RU2236211C2 - Medical health-improving device - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: device has massage instrument connected to sensitive element for measuring massage action intensity and executive mechanism allowing movement control. The executive mechanism is designed as two-dimensional matrix comprising periodically arranged executive members, bearing and protective panels. The executive members are designed as pressure chambers arranged vertically with respect to the bearing panel and having lateral walls of foldable corrugated plates. Form-giving bases are mounted on the same side with the bearing panel, and the bases opposite to them are working areas of the massage instrument movable with a corrugated plate. Electromechanical elements as electromagnetic pneumoswitchers are mounted in the form-giving bases with controllable on/off option and connected to in- and outlet canals of high and low pressure via air ducts connected in their turn to the pneumoelectric unit via high and low pressure mains to enable compressed and rarefied air supply. The canals of high and low pressure are arranged between the bearing and protective panels. The sensitive element for measuring massage action intensity comprises a row of gages mounted in a form-giving base.

EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment with controlled massage action.

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Description

The invention relates to medicine and is intended for medical therapeutic effects, namely massage and stimulation of processes, including metabolism, in the patient’s body, elimination of congestion, effect on the skin and biologically active zones, treatment of obesity, as well as physiotherapeutic rehabilitation of athletes .

A pneumatic massage device according to RU patent for invention No. 2161474 is known. It is made in the form of a suit, contains zippers for fitting in height and volume, an air supply and discharge system with an adjustment unit connected to flat pneumatic panels. The device has transverse valves for pressing the panel to the human body, connected by fasteners, and elastic tensioners located in the places of the counter panels. In addition, the device provides rigid plates for supporting the cameras in places of the palms and feet and the camera in the form of a boot for installation on the ankle. The panels are divided into separate parallel chambers for acting across the human body and have rigid quick-acting elements. The number of channels in the panel, the width of the camera and the length of the panel are related by a mathematical relation.

However, this device cannot perform a combined effect on the human body: kneading soft tissues according to the Japanese Shiatsu therapy, rubbing the massaged surface, manipulating soft tissues with squeezing and stretching; acupressure therapy, stimulation of the paravertebral areas and correction of the vertebrae, etc. In other words, the effectiveness of this device is not high enough.

Also known massage robot according to Japanese patent No. 06304217 A (YOKOYAMA MITSUHIRO), date of publication of the description 01.11.94, IPC A 61 H 7/00. This device is equipped with a control unit located in the housing and designed to control the movement of the base, and includes a drive movement relative to the axis, a massage tool, a hydraulic cylinder and means for carrying out finger pressure - a finger simulator.

In this invention, the operation of exposure to the surface of the human body is carried out using a massage tool imitating a part of the masseur's arm. The movement of the tool is carried out according to the program from the control system using the drives. This invention solves the problem of unloading a massage therapist and makes it easier to work, is intended for conducting mainly acupressure or finger massage.

This device at the time of its development had a sufficient number of automation and control units that set in motion and control the action of the massage element.

However, reconfiguring the robot from a point impact on massage in extended areas is impossible or takes a long time with high complexity of work, which is impractical. The device does not allow simultaneous processing of a large area of the patient’s body. In this case, the robot needs several or many manipulator hands, this is an expensive and inappropriate procedure for its use. Another disadvantage of this invention is the lack of power control over the massage effect.

The closest analogue is the device for massage according to patent RU 2145833. The device contains a massage tool connected to the actuator with the possibility of controlled movement. Its difference lies in the fact that the actuator is made in the form of a robotic arm equipped with electromechanical drives and a control system. A sensor is installed on the massage instrument to measure the massage effect. It is connected to the control system. The robot is industrial, has several degrees of mobility.

One of the claimed options provides for the removal and replacement of the massage instrument, which is mounted on the manipulator flange through the connector.

In the closest analogue, several variants of impact simulators are declared: in the form of the ribs of the palm, the plane of the palm, simulators of the thumb and forefinger, bred in opposite directions, as well as in the form of a simulator of the thumb pad.

A means is provided for disabling the robot arm with inadequate sensations of the patient.

The disadvantages of this device is the high complexity, cumbersome and excessively high cost, unjustified for a medical massage instrument.

Industrial robotics, designed for technological operations where human labor is excluded, namely: aggressive environments, high temperatures, hard-to-reach areas with increased danger, is not the best option for the implementation of the utilitarian tasks of a massage therapist. In addition, the unreasonably high costs of production, installation, debugging, operation and repair of complex robotics are inadequate to the achieved results in the field of massage.

The objective of the invention is to increase the effectiveness of massage by eliminating the above disadvantages and expanding the functionality of the device while increasing its level of manufacturability.

The technical result consists in providing a controlled massage effect.

The essence of the claimed invention lies in the fact that in a medical device containing a massage instrument connected to a sensing element for measuring the magnitude of the massage effect and with an actuator with the possibility of controlled movement, the actuator is made in the form of a two-dimensional matrix of periodically located actuators provided with a carrier and protective panels, actuators are pneumatic chambers, vertically oriented in relation to to the carrier panel and having side walls in the form of folding corrugations, the shaping bases are located on the side of the carrier panel, the bases opposite them are working platforms of the massage tool, made with the possibility of movement by means of the corrugation, electromechanical elements are installed in the shaping bases in the form of electromagnetic pneumatic switches having controlled on and off and connected to the inlet and outlet channels of high and low pressure by means of air ducts, which in turn are connected via high and low pressure lines to a pneumatic electric unit configured to supply compressed and rarefied air, the high and low pressure channels being located between the carrier and protective panels, and the sensitive element for measuring the value of massage effect is a number of sensors, each of which is installed in the forming base.

The technical result is enhanced due to the fact that electro-acoustic transducers are installed in the forming bases of the actuating elements.

The invention is illustrated with the help of drawings, where figure 1 presents the General diagram of the inventive device, and figure 2 shows the actuator with the forming base and the pneumoelectric and electronic components in it. In the figures 1 and 2, the numbers indicate:

1 - actuator;

2 - carrier panel;

3 - a protective panel;

4 - an executive element;

5 - forming base;

6 - work site;

7 - side wall;

8 - inlet channel of high pressure;

9 - low pressure discharge channel;

10 - high-pressure line;

11 - low pressure line;

12 - an electric cord;

13 - electric cable;

14 - control system;

15 - pneumoelectric block;

16 - electro-acoustic transducer;

17 - pressure sensor;

18 - electric relay;

19 - forevacuum balloon;

20 - receiver;

21 - foreline pump;

22 - compressor;

23 - electromagnetic pneumatic switch;

24 - block analysis and information processing;

25 - block shapers;

26 - logarithmic amplifiers;

27 - comparators;

28 is a comparison diagram;

29 - storage devices (memory);

30 - registers;

31 - power amplifiers;

32 - clock generator;

33 - digital-to-analog converters (DAC);

34 - starting distribution block.

The inventive medical device includes pneumatic and electronic units, the latter including control and analyzing elements. A significant difference of the claimed device is the originality of the actuator and the specificity of the connections of its elements with elements of other blocks in the device.

The actuator 1 consists of a number of load-bearing panels 2 and, accordingly, the same number of protective panels 3, the number of which coincides with the number of processed body parts: two for the hands, two for the legs, one for the body and one for the head. If necessary, panels are also made for the feet. The basis of the actuator is the carrier panel 2, on which a system of periodically located actuators 4 is formed in the form of a two-dimensional matrix. The actuating elements 4 are finger-shaped hollow inflatable chambers having bases 5 of the actuating elements 4 from the side of the supporting panel 2 and the working platforms 6 of the actuating elements 4, as well as corrugated side walls 7. The actuating elements 4 are oriented vertically with respect to the supporting panel 2. Between the supporting panel 2 and the protective panel 3 of the actuator are placed inlet channels of high pressure 8 and outlet channels of low pressure 9 and highways 10 and 11 connecting them, respectively, high о and low pressure, and also laid electric cords 12, assembled in an electric cable 13, to the control system 14. At the end of the actuating element 4, which is the forming base 5, is placed an electromagnetic pneumatic switch 23, an electro-acoustic transducer 16 and a sensing element in the form of a pressure sensor 17 .

The pneumoelectric unit 15, which serves to supply the actuator 1 with compressed and rarefied air, contains a number of pneumomechanical and electrical components: two electrical relays 18, each of which is connected to the power supply and control circuits, the fore-vacuum pump 21 and compressor 22, respectively connected to the fore-vacuum cylinder 19 and receiver 20. In the latter, pressure sensors, typically built-in, are provided in the fore-vacuum tank 19 and receiver 20. They are designed to set the ultimate pressure in the fore-vacuum cylinder 19 and receiver 20.

To actuate the actuator 1, a ballast distribution unit 34 is provided, which is connected to an electric current network. It communicates the actuator 1 with the blocks of the control system 14 and is a series of detachable elements with a number of multi-position relays and a start button. The block of the shapers 25 includes a number of logarithmic amplifiers 26 and series-connected comparators 27.

The information analysis and processing unit 24 consists of memory devices (memory) 29, a clock generator 32, which sets the reference frequency for all electronic nodes of all blocks, comparison circuits 28, which serve to ensure the stable operation of the health-improving device and to eliminate emergency situations in case of failure certain nodes by locking actuators, as well as serving to disable the entire device at the end of the work cycle. In addition, the analysis and processing of information 24 contains registers 30, power amplifiers 31 and digital-to-analog converters (DAC) 33.

The work of the health-improving device is as follows.

Before the device is turned on, the doctor performs hardware, including computer diagnostics, and clinical monitoring of the patient's condition, the level of a / d, pulse and other significant parameters are measured. Patients with serious pathologies and other contraindications to the procedures are not allowed. To perform the prescribed procedure, the patient is placed on the desktop while sitting or lying down, depending on the methods of exposure.

The elements of the actuator are fixed on parts of the patient's body and are fixed with fasteners. When you turn on the “start” button on the distribution block 34, all the blocks of the claimed device are supplied with the necessary supply voltage. Within 1-3 minutes, a low and high air pressure necessary for the normal functioning of the actuating elements 4 is created using the fore-vacuum pump 19 and the receiver 20 of the pneumoelectric unit 15 using the fore-vacuum pump 15 and 4. The unit is controlled by the fore-vacuum pump 21 and the compressor 22 analysis and processing of information 24 through electrical relays 18. Electrical cords 12, assembled in an electric cable 13, carry out electrical communication of actuating elements 4 with a start-up distribution litelny block 34. Further, electromagnetic pneumatic switches 23, electro-acoustic transducers 16, pressure sensors 17 begin to function. Serial connections of the chambers of the actuating elements 4 using electromagnetic pneumatic switches 23 to the supply channels high 8 and discharge 9 low pressure at the commands of the analysis and processing unit 24 set the working platforms 6 in motion. The values of high and low pressure in the respective highways 10 and 11, as well as the time spent in the open state of the electromagnetic pneumatic switches 23 determine the values of the mechanical forces on the patient and the magnitude of the reciprocating movements of the working platforms 6. Actuators 4, constituting a two-dimensional matrix and driven in various combinations, thanks to the finger-shaped form, without limitation, they carry out any procedure of massage, acupressure by mechanical forces with imayuschego and tensile nature. In this case, a combined mechanical effect with ultrasonic effect using electroacoustic transducers is possible 16. The shaper unit 25 amplifies the signals from the pressure sensors 17 and coordinates them with the inputs of the information analysis and processing unit 24. Programs containing information about the air pressure in the actuating elements 4 the time on and off electro-acoustic transducers 16 and on the order of switching on and off the electromagnetic pneumatic switches 23 are in constant memory locating devices 29 block analysis and information processing 24.

Claims (2)

1. Therapeutic device containing a massage tool connected to a sensing element for measuring the magnitude of the massage effect and with an actuator with the possibility of controlled movement, characterized in that the actuator is made in the form of a two-dimensional matrix of periodically arranged actuators, provided with a carrier and protective panels , actuators are pneumatic chambers, vertically oriented with respect to the supporting panel and having the walls are in the form of folding corrugations, the forming bases are located on the side of the supporting panel, the opposite bases are the working platforms of the massage tool, made with the possibility of moving by means of the corrugation, electromechanical elements are installed in the forming bases in the form of electromagnetic pneumatic commutators with the possibility of controlled switching on and off and connected with inlet and outlet channels of high and low pressure through air ducts, which, in turn, they are connected by means of high and low pressure lines to a pneumatic electric unit configured to supply compressed and discharged air, the high and low pressure channels being located between the carrier and protective panels, and the sensitive element for measuring the amount of massage effect is a series of sensors, each of which is installed in the forming base. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that electro-acoustic transducers are installed in the shaping bases of the actuating elements.

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