KR20220086914A - Rail-type rehabilitation system and rehabilitation set for electric stimulation - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a charging unit is formed on a belt mounted on the body of a user who wears clothes including an electrical stimulation unit, and can generate charging energy by friction with the skin or surface of clothes wearing clothes containing the electrical stimulation unit. An object of the present invention is to provide a rail-type rehabilitation system and a rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation.
In order to achieve the above object, the rail-type rehabilitation system is mounted on the user's body, and at least a portion of the body in contact with a belt including a conductive part formed of a conductive material and a rail part and one side of which the position is fixed is the It is connected to a part, the other side is connected to the conduction part of the belt, and it is characterized in that it comprises a connection part movable along the rail part, and the rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation is a rail-type rehabilitation system and a textile part forming clothes, and Clothing comprising an electrical stimulation unit including a first electrode located in the textile unit and in contact with the user's body and a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode and disposed in the textile unit so as not to contact the user's body is made including

Description

Rail-type rehabilitation system and rehabilitation set for electric stimulation

The present invention relates to a rehabilitation apparatus, and more particularly, a rail-type rehabilitation system and electrical stimulation that are electrically connected to the skin or surface of a user wearing clothes including an electrical stimulation unit to increase the electrical stimulation effect of clothes It is about a rehabilitation set for dragons.

Recently, various devices using Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) have been developed that directly stimulate muscles with electric current applied from the power supply to contract muscles without a command from the brain. It has been proven to have various effects such as promoting healing, improving muscle fatigue, improving inflammation, improving blood circulation, reducing abdominal fat, and antibacterial. Recently, clothes including an electrical stimulation unit that can increase the exercise effect have been developed and used a lot.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional ceiling rail-based gait rehabilitation apparatus includes a runway rail 10 formed in a track type so that several patients can use it at the same time, and an air balance hoist that is moved along the runway rail 10 ( 30) is configured to include the main device 20 for controlling the load control and various configurations.

However, the conventional rehabilitation apparatus is electrically connected to the clothing including the electrical stimulation unit to make the potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode formed on the clothing including the electrical stimulation unit larger, and an electrical stimulation unit that can obtain an additional energy source There was a disadvantage that could not increase the effect of the clothes containing.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0010395 (published on January 28, 2015)

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and is electrically connected to clothes including an electrical stimulation unit to provide a rail-type rehabilitation system and a rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation that can increase the electrical stimulation effect of clothes. There is a purpose.

Rail type rehabilitation system according to the present invention is mounted on the user's body, at least a portion of the body in contact with the belt including a conductive part is formed of a conductive material; And a rail portion to which the position is fixed; and a connecting part having one side connected to the rail part, the other side connected to the conducting part of the belt, and movable along the rail part; includes

In the rail type rehabilitation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the rail unit may be made of a conductive material.

In the rail-type rehabilitation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the connection part may be made of a conductive material, and the belt and the rail part may be electrically connected.

In the rail-type rehabilitation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is formed on the opposite surface of the rail portion, at least a portion of the bottom portion made of a conductive material; may be made to include.

In the rail-type rehabilitation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the bottom portion, at least a portion of the upper surface in contact with the user's feet is a first conductive surface made of a conductive material; and a second conductive surface in which at least a portion of a lower surface in contact with the ground is made of a conductive material, wherein the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface may be electrically connected to each other.

In the rail-type rehabilitation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the bottom portion, the insulator formed between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface; may further include.

In the rail-type rehabilitation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a walking trainer comprising a plurality of pillars fixed to the floor and a handle that is installed on the plurality of pillars in a direction parallel to the walking direction of the user. It further includes, and the handle part may be coated on an outer peripheral surface with any one of a positive or negative charging material.

In the rail-type rehabilitation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the handle portion, a first line coated with a positive electrode charging material; and a second line coated with a negatively charged material, wherein a plurality of the first lines and a plurality of the second lines may be cross-arranged.

Rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention is a rail type rehabilitation system; and a textile part constituting the clothing, and a first electrode located in the textile part and in contact with the user's body, and a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode and disposed on the textile part so as not to come into contact with the user's body. It includes; clothes comprising an electrical stimulation unit that includes.

Rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention is a handle gripped by the hand of a user wearing clothes including the electrical stimulation part, a floor support part made of a charging material and contacting the ground, and a conductor connecting the handle and the floor support part A walking aid comprising a connection frame made of a material; may further include.

The rail-type rehabilitation system and the rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention have the effect of increasing the size of the second electrode as the second electrode formed on the clothes including the electrical stimulation part is electrically connected to the conductive part formed on the belt. can have Accordingly, it is possible to increase the electrical stimulation effect of the clothes including the electrical stimulation unit as the potential difference between the first and second electrodes can be increased.

Furthermore, as the electrical energy generated from the soles of the feet when a user wearing clothes including the electrical stimulation part walks can be used as an additional energy source for the clothes including the electrical stimulation part through the human body, the electrical stimulation effect can be further enhanced.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ceiling rail-based walking rehabilitation device;
2 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention;
3 is a cross-sectional view of clothes including an electrical stimulation unit according to the present invention;
4 is a simulation diagram of electrical stimulation intensity according to the size of the first electrode and the second electrode according to the present invention;
5 is an enlarged view of a first embodiment of a rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention;
6 is a connection schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention;
7 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention;
8 is a cross-sectional view of the bottom according to the present invention;
9 is an enlarged view of the handle according to the present invention;
10 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention;

Hereinafter, the technical idea of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to conventional or dictionary meanings, and the inventor should properly understand the concept of the term in order to best describe his invention. Based on the principle that it can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Accordingly, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all the technical spirit of the present invention, so at the time of the present application, various It should be understood that there may be variations.

Hereinafter, the technical idea of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Since the accompanying drawings are merely examples shown in order to explain the technical idea of the present invention in more detail, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the form of the accompanying drawings.

A user described in the description of the present invention refers to a user who wears clothes including an electrical stimulation unit.

The charging material in the present invention may be used without limitation as long as it is a material known in the art, and may be largely divided into a positive charging material having a positively charged property and a negative charging material having a negatively charged property. As a specific example, the positively charged material may include melamine formaldehyde resin, ethyl cellulose, polyamide, silk, and cotton, and the negatively charged material may include Teflon, polydimethylsiloxane, polyvinyl chloride, and polyvinyl chloride. Mid, polypropylene and polyethylene may be exemplified, but these are only specific examples and are not limited thereto.

2 to 3, the rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention is located in the fiber part 601 constituting the rail-type rehabilitation system and the clothes 600, and the fiber part 601, the user's body (S) ) and a second electrode 603 electrically connected to the first electrode 602 and disposed on the textile part 601 so as not to come into contact with the user's body (S). It may be made to include a garment 600 including an electrical stimulation unit.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 3 , the clothing 600 included in the electrical stimulation article set according to the present invention has a larger size of the second electrode 603 than the size of the first electrode 602 . can As the size of the second electrode 603 is larger than that of the first electrode 602 , the electric field applied to the body S by the first electrode 602 becomes larger, and the first electrode 602 ) and the strength of the electric field according to the size of the second electrode 603 is shown in FIG. 4 .

Referring to FIG. 4, Symmetric FCS simulates the electric field strength when the size of the first electrode adjacent to the body and the size of the second electrode are the same. It is shown by simulating the electric field strength when the size is large. As can be seen in FIG. 4 , as the size of the second electrode is larger than that of the first electrode, the effect of the electrical stimulation applied to the body by the first electrode becomes larger.

Since the body (S) is made up of 70-80% water, which is a polar molecule, when a first electric field is formed in a part of the body, it is transmitted through the body.

At this time, the first electrode and the second electrode have a potential difference due to the electric field generated whenever the human body moves. Thus, the human body is stimulated by the second electric field.

In this case, the fiber part is a part that maintains a shape that a user can wear on the human body, and may have various shapes that can be worn on the upper body and the lower body. An embodiment may include a top and a bottom made of conductive fibers having a resistance of a certain level or more. have. In addition, since the first electrode and the second electrode may have a potential difference when the same electric field is applied to thereby further include various materials capable of forming an electric field, the present invention is not limited thereto.

The first electrode is positioned on the inner surface of the fiber part in contact with the body S, and the second electrode is isolated from the human body with a fiber part having a certain resistance or more, and the first electrode and the second electrode are generated by an electric field generated in the body. These will have different potentials. The electric charge moves between the first electrode and the second electrode by the potential difference generated at this time, thereby generating an alternating current.

In this case, the first electrode and the second electrode may be made of different materials, but even if they are made of the same material, they have a potential difference due to the fiber part, so that the first electrode and the second electrode can be formed of the same material, of course.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the garment 600 including the electrical stimulation part includes the fiber part 601 , the first electrode 602 formed in the direction in contact with the body S in the fiber part 601 , An electric field generated between the first electrode 602 and the second electrode 603 is formed of the second electrode 603 formed in the fiber part 601 in a direction not in contact with the body S. Thus, the first electrode 602 can apply electrical stimulation to the body (S).

Referring to FIG. 10 , the rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation according to the present invention includes a handle 710 held in the hand of a user who wears the clothing 600 including the electrical stimulation unit, and a floor support made of a charging material and touching the ground. It may further include a walking aid that connects the part 720 and the handle 710 and the floor support part 720 and includes a connection frame 730 made of a conductive material.

The handle 710 may be made of a conductive material or a charging material. Since both the conductive material and the charging material can transmit an electric field, the handle is not limited to a specific material, and both are applicable.

The connection frame 730 is made of a material such as metal to electrically connect the handle 710 and the floor support unit 720, and the floor support unit 720 is made of a charging material, rubber or insulation. It is preferable that the material is composed of a material that can be charged positively or negatively. In addition, the bottom support unit 720 may be formed in a wheel shape as shown in FIG. 10 .

When the user wearing the clothing 600 including the electrical stimulation part grips the handle 710 for walking practice and walks on the ground, the floor support part 720 repeats contact and separation on the ground, At this time, the generated electrical energy is transmitted to the handle 710 through the connection frame 730, and is transmitted to the hand of the user wearing the clothing 600 including the electrical stimulation unit gripping the handle 710. . Therefore, when a user wearing the clothes 600 including the electrical stimulation unit walks using the walking aid, it is used as an additional energy source of the first electrode to increase the electrical stimulation effect.

The rail-type rehabilitation system of the present invention is a configuration used by a user wearing clothes including an electrical stimulation unit, and aims to enhance the effects of gait rehabilitation treatment and clothes including an electrical stimulation unit.

2 and 5, the rail-type rehabilitation system according to the present invention is mounted on the user's body, at least a portion of the body in contact with the belt 100 including a conductive part formed of a conductive material and the position is fixed The rail unit 200 and one side are connected to the rail unit 200, the other side is connected to the conduction unit of the belt 100, including a connection unit 300 movable along the rail unit 200 It can be characterized by being made.

The clothing 600 including the electrical stimulation unit is worn on the side of the nervous system affecting the user's leg muscles or legs to apply electrical stimulation to the corresponding area, and the belt 100 is a garment 600 including the electrical stimulation unit. It is worn on at least one portion of the upper or lower body of the user who wears the . The conductive part may be formed on the endothelium of the belt 100, or all of the endothelium or the entire endothelium may be made of a conductive material. When the conductive part and the second electrode come into contact, the conductive part and the second electrode are electrically connected to each other, and the potential of the second electrode is relatively lower than that of the first electrode, so that the first electrode and the second electrode As the potential difference between the electrodes becomes larger, the electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode also increases. Accordingly, when the size of the second electrode increases, an effect of increasing the electrical stimulation intensity of the first electrode occurs.

The rail unit 200 is fixed to a point at a predetermined height from the ceiling or the ground, and forms a predetermined track, so that the pedestrian can walk along the track of the rail unit 200 .

The connection part 300 is configured to connect between the belt 100 and the rail part 200 , and is movable along the rail part 200 , and the belt 100 and the rail part 200 . It is a configuration that is connected to each.

In the rail-type rehabilitation system according to the present invention through the above configuration, the second electrode formed on the garment 600 including the electrical stimulation unit is in contact with the conductive unit formed on the belt 100 to increase the size of the second electrode, As the second electrode has a relatively larger size than the first electrode, there is an effect that can enhance the electrical stimulation effect of the clothing 600 including the electrical stimulation unit.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the rail unit 200 of the rail type rehabilitation system according to the present invention may be made of a conductive material. In this case, the rail unit 200 may be electrically connected to the conduction unit 110 of the belt. Accordingly, the second electrode 603 formed on the clothes including the electrical stimulation part has a size extended to the belt and the rail part 200, so that the first electrode 602 transmits electricity to the body (S). It can enhance the stimulating effect.

Preferably, the connection part 300 is made of a conductive material, so that the belt and the rail part 200 can be electrically connected. The connection part 300 is made of a part or all of a conductive material, and when a part is made of a conductive material, it is preferable that the electrical connection between the belt and the rail part 200 is not cut off. At this time, the rail unit 200 has the same function and grounding role as the second electrode 603 of the clothing including the electrical stimulation unit, and the belt has the second electrode 603 of the clothing including the electrical stimulation unit. The same function is performed, and the atmosphere serves as the textile part 601 of the garment including the electrical stimulation part.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the rail-type rehabilitation system according to the present invention is formed on the opposite surface of the rail part, and at least a portion may include a bottom part 400 made of a conductive material.

The bottom part 400 has the same track as the rail part track, and all or part of it is made of a conductive material, so that a user wearing the clothes 600 including the electrical stimulation part walks along the rail part, When the conductive material part of the bottom part 400 is stepped on, the bottom part 400 plays a grounding role, and a greater charging effect appears on the sole of the foot, which is transmitted to the user's body, and the electrical stimulation of the first electrode effect can be increased.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the bottom portion 400 includes a first conductive surface 410 in which at least a portion of an upper surface in contact with the user's feet is made of a conductive material, and a second front surface in which at least a portion of a lower surface in contact with the ground is made of a conductive material. A drawing 420 is included, and the first conductive surface 410 and the second conductive surface 420 may be electrically connected to each other. The first conductive surface 410 and the second conductive surface 420 may electrically connect the user's foot to the ground, and when a part of the bottom 400 is made of a conductive material, the first conductive surface A plurality of drawings 410 and the second conductive surface 420 may be formed along the track of the bottom portion 400, and in this case, the first conductive surface 410 and the second conductive surface 420 are Preferably, they are electrically connected to each other. A user who wears clothes including the electrical stimulation unit on the upper surface of the bottom 400 can strengthen the intensity of electrical stimulation applied to the user's skin similarly to gait rehabilitation treatment on the ground during gait rehabilitation treatment. Accordingly, an improved gait rehabilitation treatment effect can be obtained.

The bottom portion 400 may include an insulator 430 formed between the first conductive surface 410 and the second conductive surface 420 . At this time, the first conductive surface 410 is formed by coating a conductive material on the upper surface of the insulator 430 , and the second conductive surface 420 is formed by coating a conductive material on the lower surface of the insulator 430 . By doing so, it is possible to manufacture the bottom portion 400 with a simple production and low production cost. The first conductive surface 410 and the second conductive surface 420 may be connected through the inside of the insulator 430 and may be connected to each other from the outside.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7 , the rail-type rehabilitation system according to the present invention includes a plurality of pillars 510 fixed to the floor 400 and the plurality of pillars in a direction parallel to the walking direction of the user. It further includes a walking trainer including a handle portion 520 installed in the portion 510, the handle portion 520 may be coated on the outer peripheral surface with any one of a charging material of a positive or negative charging material. The walking trainer is configured to help the user walk, and serves to support the user so that the user can hold the handle portion 520 to support the weight and safely perform walking training. The handle portion 520 may be made of or coated with a material that can be positively or negatively charged, and since the user moves while holding it with his bare hands, the part to be gripped changes with, and the charged energy is transferred to the body through the user's hand. , as an additional energy source of the first electrode, the electrical stimulation effect increases.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the handle 520 includes a first line 521 coated with a positive charging material and a second line 522 coated with a negative charging material, and a plurality of first lines 521 . ) and the plurality of second lines 522 may be arranged to cross each other. When the first line 521 and the second line 522 are alternately disposed, the area of the negatively charged material in contact with the user's hand and the area of the positively charged material are changed, thereby enhancing the charging effect.

In this case, the first line 521 and the second line 522 may intersect while forming the same area, may intersect each other while forming a different area, and may be freely modified according to design requirements.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims.

S: body
100: belt 110: conduction part
200: rail
300: connection
400: bottom 410: first conductive surface
420: second conductive surface 430: insulator
510: pillar portion 520: handle portion
521: first line 522: second line
600: clothing 601: textile part
602: first electrode 603: second electrode
710: handle 720: floor support
730: connecting frame

Claims (10)

a belt mounted on the user's body and including a conductive part in which at least a portion of a part in contact with the body is formed of a conductive material; and
a rail portion having a fixed position; and
a connection part having one side connected to the rail part, the other side connected to the conduction part of the belt, and movable along the rail part;
Rail-type rehabilitation system, characterized in that it comprises a.
According to claim 1,
The rail unit,
Rail type rehabilitation system made of conductive material.
3. The method of claim 2,
The connection part,
A rail type rehabilitation system made of a conductive material, in which the belt and the rail unit are electrically connected.
According to claim 1,
a bottom portion formed on an opposite surface of the rail portion, at least a portion of which is made of a conductive material;
Rail type rehabilitation system comprising a.
5. The method of claim 4,
the bottom part,
a first conductive surface in which at least a portion of an upper surface in contact with the user's feet is made of a conductive material; and
a second conductive surface in which at least a portion of a lower surface in contact with the ground is made of a conductive material;
including,
The first conductive surface and the second conductive surface are electrically connected to each other rail type rehabilitation system.
6. The method of claim 5,
the bottom part,
an insulator formed between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface;
Rail-type rehabilitation system further comprising a.
5. The method of claim 4,
A gait trainer including a plurality of pillars fixed to the floor and a handle that is installed on the plurality of pillars in a direction parallel to the walking direction of the user;
The handle portion,
A rail-type rehabilitation system in which the outer peripheral surface is coated with either a positive or negative charging material.
8. The method of claim 7,
The handle portion,
a first line coated with a positive electrode charging material; and
Including; a second line coated with a negatively charged material;
A rail-type rehabilitation system in which a plurality of the first lines and a plurality of the second lines are cross-arranged.
The rail-type rehabilitation system of any one of claims 1 to 8; and
A textile part constituting a garment, and a first electrode located in the textile part and in contact with the user's body, and a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode and disposed on the textile part so as not to come into contact with the user's body. Clothing comprising an electrical stimulation unit;
Rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation comprising a.
10. The method of claim 9,
A walking aid comprising a handle gripped by the hand of a user wearing a garment including the electrical stimulation unit, a floor support made of a charging material and contacting the ground, and a connection frame connecting the handle and the floor support and made of a conductive material ;
Rehabilitation set for electrical stimulation further comprising.

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