KR102319960B1 - Elbow Posture Maintenance Device for Arthroscopy - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an upper arm support member that supports and supports the upper arm of a patient's arm from below, and a first support member that is formed to extend obliquely from the lower side of the upper arm support member toward the bed frame, and the extended end of the first support member is bound and fixed to the bed frame. Including, an arthroscopic endoscope mounted on the bed frame of the treatment bed and supporting the upper arm from below among the arms of a patient lying face down on the treatment bed to maintain the bending angle of the elbow joint, which is the boundary between the upper arm and the forearm Provides an elbow joint posture maintenance device for

Description

Elbow Posture Maintenance Device for Arthroscopy

The present invention relates to an elbow joint posture maintaining device for arthroscopy, and more particularly, it is mounted on a bed frame of a treatment bed, and supports the upper arm from below among the arms of a patient lying on the treatment bed in a prone position, the upper arm It relates to an elbow joint posture maintaining device for arthroscopy that maintains the bending angle of the elbow joint, which is the boundary between the forearm and the forearm.

The arms and legs of the human body are connected to the torso through joints, whereas the legs and torso are connected by strong joints through the spine and pelvis. It is connected to the body through joints.

In order for the joint to be strong, muscles and ligaments must surround this joint. Unlike other parts of the human body, the shoulder joint has a very small joint area between the body and the bones of the arm and the lower part of the joint (armpit). side), no ligaments and muscles surround this joint, so the shoulder will fall out easily due to excessive exercise.

Unlike the past, where direct skin incisions and joint incisions were performed for diseases or injuries of joints, now it is possible to diagnose and perform surgery at the same time using an arthroscopy, a state-of-the-art medical device. Without incision, an arthroscope with a special miniature camera is inserted into the joint using a small hole, and then the inside of the joint is observed through a monitor, etc. Not only can the surgery be performed at the same time, but it can also be performed at the same time.

When performing arthroscopic surgery, securing the field of view is a problem due to the narrow space of the joint itself. Therefore, when performing arthroscopic surgery on the shoulder joint, it is necessary to sufficiently secure the surgical space in the joint by using a traction device.

In addition, if the surgical instrument is inserted into the elbow joint, the length of the instrument causes the operation to be impossible to proceed smoothly because the instrument is caught in the upper arm (upper arm) support during surgery.

As a prior art, reference may be made to Registered Patent No. 10-1862797 (May 24, 2018).

Therefore, the present invention allows the upper arm (upper arm) to float at a sufficient height from the floor and prevent the surgical instrument from being caught in the surrounding operating environment, so that it is possible to easily secure an operating space during arthroscopic surgery, and Elbow joint for arthroscopy that allows the arm to be stably fixed even under load such as varus/valgus of the arm by lifting it at a height, making the procedure convenient, and shortening the procedure time due to the simple installation and operation of the device Its purpose is to provide a posture maintaining device.

An elbow joint posture maintaining device for an arthroscope according to the present invention includes an upper arm support member for supporting and supporting an upper arm of a patient's arm from below; a first support member extending obliquely from the lower side of the upper arm support member toward the bed frame and having one extended end fixed to the bed frame; a second support member bent outwardly at a right angle from the lower portion of the upper arm support member; and a frame forming a semicircular shape, provided at the end of the horizontal piece of the second support member, and supporting the forearm of the patient's arm as the patient's forearm is seated in the inner space of the semicircular frame, the elbow joint and a forearm support member for maintaining the bent state at the corresponding angle, wherein the horizontal piece of the second support member is selectively stretched in length to selectively adjust the bending angle of the elbow joint.

In this case, the upper arm support member according to the present invention includes a first body supporting the circumference of one side of the upper arm, a second body provided on the other side of the first body and supporting the circumference of the other side of the upper arm, and the first body It is provided between the and the second body, and includes a gap adjusting means for adjusting the distance between the first body and the second body by selectively extending the length corresponding to the circumferential size of the upper arm.

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The effects exhibited by the elbow joint posture maintaining device for arthroscopy according to the present invention are as follows.

By floating the upper arm (upper arm) at a sufficient height from the floor and preventing the surgical instruments from getting caught in the surrounding operating environment, it is possible to easily secure an operating space during arthroscopic surgery and float it to a sufficient height of the upper arm (upper arm). It has the effect of making the operation convenient by allowing the arm to be stably fixed even under loads such as varus/valgus of the arm.

In addition, since the installation and operation of the elbow joint posture maintaining device is simple, it has the effect of shortening the operation time.

1 is an exemplary view showing a state in which the elbow joint posture maintaining device for the arthroscopy according to an embodiment of the present invention is used.
2 is an exemplary view showing a state in which the elbow joint posture maintaining device for the arthroscopy according to an embodiment of the present invention is used.
3 is an exemplary view showing an upper arm support member according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary view showing a horizontal piece length expansion and contraction state of the second support member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to their ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventor should properly understand the concept of the term in order to best describe his invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention, so at the time of the present application, they are equivalent It should be understood that there may be variations.

The present invention provides an arthroscopic endoscope mounted on a bed frame of an operation bed and supporting the upper arm from below among the arms of a patient lying face down on the treatment bed to maintain the bending angle of the elbow joint, which is the boundary between the upper arm and the forearm. It relates to an elbow joint posture maintaining device for

The elbow joint posture maintaining device for the arthroscopy according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 includes an upper arm support member 100 and a first support member 200 , the upper arm support member 100 . supports the patient's upper arm from below.

At this time, the upper arm support member 100 is supported by the first support member 200 to support the upper arm of the patient's arm from below. It is formed to extend obliquely toward the bed frame (10), and the extended one end is bound and fixed to the bed frame (10).

Here, looking at the upper arm support member 100 and the first support member 200 in more detail, first, the upper arm support member 100 includes a first body 110 , a second body 120 , and a gap adjusting means. Including 130, the first body 110 has a vertical frame 111 and a horizontal frame 112 connected to each other orthogonally, the side cross-section forms a '┗' shape, supporting the circumference of one side of the upper arm, , the second body 120 also, the vertical frame 121 and the horizontal frame 122 are orthogonally connected to each other, the side cross-section forms a '┛' shape, provided on the other side of the first body 110 to support the circumference of the other side of the upper arm.

At this time, the first body 110 is provided with an elastic sheet on the upper surface of the vertical frame 121 and the horizontal frame 122 of the vertical frame 111 and the horizontal frame 112 and the second body 120, the upper arm elasticity can be provided.

Accordingly, when the first body 110 having a '┗' side cross-section and the second body 120 having a '┛' side cross-section are coupled to each other, the upper arm support member 100 has its side cross-section. In this '┗┛' shape, a receiving space for placing the upper arm is formed between the first body 110 and the second body 120, and the upper arm is placed in the receiving space to place the upper arm in the first body. The body 110 and the second body 120 support the upper arm from below.

And a gap adjusting means 130 is provided between the first body 110 and the second body 120 , wherein the gap adjusting means 130 selectively lengthens and contracts the first body 110 and the second body 110 . By adjusting the interval between the bodies 120, the size of the accommodation space can be adjusted in response to the circumference of the upper arm.

For example, a guide hole is formed along the length in the central portion of the horizontal frame 112 of the first body 110, and the guide is extended outwardly in the center portion of the horizontal frame 122 of the second body 120. , the first body 110 and the second body 120 are coupled to each other so that the guide of the second body 120 is fitted into the guide hole of the first body 110 .

Therefore, with the above configuration, the second body 120 is movable in the horizontal direction along the guide hole of the first body 110, so that any one of the first body 110 and the second body 120 is By moving it, the distance between the first body 110 and the second body 120 can be adjusted, so that the size of the receiving space can be adjusted according to the circumference of the upper arm.

In addition, a transfer screw may be provided as the spacing adjusting means 130 , and the first body 110 is transferred to any one of the horizontal frame 112 or the second horizontal frame 122 of the second body 120 . A through hole through which the screw passes, and one end of the transfer screw may be freely fixed to the other one that does not form the through hole.

At this time, a nut corresponding to the screw thread of the transfer screw is provided inside the through hole, and any one of the first body 110 and the second body 120 in which the through hole is formed by the rotation of the transfer screw has a length Since it moves along the direction, the length of the gap between the first body 110 and the second body 120 is stretched and contracted by the selective rotation of the transfer screw, so that the size of the receiving space can be adjusted according to the circumference of the upper arm. can

Here, a corrugated tube is placed between the horizontal frame 112 of the first body 110 and the horizontal frame 122 of the second body 120, and a wound is placed on the upper arm placed in the receiving space while adjusting the size of the receiving space. It is desirable to protect it from occurring.

In the present invention, the gap adjusting means 130 will be described by limiting the transfer screw, but not limited thereto, and if it is a means capable of expanding and contracting the space between the first body 110 and the second body 120, any It is free to apply For example, a cylinder or a rack and a pinion may be applied.

In addition, the first support member 200 is formed to extend obliquely from the lower side of the upper arm support member 100 toward the bed frame 10 , and the extended one end is bound and fixed to the bed frame 10 .

At this time, a fixing plate having a plurality of bolt holes is formed at one end of the first support member 200 so as to be bound to the bed frame 10, and the bolt is fastened to the bed frame 10 through the bolt hole of the fixing plate, The first support member 200 may be bound and fixed to the bed frame 10 .

In addition, without being limited thereto, a clamp for clamping the bed frame 10 is provided at one end of the first support member 200 , and the first support member 200 is secured to the bed frame 10 by clamping the clamp. It can also be fastened to the

Therefore, the elbow joint posture maintaining device for arthroscopy according to the above configuration is mounted on the bed frame 10 of the treatment bed by the first support member 200, and the upper arm of the arm of the patient lying on the treatment bed in a prone position. is supported while being supported by the upper arm support member 100 from below, so that the bending angle of the elbow joint, which is the boundary between the upper arm and the forearm, can be maintained, so that the arthroscopy can be used smoothly.

In addition, the upper arm support member 100 can vary the support height of the upper arm. At this time, the support height of the upper arm can be varied by adjusting the mounting position of the first support member 200 mounted on the bed frame 10 , Alternatively, by configuring the first support member 200 as a cylinder, the height of the support of the upper arm may be varied by lengthening and contracting the cylinder.

In addition, the elbow joint posture maintaining device for arthroscopy according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a forearm support member 400 for fixing the forearm in order to maintain the bending angle of the elbow joint, the forearm support member ( 400) is provided at the end of the horizontal piece of the second support member 300 bent outwardly at right angles from the lower portion of the upper arm support member 100 to support the lower arm of the patient's arm, so that the elbow joint is rotated at the corresponding angle. keep it bent.

At this time, the forearm support member 400 is constituted by a frame having a semicircular shape, and the forearm of the patient can be seated in the inner space of the semicircular frame.

And the length of the horizontal piece of the second support member 300 is selectively stretched and contracted, and the position of the forearm support member 400 is varied along the longitudinal direction of the horizontal piece, so that the bending angle of the elbow joint can be selectively adjusted. have.

If the bending angle of the elbow joint can be selectively adjusted, damage to the joints and muscles during surgery can be prevented, and the surgical device can respond to arms of various lengths.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, which is only exemplary, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

10: bed frame
100: upper arm support member
110: first body
111: vertical frame
112: horizontal frame
120: second body
121: vertical frame
122: horizontal frame
130: spacing adjustment means
200: first support member
300: second support member
400: forearm support member

Claims (4)

an upper arm support member that supports and supports the upper arm of the patient's arm from below;
a first support member extending obliquely from the lower side of the upper arm support member toward the bed frame and having one extended end fixed to the bed frame;
a second support member bent outwardly at a right angle from the lower portion of the upper arm support member; and
Consists of a semicircular frame, provided at the end of the horizontal piece of the second support member, and supports the patient's forearm as the patient's forearm is seated in the inner space of the semicircular frame, so that the elbow joint is Including; forearm support member to maintain the bent state at the corresponding angle;
The horizontal piece of the second support member is
An elbow joint posture maintaining device for an arthroscopy that selectively stretches and contracts the length of the elbow joint to selectively adjust the bending angle of the elbow joint.
The method according to claim 1,
The upper arm support member
a first body supporting the circumference of one side of the upper arm;
a second body provided on the other side of the first body and supporting the circumference of the other side of the upper arm;
For arthroscopy comprising a; gap adjusting means provided between the first body and the second body and adjusting the distance between the first body and the second body by selectively extending and contracting the length corresponding to the circumference of the upper arm Elbow posture maintenance device.
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