KR20190106407A - Multi-function ultrasonic physical treatment device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multifunctional ultrasonic physical therapy device and, more specifically, to a multifunctional ultrasonic physical therapy device capable of providing a physical therapy result which is an original function thereof, eliminating inconvenience in physical contact with the device, and selectively measuring a body mass index (BMI). According to the present invention, the multifunctional ultrasonic physical therapy device comprises: a device body having hardware installed therein; one or more handpieces electrically connected to the device body, generating ultrasonic wave by power supplied when operating the device, and coming in contact with a pain portion of a patient while being held in the operator′s hand to be used for providing a physical therapy result in accordance with ultrasonic wave application and penetration into skin; a heating member heated by power supply to maintain a body contact portion of a head unit at a proper temperature while being disposed in the head unit of the handpiece; and one or more constituent measurement modules additionally and detachably mounted on a tip of the head unit of the handpiece and measuring the BMI of the patient when coming in contact with the body in a mounted state.

Description

MULTI-FUNCTION ULTRASONIC PHYSICAL TREATMENT DEVICE

The present invention relates to a multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy device, and more particularly, to multiply the device's inherent physical treatment results and to solve the physical discomfort of the device and to measure the body mass index (BMI) selectively. It relates to a physical therapy device.

Pain is a sense of discomfort, pain, or suffering that is limited to a part of the body, and is not a simple and simple experience of feeling because the emotional and physical aspects coexist. In other words, pain is a defensive reflex mechanism that occurs in the body, which can be defined as a very complex and subjective experience.

Modern people experience any of the aforementioned pains in their daily lives, and with the development of the industry, human suffering is caused by acute pain caused by trauma, chronic pain caused by professional posture, strained work and overwork. Considering the stressful pain and the physiological, emotional and individual subjective aspects of pain, there are no symptoms as diverse as pain, so the therapeutic approach is complex, varied and difficult.

On the other hand, in the physiotherapy that mainly deals with pain treatment, heat therapy (熱 治療, thermotherapy) is primarily applied when treating pain except some of the acute phase and inflammatory pain. These heat treatments can be used for secondary purposes to improve the body's blood circulation, relax muscles, reduce pain, and achieve higher effects than electrical and motor therapy.

Superficial heat, such as umschlag, hot-wet cloth, etc., mainly produces thermal effects on the surface of tissues, whereas deep heat-heating such as ultrasound The method can transfer heat deep into the muscle and is mainly used for treatments such as sprains, arthritis, myofascial pain muscle, and tissue adhesion.

Here, the ultrasonic wave (ultrasound, ultrasonography) is a sound wave that can be heard by humans over 20,000 cycles, the physical therapy uses a high frequency energy of 0.75MHz to 3MHz mainly in the form of sound waves, so the risk of current concentration This has the advantage of being relatively small. The general penetration depth is more than 5cm, and it can strongly and effectively heat joints and surrounding tissues such as deep muscles, ligaments, articular capsules, synovial fluid, pain relief, subacute and chronic inflammation. It shows the warming effect of collagen tissue elongation of muscle, muscle contraction, and joint, and the point of healing of tissue recovery, edema reduction, pain area.

In this regard, Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-0914656 (Ultrasonic device for treating edema and its use), Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0140019 (Prostate treatment device using ultrasonic waves) and No. 10-2017-0136068 ( A number of prior arts have been disclosed through an ultrasound fracture therapy device. Most ultrasound physiotherapy devices including the prior arts are provided with a handpiece (handpiece / or probe) for applying ultrasound to a pain area. .

The handpiece is connected to a cable receiving power required for generating ultrasonic waves from the device body, and an ultrasonic wave generating module is mounted at the front. In addition, the contact portion of the ultrasonic generation module which is in contact with the skin is made of a metal or ceramic material so that the ultrasonic emission is smooth.

However, in order to more effectively transmit (transfer) ultrasonic waves to the pain area with the handpiece, a gel, which is a contact medium, is coated on the surface of the contact part of the handpiece in advance so that the contact part and the gel are skin. The cold feel characteristic of their materials and ingredients can cause discomfort to the patient. In addition, it has interrupted the blood circulation causing a decrease in body temperature of the pain area.

As a result, it is possible to solve the discomfort caused by the body contact of the ultrasonic wave generation module (contact part), and also to implement additional functions such as the measurement of other medical functions such as body mass index (BMI) during the body contact as described above. Research and development of ultrasound physiotherapy device is required.

(Document 0001) Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-0914656 (Registration Date: 2009. 08. 24.) (Document 0002) Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0140019 (published date: 2012. 12. 28. (Patent 0003) Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0136068 (published date: December 11, 2017)

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, by embedding a heating member in the head portion of the handpiece, the gel is pre-coated on the contact portion and the surface of the ultrasonic generation module according to the heating member heating By maintaining (heating) an appropriate temperature similar to or similar to body temperature, the present invention provides a multifunctional ultrasonic physiotherapy device that prevents the occurrence of discomfort that a patient may feel when skin contact of the contact portion and gel occurs.

Another object of the present invention is to attach a constitution measuring module in front of the head of the handpiece, to obtain the body mass index information of the patient, such as body fat percentage, skeletal muscle mass and body temperature measurement using the constitution measuring module according to the situation To provide a multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy device.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a hardware unit equipped with hardware; One that is electrically connected to the device main body, generates ultrasound based on the power supplied when the device is driven, and is used to derive physical treatment results by applying ultrasound and penetrating the skin by touching the pain area of the patient in the operator's grip state or More than one handpiece; A heating member configured to generate heat based on power supply in an internal state of the head of the handpiece to maintain the body contacting portion of the head at an appropriate temperature; And one or more plurality of constitution measuring modules which are additionally attached to the head end of the handpiece in a detachable state, and which measure a body mass index of the patient upon contact with the body. It is done.

In addition, the device body, in addition to the hardware device, a control panel for driving the device, program control and progress monitoring is mounted on the front, and at least one or more pieces of gear holders on which the handpiece can be placed Is provided at the lateral end, and at least one or more module housings capable of placing the constitution measuring module are provided at the front end.

In addition, the heating member is a heating coil that generates heat by power supply by operating a control panel of the apparatus main body and is easy to specify a shape in a zigzag form evenly distributed throughout the contact portion.

In addition, the constitution measuring module is mounted to the handpiece in a structure surrounding the head end, while the mount housing to be forced to detachable assembly by the user, and the head portion facing the mounting side Exposed to the other side of the mount housing, the skin contact is possible and consists of a measuring unit to measure the body mass index during the skin contact.

In addition, the head portion, the binding groove is formed inwardly on the outer circumferential surface, the lower outer circumference near the binding groove portion is arranged a plurality of connecting rings for energizing when the constitution measuring module is attached, at a predetermined interval, The mount housing has a receiving space that is opened in one direction so as to accommodate a part of the head, and a binding protrusion that can be fitted into the binding groove is formed from an inner circumferential surface of the upper end of the receiving space opening. The plurality of link terminals are arranged at regular intervals from each other at an inner circumferential surface near the bottom of the binding protrusion to electrically supply power to the measuring units.

In addition, on the outer circumferential surface of the mount housing, a plurality of projection bands for preventing the sliding of the fingers are formed at predetermined intervals, respectively.

In addition, the binding protrusions form a hemispherical protrusion when viewed in cross section so that forced binding and forced release to the binding grooves can be facilitated.

As apparent from the above description, the multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy apparatus of the present invention is inherent in the head portion of the handpiece used to apply ultrasound to the pain area to transmit the ultrasound to the pain area to derive the physical treatment result. When the contact part of the ultrasonic wave generation module maintains the proper temperature which is the same or similar to the patient's body temperature by the heating member that generates heat according to the power supply, the gel that is pre-applied on the contact portion of the ultrasonic wave generation module and the surface of the contact part touches the skin. The cold feeling is effective in relieving the discomfort of the patient.

In addition, it is effective to measure the body mass index of the patient using the body mass index module that can be selectively mounted from the front of the handpiece equipped with the ultrasonic wave generation module, a suitable exercise to improve the ability to maintain the balance based on the results It is possible to acquire complex biorhythms that provide prescriptions, convergent measurements, analysis, and rehabilitation by body structure.

In addition, by achieving various effects described so far, not only the functional performance of ultrasonic physiotherapy can be achieved, but also the profitability of the company and the medical industry as well as medical technology are improved by improving the performance of the device and securing the sales competitiveness. It is a very useful invention that can greatly contribute to the development and activation of.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of a multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an enlarged view showing the configuration of the heating element in the handpiece in the multi-function ultrasonic physiotherapy apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 3 and Figure 4 is a multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy apparatus according to the present invention, the enlarged perspective view and enlarged cross-sectional view showing the lumbar enlarged perspective showing the mutual configuration of the handpiece and the constitution measuring module.
Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the main part showing the coupling relationship of the constitution measuring module in the multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy apparatus according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of the drawings, it should be noted that the same reference numerals have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an enlarged view showing the main components of the heating element in the handpiece in the multifunction ultrasound physiotherapy apparatus according to the present invention, 3 and 4 are enlarged lumbar enlarged perspective view and enlarged cross-sectional view of the lumbar enlargement showing the constitutive relationship between the handpiece and the constitution measuring module in the multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy apparatus according to the present invention This is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing main parts of the constitution measuring module.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy machine (A) according to the present invention, the device main body (1) equipped with hardware for the program drive and control of physical therapy, and the device main body (1) ) Ultrasonic wave is generated based on the electrical power supplied to the device and is driven by the device drive, and one or more plural numbers are used to derive the physical treatment result by applying ultrasonic wave and penetrating the ultrasonic wave by touching the pain part of the patient in the operator's grip state. The hand piece 2 and the heating member 3 for generating heat in accordance with the power supply in an internal state in the head part 20 of the hand piece 2 to maintain the proper temperature at the body contacting part, and the hand piece ( One or more of the plurality of body mass indexes (BMIs) measured by the patient in contact with the body while being attached or detached (wearable / mountable / removable) at the tip of the head part 20 of 2). Constitution Measurement Module (4 It is configured to include).

The device main body 1 is a main device of the ultrasonic physiotherapy machine (A) of the present invention for ultrasonic physiotherapy, and includes a program driving hardware (not shown), which is used for driving and program control and progress monitoring of the device. The necessary control panel 11 is mounted on the front side.

In addition, at least one or more of the plurality of piece holders 12 which can put the handpiece (2) is coupled to the side end, at least one or more that can put the constitution measuring module (4) The plurality of module storage stands 13 are provided at the front end.

The handpiece (2) is an operator of the gripping operation type device body (1) of the operator to produce heat effect (pain treatment result) by transferring heat to the depths of the pain area based on the generation of ultrasound and this In addition, while forming a stick-shaped structure for easy user gripping, the head portion 20 of the tip has an ultrasonic generation module (not shown) for generating ultrasonic waves when power is supplied.

In addition, the above-mentioned contact portion 20-1 of the ultrasonic wave generation module, which is the body contacting portion of the head portion 20, is exposed to the outside to allow contact with the skin of the patient (see FIGS. 2 and 4). ).

In addition, on the outer circumferential surface of the head portion 20, a binding groove portion 21 corresponding to the binding projection portion formed in the mount housing of the constitution measuring module 4, which will be described later, and the constitution measuring module 4 are additionally mounted. A plurality of connecting rings 22 for energizing the city are arranged at regular intervals.

The heating member 3 is a heating element for maintaining the proper temperature of the contact portion 20-1 of the ultrasonic wave generation module externally exposed from the head portion 20 of the handpiece 2 to the same or similar to the patient body temperature. As shown in FIG. 4, heat is generated by power supply by operating the control panel 11 of the device body 1, and the shape is specified in a zigzag form evenly distributed throughout the contact portion 20-1. It is preferable that the heating coil is easy, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and any other method may be employed as long as it can exhibit the same effect.

The constitution measuring module 4 is a body mass index information acquisition device such as measuring body fat percentage, skeletal muscle mass as well as body heat by contacting the body of the patient. The mounting housing 41 forms a cylindrical shape that is additionally mounted to the handpiece 2 as a structure surrounding the mounting housing, and a mount housing 41 for allowing a removable detachable assembly by a user and a mounting housing facing one side of the head portion 20 to be mounted ( 41) is composed of a measuring unit 42 capable of contacting the patient's skin by being exposed to the other side and measuring the body mass index upon skin contact.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the mount housing 41 has an accommodation space 41a open in one direction so that a portion of the head portion 20 of the handpiece 2 can be accommodated. From the inner circumferential surface of the end (upper end) of the accommodation space 41a, the binding protrusion 411 that can be fitted into the binding groove 21 of the head portion 20 of the handpiece 2 protrudes. The inner circumferential surface of the lower side of the binding protrusion 411 is electrically connected to the connecting rings 22 of the head 20 to supply power to the measuring unit 42. The link terminals 412 are arranged at a predetermined interval from each other.

Here, the binding protrusion 411, the user to apply a predetermined force to the head portion 20 of the handpiece 2 is inserted into the receiving space (41a) and in addition to the binding groove 21 is forced to In order to facilitate binding, it is preferable to form a hemispherical protrusion when viewed in cross section.

In addition, when applying a predetermined force for the binding force of the binding projection 411 as described above, a plurality of projection bands 413 necessary to prevent the sliding of the user finger to perform the binding operation more smoothly Protrudingly formed at predetermined intervals on the upper end of the surface.

The measuring unit 42 is a body mass index measuring device for acquiring information on the overall body mass index of the patient, such as body fat percentage, skeletal muscle mass, body heat measurement described above by flowing a microcurrent into the skin when contacting the pain area, However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and any other method may be employed as long as the same effect can be obtained.

Referring to the operation of the multi-function ultrasonic physical therapy device (A) according to the present invention having the configuration as described above in detail.

First, power is supplied to the device body 1 by a user operation of the control panel 11, and accordingly, a device of the hardware in the device body 1 is driven to operate the device. In addition, the electric power is supplied to the handpiece 2 by an additional operation of the control panel 11.

Subsequently, the handpiece 2 is pulled out from the piece holder 12 and brought into contact with the body (skin) of the pain area of the patient to treat the pain while the operator (user) grips the head of the handpiece 2. Ultrasonic waves generated from the ultrasonic wave generation module embedded in the unit 20 are applied to the body part and transmitted through the skin, thereby performing ultrasonic physiotherapy for physical treatment results.

Prior to this, the gel (contact medium) component pre-coated on the surface of the ultrasonic wave generation module contact portion 20-1 of the handpiece 2 and the cold portion peculiar to the contact portion 20-1 material for more effective transmission of ultrasonic waves. The problem that may cause discomfort to the patient when the feeling touches the skin is that the power is supplied to the heating member 3 embedded in the head part 20 of the handpiece 2 by the control panel 11 operation. As a result, the head unit 20 can be solved by preheating (heating) an appropriate temperature similar to or similar to the patient's body temperature by the heating of the heating member 3.

Subsequently, the body mass index can be measured using the constitution measuring module 4 as well as deriving a physical treatment result using the handpiece 2, which is the head portion 20 of the handpiece 2. By assembling the mounting housing 41 of the constitution measuring module 4) can be achieved by attaching the constitution measuring module 4 to the handpiece (2).

In more detail, the mount housing 41 is brought into close contact with the front of the head portion 20 of the handpiece 2, and a predetermined force is applied in the state so that the head portion 20 accommodates the mount housing 41. And the binding protrusion 411 protruding from the inner circumferential surface of the upper end of the accommodation space 41a of the mount housing 41, as shown in FIG. 5. The mount housing 41 may be integrally assembled to the front of the head 20 based on a process of fitting the corresponding insertion groove 21 formed on the outer circumferential surface of the unit 2.

In addition, in the above-described process, each of the link terminals 412 disposed on the inner circumferential surface of the mount housing 41 is connected to each of the connecting rings 22 disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the head part 20. By the electrical connection connected to the, the measuring unit 42 is supplied with power from the device body (1) it is possible to perform the operation for measuring the body mass index of the patient.

At this time, the plurality of projection bands 413 formed on the outer circumferential surface of the mount housing 41 to prevent the sliding of the finger so that the constitution measuring module 4 to the head portion 20 of the handpiece (2) Can be easily mounted.

In summary, according to the multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy device (A) of the present invention, as well as the device's inherent function of deriving a physical therapy result using ultrasound, in the state inherent in the head portion 20 of the handpiece (2) By the heating member 3 that generates heat based on the power supply, the contact portion 20-1 of the ultrasonic wave generation module maintains a proper temperature which is the same as or similar to the patient's body temperature, thereby adding to the contact portion 20-1 and its surface in advance. The feeling of cold when the coated gel touches the skin can be effective in relieving the discomfort of the patient.

In addition, depending on the situation, the constitution measuring module 4 may be additionally mounted on the handpiece 2, and the constitution measuring module 4 may be used to measure the body mass index of the patient. have.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical spirit of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications, changes, and substitutions without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention and the accompanying drawings are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. . The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the claims below, and all technical ideas within the scope of the claims should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

A: Ultrasonic physiotherapy device, 1: Body
2: handpiece, 3: heating member
4: constitution measuring module, 11: control panel
12: piece holder, 13: module storage
20: head portion, 20-1: contact portion
21: binding groove, 22: connecting ring
41: mount housing, 41a: accommodation space
42: measuring unit, 411: binding projection
412: link terminal, 413: protrusion band

Claims (7)

A device body equipped with hardware;
One that is electrically connected to the device main body, generates ultrasound based on the power supplied when the device is driven, and is used to derive physical treatment results by applying ultrasound and penetrating the skin by touching the pain area of the patient in the operator's grip state or More than one handpiece;
A heating member configured to generate heat based on power supply in an internal state of the head of the handpiece to maintain the body contacting portion of the head at an appropriate temperature; And,
And one or more plurality of constitution measuring modules which are attached to the head end of the handpiece in a detachable state, and which measure the body mass index of the patient upon contact with the body. Multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy machine. The method of claim 1,
The device body, in addition to the hardware device, the control panel for driving the device, program control and progress monitoring is mounted on the front,
At least one or more pieces of gear rests on which the handpiece can be placed are provided at the side ends,
Multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy device, characterized in that the at least one or more plurality of module storage that can put the constitution measuring module is coupled to the front end. The method of claim 1,
The heating member is heated by the power supply by operating the control panel of the device body,
Multifunctional ultrasonic physiotherapy device, characterized in that the heating coil is easy to specify the shape in a zigzag form evenly distributed throughout the contact portion. The method of claim 1,
The constitution measuring module is mounted to the handpiece in a structure surrounding the head end of the mount, while the mounting housing to allow the user to force the removable assembly assembly,
A multifunctional ultrasound physical therapy device comprising: a measuring unit configured to be exposed to the other side of the mount housing facing the one side of the head unit, and to allow skin contact and to measure body mass index during skin contact. The method of claim 4, wherein
The head portion, the binding groove portion is formed inwardly on the outer circumferential surface, the lower outer circumferential surface near the binding groove portion is arranged a plurality of connecting rings for energizing when the constitution measuring module is attached at regular intervals,
The mount housing has a receiving space that is opened in one direction so as to accommodate a part of the head, and a binding protrusion that can be fitted into the binding groove is formed from an inner circumferential surface of the upper end of the receiving space opening. And a plurality of link terminals, each of which is electrically connected to the connecting rings from the inner circumferential surface of the lower side proximal to the binding protrusion, to supply power to the measuring unit, with a predetermined interval therebetween. Multifunctional ultrasound physiotherapy machine. The method of claim 4, wherein
The outer periphery of the mount housing, a multi-functional ultrasonic physical therapy device, characterized in that a plurality of projection bands to prevent the sliding of the fingers are formed at predetermined intervals, respectively. The method of claim 5,
The binding projections, multi-functional ultrasound physiotherapy device, characterized in that the hemispherical protrusion form when viewed in cross section in order to facilitate the binding and forced release to the binding groove.

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