KR20210147586A - Lymphedema treatment device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lymphedema treatment device which, more specifically, comprises a main body part, and a rotation part provided at a lower part of the main body part. The main body part comprises a pressure sensor provided at the inside of the main body part and measuring pressure applied to the rotation part. When a measured value of the pressure sensor is within a preset pressure range, the rotation part rotates to press and massage a surface of a body or slides along a surface of the body to conduct a circular movement for stretching the surface of the body, thereby accelerating lymphatic transport.

Description

Lymphedema treatment device

The present invention is a lymphedema treatment device that diffuses lymph to relieve lymphatic congestion. More specifically, it massages the surface of the body only when the pressure within a preset range is measured, thereby treating lymphedema to facilitate lymphatic circulation. It's about the device.

Cancer patients, including breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and liver cancer, are occurring in Korea and around the world. As medical technology advances, various anticancer treatments are being implemented to treat it. In addition, chemotherapy may cause sequelae. A typical example of sequelae of chemotherapy is lymphedema. Looking at the relationship between lymphedema and cancer, 68% of all lymphedema patients have cancer-related problems, and 15.5% of cancer patients (over 29% for breast cancer) have lymphedema.

The lymphatic system maintains the balance of body fluids by transporting lymph fluid through the lymph pump action, an organ involved in the human immune system. And, when lymph fluid accumulates in the extracellular space due to lymph node removal (surgical treatment) or radiation therapy, lymphedema such as swelling or body tissue change occurs.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0062025 (2019. 06. 05.) discloses a vibrating massager in which a protrusion in contact with the human body performs a massage.

However, the conventional technique for directly pressing the skin is to relax the stiff muscles by applying a large pressure to the inside of the body, and there is a limit in promoting lymph circulation by applying pressure only to the surface of the body.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0062025 (2019. 06. 05.)

The present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and by massaging the surface of the body only when the pressure within a preset range is measured, a lymphedema treatment device for smooth lymphatic circulation Its purpose is to provide

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the problems mentioned above, and other problems to be solved by the present invention not mentioned here are to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. can be clearly understood.

In the apparatus for treating lymphedema according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it includes a main body and a rotating part provided under the main body, wherein the main body is provided inside the main body and applied to the rotating part. A pressure sensor for measuring pressure is included, and when the measured value of the pressure sensor falls within a preset pressure range, the rotating part rotates to massage the surface of the body to promote lymphatic transport.

In addition, the main body according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided inside the main body, further comprising a motor for providing a driving force for rotating the rotating unit, even during the rotation of the rotating unit, the pressure sensor is The pressure applied to the rotating part is continuously measured, and when the measured value of the pressure sensor is out of the preset pressure range, the motor is stopped to stop the rotation of the rotating part.

In addition, the main body according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, by connecting the motor and the rotating part, further comprising a joint part for transmitting the driving force of the motor to the rotating part, the rotating part, the joint part as an axis It is characterized by rotating.

In addition, the body part according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided inside the body part, further comprising a lifting part for lifting and lowering the motor, and by adjusting the degree of bending of the joint part as the motor is raised and lowered, the degree of bending of the joint part is adjusted, It is characterized in that the rotation radius of the rotating part is adjusted.

In addition, the rotating unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a pad provided under the rotating unit, and the pad is characterized in that it is selectively detachable as necessary.

By means of a solution to the above problem, the lymphedema treatment device of the present invention massages the body while pressing the surface of the body only when the pressure within the preset range is measured or slides and slides on the surface of the body to move the surface of the body. It is effective in providing a device for treating lymphedema that enables smooth lymphatic circulation by performing a circular motion of elongation.

In addition, the lymphedema treatment device of the present invention continuously measures the pressure applied to the rotating unit by the pressure sensor even during the rotation of the rotating unit. It is effective in preventing side effects by stopping it immediately when it works.

In addition, the lymphedema treatment device of the present invention has an advantage in that the degree of bending of the joint is adjusted as the motor is raised and lowered, thereby controlling the area to be massaged by adjusting the radius of rotation of the rotating part.

The effect of the present invention is not limited to the effect mentioned above, and the effect of the present invention not mentioned here will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the following description. .

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a device for treating lymphedema according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view showing the internal configuration of a device for treating lymphedema according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing the arrangement of the pressure sensor of the lymphedema treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 and 5 are views showing the state of adjusting the rotation radius of the rotating part of the apparatus for treating lymphedema according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a device for treating lymphedema according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view showing the operation of the rotating part of the apparatus for treating lymphedema according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a side view of a device for treating lymphedema according to another embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a side view of a device for treating lymphedema according to another embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a side view of a device for treating lymphedema according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Terms used in this specification will be briefly described, and the present invention will be described in detail.

The terms used in the present invention have been selected as currently widely used general terms as possible while considering the functions in the present invention, but these may vary depending on the intention or precedent of a person skilled in the art, the emergence of new technology, and the like. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the overall content of the present invention, rather than the name of a simple term.

In the entire specification, when a part “includes” a certain element, it means that other elements may be further included, rather than excluding other elements, unless otherwise stated.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement them. However, the present invention may be embodied in several different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Specific details including the problem to be solved for the present invention, the means for solving the problem, and the effect of the invention are included in the embodiments and drawings to be described below. Advantages and features of the present invention, and a method of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

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

Referring to FIG. 1 , in the apparatus for treating lymphedema according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it includes a main body 100 and a rotating unit 200 provided at a lower portion of the main body 100 .

First, the body part 100 is provided. The main body 100 has an empty space therein and serves as a case for preventing an impact or foreign substances from penetrating into the main body 100 . For example, the main body 100 may be provided in a hemispherical shape and a circular lower surface parallel to the ground.

Next, the body part 100 is provided inside the body part 100 and includes a pressure sensor 110 for measuring the pressure applied to the rotating part 200 . For example, a plurality of pressure sensors 110 may be arranged radially with respect to the center of the lower surface of the body part 100 .

In more detail, the plurality of pressure sensors 110 may be arranged along a plurality of virtual circles formed with respect to the center of the lower surface of the body part 100 . Also, the plurality of virtual circles may have different diameters.

As an example, referring to FIG. 3 , the plurality of pressure sensors 110 include a first virtual circle C1 and a first circle ( They are respectively arranged along the circumference of the imaginary second circle C2 having a larger diameter than C1). In addition, the plurality of pressure sensors 110 include an imaginary first line L1 connecting the center of the main body 100 and the pressure sensor 110 and the center of the main body 100 and the pressure sensor ( The imaginary second line L2 connecting the 110 and the adjacent pressure sensor 110 may be arranged to be spaced apart by a preset angle A.

Here, the angle A may be formed at 30 to 60 degrees. At this time, when the angle A is formed to be less than 30 degrees, the number of the pressure sensors 110 increases, and the cost and time required for manufacturing rapidly increase, and the number of the pressure sensors 110 increases. In contrast to the increase, there is a problem in that the accuracy of the measurement does not increase significantly, so that the efficiency decreases. In addition, when the angle (A) is formed to exceed 60 degrees, the number of the pressure sensors 110 is reduced and the pressure applied to the rotating part 200 cannot be accurately measured and the pressure sensors ( 110) increases the number of points that cannot be measured, so there is a problem that a malfunction may occur. Accordingly, the angle (A) is formed to be 30 to 60 degrees.

In addition, the first circle C1 and the second circle C2 are formed to have a diameter that divides the lower surface of the main body 100 into thirds. In more detail, a groove portion 170 to be described later is formed in the central portion of the lower surface of the body portion 100 . That is, for a portion of the lower surface of the main body 100 excluding the groove 170 , the first circle C1 and the second circle C2 divide the lower surface of the main body 100 into thirds. will be. Accordingly, the pressure sensor 110 is uniformly arranged as a whole on the lower surface of the body part 100 , there is an advantage in that the pressure applied to the rotating part 200 can be measured more accurately.

In this state, when the measured value of the pressure sensor 110 falls within a preset pressure range, the rotating part 200 rotates to massage the surface of the body to promote lymphatic transport. In other words, when any one of the measured values of the plurality of pressure sensors 110 does not fall within the preset pressure range, the rotating unit 200 is not rotated but is stopped.

Next, referring to FIG. 4 , the main body 100 further includes a motor 120 provided inside the main body 100 to provide a driving force for rotating the rotating unit 200 . For example, the motor 120 is a DC motor so that the rotating part 200 can rotate about the center of the lower surface of the body part 100 as an axis.

At this time, the pressure sensor 110 continuously measures the pressure applied to the rotating part 200 . That is, the pressure sensor 110 continuously measures the pressure applied to the rotating unit 200 even during the rotation of the rotating unit 200, so that the measured value of the pressure sensor 110 is within the preset pressure range. In the case of deviation, the motor 120 is stopped so that the rotation of the rotation unit 200 is stopped.

In more detail, the body part 100 may include a button part 150 provided to protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the body part 100 . That is, when the user presses the button unit 150 once, the pressure sensor 110 continuously measures the pressure applied to the rotation unit 200 . In addition, the main body 100 further includes a control unit 151 that receives the measured value of the pressure sensor 110 when the button unit 150 is pressed and determines whether the measured value falls within a preset pressure range. can do. The control unit 151 is turned on and off by the button unit 150 , and serves to control the pressure sensor 110 , the motor 120 , and the lifting unit 140 to be described later.

In addition, the body part 100 may further include a handle 160 protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the body part 100 so that the body part 100 can be easily transported. The handle 160 is formed to extend on the left and right outer circumferential surfaces of the main body 100 , and is spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the main body 100 at a predetermined distance so that a user can easily hold the handle 160 . At this time, the handle 160 may be formed to have a rounded outer circumferential surface, and may be formed in any shape as long as the user can easily transport the body portion 100 .

In addition, the body part 100 further includes a joint part 130 connecting the motor 120 and the rotating part 200 to transmit the driving force of the motor 120 to the rotating part 200 . At this time, the rotating part 200 rotates the joint part 130 as an axis.

For example, referring to FIG. 4 , the joint part 130 extends in the longitudinal direction of the motor 120 , that is, in a direction perpendicular to the ground, and includes a first frame 131 coupled to the motor 120 and the It includes a second frame 132 coupled to the first frame 131 and the hinge portion 133 . In addition, the second frame 132 is coupled to the rotating part 200 through the connection part 134 . That is, the rotation radius of the rotating part 200 is set according to the angle between the first frame 131 and the second frame 132 . In other words, when the angle between the first frame 131 and the second frame 132 is decreased, the rotation radius of the rotating part 200 is reduced, and the first frame 131 and the second frame 132 are reduced. ) increases, the rotation radius of the rotating part 200 increases.

In addition, the body part 100 is provided inside the body part 100 and further includes a lifting unit 140 for elevating the motor 120 . In this case, as the motor 120 is raised and lowered, the degree of bending of the joint part 130 is adjusted, so that the rotation radius of the rotating part 200 can be adjusted.

For example, referring to FIGS. 4 and 5 , the lifting unit 140 may include a pusher 141 that selectively pushes the motor 120 to raise the motor 120 , if necessary. That is, as the pusher 141 raises the motor 120 , the first frame 131 rises, and the second frame 132 moves due to the rise of the first frame 131 . By rotating the hinge part 133 in the counterclockwise direction about the axis, the rotation radius of the rotating part 200 is reduced. Conversely, when the pusher 141 is lowered and the motor 120 is lowered, the first frame 131 also descends, and the second frame 132 is lowered due to the lowering of the first frame 131 . By rotating the hinge part 133 clockwise about the axis, the rotation radius of the rotation part 200 is increased. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that the radius of rotation of the rotating unit 200 can be adjusted according to the range of the body part requiring massage.

Next, the rotating part 200 includes a pad 210 provided under the rotating part 200 . The pad 210 is provided in a shape surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the rotating part 200 , and may be selectively detachably attached to the lower part of the rotating part 200 as needed. For example, the pad 210 is a part in contact with the body that needs massage, and is formed of a material such as silicon that can increase friction with the body, so that the pad 210 is adhered to the surface of the body. In this state, the rotating unit 200 rotates to sweep and stretch the surface of the body to perform the massage. In addition, the pad 210 is formed of a material such as plastic having a small frictional force so as to slide and move on the surface of the body, and as the rotating part 200 rotates, the pad 210 moves on the surface of the body. Massage can also be performed by pressing and moving. That is, the pad 210 may be selectively applied to the rotating unit 200 according to the type of lymphedema and the skin characteristics of the user.

With this configuration, as shown in FIG. 6 , when the user presses the button unit 150 while the body unit 100 is placed on the upper part of the body, the control unit 151 receives the pressure from the plurality of pressure sensors 110 . When the measured value is received and it is determined that the measured value is within a preset pressure range, the motor 120 is controlled to rotate the rotating unit 200 . At this time, the button unit 150 includes a display (not shown) or a rotation radius setting button (not shown) formed in a touch method so that the user can set the rotation radius and rotation mode of the rotation unit 200 . can do.

Thereafter, referring to FIG. 7 , the rotating unit 200 rotates forward or backward by the motor 120 , but rotates with a rotation radius R set by the lifting unit 140 .

As a result, the lymphedema treatment device of the present invention massages the surface of the body that needs massage, like the fixed circle massage method among the lymph draining techniques, so that the lymphatic circulation can be made smoothly.

Hereinafter, the massage effect of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings based on embodiments according to various forms of the rotating unit 200 .

Referring to FIG. 8 , a lower portion of the rotating part 200 may be formed to be convex in a direction toward the body. At this time, an internal filler such as beads is provided inside the convex portion of the rotating part 200 , and as the filler rotates along the rotating part 200 , it presses the surface of the body more strongly.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8 , as the lower surface of the rotating part 200 is formed to be convex, the pad 210 formed of a silicone material is more adhered to the surface of the body and sweeps the surface of the body more strongly. that can be elongated.

On the contrary, in the case of the pad 210 formed of a plastic material, the lower surface of the rotating part 200 is formed to be convex and the frictional force decreases as the area in contact with the surface of the body decreases, so that the plastic material The pad 210 minimizes the stretching of the surface of the body and presses the surface of the body to be massaged.

Also, referring to FIG. 9 , the rotating part 200 may include a plurality of protrusions 211 convexly formed in a direction toward the body at a lower portion of the rotating part 200 . In this case, the plurality of protrusions 211 allow the surface of the body to be more strongly pressed during massage.

Also, referring to FIG. 10 , a plurality of the rotating part 200 may be rotated by the motor 120 , respectively. In this case, the plurality of rotating parts 200 may be provided to have the same rotation radius to massage the surface of the body more repeatedly. That is, when the rotating unit 200 is formed in plurality compared to the case in which the rotating unit 200 is formed as one, the surface of the body is massaged a plurality of times during one rotation of the motor 120 . In this case, the plurality of rotation units 200 may be provided to have different rotation radii.

As a result, there is an advantage that the massage can be performed in consideration of the degree of lymphedema and the different lymph pattern aspects for each patient through various embodiments of the rotating unit 200 .

As such, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the above-described technical configuration of the present invention may be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described above are to be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all respects, and the scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the above detailed description, and the meaning and scope of the claims and their All changes or modifications derived from the concept of equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

In addition, the presented embodiments can be mixed and applied.

100: body part
110: pressure sensor
120: motor
130: joint
131: first frame
132: second frame
133: hinge
134: connection
140: elevator
141: push rod
150: button part
151: control unit
160: handle
170: home
200: rotating part
210: pad
211: turn
C: Center of the lower face
C1: first circle
C2: second circle
L1: first line
L2: 2nd line
A: the angle between L1 and L2
R : turning radius

Claims (5)

body part; and
Including; a rotating part provided in the lower part of the body part;
The body part,
It includes; a pressure sensor provided inside the body part to measure the pressure applied to the rotating part;
When the measured value of the pressure sensor falls within a preset pressure range, the rotating part rotates to massage the surface of the body to promote lymphatic transport. According to claim 1,
The body part,
A motor provided inside the main body to provide a driving force for rotating the rotating unit; further comprising,
The pressure sensor continuously measures the pressure applied to the rotating unit even during the rotation of the rotating unit, and when the measured value of the pressure sensor is out of the preset pressure range, the motor is stopped so that the rotating unit is rotated Lymphedema treatment device, characterized in that it is stopped. 3. The method of claim 2,
The body part,
It further includes; a joint part for connecting the motor and the rotating part to transmit the driving force of the motor to the rotating part,
The rotating unit, lymphedema treatment device, characterized in that the joint rotates about the axis. 4. The method of claim 3,
The body part,
It is provided inside the main body portion, the elevating unit for elevating the motor; further comprising,
Lymphedema treatment device, characterized in that by adjusting the degree of bending of the joint part as the motor is raised and lowered, the radius of rotation of the rotating part is adjusted. According to claim 1,
The rotating part,
Including; pad provided on the lower part of the rotating part;
The pad, lymphedema treatment device, characterized in that selectively detachable as needed.

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