RU172207U1 - PILLOW ORTHOPEDIC FUNCTIONAL - Google Patents

Abstract

The inventive utility model relates to medicine, in particular to devices for fixing the position of the human body or its parts - orthopedic pillows. Functional orthopedic pillow is made of elastic material and contains a flat base and upper surface, divided into three sections, with a recess for the head in the central section. In this case, the lower surface of the recess is located at an acute angle with respect to the front longitudinal edge of the base. A roller is located along the front longitudinal edge of the lower surface of the recess, the surface of which repeats the anatomical structure of the cervicothoracic region and smoothly mates with the base. The lateral surface of the recess is inclined with respect to the lower surface of the recess, and the longitudinal front surface of each of the side sections of the upper surface is associated with the base and has a cutout for the shoulder along the entire surface. Using the utility model will expand the functionality of orthopedic pillows in order to provide a physiologically correct straightened and relaxed arrangement of the cervical spine during sleep by passive orthopedic correction of deformations of the cervicothoracic spine due to the optimal load distribution on the surface of the neck and head.

Description

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

The inventive utility model relates to the field of medicine, namely to devices for fixing the position of the human body or its parts, in particular orthopedic pillows, and can find application in traumatology, orthopedics and medical rehabilitation for use in medical institutions and in everyday life for a correct and comfortable location head and cervico-thoracic region of the spine of the patient during sleep or rest. The proposed utility model is used in the treatment and prevention of neurological, cardiovascular and somatic diseases of a person.

BACKGROUND

Known orthopedic pillows for the head of various shapes, used to prevent the occurrence of excessive bending in the cervical spine, users during sleep and to prevent the occurrence of functional disorders in it.

Known orthopedic pillows (US D707358 S, publ. 06/17/2014, CN 204863780 U, publ. 12/16/2015, US 8893334 B1, publ. 11/25/2014) having a recess for the head in the central part of the upper surface of the pillow. A disadvantage of this type of pillow is that the side walls of the recess are perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the pillow, which makes it difficult during the head to involuntarily turn the head when changing the position of the body from the supine position to the supine position. As a result of this, involuntary, that is, without waking up, turning the head in a dream is impossible and arbitrary raising of the head from the recess is required.

Moreover, such pillows do not prevent non-physiological bending of the spine, do not keep the cervical spine straight in the frontal plane, while maintaining natural bends in the sagittal plane, and do not provide the correct relaxed and straightened position of the user's spine during sleep.

At the same time, orthopedic pillows are known from the prior art (RU 2324415 C2, publ. 08/10/2007, IE86219 B1, publ. 07/03/2013, CN 201403939 Y, publ. 02.17.2010) made with a surface along the transverse front surface of the pillow according to the entire length in the form of a cutout for the shoulder, providing neck support.

A disadvantage of the known pillows is that they do not provide venous outflow from the cranial cavity at certain positions of the user during sleep. When using known pillows in some cases, the user develops hypertonicity in the musculo-ligamentous apparatus of the cervical spine.

The closest solution to the claimed utility model is an orthopedic pillow (BY 10778 U, publ. 30.08. 2015), made of elastic material, on the upper surface in its central part there is a recess for the head, the bottom of the recess is made in the form of an inclined platform at an angle. The disadvantage of this orthopedic pillow is the lack of a recess (niche) for the shoulder, which causes insufficient support of the cervical spine in the "lying on its side" position, and also leads to the fracture of the shoulder girdle, which, accordingly, can lead to compression of the nerve trunk of the shoulder and a violation of the anatomical and physiological and ergonomic position of the head and neck of a person during sleep.

DISCLOSURE OF A USEFUL MODEL

The task to which the claimed utility model is directed is to create an orthopedic pillow with the possibility of imparting an optimal anatomical, physiological and ergonomic position to the head and neck of a person during sleep for a comfortable position of the head and cervicothoracic region of the spine in a position both on the back and on side simultaneously with the maintenance of the cervical spine.

The technical result of the utility model is to expand the functionality of the orthopedic pillow by reducing pressure on the soft tissues of the head and neck, relaxing the muscles of the neck, and also creating the necessary support for the cervical spine in a dream in a position both lying on its side and on its back while ensuring the process involuntary changes in the position of the person’s body in a dream, that is, the transition from the "lying on your back" to the "lying on your side" position without waking up and raising your head.

The technical result is achieved in that the functional orthopedic pillow is made of elastic material and contains a flat base and an upper surface divided into three sections, with a recess for the head of the central section, while the lower surface of the recess is at an acute angle with respect to the front longitudinal edge of the base, along the front longitudinal edge of the lower surface of the recess there is a roller, the surface of which repeats the anatomical structure of the cervicothoracic region and smoothly interfaced with base, the side surface of the recess is inclined with respect to the lower surface of the recess, the longitudinal front surface of each of the side sections of the upper surface is associated with the base and has a cutout for the shoulder along the entire surface.

In one embodiment, the pillow is made of expanded polyethylene.

In one embodiment, the implementation of the upper surface is made with convex-concave protrusions, smoothly interconnected.

In one embodiment, the lower surface of the recess is made with convex-concave protrusions that are smoothly connected to each other.

In one embodiment, the angle between the bottom surface of the recess and the front longitudinal edge of the base is 15 degrees.

In one embodiment, the angle between the lateral surface of the recess and the lower surface of the recess is at least 30 and more than 45 degrees.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying materials, which are included in the composition of the present description and are part of it, illustrate the implementation of the utility model and, together with the above general description of the utility model, serve to explain the principles of the present utility model.

In FIG. 1 shows a pillow, a general view in a perspective view.

In FIG. 2 is a side view.

IMPLEMENTATION OF A USEFUL MODEL

As shown in the drawings, the functional orthopedic pillow contains a flat base and an upper surface divided into three sections (Fig. 1, 2), and is made of an elastic material, for example, foamed polyethylene.

The central section has a recess for the head, the lower surface 2 of which is located at an acute angle with respect to the front longitudinal edge of the base. Performing an inclined depression is necessary for the effective outflow of venous blood from the head. In a preferred embodiment, the angle between the bottom surface of the recess and the front longitudinal edge of the base is 15 °.

While the side surface 1 of the recess is inclined with respect to the lower surface 2 of the recess, and in a preferred embodiment, the angle between these planes is at least 30 ° and not more than 45 °. The specified lateral surface 1 of the recess is the rolling plane of the head when moving from the supine position to the supine position.

A roller 3 is located along the front longitudinal edge of the lower surface 2 of the recess.

The longitudinal front surface of each of the side sections of the upper surface is associated with the base and has a shoulder cutout 4 along the entire surface.

The front surface of both side sections of the upper surface in the preferred embodiment is made in the form of a “flexible tongue”, the lower part of which has a cutout 4 for the shoulder along the entire surface and is thus mated with the base. The upper surface of the tongue of the roller of the front surface of each of the side sections smoothly lowers relative to the plane of the base of the pillow and goes into the upper surface of the pillow, forming a recess along the entire transverse axis of the pillow.

In this case, the upper surface of the pillow is made with convex-concave protrusions, smoothly interconnected. The lower surface 2 of the recess follows the shape of the upper surface of the pillow.

When the sleeping person moves from the “lying on his back” position to the “lying on his side” position, the shoulder moves to the cutout 4 (Fig. 1), creating a support for the upstream part of the pillow, which, in turn, creates a soft support for the cervical spine .

Thus, the claimed orthopedic pillow gives the optimal “correct” anatomical and physiological position to the head and cervical segment of the spine, providing a physiologically correct straightened and relaxed position of the cervical spine during sleep, by passive orthopedic correction of deformations of the cervicothoracic spine due to optimal load distribution on the surface of the neck and head.

The use of an orthopedic pillow of this design will prevent compression of the neurovascular bundle of the cervical segment of the spine during sleep and thereby prevent the development of ischemia and hypoxia of the brain, the development of neuromyositis and neuritis of the shoulder, as well as the formation of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine.

The pillow is used as follows.

In the "supine" position, the head is placed in the recess 2 for the head. The cushion neck 3 creates a soft deformable support under the neck of a person lying on his back and supports his neck during sleep in an optimal anatomical, physiological and ergonomic position, and a head recess 2 made at an angle of 15 ° relative to the front longitudinal edge of the base of the pillow, improves venous outflow from the head.

When turning the body in a dream and moving the sleeping person from the supine position to the supine position, the patient’s head located in the head recess 2 makes a transition to a support of another level by turning - rolling along the side inclined surface 1 of the recess, so how they are made with an inclination at an angle of 34 ° from the bottom surface of the recess 2 of the pillow (bottom of the recess). Rolling the head on a plane allows you to rotate the head and transfer it to the upper-level support involuntarily, without waking the patient. The neck roll 3 creates additional support for the neck in turning the head when the patient moves from the supine position to the supine position.

When the body is rotated in a dream and the sleeping person moves from the supine position to the supine position, the sleeping person’s shoulder moves to the notch 4, which allows the shoulder to assume a natural anatomical position and create support for the protruding edge of the side of the pillow. The latter creates additional support for the cervical spine.

The use of an orthopedic functional pillow will prevent non-physiological bending of the spine in position both on the back and on the side.

Claims (6)

1. Functional orthopedic pillow, made of elastic material and containing a flat base and an upper surface divided into three sections, with a recess for the head in the central section, while the lower surface of the recess is at an acute angle with respect to the front longitudinal edge of the base, along the front a roller is located on the longitudinal edge of the lower surface of the recess, the surface of which repeats the anatomical structure of the cervicothoracic region and smoothly mates with the base; ubleniya inclined with respect to the bottom surface of the recess, and the longitudinal front surface of each of the side sections of the upper surface is associated with the base and has an opening for the shoulder along the surface. 2. Pillow under item 1, characterized in that it is made of foamed polyethylene. 3. A pillow according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper surface is made with convex-concave protrusions, smoothly interconnected. 4. Pillow under item 3, characterized in that the lower surface of the recess is made with convex-concave protrusions that are smoothly interconnected. 5. A pillow according to claim 1, characterized in that the angle of the lower surface of the recess with respect to the front longitudinal edge of the base is 15 °. 6. Pillow under item 1, characterized in that the angle of the side surface of the recess with respect to the lower surface of the recess is at least 30 ° and not more than 45 °.

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