KR102358700B1 - Device for treating lateral/medial epicondylities using deep transvese friction massage and infrared ray radiation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a treatment device which can relieve and treat pain by conveniently being worn on a painful joint, such as a tennis elbow or a golf elbow, and more specifically, to a device for treating lateral/medial epicondylitis using deep transverse friction massage and infrared ray irradiation, which can relieve and treat pain through local deep transverse friction massage and infrared ray irradiation on a tendon attachment part of a portion where lateral or medial epicondylitis has occurred.

Description

DEVICE FOR TREATING LATERAL/MEDIAL EPICONDYLITIES USING DEEP TRANSVESE FRICTION MASSAGE AND INFRARED RAY RADIATION

The present invention relates to a treatment device that can be conveniently worn on painful joints such as tennis elbow or golf elbow to relieve and treat pain, and more particularly, when lateral or medial epicondylitis occurs It relates to an external medial epicondylitis treatment device using deep lateral friction and infrared rays to relieve and treat pain through local deep lateral friction massage and infrared irradiation of the tendon attachment part of the muscle.

In general, tennis elbow or golf elbow is a disease that causes pain in the joints by applying excessive force to the elbow joint and arm. These diseases are known as diseases that occur frequently in occupational groups that repeatedly use wrists and arms, such as carpenters, housewives, hairdressers, etc., even if they are not tennis players or golf players.

1 is a view illustrating general lateral epicondylitis and medial epicondylitis.

As shown in Figure 1, lateral epicondylitis (3) and medial epicondylitis (4) are caused by partial rupture or inflammation of the muscle and tendon (2) surrounding the bone (1) from the elbow to the wrist is known to do And, as small shocks are repeated, the shocks accumulate and gradually cause pain. In addition, it is known that it is caused by injuring muscles and ligaments due to acute or aging due to excessive use of the elbow joint or wrist.

The treatment of tennis elbow or golf elbow is a formulation containing analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and arthritis drugs, and parenteral transdermal drugs divided into oral oral preparations or pastes, ointments, gels, aerosols, lotions, and water pastes, etc. were mainly used. . In the course of treatment, if repeated loads are applied, it cannot heal normally, and chronic pain can occur due to incomplete and abnormal healing. Local steroid injections can have great short-term effects, but long-term joint damage can only be limited in treatment.

On the other hand, recently, gray tissue with edema was found in the lesion during tennis elbow or golf elbow symptoms, histologically, normal collagen tissue is destroyed, and fibroblasts and granulation tissue are known to proliferate. Instead, local stimulation of extracorporeal shock wave and prolotherapy are used.

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy uses a treatment device that generates shock waves. It generates about 2000 to 2,500 shock waves to stimulate the healing process of surrounding tissues and bones to relieve pain and promote regeneration of normal tissues. Prolotherapy is a treatment that activates the body's self-healing principle by artificially inducing an inflammatory response in a region that causes pain, such as ligaments or tendons, and is usually known as 'ligament strengthening injection'.

However, extracorporeal shock wave according to the prior art requires a treatment device that generates shock waves, and prolotherapy is an invasive method of injecting a drug with a syringe. Students, housewives, or office workers who are chased by their busy daily life have problems such as delaying treatment or aggravating symptoms by neglecting to receive proper treatment because it is cumbersome and inconvenient.

KR 10-0782344 B1, 2007. 11. 29. KR 10-2087267 B1, 2020. 03. 04.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed to solve the problems of the prior art, and it can be conveniently worn and used on the joint area where the lateral or medial epicondylitis has occurred in each household as an auxiliary, and can be used for the treatment of the lateral or medial epicondylitis. An object of the present invention is to provide a device for treating external and medial epicondylitis using deep lateral friction and infrared rays that can relieve and treat pain through local deep lateral friction massage and infrared irradiation of the tendon attachment part.

The present invention according to one aspect for achieving the above object is a main body; a band connected to the main body to be worn on a wrist or wrist; a deep transverse friction unit installed on the back side of the main body to deeply compress the area in which the lateral epicondylitis or medial epicondylitis has occurred through deep lateral friction to generate local inflammation; and an infrared irradiation lamp installed on the rear side of the main body and treated by irradiating infrared rays to the area where the lateral epicondylitis or medial epicondylitis has occurred. provide treatment.

Preferably, the deep lateral friction portion is a rotating plate rotatably installed in the body; acupressure head protruding around the rear side of the rotating plate spaced outward from the center of the rotating plate, and rotating by the rotating plate to perform circular motion around the center of the rotating plate; a driving motor built in the body to transmit a driving force to the rotating plate; a driving link transmitting the driving force of the driving motor to the rotating plate; and a protective cover installed to cover the rotating plate, including the acupressure head.

Preferably, the acupressure head may be characterized in that it moves in a circle along a circumference having a diameter of 1.5 cm to 3 cm by the rotating plate.

Preferably, a control unit for receiving power from the battery to control the deep lateral friction unit and the infrared irradiation lamp; a timer for controlling the driving time of the deep friction part and the infrared irradiation lamp; and a touch panel installed exposed to the front side of the main body and providing an interface with a user.

Preferably, a plurality of the infrared irradiation lamps are installed to surround the rotating plate, and each irradiates infrared rays of 830 nm band, driven for a total of 10 minutes, and is set to have a 3 second pause after 2 seconds of irradiation can be done with

Preferably, the band is provided with one-touch buckles that are removably coupled to each other in a male and female structure at both ends, and a length adjusting member for adjusting the length is provided in the middle.

As described above, according to the treatment device according to the present invention, it has a wrist watch structure, so that the user can wear it conveniently on the elbow region, and local deep lateral friction is applied to the tendon attachment part of the region where the external or medial epicondylitis has occurred. Through massage and infrared irradiation, pain caused by lateral or medial epicondylitis can be relieved and treated.

1 is a view schematically showing the general lateral epicondylitis and medial epicondylitis.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an external and medial epicondylitis treatment device using infrared and deep lateral friction according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a front view of the treatment device shown in Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a rear view of the treatment device shown in Figure 2;
5 is a cross-sectional view of the treatment device shown in FIG.
6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view showing the circular motion of the acupressure head according to the present invention.
Figure 8 is a view showing a portion that is deeply pressed by the acupressure head according to the present invention.
9 and 10 are views showing the use state of the treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various different forms.

In the present specification, the present embodiment is provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and to fully inform those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains to the scope of the invention. And the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Accordingly, in some embodiments, well-known components, well-known operations, and well-known techniques have not been specifically described in order to avoid obscuring the present invention.

Also, like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification. In addition, the terms used (mentioned) in this specification are for the purpose of describing the embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. In addition, elements and operations referred to as 'include (or include)' do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements and operations.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used with the meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in a commonly used dictionary are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless they are defined.

Hereinafter, the technical features of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the external and medial epicondylitis treatment device using deep lateral friction and infrared rays according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a front view of the treatment device shown in Figure 2, Figure 4 is the treatment device shown in Figure 2 is a rear view, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the treatment device shown in FIG.

2 to 5 , the treatment device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 11 and a main body 11 on a wrist so that a patient can conveniently wear and use it on a painful area in each home. It includes a band 12 coupled to the body 11 to be worn on the wrist or the like.

And, the treatment device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is installed on the main body 11 and deeply compresses the area where the lateral epicondylitis 3 or medial epicondylitis 4 has occurred through deep lateral friction to relieve local inflammation. It includes a deep transverse friction part 13 that relieves and treats pain by generating it.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the deep lateral friction part 13 is formed protruding on one side of the periphery of the rotating plate 131 installed on the main body 11 and the rear side (lower surface side) of the rotating plate 131 (raised) and the rotating plate ( The acupressure head 132 which rotates by 131 and moves circularly around the center of the rotating plate 131, and a driving motor 133 built in the body 11 to transmit driving force to the rotating plate 131, and a driving link 134 for transmitting the driving force of the driving motor 133 to the rotating plate 131 .

6 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 to 6 , the rotating plate 131 is installed in the center of the rear portion of the main body 11 , and the drive shaft of the drive link 134 is shaft-coupled to the center of the front portion (upper surface) of the drive motor 133 . It rotates by the driving link 134 which transmits the driving force of the driving motor 133 during driving.

7 is a view illustrating the circular motion of the acupressure head according to the present invention.

4 to 7, the acupressure head 132 is not formed in the center of the rear portion of the rotating plate 131, but protrudes in the downward direction around the rear side of the rotating plate 131 that is deviated from the center to one side. ) rotates in a circular motion around the center of the rotating plate 131 as an axis.

Figure 8 is a view showing a portion that is deeply pressed by the acupressure head according to the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 8, the acupressure head 132 moves in a circle with a constant pressing force on the area (see 'A' and 'B') where the outer epicondyle 3 or inner epicondyle 4 occurs. Through this, the site where the lateral epicondylitis (3) or medial epicondylitis (4) has occurred is deeply lateral rubbed to generate local inflammation and heal.

On the other hand, the acupressure head 132 is formed on the rear surface of the rotating plate 131 at a distance of approximately 0.7 cm to 1.5 cm spaced apart from the center of the rotating plate 131 . That is, considering that the average length of the tendons provided in the arm is 1.68 cm, it is formed in a raised form on the rear surface of the rotating plate 131 at a distance of about 0.7 cm to 1.5 cm from the center of the rotating plate 131 . Accordingly, as shown in Fig. 7, the diameter (D) of the circumference of the acupressure head 132, which moves in a circular motion by the rotating plate 131, is 1.5 cm to 3 cm, preferably 2 cm. That is, the acupressure head 132 moves circularly along the circumference (c) having a diameter of 2 cm.

A control unit 14 for controlling the deep lateral friction unit 13 is built into the body 11 .

The control unit 14 includes a driving chip and a circuit unit mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) built into the body 11 , and is driven by receiving internal power or external power of the battery 15 .

The battery 15 may be installed inside the main body 11 or installed inside a battery housing (not shown) separately provided outside. And, this battery 15 is electrically connected to the control unit 4 through a separate connection terminal or a connection cable (electric wire).

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6 , the treatment device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a timer 16 for controlling the driving time of the deep lateral friction unit 13 and the front side (upper side side) of the main body 11 . It further includes a touch panel 17 that is installed exposed and provides an interface with a user (patient).

The timer 16 is installed inside the main body 11 . For example, the control unit 14 is mounted on the mounted printed circuit board to control the driving time of the deep lateral friction unit 13 . That is, the control unit 14 drives the deep lateral friction unit 13 for a time set by the timer 16 .

The deep lateral friction unit 13 may be set to be driven for 10 minutes per each session, and the deep lateral friction using the deep lateral friction unit 13 may be performed 3 times a week for 10 minutes each time.

The touch panel 17 is for providing an interface with the user, and provides a plurality of icons 17a for controlling the treatment device 10 as shown in FIG. 3 . For example, the icon 17a is an icon for a switch for operating the controller 10, an icon for driving a deep lateral friction for operating the deep lateral friction unit 13, and an icon for controlling the rotation direction or speed of the rotating plate 131 , and an infrared driving icon for operating the infrared ray irradiation lamp 18 may be included.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 , the infrared irradiation lamp 18 is installed in the main body 11 to surround the rotating plate 131 . For example, eight lamps 18 for infrared irradiation are mounted at regular intervals on a printed circuit board built into the body 11 to irradiate infrared rays.

The infrared irradiation lamp 18 is composed of a lamp irradiating infrared rays of approximately 830 nm band, and is driven for a total of 10 minutes, but is set to have a 3 second pause after 2 seconds of irradiation.

The band 12 is connected to both ends of the body 11 via a fixing pin 19 to facilitate replacement.

And, the band 12 may be made of an elastic material to provide a constant pressing force, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , both ends have a male and female structure to mount or separate the treatment device 10 to the arm joint with only one hand by the user. A one-touch buckle 121 is provided. In addition, a length adjustment member 122 for adjusting the length of the band 12 may be provided.

On the other hand, in the present invention, the band 12 may be stably mounted on the elbow region in such a way that it is attached and detached with Velcro, a tick, or a button member instead of the buckle 121 .

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 5 , a protective cover 135 is installed to cover the acupressure head 132 and the rotating plate 131 . The protective cover 135 is made of a leather material, etc., and is installed to cover the rotating plate 131 including the acupressure head 132 in order to prevent the skin from being rubbed in direct contact with the skin.

In addition, the treatment device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a communication unit 21 for short-range communication with the user terminal 30, for example, a smart phone and a Bluetooth module, through which the user possesses The treatment device 10 may be controlled through the user terminal 30 .

9 and 10 are views showing the use state of the treatment device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 9, the treatment device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is worn in close contact with the rear portion of the main body 11 depending on the patient's pain occurrence site, or worn in close contact with the lateral epicondylitis, or as shown in Fig. 10, It can be used by wearing it so that it adheres to the area where the medial epicondylitis has occurred.

As described above, the technical idea of the present invention has been specifically described in the preferred embodiment, but the preferred embodiment is for the purpose of explanation and not for limitation. As such, those skilled in the art will be able to understand that various embodiments are possible through the combination of the embodiments of the present invention within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention.

1: bone 2: tendon
3: lateral epicondylitis 4: medial epicondylitis
10: treatment device 11: main body
12: band 13: deep lateral friction part
14: control unit 15: battery
16: timer 17: touch panel
17a: icon 18: infrared irradiation lamp
19: fixed pin 21: communication unit
30: user terminal 121: buckle
122: length adjustment member 131: rotating plate
132: acupressure head 133: drive motor
134: drive link 135: protective cover

Claims (6)

delete main body;
a band connected to the main body to be worn on a wrist or wrist;
a deep transverse friction unit installed on the back side of the main body to deeply compress the area in which lateral epicondylitis or medial epicondylitis has occurred through deep lateral friction to generate local inflammation; and
an infrared ray irradiation lamp installed on the rear side of the main body and treated by irradiating infrared rays to the area where the lateral epicondylitis or medial epicondylitis has occurred;
including,
The deep lateral friction part,
a rotating plate rotatably installed on the body;
Acupressure head protruding around the rear side of the rotating plate spaced apart from the center of the rotating plate to the outside, rotated by the rotating plate to perform a circular motion around the center of the rotating plate;
a driving motor built in the main body to transmit a driving force to the rotating plate;
a driving link transmitting the driving force of the driving motor to the rotating plate; and
a protective cover installed to cover the rotating plate, including the acupressure head;
including,
a control unit receiving power from a battery and controlling the deep friction unit and the infrared irradiation lamp;
a timer for controlling the driving time of the deep friction part and the infrared irradiation lamp; and
a touch panel exposed to the front side of the main body and provided with an interface with a user;
further comprising,
A plurality of the infrared irradiation lamps are installed to surround the rotating plate, and each irradiates infrared rays of the 830 nm band, driven for a total of 10 minutes, and is set to have a 3 second pause after 2 seconds of irradiation,
The band is provided with one-touch buckles that are removably coupled to each other in a male and female structure at both ends, and a length adjusting member for adjusting the length in the middle is provided. epicondylitis treatment.
3. The method of claim 2,
The acupressure head is an external and medial epicondylitis treatment device using deep lateral friction and infrared, characterized in that the circular motion along a circumference with a diameter of 1.5 cm to 3 cm by the rotating plate.
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