KR20200078085A - Spinal traction apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a spinal traction apparatus which comprises: a bed unit including a fixed bed and a sliding bed; an upper body fixing unit disposed on the fixed bed to fix a patient′s upper body; a traction unit connected to a waist band fixed to the patient′s waist to provide traction force; and a tower unit including the traction unit disposed therein and a controller for controlling the bed unit and the traction unit. According to the present invention, the spinal traction apparatus has a simple structure, thereby facilitating design and manufacturing, and increasing decompressed traction treatment efficiency simultaneously with providing the patient with a customized decompressed traction treatment method.

Description

SPINEL TRACTION APPARATUS

The present invention relates to a vertebral traction device, and more particularly, to a vertebral traction device that is easy to design and manufacture, and can significantly improve the decompression traction treatment efficiency.

IDD (Intervertebral Differential Dynamics Therapy) is a groundbreaking disk therapy established by many experts such as neurosurgeons and orthopedists for the purpose of restoring normal disks. IDD treatments are non-surgical and do not use analgesics, so they are safe, comfortable and comfortable. The IDD treatment uses the principle of targeting each lumbar disc independently and increasing the vertebrae surrounding the disc by 5-7 mm. The treatment is static, intermittent, and disperses the forces of the structure that causes back pain. During treatment, the pressure inside the disc decreases from positive pressure of 25 mmHg to negative pressure of 150 mmHg, which promotes the supply of water, oxygen, and nutrients to the intervertebral disc, and repetitive changes in pressure promote the contracting force of the escaped nucleus Order.

Adaptation training to restore the disc's original state in a painless state without stimulating the sympathetic nerve should be carried out quickly, but the conventional decompression equipment was difficult to implement. Foreign equipment, which is more than 80% expensive, accounted for the majority.

At the same time, it is urgent to research and develop a spinal traction device that has superior decompression treatment effect compared to foreign equipment, while replacing foreign expensive equipment with localization.

Prior Literature 1: Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-0590680 (2006.06.09) Prior Literature 2: Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2002-0032798 (2002.05.04)

The present invention has been devised in consideration of the above-described technical needs, and the object of the present invention is to provide a spine traction device that is easy to design with a simple structure and provides a patient-specific decompression traction treatment method while simultaneously improving decompression traction treatment efficiency. In the offer.

Spinal traction device according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a bed portion including a fixed bed and a sliding bed; An upper body fixing part disposed on the fixed bed to fix the upper body of the patient; A traction unit connected to a waist band fixed to the patient's waist to provide traction; And a tower unit in which the traction unit is disposed and accommodates a control unit for controlling the bed unit and the traction unit.

And, it is accommodated in the sliding bed air tube for adjusting the lower body height or knee angle of the patient; may further include.

In addition, a support portion for supporting the bed portion; A stimulation unit for applying electrical stimulation or vibration to the patient's waist; And a driving unit for inserting the magnetic pole portion disposed in the support portion into a space in which the fixed bed and the sliding bed are spaced apart from each other.

In addition, a storage unit for storing patient information including body information, symptom information, and treatment step information corresponding to the patient; And an RFID reader for reading RFID tag information provided to the patient, wherein the controller controls the air injection amount of the air tube based on the body information among patient information read by the RFID reader, and RFID The stimulus intensity and period of the stimulation unit may be controlled based on the symptom information and the treatment step information among patient information read by the reader.

In addition, a support portion for supporting the bed portion; A heat treatment unit that applies infrared light to the patient's waist; And a driving unit for inserting the magnetic pole portion disposed in the support portion into a space in which the fixed bed and the sliding bed are spaced apart from each other.

According to the present invention, since it has a simple structure, it is easy to design and manufacture, and it is possible to improve the decompression traction treatment efficiency while providing a patient-specific decompression traction treatment method.

1 is a perspective view of a spinal traction device according to the present invention.
2 is a side view of a spinal traction device according to the present invention.
3A and 3B are conceptual views showing a sliding motion of a bed portion of a spinal traction device according to the present invention.
4A to 4C show a spinal traction device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a perspective view showing an air tube provided in a spinal traction device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them will be clarified with reference to embodiments described below in detail together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various different forms, and only the present embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform the holder of the scope of the invention, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. The same reference numerals refer to the same components throughout the specification.

Although the first, second, etc. are used to describe various elements, components and/or sections, it goes without saying that these elements, components and/or sections are not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element, component or section from another element, component or section. Accordingly, it goes without saying that the first element, the first component or the first section mentioned below may be the second element, the second component or the second section within the technical spirit of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for describing the embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form also includes the plural form unless otherwise specified in the phrase. As used herein, "comprises" and/or "made of" mentioned components, steps, operations, and/or elements are those of one or more other components, steps, operations, and/or elements. Presence or addition is not excluded.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in the present specification may be used as meanings commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. In addition, terms defined in the commonly used dictionary are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless specifically defined.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail according to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a perspective view of a vertebral traction device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of a vertebral traction device according to the present invention.

1 and 2, the spine traction device 100 according to the present invention includes a tower portion 110, a support portion 120, a bottom portion 130, a bed portion 140, and an upper body fixing portion 150. And a traction unit 160. The support 120 and the bottom 130 support the spinal traction device 100 according to the present invention, which may be implemented in one configuration or may be implemented in a combination of three or more configurations.

The tower unit 110 accommodates various configurations for driving and controlling the spinal traction device 100 according to the present invention. The traction unit 160 is disposed on the outer surface of the tower unit 110. In more detail, the tower unit 110 is provided with a traction unit 160 toward the bed unit 140. In addition, the tower unit 110 accommodates the traction unit 160, a storage device, a driving device, and a communication device.

The bed portion 140 includes a fixed bed 141 and a sliding bed 142. The fixed bed 141 and the sliding bed 142 are supported by the support 120. The fixed bed 141 is fixed to be movable, but the sliding bed 142 is provided to be slidable back and forth along the longitudinal direction of the bed portion 140 for tension of the spine.

3A and 3B are conceptual views showing a sliding operation of the bed portion 140. 3A and 3B, in the basic state, the sliding bed 142 is in close contact with the fixed bed 141. After the patient is lying on the patient's back, the end of the waist band (not shown) worn on the patient's waist is connected to the traction unit 160 and the traction unit 160 applies the traction force to pull the waist band (not shown). Tensile force is applied to the waist portion of the spine to treat traction of the spine. At this time, as the waist portion of the patient is pulled in the lower body direction, as shown in FIG. 3B, the sliding bed 142 slides in the lower body direction to disperse the force applied to the waist to some extent so that excessive force is not applied. do.

The upper body fixing part 150 is a pair of longitudinal members protruding to the upper surface of the fixing bed 142, and is inserted into the patient's armpit to fix the upper body when traction decompression treatment is performed so that a tensile force is applied only to the waist portion. The pair of upper body fixing parts 150 are configured to be movable a predetermined distance in the width direction (direction perpendicular to the patient's lying down direction) of the fixed bed 142, so that the width can be appropriately adjusted according to the physical condition of the patient.

The traction unit 160 is disposed under the lower body while the patient is lying down and is connected to the end of the waist band fixed to the patient's waist. More specifically, the traction unit 160 is disposed on the surface of the tower unit 110, and is configured to be height-adjustable according to the symptoms or progress of the patient, so as to properly adjust the traction direction or traction force.

Although not shown in the drawing, a controller (not shown) accommodated in the tower unit 110 controls the traction unit 160 to control the strength, period, and tightening height of the traction force.

4A to 4C show a spinal traction device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4C, the spinal traction device 100 includes a stimulation section and/or a heat treatment section. In the basic state, the stimulation unit/thermotherapy unit 170 is provided in the support unit 120 as shown in FIG. 4A. Specifically, the support part 120 is disposed under the bed part 140 to support the bed part 140. In a basic state, the stimulation part/heat treatment part 170 is not exposed to the outside.

When it is determined that electric stimulation, vibration, or thermal treatment is necessary according to the patient's condition during traction decompression treatment, the controller (not shown) drives the driving unit (not shown) to expose the stimulation unit/heat treatment unit 170 to the outside. . Specifically, the driving unit (not shown) is a stimulation unit/thermal treatment unit so that the stimulation unit/thermal treatment unit 170 disposed on the support unit 120 is inserted into a space between the fixed bed 141 and the sliding bed 142. (170) is moved upward.

A rail unit (not shown) is provided between the support unit 120 and the stimulation unit/thermal treatment unit 170, and the driving unit (not shown) is provided above the stimulation unit/thermal treatment unit 170 using the rail unit. Slide. In another embodiment, the stimulation unit/thermotherapy unit 170 may be moved upward in various known ways.

When the stimulation unit/thermal treatment unit 170 is moved upward, the stimulation unit/thermal treatment unit 170 contacts the patient's waist, so electrical stimulation, vibration, or thermal infrared rays generated by the stimulation unit/thermal treatment unit 170 are generated. It is possible to maximize the efficiency of traction decompression treatment while being applied to the patient.

The stimulation unit/thermal treatment unit 170 may be formed of an electric stimulator that generates electrical stimulation, a vibration actuator that generates vibration of a predetermined intensity and period, and an infrared irradiator that emits thermal infrared rays for thermal treatment.

5 is a perspective view showing an air tube 143 provided in the spinal traction device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, an air tube 143 is provided inside the sliding bed 142 on which the lower body of the patient is placed. The air tube 143 may be formed in a convex shape in the middle region so as to support the patient's knee with an'a'. The height of the patient's knee may be adjusted through the amount of air supplied to the air tube 143. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the amount of air supplied to the air tube 143 according to the patient's body shape.

In addition, by adjusting the lower body height of the patient through the amount of air supplied to the air tube 143, it is possible to maintain a comfortable posture while adjusting the angle of the traction force applied to the patient's waist.

On the other hand, the spine retractor 100 according to the present invention may include a storage unit (not shown) for storing patient information including body information, symptom information and treatment step information corresponding to the patient, and a storage unit (not shown) City) may be accommodated in the tower unit 110.

In addition, an RFID reader (not shown) for reading RFID tag information provided to the patient may be included. The RFID tag may be provided in a necklace shape and worn on the patient's neck, or may be provided in a bracelet shape and worn on the patient's wrist.

The RFID reader (not shown) reads the information of the RFID tag. Based on the patient information read by the RFID reader, a controller (not shown) may control the stimulation unit/thermotherapy unit 170 or control the amount of air injected into the air tube.

For example, the controller controls the air injection amount of the air tube 143 and the height of the traction unit 160 based on the body information among the patient information read by the RFID reader, and the symptoms among the patient information read by the RFID reader The stimulation intensity and period of the stimulation unit may be controlled based on the information and treatment step information. In addition, the temperature and treatment time of the thermotherapy unit may be controlled based on symptom information and treatment step information among patient information read by the RFID reader.

By the operation of the RFID tag and the RFID reader, the air injection amount of the air tube 143 is determined only by the patient lying on the bed unit 140, the height of the traction unit 160 is adjusted, and the stimulation unit/heat treatment unit ( Since the operation of 170) can be performed, automation of spinal traction treatment can be promoted, and the risk of incorrect treatment can be prevented because the patient is not properly identified.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. You will understand. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

100: spine traction device
110: tower
120: support
130: bottom
140: bed
141: fixed bed
142: sliding bed
143: air tube
150: upper body fixing part
160: towing unit
170: stimulation part / heat treatment part

Claims (5)

Bed portion including a fixed bed and a sliding bed;
An upper body fixing part disposed on the fixed bed to fix the upper body of the patient;
A traction unit connected to a waist band fixed to the patient's waist to provide traction; And
The traction unit is disposed, the vertebral traction device comprising a; tower portion for receiving a control controller for controlling the bed portion and the traction unit. According to claim 1,
Spinal traction device further comprises; is accommodated in the sliding bed air tube for adjusting the lower body height or knee angle of the patient. According to claim 2,
A support portion supporting the bed portion;
A stimulation unit for applying electrical stimulation or vibration to the patient's waist; And
Spinal traction apparatus further comprising; a driving unit for inserting the magnetic pole portion disposed on the support portion into a space spaced apart from the fixed bed and the sliding bed. According to claim 3,
A storage unit for storing patient information including body information, symptom information and treatment step information corresponding to the patient; And
Includes; RFID reader to read the RFID tag information provided to the patient,
The controller controls the air injection amount of the air tube and the height of the traction unit based on the body information among the patient information read by the RFID reader, and the symptom information and treatment step information among the patient information read by the RFID reader. Spinal traction device for controlling the stimulation intensity and period of the stimulation portion based on. According to claim 1,
A support portion supporting the bed portion;
A heat treatment unit that applies infrared light to the patient's waist; And
Spinal traction apparatus further comprising; a driving unit for inserting the magnetic pole portion disposed on the support portion into a space spaced apart from the fixed bed and the sliding bed.

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