KR101513289B1 - Tibia reverse rotation apparatus and leg adjustment method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a tibia reverse rotation device and a leg adjustment method using the same having easily recognizable scale and precise angle control to adjust the legs by gradually adjusting the angle of legs bent due to in-/out-toed gait. The tibia reverse rotation device in the present invention includes a vertical support to be vertically extended to form the frame; a foot holder to be mounted at the bottom of the vertical support in order to fix the foot of a patient; a height control unit mounted on the vertical support; a calf holder which is mounted on the height control unit so that the position can be controlled in conjunction with the height control unit, and holds the calf of a patient; a thigh holder which is mounted on the height control unit so that the position can be controlled in conjunction with the height control unit, and holds the thigh of a patient; lock units which are individually connected to the calf and thigh holders in order to prevent an unlocking of the calf and thigh holders by the patient; and an angle control unit which is mounted on the back of the foot holder in order to control the angle of the same and thus to adjust the club foot and pes valgus of a patient.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tibial counter-

[0001] The present invention relates to a tibial counter-rotating apparatus, and more particularly, to a tibial counter-rotating apparatus for a tibial counter-rotating apparatus which is capable of displaying a gradual angle display and gradual angle adjustment The present invention relates to a tibial counter-rotating apparatus having a tibial-osteotomy apparatus,

In order for legs and feet to support most of the human body load and to facilitate the function of leaping, running, and walking, there must be no structural or morphological pathology, and congenital or acquired form abnormalities need to be corrected before they become more intense.

Typical examples of the morphological pathology of the legs are O-shaped legs and bent legs. O-shaped legs mean that when two legs are in contact with each other when standing in the right posture, but the knees do not stick together, and the legs of the legs are attached to the knees but the outside of the calf is bent into O-shape. In contrast to O-shaped legs, knees are attached, but there are also morphological pathologies called X-shaped legs that do not have two legs attached.

As described above, when the patient is bent by the symptoms of O-shaped legs and fingers, it is difficult to walk for a long time according to the degree, and it causes a physical disorder. Therefore, in order to correct O-shaped legs, fingers and legs, infant tibiofemoral fistula is treated by orthodontic treatment or surgical treatment depending on the patient's age, degree of deformation in the radiograph, and body weight. Surgical techniques include osteotomy, osteolysis, and proximal tibia femoral interbody fusion.

In addition, due to unstable posture, exercise, lifestyle, and especially the deformity of the pelvis that a woman experiences after childbirth, the legs, waist, spine and the like are suffered from severe pain, and the lower body is severely paralyzed Causing serious illness.

Therefore, in the past, a hard splint was placed on one side of the leg, and it was rested in a fixed state by winding it with a band or a string or calibrated for a certain period of time. In this case, however, And the effect of orthodontic treatment was not exerted properly.

A related prior art document is Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2005-0110567 (published on November 23, 2005), which discloses a pinching leg adjusting device.

An object of the present invention is to provide a tibial counter-rotating apparatus having a graduation-checkable graduation display and a sophisticated angle-adjusting function so that a tibia bending due to the symptom of ankle and palpitation can be gradually corrected by correcting the angle with a normal leg, And to provide a calibration method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tibial counter-rotating apparatus including a vertical support unit extending in a vertical direction and forming a skeleton; A foot fixing unit mounted on a bottom surface of the vertical support for fixing a foot of a person to be treated; A height adjusting unit mounted on the vertical support; A calf fixing unit mounted on the height adjusting unit and adjusted in position in interlock with the height adjusting unit, the calf fixing unit fixing the calf of the subject; A thigh fixing part mounted on the height adjusting unit and adjusted in position in interlock with the height adjusting unit, the thigh fixing part fixing the thigh of the subject; A locking unit fastened to the calf fastening part and the thigh fastening part, respectively, for preventing the calf fastening part and the thigh fastening part from being loosened by the fastener; And an angle adjusting unit mounted on a back surface of the foot fixing unit to adjust the angle of the foot fixing unit to correct the inner and outer half of the subject.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of calibrating a tibia using a tibial counter-rotating apparatus, comprising the steps of: (a) wearing a tibia counter- (b) After the locking unit is fastened to the angle adjusting unit of the tibial counter-rotating apparatus, the angles of the inside and outside of the subject and the tibia angle are adjusted with the naked eye by using the angle adjusting unit and the tibia counter- For a predetermined period of time; And (c) separating the tibial counter-rotating apparatus from the subject.

The tibial counter-rotating apparatus and the under-correction method using the tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to the present invention can be visually checked by adjusting the angles of the tibia and the tibia of the subject by using the angular adjustment unit and the tibial counter- The precise angle adjustment can be done, so that it is possible to precisely calibrate the fin leg of the subject.

In addition, the tibial counter-rotating apparatus and the under-correction method using the same according to the present invention can be applied to a tibial bone band fixing unit, a calf band fixing unit, and a thigh band fixing unit, The reliability of the orthodontic treatment can be improved by providing the double stabilizing device which is originally blocked by the fixing unit.

1 is a front perspective view showing a tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a side perspective view of a tibia counter-rotating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a rear perspective view of a tibia reversing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a side sectional perspective view illustrating a tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the foot fixing portion of Fig. 1. Fig.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calibrating a tibia according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a photograph showing a comparison between before and after orthodontic treatment of an infant born with an inner half.
Fig. 8 is a photograph showing comparison between before and after the treatment for the sagittal alignment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and how to accomplish them, will become apparent by reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Hereinafter, a tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing a tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side perspective view showing a tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of a tibia reversing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a side sectional perspective view illustrating a tibia reversing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 4, a tibial counter-rotating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a vertical support 110, a foot fixing unit 120, a height adjusting unit 150, a calf fixing unit 140, A thigh fixing part 160, and a locking unit 170. [

The vertical support 110 extends in the vertical direction to form the skeleton of the tibial counter-rotating device. The vertical support 110 is preferably formed of a steel structure to secure a certain strength and rigidity, but is not limited thereto.

The foot fixing unit 120 is mounted on the bottom surface of the vertical support 110 and serves to fix the foot of the person to be treated.

The foot fixing unit 120 includes a tibial support 121, a tibial cushion pad 122, a foot support pad 123, a toe fixing band 124, a tibia fixing band 126, a foot band fixing unit 125, And a toe fixing band 127.

The tibial support base 121 surrounds the tibia of the patient. The tibial supporter 121 may have a cup shape surrounding the tibia of the subject, and the shape of the tibia supporter 121 may be changed into various shapes.

The tibial cushioning pad 122 is inserted and disposed inside the tibial support 121 to protect the tibia of the tibia person. It is preferable that the tibial buffer pad 122 is formed of any one of sponge and silicone which is excellent in buffering property and is eco-friendly.

The foot supporting pad 123 supports the floor of the foot of the subject. The foot supporting pads 123 may be formed of, for example, a sponge material having excellent shock absorbing properties. At this time, the foot supporting pads 123 can be designed and modified in various sizes and shapes according to the foot size of the subject.

The toe fixing band 124 is fixed to the front portion of the foot supporting pad 123, and serves to fix the foot portion of the subject. At this time, the toe fixing band 124 is designed to be attachable and detachable in a Velcro type. As a result, it is easy for the subject to wear or separate the toe fixing band 124 without any other operation.

The tibia fixing band 126 is fixed to the tibial support 121 and serves to fix the tibia part of the tibia. At this time, the tibial fixing band 126 is designed to be attachable and detachable in a Velcro type, like the toe fixing band 124.

The foot band fixing unit 125 is attached to the tibia fixing band 126 and serves to prevent the tibia fixing band 126 from being unwound by the patient. As described above, in the present invention, since the subject is fixed using the foot band fixing unit 125 while wearing the tibia fixing band 126 which can be attached and detached in a Velcro type, ) Is unintentionally released even if it is unconsciously removed.

The foot-fixing band 127 is fixed to the foot-supporting pad 123 and functions to fix the foot-wearer's part. At this time, like the toe fixing band 124, the toe fixing band 127 is designed to be attachable and detachable in a Velcro type.

The foot fixing band 127 is preferably mounted between the tibial support 121 and the toe fixing band 124 and the foot supporting pad 123 is preferably formed such that a portion where the foot fixing band 127 is mounted is curved This is because it is necessary to design the curved portion on the foot supporting pad 123 at the position where the foot fixing band 127 is mounted on the foot structure of the human body so that the foot portion can be more firmly and stably fixed.

The height adjustment unit 150 is mounted on the vertical support 110. The height adjusting unit 150 is mounted on the vertical support 110 to control the vertical reciprocating motion of the calf fixing portion 140. [ At this time, the height adjusting unit 150 has bent portions bent into the thigh fixing portion 160, so that the height adjusting unit 150 can have a generally L-shaped configuration.

The calf fixing unit 140 is mounted on the height adjusting unit 150 and is adjusted in position to interlock with the height adjusting unit 150 and serves to fix the calf of the subject.

The calf stabilizer 140 includes a calf support 141, a calf cushion pad 142, a calf fixing band 143 and a calf band fixing unit 145.

The calf support 141 surrounds the calf's calf. The calf support 141 may have a cup shape surrounding the calf of the recipient, and the shape of the calf support 141 may be modified in various forms.

The calf buffer pad 142 is inserted into the calf support 141 to protect the calf of the calf. It is preferable that the calf buffer pad 142 is formed of any one of sponge and silicone which is excellent in bufferability and is eco-friendly.

The calf fixing band 143 is fixed to the calf support 141 and serves to fix the calf of the calf. At this time, the calf fixing band 143 is designed to be attachable and detachable in a Velcro type. As a result, it is easy for the physician to wear or separate the calf fixing band 143 without any other operation.

The calf band fixing unit 145 is attached to the calf fixing band 143 and serves to prevent the calf fixing band 143 from being unwound by the subject. As described above, in the present invention, since the subject is fixed using the calf band fixing unit 145 while wearing the calf-fixing band 143 that can be detached and attached in the Velcro type, ) Is unintentionally released even if it is unconsciously removed.

The thigh fixing part 160 is mounted on the height adjusting unit 150 and is adjusted in position in conjunction with the height adjusting unit 150 to fix the thigh of the patient.

The thigh fastener 160 includes a thigh support 161, a thigh cushion pad 162, a thigh fastener band 163 and a thigh band fixing unit 165. [

The thigh support 161 surrounds the thigh of the subject. The thigh support base 161 may have a cup shape surrounding the thigh of the subject, and the shape of the thigh support base 161 may be changed into various shapes.

The thigh cushion pad 162 is inserted into the inside of the thigh support 161 to protect the thigh of the treated person. It is preferable that the thigh buffer pad 162 is formed of any one of sponge and silicone which is excellent in bufferability and environmentally friendly.

The thigh fixing band 163 is fixed to the thigh support base 161 and serves to fix the thigh of the patient. At this time, the thigh fixing band 163 is designed to be attachable and detachable in a Velcro type. As a result, the wearer can easily wear or separate the thigh holding band 163 without any other operation.

The thigh band fixing unit 165 is mounted on the thigh fixing band 163 and serves to prevent the thigh fixing band 163 from being unwound by the patient. As described above, in the present invention, since the subject is fixed using the thigh band fixing unit 165 while wearing the thigh band fixing band 163 which can be detached and attached in the Velcro type, the person to be treated is fixed to the Velcro type thigh band fixing band 163 ) Is unintentionally released even if it is unconsciously removed.

At this time, the calf fixing portion 140 and the thigh fixing portion 160 may be used in accordance with the body size of the recipient. If the body size of the subject is larger than the set size, the thigh fastener 160 is used in place of the calf fastener 140, and a new large thigh fastener (not shown) .

The locking unit 170 is fastened to the calf fixing portion 140 and the thigh fixing portion 160 so as to prevent the calf fixing portion 140 and the thigh fixing portion 160 from being unwound by the subject. The locking unit 170 is fixed to the foot 120, the calf fixing unit 140, and the thigh fixing unit 160 by fixing the position of the foot, the calf and the thigh of the subject, 140 and the thigh fixing part 160 to completely block the soles of the calf fixing part 140 and the thigh fixing part 160 from being released.

At this time, the calf fixing portion 140 is attached to the calf support 141 to stop the calf positioning stop button 144 for stopping the movement of the calf fixing portion 140, and the thigh fixing portion 160 supports the thigh support portion 161 And a thigh position stop button 164 for stopping the movement of the thigh fixing part 160. [ The calf position stop button 144 and the thigh position stop button 164 are manually touched by a practitioner or a physician.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the foot fixing portion of FIG. 1, which will be described in connection with FIG.

4 and 5, the foot fixing unit 120 is mounted on the back surface of the foot support pad 123 and rotates the tibial support 121 in the reverse direction to rotate the tibia in the reverse direction Unit 128. < / RTI >

The locking unit 170 is coupled to the tibial counter-rotating unit 128. In this case, the angle of the tibia of the tibia person is adjusted by reversely rotating the tibial support base 121 in accordance with the rotation motion of the locking unit 170, .

At this time, the tibial counter-rotating unit 128 is displayed in a scale unit in mm, so that the angle of the tibia can be visually confirmed. As a result, it becomes possible to precisely calibrate the angle of the tibia of the subject.

In addition, the tibia counter-rotating apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes an angle adjusting unit 180.

The angle adjusting unit 180 is mounted on the back surface of the foot fixing unit 120 and adjusts the angle of the foot fixing unit 120 to correct the inner and outer balance of the subject.

The angle adjusting unit 180 may include an angle adjusting groove 182 and a scale display unit 184. [

The angle adjusting groove 182 is mounted on the central portion of the back surface of the foot fixing portion 120. The locking unit 170 is coupled to the angle adjusting groove 182 and the angle of the foot supporting pad 123 is adjusted by interlocking with the rotational motion of the locking unit 170 so as to calibrate the inside and outside of the subject.

The scale display unit 184 is mounted on the back surface of the foot fixing unit 120 and is mounted for the purpose of visually confirming the calibration angle. Since the scale display unit 184 is displayed in units of mm and can be visually confirmed by the scale display unit 184, it is possible to precisely control the angle adjustment of the foot support pad 123, So that the curved feet of the robot can be precisely corrected.

The tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention uses an angle adjusting unit and a tibial counter-rotating unit, which are displayed in units of mm, to adjust the angle of the inner and outer half tibia and tibia of the subject, As the angle can be adjusted, it becomes possible to precisely correct the fingers' legs.

In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the treadmill in the tibia is fixed by the tibia band fixing unit, the calf band fixing unit, and the thigh band fixing unit even if the physician unintentionally removes the Velcro type tibia fixing band, calf fixing band and thigh fixing band The safety of the orthodontic treatment can be improved because a double safety device in which the release is fundamentally blocked is provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

FIG. 6 is a process flow diagram illustrating a method of calibrating a tread using the tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, which will be described in connection with FIGS. 2 and 5.

Referring to FIGS. 2, 5 and 6, the method of correcting the leg using the tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a wearing step (S210), a lower correcting step (S220), and a separating step (S230) .

Wearing

In the wearing step S210, the tired person wears the tibial counter-rotating apparatus 100 while sitting on a chair or resting or sleeping. The tibial counter-rotating apparatus 100 has been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, and a repeated description thereof will be omitted.

At this time, the tibia counter-rotating apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is used not to be used while walking, but to be used when resting or sleeping on a chair, and is used for orthodontic treatment of lower limbs and prevention of deformation deterioration.

Calibration

In the under correction step S220, the locking unit is connected to the angle adjusting unit of the tibial counter-rotating device, and the angles of the tibia and the tibia are adjusted by the angle adjusting unit and the tibial counter- The legs are calibrated for a certain period of time.

In this step, since the angular adjustment unit and the tibia counter-rotating unit in which scale marks are displayed in mm units are used to adjust the angles of the inner and outer limbs and the tibia of the recipient, it is possible to visually confirm the angle, The bent legs or bent legs of the legs can be precisely corrected.

At this time, if the ground calibration time is less than 3 hours, there is a high possibility that the calibration effect will not be exhibited properly. Therefore, it is preferable that the ground calibration is performed for 3 hours or more, more preferably 3 to 10 hours.

detach

In the separation step (S230), the tibial-posterior rotation device is separated from the patient.

It has been confirmed that the above-described process can be restored to the original state when the wearer wears an average of 3 hours or more per day for an average of 6 months to 1 year.

FIG. 7 is a photograph showing a comparison between before and after orthodontic treatment of an infant born with an inner half.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the wearer wore an average of 4.5 hours per day using the tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and treated for 8 months, the left foot of a 3-year- It can be confirmed that the right foot is recovered by the stepwise treatment.

Fig. 8 is a photograph showing comparison between before and after the treatment for the saggital correction.

As shown in FIG. 8, when an average of 6.5 hours was worn for 7 months using a tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, a 25-year-old adult female was treated with orthodontic treatment, .

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. These changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

100: tibial reversing device 110: vertical support
120: Foot fixation 121: Tibial support
122: tibial cushion pad 123: foot support pad
124: toe fixing band 125: foot band fixing unit
126: tibia fixing band 127: foot fixing band
128: tibia reverse rotation unit 140: calf restoration unit
141: calf support 142: calf cushion pad
143: Calf fixing band 144: Calf position stop button
145: calf band fixing unit 150: height adjusting unit
160: The thighs are fixed 161: Thigh support
162: thigh cushion pad 163: thigh fastener band
164: thigh position stop button 165: thigh band fixing unit
170: Locking unit 180: Angle adjusting unit
182: Angle adjusting groove 184:
S210: Wearing step
S220: Not Calibration Step
S230: Separation step

Claims (12)

A vertical support extending in a vertical direction to form a skeleton;
A foot fixing unit mounted on a bottom surface of the vertical support for fixing a foot of a person to be treated;
A height adjusting unit mounted on the vertical support;
A calf fixing unit mounted on the height adjusting unit and adjusted in position in interlock with the height adjusting unit, the calf fixing unit fixing the calf of the subject;
A thigh fixing part mounted on the height adjusting unit and adjusted in position in interlock with the height adjusting unit, the thigh fixing part fixing the thigh of the subject;
A locking unit fastened to the calf fastening part and the thigh fastening part, respectively, for preventing the calf fastening part and the thigh fastening part from being loosened by the fastener; And
And an angle adjusting unit mounted on a back surface of the foot fixing unit to adjust the angle of the foot fixing unit to correct the inner and outer half of the subject,
The angle adjusting unit is mounted on a central portion of the back surface of the foot fixing unit and adjusts the angle of the foot fixing unit by interlocking with the rotational motion by fastening with the lock unit, And a scale display unit mounted on the back surface of the foot fixing unit and visually confirming the calibration angle.
The method according to claim 1,
The height adjusting unit
And is mounted on the vertical support to control the vertical reciprocating motion of the calf fixing portion.
The method according to claim 1,
The foot-
A tibia supporter for supporting the tibia of the subject;
A tibia buffer pad inserted and disposed inside the tibial support;
A foot support pad for supporting the floor of the foot of the subject;
A toe fixing band fixed to the foot supporting pad and fixing the toe portion of the subject;
A tibia fixing band fixed to the tibia supporter and fixing the tibia portion of the physician;
A foot band fixing unit mounted on the tibia fixing band to prevent the tibia fixing band from being unwound by the subject; And
And a foot fixing band fixed to the foot supporting pad and fixing the foot portion of the subject.
The method of claim 3,
The foot-
Wherein the foot supporting pad is mounted between the tibial support and the toe fixing band, and the foot supporting pad is formed so that a portion where the foot fixing band is mounted is curved.
The method of claim 3,
The foot-
Further comprising a tibial counter-rotating unit mounted on a back surface of the foot supporting pad for adjusting an angle of the tibia of the subject by reversely rotating the tibial support.
delete The method of claim 3,
The calf-
A calf support for wrapping the calf of the subject;
A calf buffer pad inserted and disposed inside the calf support;
A calf fixing band fixed to the calf support and fixing the calf of the calf; And
And a calf band fixing unit mounted on the calf fixing band to prevent the calf fixing band from being unwound by the subject.
8. The method of claim 7,
The thigh fastener
A thigh support for supporting the thigh of the physician;
A thigh cushion pad inserted and disposed inside the thigh support;
A thigh fixing band fixed to the thigh support and fixing the thigh of the patient; And
And a thigh band fixing unit mounted on the thigh fixing band to prevent the thigh fixing band from being unwound by the physician.
9. The method of claim 8,
The tibial cushion pad, calf cushion pad, and thigh cushion pad are
A sponge, and a silicone.
9. The method of claim 8,
The tibia fixing band, the calf fixing band, and the thigh fixing band are
And is detachably attached to the tibia by a Velcro type.
A method for calibrating a tibia using a tibial counter-rotating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and 7 to 10,
(a) sitting on a chair and worn a tibia counter-rotating device on a person who is resting or sleeping;
(b) After the locking unit is fastened to the angle adjusting unit of the tibial counter-rotating apparatus, the angles of the inside and outside of the subject and the tibia angle are adjusted with the naked eye by using the angle adjusting unit and the tibia counter- For a predetermined period of time; And
(c) separating the tibial counter-rotating apparatus from the subject,
The angle adjusting unit is mounted on a central portion of the back surface of the foot fixing unit and adjusts the angle of the foot fixing unit by interlocking with the rotational motion by fastening with the lock unit, And a scale display unit mounted on a back surface of the foot fixing unit and visually confirming the calibration angle.
12. The method of claim 11,
In the step (b)
The above-
Wherein the tibial back-rotation is performed for 3 to 10 hours.

Images