KR101730089B1

KR101730089B1 - Sphincter exercise equipment

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Publication number: KR101730089B1
Application number: KR1020150091950A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김경호; 한상현; 임동주
Original assignee: 주식회사 메디시온; 한상현
Priority date: 2015-06-29
Filing date: 2015-06-29
Publication date: 2017-04-25
Also published as: KR20170002056A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sphincter muscle and a pelvic floor muscle exercising apparatus. Specifically, the sphygmomanometer and the pelvic floor muscle exercise apparatus are mounted on a foot plate in such a manner that both feet are gathered together, and then moved to the body so that the heel is collected, In particular, it is possible to use a sphincter muscle and a pelvic floor muscle exercise device capable of performing sphincter movement according to a user's physical condition, in particular, the footrest can be rotated at the same angle and pressure by rotating a pair of legs .

Description

Sphincter exercise equipment < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The present invention relates to a sphincter muscle and a pelvic floor muscle exercising apparatus. Specifically, the sphygmomanometer and the pelvic floor muscle exercise apparatus are mounted on a foot plate in such a manner that both feet are gathered together, and then the heel is rotated while moving toward the body so that the heel is gathered. The footrest can be rotated at the same angle and pressure when the legs are rotated due to the belt wound around the spindle, so that the sphincter muscle and the pelvic floor muscle exercise instrument capable of exercising the sphincter muscle according to the user's body condition .

Modern people are deprived of sphincter muscle (sphincter muscle), which is the muscle that surrounds the coronary organs (anal and urethra) and controls the discharge by pregnancy and childbirth, especially in aging and lack of exercise, especially in women. The sphincter dysfunction causes a problem such as urinary incontinence or fecal incontinence because the normal sphincter muscle does not contract or relax during exercise or activity.

In addition, due to changes in dietary habits, the so-called human body shape is weakened by the causes of leg muscles, especially the muscles of the inside of the thighs, , Pelvic trauma and weakness of pelvic floor muscles.

In addition, the pelvic floor muscle, which is the core muscle that supports the lower abdomen and various organs, is weakened by westernization of life, aging and lack of exercise. It is a core muscle that supports the body and its function is weakened. .

Therefore, conventionally, separate exercises have been introduced to exercise the pelvic floor muscles and the sphincters. The pelvic floor muscles are generally provided in health clubs and are widely used for strengthening the muscles of the legs in the abdomen by means of a fitness device that pushes the legs from the center to the side or collects them from the side to the center.

In order to treat symptoms such as urinary incontinence and pelvic deflection caused by weakening of pelvic floor muscle and sphincter muscle, medical institutions actively recommend exercise regimen using lower body exercise apparatus. In this case, it is important to exercise exercise attitude and exercise frequency And exercise intensity.

On the other hand, Patent Registration No. 10-0405954 proposes a sphincter muscle and an adductor muscle exercise machine. As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of scaffolds 2 are hinged to the upper portion of the body 1 to rotate the heel to the left and right with the front side of the user's foot as a rotation axis, so that the sphincter muscle is twisted have.

There is also a sphincter training device of Utility Model Registration No. 20-0397823. As shown in FIG. 2, the foot plate 4 is hinged on the base plate 3 and the rotational force adjusting means 5 is provided on the side surface of the body to adjust the degree of contact with the hinge, And the like.

The conventional mechanism for moving the pelvic floor muscle is a relatively simple structure. Since the footrest is controlled by the user, there is no device for controlling the footrest so as to maintain the proper posture. Therefore, Has occurred.

The problem is that the adductor muscles, pelvic floor muscles and sphincter muscles of both legs are not strengthened equally, but they are biased on either side, which makes it difficult to achieve a balanced and correct exercise effect.

In addition, since there is no monitoring means for indicating the intensity and frequency of exercise suitable for the user, the user has difficulty in knowing the history of his / her exercise improvement and effects during the exercise or the exercise process.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a foot plate for a foot, which is rotated by the same angle and pressure, In particular, since the belt adjusts the rotation radius of the rotary plate in close contact with the rotary plate, the component is not separated from the rotary member. In order to adjust the rotational force when the two rollers are rotated by attaching the cylinder And to provide sphincter muscles and pelvic floor exercises that can perform sphincter exercises according to the user's physical condition.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a foot plate comprising: two foot plates on which both feet are seated, two plate-like plates attached to the bottom of the foot plate, Two cylinders rotating in the left and right direction, two cylinders fixed to the lower portion of each of the pivot portions to adjust the pivoting speed and pressure, a housing having a rectangular frame shape connected to the two cylinders, and wires having a constant length, And a main body including a belt which is fixed to one side of the rotating plate and is wound on each of the rotating plates sequentially one after another and the other end is fixed to the other side of the housing so that the two rotating plates are rotated symmetrically at a constant angle. Sphincter and pelvic floor exercises.

According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, the rotary plate includes a circular plate, and the center of the front plate has a cylindrical groove which is open and protrudes from the center. And a belt groove formed concavely in a pulley shape around the side surface, wherein the pivoting portion comprises a rotary plate of a shape; Four castors formed at four corners of the rotary plate in a cart type; A cylinder inserted into the cylindrical groove; And a fixing pin protruding from a lower portion of the rotary plate, wherein the cylinder has a fixing pin inserted and fastened with a fixing pin corresponding to the fixing pin; And an engaging portion formed on an opposite side of the fixing portion to be engaged with the housing, the housing including left and right frames fastened to the engaging portions of the respective cylinders; And two L-shaped frames formed to be parallel to each other at both ends of the left and right frames and L-shaped toward each other, wherein one of the L-shaped frames is provided with two fixing devices .

According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, the apparatus further includes monitoring means coupled to one side of the main body and informing of a motion situation.

According to another preferred feature of the present invention, the shock absorber further includes at least one shock absorber formed between the rotary parts so as not to bump against each other, and the side part of the rotary plate is further provided with a stopper protruded to restrict rotational movement.

According to another preferred feature of the present invention, the handle further includes a handle protruding in a height direction on one side of the main body.

According to the sphincter muscle and pelvic floor muscle exercising apparatus of the present invention,

First, since the footplate is rotated at the same angle due to the belt which is tightly attached to the rotating plate and each is wound one by one, the exercise effect can be seen evenly on both legs. In the process of collecting the heel at a certain angle, , Sardine muscle, clavicle, and iliac muscle, thus stimulating the core muscle directly and continuously.

Secondly, there is an effect that a belt groove is formed on a rotating plate on which a belt is wound and both ends of a belt are firmly fixed to a fixing device of a housing, so that there is no deviation of the belt.

Third, since the internal pressure of the cylinder is adjusted, it is possible to adjust the intensity of the motion by adjusting the intensity of the rotational force when rotating the foot, thereby controlling the intensity of the motion according to the user's body condition. There is an effect that the correct exercise intensity can be maintained.

Fourth, the sphincter muscle can be repeatedly contracted and relaxed to prevent urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence due to sphincter weakness.

Fifth, there is an effect that the exercise intensity and the number of times suitable for each individual can be counted through the monitoring means.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are views showing a sphincter muscle and a pelvic floor muscle exercise apparatus of the prior art.
3A and 3B are perspective views showing a sphincter muscle and a pelvic floor muscle exercise apparatus according to the present invention.
4 is an exploded perspective view showing a sphincter muscle and a pelvic floor muscle exercise apparatus according to the present invention.
5A is a schematic view showing the internal structure of the sphincter muscle and the pelvic floor muscle exercising apparatus of the present invention.
5B is an enlarged perspective view showing the structure of the housing.
6 is an enlarged perspective view showing the turning portion.
7 is a plan view showing a coupling structure of a housing and a belt of a sphincter muscle and a pelvic floor muscle exercising apparatus according to the present invention.
8 is a plan view showing a typical example of a rotary shock absorber.
9 to 10 are plan views showing the movement of the belt in accordance with the rotational motion of the footrest.

For a better understanding of the present invention, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the present invention may be modified into various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in detail below. The present embodiments are provided to enable those skilled in the art to more fully understand the present invention. Therefore, the shapes and the like of the elements in the drawings can be exaggeratedly expressed to emphasize a clearer description. It should be noted that in the drawings, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals. Further, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may be unnecessarily obscured by the gist of the present invention are omitted.

Hereinafter, the sphincter muscle and pelvic floor muscle exercising apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the present invention may include the main body 100 and the monitoring means 200 as shown in FIGS. 3A to 3B.

4, the main body 100 includes two foot plates 110 on which both feet are seated, two rotating plates 120 respectively attached to the bottom of the foot plate 110, Two cylinders 150 fixed to the lower part of the rotary part 140 and a housing 160 and a housing 160 connected to the two cylinders 150 and having a rectangular frame shape, And is wound around the rotating plate 120 to be wound and formed of a belt 130.

4, the foot plate 110 may be formed in such a shape that the perimeter protrudes in the height direction so that the foot can be held in a state in which the foot is seated during the exercise.

In order to exercise the sphincter and pelvic floor muscles, it is necessary to move the inside of the lower body. Therefore, various means for preventing slippage, such as an insole formed of synthetic resin, may be additionally attached to the upper surface of the foot 110 on which the foot is rested if necessary.

In addition, since the foot plates 110 are formed in two, the foot plates 110 are preferably symmetrical with respect to each other so as to have the same motion effect.

The rotating plate 120 is attached to the bottom surface of the symmetrical two foot plates 110 such that the two rotating plates 120 are rotatable equally. The rotating plate 120 has a cylindrical groove 123 and a belt groove 121 And may be formed in any plate shape, and preferably, it may be formed in a circular plate shape.

5A, the cylindrical groove 123 is attached to the bottom surface of the foot plate 110 and protrudes from the center of the rotation plate 120,

Further, the belt groove 121 is formed in a pulley shape around the side surface of the rotary plate 120, and it is preferable that the belt 130 is recessed to be seated without detaching.

In addition, a rotation unit 140 is disposed at the lower portion of each of the rotation plates 120 so as to be opposite to each other and to pivot so as to be symmetrical with respect to each other.

6 shows the rotation unit 140 in detail. The rotation unit 140 includes a plate-like rotary plate 142, a plurality of casters 144, a cylinder 141, and a fixing pin 143.

5A, the cylinder 141 is formed on an upper portion of the rotary plate 142 and is fitted to the rotary plate 120. As shown in FIG.

Also, since the cylinder 141 is inserted into the open space of the cylindrical groove 123, it is preferable that the cylinder 141 is formed in a corresponding form.

Also, the plurality of casters 144 may be formed in a wheeled shape at four corners of the plate-like pivot plate 142.

Next, the fixing pin 143 is protruded downward at one side of the rotary plate 142.

The rotation unit 140 may further include a rotation buffer unit 181. Since the rotation unit 140 rotates to be symmetric with respect to the rotation unit 140, the rotation unit 140, which is symmetrical to the rotation unit 140, So as not to bump against each other.

Next, each of the cylinders 150 is positioned and fixed to the fixing pin 143 formed in each of the rotary units 140 so as to be symmetrical with respect to each other.

The cylinder 150 has a fixing part 151 formed to correspond to the fixing pin 143 and a coupling part 152 coupled to the housing 160 on the opposite side of the fixing part 151 .

The fixing pin 143 and the fixing portion 151 may be coupled to each other by various means.

More specifically, the cylinder 150 is fixed to each of the swinging parts 140, and when the swinging part 140 is pivotally moved so as to be symmetric, the cylinder 150 adjusts the motion speed and pressure to select The fixing part 151 and the fixing pin 143 are coupled to each other and the coupling part 152 is coupled to the housing 160 on the opposite side so that the cylinder 150 is fixed to the rotary part 140) by the force of the user.

5B, the housing 160 includes left and right frames 161 and 162 and two left and right frames 161 and 162 parallel to each other with a U- Shaped frame 163 and 164, respectively.

5A, the engaging portions 152 of the cylinder 150 are fixedly coupled to the left and right frames 161 and 162, respectively.

Also, as shown in FIG. 5B, it is preferable that the two U-shaped frames 163 and 164 are formed in the C shape so as to face each other toward the inside of the housing 160.

As shown in FIG. 5A, a plurality of casters 144 of the rotary unit 140 are positioned inside the U-shaped frames 163 and 164 so that the rotary unit 140 can rotate according to the length of the frame will be.

Further, if necessary, the rails 170 corresponding to the casters 144 may be further formed to prevent the casters 144 from being separated from the inside of the respective U-shaped frames 163 and 164 so as to guide the casters 144 have.

As shown in FIG. 5B and FIG. 8, a buffer 180 may be further formed on any one of the U-shaped frames 163 and 164 so that the rotation plate 120 restricts the angle of the rotational movement, To prevent the risk of

A stopper 122 may further be formed on the rotating plate 120 to correspond to the buffer 180.

Also, as shown in FIG. 7, a wire-shaped belt 130 having a predetermined length is located at one side of the inside of the housing 160.

Two fixing devices 165 'and 165' 'may be formed on either side of the housing 160 so as to fix the belt 130 at positions symmetrical so that one end and the other end of the belt 130 are fixed have.

Meanwhile, one end of the belt 130 is fixed to the fixing devices 165 'and 165' ', and is closely contacted with the belt grooves 121 of the respective rotating plates 120 and wound around each other. So that the two rotating plates 120 are rotated symmetrically at a predetermined angle.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the belt 130 is fixed to the fixing devices 165 'and 165' 'at one end when the belt is wound on the belt groove 121, But it may be wound in a spiral shape in an upward direction in the belt groove 121 on one side and in a spiral shape in a downward direction on the other side groove groove 121.

Since the belt 130 has a structure in which one end and the other end are fixed to the belt groove 121 in a state where the one end and the other end of the belt 130 are fixed, the foot plate 110 coupled to the rotation plate 120 does not rotate separately, So as to be symmetrical.

This solves the conventional problems that the sphincter muscle, pelvic floor muscle, and adductor muscle are only one side of the body, and is very effective in maintaining the balanced lower body evenly by being exercised uniformly on the body, and the ankle twisting The risk of the same injuries is reduced and the rotating plate 120 is moved in a structure in which the belt 130 is closely contacted with no clearance.

Next, monitoring means 200 may be attached to one side of the main body 100.

The monitoring means 200 displays the correct posture, exercise intensity, the number of times, and the like so that the user can maintain the exercise suitable for the user.

The monitoring means 200 can use a monitoring device used in a conventional exercise device, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the handle 190 may be protruded in the height direction on the other side of the main body 100. [

Since the handle 190 is formed, the user can move the handle 190 while holding the handle 190 by hand so that the user can easily maintain the proper posture. The elderly person and the weak person may have a safety handle It has the same effect.

Next, a preferred embodiment of the sphincter muscle and pelvic floor muscle exercise machine of the present invention will be described as follows.

First, as shown in FIG. 9, the user stands the foot on the footrest 110 fixed in a form in which the feet of the feet are gathered.

Next, the foot plate 110 may be rotated by rotating the foot plate 110 at a predetermined angle by means of the respective rotating plates 120 attached to the bottom surface.

Since the rotary plate 120 is closely contacted by the belt 130 and is rotated, the rotary plate 120 rotates equally at the same angle, so that both legs of the user are rotated uniformly.

In addition, in the process of collecting the heel at a certain angle, the muscles of the femur, adductor muscles, gluteus maximus, mandibular muscles, tendon muscles and iliac muscles are additionally stimulated, so that the core muscles supporting the body are directly and continuously stimulated, There is a very good effect to maintain.

Since the cylindrical groove 123 of the rotary plate 120 and the cylinder 141 of the rotary unit 140 are engaged with each other, as shown in FIG. 10, when the foot plate 110 is rotated, 110 are collected and rotated so that the respective swinging parts 140 coupled to the swinging plate 120 are symmetrical.

Since the cylinder 150 is fixed to the lower part of the rotary part 140, the exercise intensity can be adjusted to suit the user, and the rotational speed can be controlled and the force applied can be adjusted by the cylinder 150, You can maintain the correct speed and attitude.

In addition, the cylinder 150 can maintain the posture only when the heel is collected, but can be regulated by a constant pressure even when the backrest is rotated. Therefore, the user can use the muscles of both legs in a balanced manner, have.

In addition, since a spring or an elastic member is used in the related art, the pressure and the speed of returning when the footrest 110 returns to its original position can not be adjusted, so that the sudden rotation may cause a risk of injury of the user. This advantage can be avoided by utilizing the cylinder 150 which requires a constant pressure.

Next, the monitoring means 200 counts the number of times the user has exercised and displays the pressure of the cylinder 150 so as to exercise in the correct posture, thereby indicating the exercise intensity suitable for the user.

The embodiments of the sphincter and pelvic floor muscle exercising apparatus of the present invention described above are merely illustrative and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. . Therefore, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims. It is also to be understood that the invention includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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110: Scaffolding
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130: belt
140:
150: Cylinder
160: Housing
190: Handle
200: Monitoring means

Claims

Two footrests on which both feet are seated,
Two plate-like plates attached to the bottom surface of the foot plate, each of which is wound around the side plate,
Two rotating parts located on the bottom of each rotating plate and rotating in the left and right direction,
Two cylinders fixed to the bottom of each of the shafts to adjust the rotation speed and pressure,
A housing connected to two cylinders and having a square frame shape, and
A wire having a predetermined length, one end fixed to one side of the housing, sequentially attached to each of the rotation plates to be wound one at a time, and the other end fixed to the other side of the housing to rotate the two rotation plates symmetrically at a certain angle And,
The rotating plate
Wherein the substrate is formed in a round plate shape,
A cylindrical groove is formed at the center of the rotating plate so that the inside is opened and protruded; And
And a belt groove formed concavely in a pulley shape around the side surface,
The pivoting portion
Plate - shaped rotor plates;
Four castors formed at four corners of the rotary plate in a cart type;
A cylinder inserted into the cylindrical groove; And
And a fixing pin protruding from a lower portion of the rotary plate,
The cylinder
A fixing part in which a fixing pin is inserted and fastened in a form corresponding to the fixing pin; And
And an engaging portion formed on an opposite side of the fixing portion to be engaged with the housing,
The housing
Left and right frames to be tightly coupled with the engaging portions of the respective cylinders;
And two U-shaped frames formed parallel to each other at both ends of the left and right frames and formed in L-shape toward the inside,
Wherein one of the U-shaped frames includes two fixing devices for fixing one end and the other end of the belt.

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The method according to claim 1,
And a monitoring means coupled to one side of the main body for informing a movement state of the sphincter and the pelvis.

The method according to claim 1,
Between the turning portions
And at least one shock absorber formed so as not to bump against each other,
In the side surface portion of the rotating plate
Further comprising a stopper protruding to limit rotational movement of the sphincter and pelvic floor muscle.

5. The method of claim 4,
Further comprising a handle protruding in a height direction on one side of the main body.