide pipe 16. A fixed upper bearing pipe 24 is attached. The macula 3 is connected to the upper end of the slide pipe 16 by a connecting shaft 25 so that the angle can be adjusted, and a horizontal angle scale 26 is attached around the macro 3 as shown in FIG.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, an inclination angle scale 27 is attached to the side of the pillow 3. A screw bush 28 is attached to the lower part of the macula 3, and a screw shaft 29 is screwed into the screw bush 28. The tip of the screw shaft 29 is rotatably connected to the slide pipe 16 to rotate the screw shaft 29. By doing so, the inclination angle of the pillow 3 can be adjusted. As shown in FIG. 1, a height scale 30 is attached to the side of the center column 4 so that the height of the macula 3 can be seen.

The lower part of the rotating column 7 connected to the center column 4 via the rotating arms 8 and 8 is connected to a motor case 32, and a caster 33 attached to the bottom of the motor case 32 provides an upper surface for the substrate 12. Is designed to rotate. As shown in FIG. 3, the detailed structure of the rotating column 7 is such that the slide pipe 36 is vertically movably inserted inside the guide pipe 35 standing upright on the upper part of the motor case 32, and inside the lower end opening. A screw shaft 38 is attached through the attached screw bush 37. Further, a bevel gear 39a is joined to the lower end of the negative shaft 38 projecting into the motor case 32, and this is meshed with a bevel gear 39b attached to the geared motor 40, and the slide pipe 36 moves up and down by the rotation of the geared motor 40. It is like this.

A frame-shaped support frame 42 is attached to the upper end of the slide pipe 36 as shown in FIG. 4, and an arm support block 43 is attached thereto. A screw bush 45 is attached to an upper portion of a through hole 44 opened at the center of the arm support block 43, and a screw shaft 46 is screwed into the screw bush 45. The screw shaft 46 penetrates the upper part of the support frame 42, and a knob 47 is connected to the upper end thereof. By gripping the knob 47 and rotating the screw shaft 46, the arm support block 43 can move up and down along the guide shaft 48 to finely adjust the height.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the arm support block 43, arm insertion holes 50, 50 are formed in parallel on both sides of the through hole 44 so as to directly intersect with the through hole 44, and a space ring 51 is provided on the inside thereof. The sliding arms 5 and 5 are movably inserted. A rack 53 is joined to the lower part of one of the sliding arms 5, a spur gear 54 meshing with the rack 53 is attached to a rotary shaft 55, and a feed knob 56 attached to the rotary shaft 55 is rotated to cause sliding. The arm 5 moves horizontally. A stopper 58 attached to the fixing knob 57 is in contact with the side surface of the other sliding arm 5. The sliding arms 5 and 5 arranged in parallel with each other are formed in a flat rectangular frame shape, and an impact device 6 is supported on the tip end side thereof so as to be vertically tiltable as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the impact device 6 has a screw shaft 61 penetrating the upper part of a case 60, a knob 62 is attached to the upper end thereof, and a lower end thereof is screwed into an adjusting block 63. By rotating the knob 62, the adjustment block 63 slides up and down. A spring receiving portion 64 abuts on the lower surface of the adjusting block 63, and a ring-shaped spring seat 66 connected to the adjusting block 63 is provided below the spring receiving portion 64, and between this and the spring receiving portion 64. The compression spring 67 is clamped. A solenoid 68 is provided below the spring receiving portion 64, and the rod 68a and the lower end of the spring receiving portion 64 are connected by a connecting shaft 69. Further, a base plate 70 is connected to the lower portion of the solenoid 68, and a mounting seat 73 is further connected to this tip, and a pin 71 is fixed to this, and this pin 71 penetrates the guide block 72 and projects to the outside. . Further, knobs 59, 59 for adjusting the tilting angle of the impact device 6 are attached to the side surface of the case 60 with the sliding arms 5, 5 interposed therebetween.

As shown in FIG. 3, an arm clamp mechanism 80 is provided between the center support column 4 and the rotary support column 7. In this arm clamp mechanism 80, a geared motor 81 with a brake is attached to the side of the rotating column 7, and a bevel gear 82a connected thereto is meshed with a bevel gear 82b of a horizontally provided screw shaft 83. As shown in FIG. 7, the tip of this screw shaft 83 is screwed into a slider block 85 attached to the inside of the clamp case 84, and further clampers 86, 86 with narrower tips are attached to both inner walls of the clamp case 84. Has been.

Further, wedges 87, 87 are attached to both sides of the parallel portion of the clamp ring 23 attached to the outer periphery of the center shaft 15 forming the center column 4, and these are inserted between the clampers 86, 86. ing. 88 is a limit switch. As shown in FIG. 3, the clamp case 84 covers the outer side of the upper rotation arm 8 and is guided by the rotation arm 8 to move.

Next, a case of treating a patient with the spinal correction apparatus having the above configuration will be described. First, the patient is laid on the bed 2 upward, both feet are placed on the rear plate 11, and the difference between the left and right feet is measured by the length scale 10 shown in FIG. Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the head portion 91 is placed on the pillow 3 and turned sideways. Then, the switch is turned on to rotate the geared motor 20 on the side of the center column 4 as shown in FIG. 3, and when the bevel gear 19b attached to this rotates, the bevel gear 19a meshing there rotates. When the screw shaft 18 with the bevel gear 19a attached to the lower end rotates, the slide pipe 16 moves up and down while being guided in the center shaft 15 by the feed screw action via the screw bush 17 that is screwed onto the screw shaft 18. Adjust the height of. The height of this macro 3 is seen on the height scale 30 attached to the side of the center column 4. The horizontal inclination of the head 91 supported by the pillow 3 is adjusted by looking at the horizontal angle scale 26 shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, a screw shaft 29 provided below the macula 3 is rotated, and a screw bush 28 screwed with the screw shaft 29 is moved forward and backward. 3 is tilted, and the first cervical vertebra 93 of the spine 92 is adjusted so as to be located on the axis of the center strut 4. After that, the rotary support column 7 is pulled by hand to rotate the motor case 32 with the casters 33 attached on the substrate 12, and the center support column 4 is rotated as shown by a virtual line in FIG. The impact device 6 supported by the rotating column 7 attached to the motor case 32 is positioned above the patient 90. The rotation angle at this time is viewed on the rotation angle scale 31 attached to the substrate 12 as shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, when the feed knob 56 attached to the arm support block 43 is rotated, the spur gear 54 of the rotating shaft 55 connected thereto is moved to the rack 53 attached to the lower part of the sliding arm 5. The sliding arms 5 and 5 formed in a frame shape slide with each other, and the impact device 6 attached to the tip of the sliding arms 5 and 5 moves integrally. In this way, the sliding arms 5 and 5 are slid back and forth to position the impact device 6 above the neck 94 of the patient 90 as shown in FIG. 8, and then the fixing knob 57 shown in FIG. 5 is rotated. Then, the other sliding arm 5 is pressed by the stopper 58 attached to the tip to fix the position.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 3, the geared motor 40 on the rotary support 7 side is turned on to rotate the bevel gear 39b, and the screw shaft 38 having the bevel gear 39a meshed therewith is rotated. With this rotation, the slide pipe 36 moves up and down in the guide pipe 35 by the action of the feed screw via the screw bush 37. In this way, by moving the guide pipe 35 up and down and adjusting the height of the sliding arms 5 and 5 supported on the upper part, the pin 71 of the impact device 6 attached to the tip is brought close to the neck 94 of the patient 90. Let After this, the arm clamp mechanism 80 is actuated to fix the rotating column 7. As shown in FIG. 3, when the geared motor 81 is turned on, the bevel gear 82a rotates and the bevel gear 82b meshing with the bevel gear 82a rotates, and the screw shaft 83 rotates.

When the screw shaft 83 rotates, the slider block 85 screwed onto the screw shaft 83 is pulled in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. The slider block 85 is fixed inside the clamp case 84 integrally with the clampers 86, 86 and moves along the rotary arm 8. The wedges 87, 87 provided between the left and right clampers 86, 86 bite into the clamp ring 23. The flat plate portion becomes narrower, and the center shaft 15 is tightened and fixed. As a result, the rotation arm 8 connected by the clamp case 84 is also restricted from rotating in the horizontal direction, the rotation support 7 is fixed, and the horizontal rotation angle of the impact device 6 is determined.

After that, as shown in FIG. 4, when the adjustment knob 47 is rotated and the screw shaft 46 attached thereto is rotated, the height of the arm support block 43 is finely adjusted by the screw bush 45 screwed with this. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the tip of the pin 71 is brought into close contact with the first cervical vertebra 93 of the neck 94. After that, the knob 59 attached to the side surface of the case 60 of the impact device 6 is adjusted to set the tilt angle of the pin 71 in the direction in which the first cervical vertebra 93 is impacted and fixed.

When the position and direction of the pin 71 are determined in this way and then the switch of the impact device 6 shown in FIG. 6 is turned on, a current flows to the solenoid 68 and is pulled up by the compression spring 67. 68a is sucked, and the impact at this time is transmitted to the pin 71 attached here through the base plate 70 and the attachment seat 73, and a light impact is applied from the tip of the pin 71 to the first cervical vertebra 93. As a result, a large number of cervical vertebrae connected to the lower side of the first cervical vertebra 93 are sequentially aligned by the domino action, and the entire deformation of the spine 92 can be corrected. After that, the patient is laid again on the bed 2 upward, both feet are placed on the rear plate 11, and the length scale 10 measures the difference between the left and right feet to see the therapeutic effect.

When the impact force of the impact device 6 is adjusted, by rotating the knob 62 of the case 60 shown in FIG. 6, the screw shaft 61 connected thereto is rotated and screwed with the screw shaft 61. This can be performed by moving the block 63 and moving the compression spring 67 supported between the spring receiving portion 64 and the spring seat 66 connected thereto, and adjusting the position of the rod 68a.

Although the solenoid 68 is used as the impact generating mechanism of the impact device 6 in the above-described embodiment, an air cylinder is used to attach a hammer to the tip of this rod and supply air to the rod to supply the rod. It may be a mechanism that causes an impact when the hammer extends and the hammer collides.

[0029]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the spinal orthodontic device of the present invention, the rotating support column is rotatably erected horizontally with the center supporting column as the center of rotation, and the arm support block is attached to the upper end of the rotating support column. A sliding arm is supported movably in the horizontal direction, and an impact device with a pin that gives an impact to the tip of the sliding arm is rotatably attached, and the macula is tilted to the upper end of the center column below the impact device. Since it is freely attached, the position and direction of the impact device pin can be easily set according to the patient's first cervical spine, and the impact force can be applied accurately at the correct angle without being absorbed midway. The therapeutic effect can be enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a spinal correction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a plan view showing the spinal correction apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view showing an enlarged drive portion of the spinal correction apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional front view showing the arm support block of FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner.

5 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing the arm support block of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional front view showing an impact device.

FIG. 7 is a horizontal sectional view showing an arm clamp mechanism.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a state in which a patient is being treated.

[Explanation of sign]

 2 beds 3 macula 4 center column 5 sliding arm 6 impact device 7 rotating column 8 rotating arm 12 substrate 15 center shaft 16 slide pipe 20 geared motor 22 lower bearing pipe 23 clamp ring 35 guide pipe 36 slide pipe 40 geared motor 42 support frame 43 Arm support block 50 Arm insertion hole 63 Adjustment block 67 Spring 68 Solenoid 68a Rod 80 Arm clamp mechanism 86 Clamper 87 Wedge 90 Patient 92 Spine 93 First cervical spine

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A center column is erected on a head-supporting side of a bed on which a patient sleeps, and a rotation column is rotatably erected horizontally in a horizontal direction via a rotating arm with this as a center of rotation.
Attach the arm support block to the upper end of this rotating column,
The sliding arm is supported movably in the horizontal direction, and an impact device having a pin for giving an impact projecting downward is attached to the tip end side of the sliding arm so as to be tiltable, and the center strut below the impact device is attached. A spinal orthodontic device, characterized in that a macula is tiltably attached to the upper end of the spine. 2. The spinal correction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the center column and the rotary column are formed so as to be vertically expandable and contractible. 3. The spinal correction device according to claim 1, wherein the impact device comprises a solenoid and a pin connected to the solenoid.