KR20130027291A - Apparatus for measurement of dizziness posture and apparatus for dizziness therapy - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A dizziness posture measuring device and a dizziness curing device are provided self-cure the dizziness of a patient by measuring body posture giving the dizziness to the patient and inform the patient of a curing posture of the dizziness. CONSTITUTION: A sensor part(110) continuously measures the posture of a patient and outputs a corresponding signal. A confirming part(130) determines a dizziness posture after being manipulated by the patient in the posture of feeling dizziness. A memory part(132) records a value corresponding to the dizziness posture confirmed with the operation of the confirming part. An ear stone sensing part(140) senses the position of the ear stone at the three semicircular canal of the patient with the dizziness posture determined by the confirming part. The ear stone sensing part comprises a front semicircular canals sensing part(140a), a rear semicircular canals sensing part(140b), and a horizontal semicircular canals sensing part(140c).

Description

Dizziness posture measuring device and dizziness treatment device {Apparatus for measurement of dizziness posture and Apparatus for dizziness therapy}

The present invention relates to a dizziness posture measuring device and dizziness treatment device, and more particularly, to attach a sensor to the body of the patient to measure the posture of the patient feel dizziness and guide the change in the posture of the patient according to the measured posture of dizziness Dizziness posture measuring device and dizziness treatment device that enables treatment.

Benign paroxymal positional vertigo (BPPV), a representative disease that causes dizziness, is increasing. This symptom is caused by the deposition of stone stones in the semicircular canal of the human body.

Although the diagnosis and treatment of the disease manifested by positional vertigo require a device capable of accurately measuring or maintaining the head angle, the angle has been roughly adjusted to date.

Therefore, there is a need for a device that can measure the condition in which the patient feels dizzy and can direct the treatment direction.

In addition, since it is difficult for the patient to go to the hospital from feeling dizziness, it is necessary to perform basic self-care by the patient himself in the feeling of dizziness.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the dizziness posture to measure the posture of the patient feels dizziness caused by ear stones and to guide the treatment posture according to the dizziness posture to enable self-treatment of the patient's dizziness It is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring device and method and a dizziness treatment device.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus for measuring the posture of a patient who feels dizziness caused by ear stones, the patient's posture is continuously measured while the patient's posture is continuously changed, and a corresponding signal is measured. A sensor unit for outputting; A confirmation unit manipulated by the patient in a dizzy posture to determine a dizziness posture; And a stone ear sensor for detecting the position of the stone head on the semicircular canal of the patient by the dizziness posture determined by the identification unit. It provides dizzy posture measuring device comprising a.

The apparatus may further include a memory unit in which a value corresponding to the dizziness posture confirmed by the operation of the verification unit is recorded.

The sensor unit may include a gyro sensor for measuring tilt or an acceleration sensor for measuring shaking.

The ear seat detector may include a front loop pipe detector, a rear loop pipe detector, and a horizontal semi-loop pipe detector configured to detect that the seat is located in the front loop pipe, the rear loop pipe, or the horizontal loop loop by the determination of the checker.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a sensor unit for continuously measuring the posture of the patient and outputting a corresponding signal while the posture of the patient is continuously changed; A confirmation unit manipulated by the patient in a dizzy posture to determine a dizziness posture; A stone ear sensor for detecting the position of the stone head on the semicircular canal of the patient by the dizziness posture determined by the checker; A calculation unit for recognizing whether the posture change of the patient is appropriate by the output signal of the sensor unit and calculating and outputting a posture movement direction and a movement amount for treating the patient's dizziness according to the position of the ear seat detected by the ear seat detector; And guide unit for guiding the rotational direction and the degree of rotation of the patient in accordance with the output value of the calculator; It provides dizziness treatment device for dizziness treatment comprising a.

The apparatus may further include a memory unit in which a value corresponding to the dizziness posture confirmed by the operation of the verification unit is recorded.

The sensor unit may include a gyro sensor for measuring tilt or an acceleration sensor for measuring shaking.

The ear seat detector may include a front loop pipe detector, a rear loop pipe detector, and a horizontal semi-loop pipe detector configured to detect that the seat is located in the front loop pipe, the rear loop pipe, or the horizontal loop loop by the determination of the checker.

The guide part continuously moves the patient according to the degree of performance of the movement direction and the movement amount guided by the first guide part based on the output signal of the first guide part and the sensor part which guides the posture movement direction and the movement amount of the patient. It may include a second guide to guide to.

The present invention as described above has the effect of measuring the body posture in which the patient feels dizzy and guides the treatment posture according to the dizziness state, thereby enabling self-treatment of the patient's dizziness.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a dizziness posture measuring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an attachment state of the sensor unit illustrated in FIG. 1.
3 is a view briefly showing the shape of the semicircular canal of the patient.
Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the dizziness treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a dizziness posture measuring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the dizziness posture measuring device 100 includes a sensor unit 110, a confirmation unit 130, and a stone ear detector 140.

In addition, the dizziness posture measuring device 100 may further include a memory unit 132.

Referring to Figure 1, the dizziness posture measuring device and dizziness posture measurement using the same will be described.

Perform preparatory steps to measure the patient's posture.

First, the sensor unit 110 is prepared. The sensor unit 110 continuously measures the patient's posture when the patient continuously changes the posture and outputs a signal corresponding thereto.

Here, the sensor unit 110 may include a gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor. If the sensor unit 110 is a gyro sensor, the position of the patient may be measured by measuring the tilt of the head of the patient, and if the acceleration sensor, the position of the patient may be measured by measuring the shaking of the head of the patient.

At this time, the signal output from the sensor unit 110 may include an angle signal on the x, y, z axis of the patient's posture.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an attachment state of the sensor unit illustrated in FIG. 1, in which a gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor is used as the sensor unit 110. The sensor unit 110 may be attached to one side of the body, that is, the head of the patient, to measure the posture of the patient and output a signal corresponding thereto.

Referring to FIG. 2, the sensor unit 110 may be formed in various forms attachable to the body by a band attaching type (a), a hat attaching type (b), and an earphone type (c).

The sensor unit 110 may be installed in various parts of the patient's body as needed, but may be measured with higher precision than when installed in the patient's head.

In the following description, it is assumed that the sensor unit 110 to measure the movement of the head in a state attached to the patient head for ease of explanation.

When the preparation of the sensor unit 110 is completed, the dizziness patient waits for a posture measurement at a specific place to measure a posture for feeling dizziness.

Here, the place where the patient waits is preferably a place where the patient's head can move in various directions while the patient's body stays comfortable. For example, it may be an edge portion of the bed. Using the bed as a treatment location can also help the patient's own self-care. The patient may lie flat on the whole, even at the edge of the bed, and may be located in a place where the head is free to move.

Here, the patient's initial posture may be a reference for subsequent measurement and posture treatment.

The patient waiting at the treatment position may perform the step of determining the posture in which dizziness is felt while changing the posture of the body by turning on the operation of the sensor unit 110.

It is preferable that a component for determining whether the posture movement of the patient is properly made by the signal output from the sensor unit 110 and informing the determination result is added.

While the patient moves his or her posture, the patient may operate the identification unit 130 to determine the dizzy posture if he feels dizzy.

The identification unit 130 is operated by the patient at the moment when the patient feels dizziness while moving the posture, and during operation, determines the posture of the patient measured by the sensor unit 110 as the dizziness posture, and then outputs a corresponding signal. Output Here, the dizziness posture determined by the identification unit 130 is preferably known to the patient by a separate output mechanism.

On the other hand, the memory unit 132 is further included to record the patient's dizziness posture determined by the identification unit 130.

The memory unit 132 accumulates and records the dizziness of the patient so that it can be used as basic data for the near-term treatment of dizziness.

The identification unit 130 may be configured in various operation methods that are convenient for the patient, such as a switch operation method, a pressure sensor method, an acceleration sensor method, a signal sound generating method, an eye recognition method by a camera, and a pressure sensor method of an eyelid.

While dizzy patients change posture, dizziness detector 140 is used to detect the position of the diarrhea on the semicircular canal when the dizziness posture is determined.

The stone seat detector 140 detects the position of the stone seat in the semicircular canal of the patient using the dizzy posture determined by the signal of the sensor unit 110 and the checker 130.

Here, dicalcium is a solid body formed of a predetermined size by combining calcium substances with each other in a vestibular organ. When the seat is placed on the semicircular canal, the stone blocks the role of the semicircular canal, that is, the function of maintaining a sense of equilibrium of the human body. Symptoms that occur are benign paroxysmal positional dizziness.

3 is a view briefly showing the shape of the patient's semi-ring tube, it is shown that the semi-ring tube 10 includes the first ring tube 12, the second ring tube 14 and the horizontal half ring tube 16.

Since the shape, configuration and operation of the semi-circular pipe 10 is well known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The ear seat detecting unit 140 includes a first half ring tube detecting unit 140a, a second half ring tube detecting unit 140b, and a horizontal half ring tube detecting unit 140c.

 First ring tube detector 140a detects when there is a seat in the first ring tube 12, the second ring pipe detector 140b detects this when there is a seat in the latter ring tube 14, horizontal semi-loop tube The sensing unit 140c detects a case where there is a stone in the horizontal half ring tube 16.

A detailed description will be given of the step position detection step by the seat detection unit 140 as follows. In the following method, the operation of the checking unit 130 is added to the existing dizzy posture checking method.

First, the patient is seated on a flat part, such as a bed edge. The patient slowly moves his head to the left or to the right while staring at his front. Or move slowly from right to left. At this time, it is preferable that the left or right movement amount of the hill is 45 degrees.

If dizziness is recognized while moving the head, the patient manipulates the identification unit 130. The position of the hill is recorded in the memory unit 132 at the moment when the confirmation unit 130 is operated.

If you feel dizzy while moving your head, follow these steps:

Afterwards, the patient is in a state of lying on the bed with his head turned back. At this time, the tilting angle of the head is preferably 30 degrees. The patient checks if dizziness develops with his head turned back, moving his head from left to right or from right to left. Also in this case, the amount of left or right movement of the hill may be 45 degrees.

If dizziness is recognized while the patient moves his / her head from side to side, the patient manipulates the identification unit 130. At the moment when the identification unit 130 is operated, the position of the head is determined as the dizzy posture. The position of the seat may be determined by the dizziness posture determined at this time. Then, the determined dizzy posture is recorded in the memory unit 132.

When dizziness is felt by the posture shift as described above, the posterior ring canal detector 140b may determine that a seat is located in the posterior ring canal 14 of the patient.

In the above posture shift, if dizziness is not recognized, the patient takes the next posture.

The patient lies horizontally on a flat place. In this case, the patient may be placed on a flat bed. In bed, the patient moves his head to the left or to the right. At this time, the movement amount is preferably 90 degrees.

If dizziness is felt by the posture shift as described above, it may be determined that the ear seat is located in the horizontal semicircular canal of the patient. Dizziness may be felt when the patient moves his head to the left and right sides, but it is desirable to determine that there is a stone in the direction where more dizziness is felt.

At this time, when the patient feels dizzy, the operation of the identification unit 130 may determine the position of the ear canal in the horizontal half ring tube 16 at the moment when the dizziness is felt.

If the dizziness of the patient is detected by the first ring tube detecting unit 140a, the second ring tube detecting unit 140b, and the horizontal half ring tube detecting unit 140c, the specific ring tube among the semicircular tubes 10 corresponds to the position of the seat. The values for the posture movement direction and the movement amount are output.

At this time, the ear seat may be located in only one ring tube, but may be located in a plurality of ring tubes, and thus outputs a signal for the ring tube in which the ear seat is located.

An external display device (not shown) uses the output signal of each sensing unit to inform the patient of the position of the ear canal on the semicircular canal.

As described above, the movement order of the posture for confirming the dizziness posture may be made according to the user's convenience without being limited to the above-described order. However, it is preferable to set a predetermined order to confirm the position of the seat.

As described above, dizziness patients who have dizziness caused by dizziness by dizziness posture measuring device and method can more accurately grasp their dizziness posture.

If the posture feeling of dizziness caused by the ear seat was measured, it is necessary to perform treatment according to the dizzy posture, that is, the position of the ear stone on the semicircular canal.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the dizziness treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the dizziness treatment apparatus 200 includes a sensor unit 110, an operation unit 120, a confirmation unit 130, a memory unit 132, a stone ear detector 140, and a guide unit 150. do.

Here, the detailed description of the same components as those of the components of the dizzy posture measuring device described above and the operation will be omitted.

The calculation unit 120 determines whether the posture movement of the patient is properly performed by the signal output from the sensor unit 110 and informs the determination result.

In addition, the calculation unit 120 is the first guide value and the actual movement direction and the direction of the sensor unit 110 until the movement is completed when the patient moves his body according to the guidance of the first guide unit 150a to be described later The actual amount of movement based on the output signal is compared and guided by the second guide part 150b which explains the difference later.

The guide unit 130 guides the patient to the posture movement direction and the movement amount output from the calculator 120.

The guidance by the guide unit 130 may be performed by various methods, such as by a text output through a speaker or a text or graphic image output through the image display unit.

The guide part 130 includes first and second guide parts 150a and 150b.

The first guide part 150a guides the patient in the posture movement direction and the amount of movement output from the calculator 120.

When the patient moves the posture according to the first guide portion 150a, the second guide part 150b guides the error of the patient's posture movement direction and the continuous posture movement based on the signal of the sensor 110. . For example, although the head moving direction guided by the first guide part 130 is left, when the patient moves his head to the right, the second guide part 150b indicates that it is moving in the wrong direction. In addition, the second guide part 150b continuously guides until the moving direction and the moving amount guided by the first guide part 150a are achieved.

Guiding of the first and second guides 150a and 150b may be performed by separate output mechanisms, but may be performed by the same output mechanism.

The operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

The operation of the sensor unit 110, the confirmation unit 130, the memory unit 132, and the ear seat detecting unit 140 may be performed by the sensor unit 110, the confirmation unit 130, and the memory unit in the dizziness posture measuring device described above. 132 and the same as the operation of the ear sensor 140, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The patient takes the following postures while sitting at the edge of the bed to determine the position of the dizziness and the position of the seat.

The operation unit 120 receiving the signal output from the stone seat detection unit 140 guides the treatment according to the presence of the stone seat in a specific ring tube among the three ring tubes of the semi-ring loop 10 of the stone seat.

The treatment position guide proceeds as follows. Here, since the dizziness treatment process using the device is the same as the dizziness treatment method performed in this field, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, since the first guide portion and the second guide portion are applied to the performance of the treatment process, only the portions to which the first guide portion and the second guide portion are applied will be described.

The patient is positioned at the edge of the bed where he had been placed to locate the seat. In order to detect the position of the seat, the patient starts with the left and right movements of the head in a seated state. Therefore, if it is determined that there is a seat in the posterior ring canal, the patient starts with the treatment by the left and right movement of the head in the seated state. In addition, the guide unit 150 may be disposed at a position close to the patient so that the patient can easily recognize the guide information.

Even when performing the treatment of the patient, the sensor unit 110 is continuously attached to the head of the patient.

When it is determined that there is a seat in the posterior loop tube 14 or the horizontal semi-loop tube 16 by the posterior loop tube detector 140b or the horizontal semi-loop tube detector 140c, the operation unit 120 moves the posture of the patient for treatment of dizziness. After calculating the direction and the amount of movement, it is notified to the patient through the first guide portion (150a).

The first guide unit 150a guides a posture for treatment to the patient by an image through a display or a voice through a speaker. The posture guide for treatment may be a posture guide for treating existing dizziness.

The patient performs a posture change such as moving his / her head left or right or moving in a lying state according to the guidance through the first guide part 150a.

On the other hand, the sensor unit 110 attached to the patient's body continuously measures the patient's posture when the patient moves the posture according to the guidance of the first guide unit 150a.

The calculation unit 120 compares the posture and the movement amount of the patient obtained by the measurement of the sensor unit 110 with the posture and the movement amount initially guided through the first guide unit 150a, and guides by the first guide unit 150a. The posture movement is continuously guided through the second guide part 150b until the corrected posture and movement amount are performed.

The present invention has the effect of enabling self-treatment for dizziness of a patient by measuring a body posture in which the patient feels dizzy and guiding a treatment posture according to the dizziness state.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

100: dizziness posture measuring device
110: sensor unit
120: calculator
130: confirmation unit
140: the ear seat detector
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200: Dizziness Treatment Device

Claims (9)

In the device for measuring the posture of a patient who feels dizziness caused by ear stones,
A sensor unit which continuously measures the posture of the patient and outputs a corresponding signal while the posture of the patient is continuously changed;
A confirmation unit manipulated by the patient in a dizzy posture to determine a dizziness posture; And
A stone ear sensor for detecting the position of the stone head on the semicircular canal of the patient by the dizziness posture determined by the checker;
Dizziness posture measuring device comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The dizziness posture measuring device further comprising a memory unit in which a value corresponding to the dizziness posture confirmed by the operation of the checking unit is recorded. The method of claim 1,
The sensor unit dizzy posture measuring device comprising a gyro sensor for measuring the tilt or an acceleration sensor for measuring the shaking. The method of claim 1,
The dizziness detector is a dizziness posture measuring device including a first ring tube detector, a second ring tube detector, and a horizontal half-loop tube detector for detecting that the seat is located in the first half tube, the second half tube, or the horizontal half ring tube by the determination of the check unit. In the device for measuring the patient's posture of dizziness caused by ear stones and guiding the patient's posture change to treat dizziness,
A sensor unit which continuously measures the posture of the patient and outputs a corresponding signal while the posture of the patient is continuously changed;
A confirmation unit manipulated by the patient in a dizzy posture to determine a dizziness posture;
A stone ear sensor for detecting the position of the stone head on the semicircular canal of the patient by the dizziness posture determined by the checker;
A calculation unit for recognizing whether the posture change of the patient is appropriate by the output signal of the sensor unit and calculating and outputting a posture movement direction and a movement amount for treating the patient's dizziness according to the position of the ear seat detected by the ear seat detector; And
A guide unit guiding the rotational direction and the degree of rotation of the patient according to the output value of the calculation unit;
Dizziness treatment device for dizziness treatment comprising a. The method of claim 5,
The dizziness posture measuring device further comprising a memory unit in which a value corresponding to the dizziness posture confirmed by the operation of the checking unit is recorded. The method of claim 5,
The sensor unit dizzy posture measuring device comprising a gyro sensor for measuring the tilt or an acceleration sensor for measuring the shaking. The method of claim 5,
The dizziness detector is a dizziness posture measuring device including a first ring tube detector, a second ring tube detector, and a horizontal half-loop tube detector for detecting that the seat is located in the first half tube, the second half tube, or the horizontal half ring tube by the determination of the check unit. The method of claim 5,
The guide part may include a first guide part for guiding a direction and a movement amount of the posture of the patient.
And a second guide part configured to continuously guide the movement of the patient according to the movement direction guided by the first guide part and the degree of performance of the movement amount based on the output signal of the sensor part.
Posture measuring device for treating dizziness.

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