TWI804738B - Wearable Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Prevention Device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a wearable elbow tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device, which is designed as an auxiliary appliance for protection against elbow syndrome. The long plate-shaped body is designed with two convex arc-shaped outer edges of the same shape, and the intervals are equally divided according to the inner side of the body. Arrange the convex arc rings with protruding fan-shaped spherical arc surface, which can be attached to the outer skin surface of the extensor and flexor muscle groups on both sides of the elbow. Cover both ends of the whole body, so that the protruding convex arc ring is tightly assembled with the belt, so as to achieve the effect of pressing and positioning and massage and pressure with the elbow force, synchronously extensor and flexor tendon muscle groups on both sides of the elbow The purpose of doing more massage and elbow muscle relaxation.

Description

Wearable Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Prevention Device

The present invention is a wearable elbow tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device, which is designed as an auxiliary device for relaxing movement tension and discomfort of the elbow by providing simple bundled activities, which can relax the tendon groups on both sides of the elbow for in-depth massage.

Whether it is life, work, sports and other activities, modern people have a lot of reciprocating movements through the forearm of the hand, especially some sports that need to rely on the elbow to perform the same posture or repeated movements continuously, such as long-term cleaning work, cooking, Tennis, golf and other sports, the behavior of using elbow flexion and extension to apply force to perform repetitive movements often causes local soreness and pain symptoms of the elbow, which is commonly known as tennis elbow or golfer's elbow symptoms. It has another name: Cubital tunnel syndrome (cubital tunnel syndrome), especially the hand discomfort caused by the long-term bending of the hands of modern people and the use of mobile phones for local and long-term force-applying operations (even further affecting the wrist force or bending Pain) is mainly due to the same repetitive movements or improper force-applying movements, resulting in muscle weakness and soreness due to the fatigue of the cubital tunnel tendon. The lesions caused by the fatigue of the tendons and collaterals used for stretching, in terms of medical treatment, are mostly treated with pain relief and rehabilitation at the same time, and when treated with drugs, it is very likely to cause doubts about the side effects of some body organs. In terms of rehabilitation behavior, basically the fatigue of tendon injury There is no recovery, and it usually takes a long time of rehabilitation assistance before it can be recovered. In particular, traditional rehabilitation uses hot compress or traction. For the injured part of the tendon group located in the elbow, it can The effect achieved is extremely limited, especially the cubital tunnel syndrome (cubital tunnel syndrome) occurs in the soreness symptoms of the elbow, also known as ulnar neuropathy (ulnar neuropathy), often because the ulnar nerve passes through the elbow, there is almost no Fat and subcutaneous tissue, when dealing with tendon group strains caused by excessive fatigue or improper force, the skin surface will be extremely sensitive, and a slight touch will feel like an electric shock, and the treatment is extremely slow and uncomfortable. The current rehabilitation equipment Although there are many developments, such as the development of foreign patents such as US6,149,617, US8,628,488 B2 and other US patents, they are all designed to provide elbow protection. The structure of the curved surface is combined with a belt to protect the extensor tendon group of the elbow for unilateral compression and tightening. It is mainly aimed at the compression bundle of the extensor tendon group of the elbow, so as to prevent the extensor tendon group from being subjected to local force. Excessive tension will cause fatigue or excessive force, resulting in injury to the elbow tendon group, and at the same time achieve the effect of preventing the movement of the elbow, and use a similar single flange plane to make a compression protection design , the effect on the entire elbow tendon group, the convex arc surface can only achieve the effect of surface compression to prevent deformation, as far as the relaxation effect of the entire muscle is exerted by exercise, pressure, tension and fatigue, it cannot effectively release the opponent at all. The pressure improvement of the elbow is very limited, and its continuous compaction will cause the tension of the extensor tendon (Extensor Tendon) to be difficult to relax, so that the purpose of protection will be lost. The part of the flexor tendon (Flexor Tendon) on the opposite side is the same as the untreated unilateral force situation, which naturally forms a sequel effect of another pressure, which is very easy to form another situation of counter force. There is obviously a relative pressure deviation in the stress and pressure release of the normal elbow. However, this improper pressure relief design has never seen any appropriate auxiliary improvement design or use. It is only inappropriate for a single convex arc surface. For the part of the pressing design, there is another kind of development and design that uses a continuous curved flange as the cladding surface, such as the previous US8,821,425 B2, which is designed with two parallel convex strips, and it is mainly used to provide a hollow tool inside. The functional use of filling cold and hot compresses is assisted, but the design of the strip surface is obviously in the same direction as the belt surface. For the extensor tendon group of the whole bundle, it is like a transverse cut-off bundle compression. The pressing force is just perpendicular to the stretching direction of the muscles, that is, the tighter the binding, the more obvious the discomfort of the muscles, and it cannot effectively relieve the uncomfortable binding of the entire elbow. It is self-evident, so it is The design and development of the above-mentioned effective aids for elbow tunnel syndrome are only designed to be used with a single side for convex arc pressure, holding and slow pressure, which is not really suitable for the complete and safe use of the elbow. As for the development and use of similar products, for extremely For those who use their elbows for instant or continuous exertion exercise or work, tennis elbow-type sports injuries caused by work or exercise have not been effectively improved. How to develop a simple rehabilitation protection or Auxiliary devices that can be used for treatment and can be worn for a long period of time have the urgency of their practical use in terms of the life and health maintenance needs of modern people, so there is the research and development design of the present invention.

The inventor of the present invention has no idea about the pain, weakness and other discomforts of tennis elbow and other symptoms derived from the aforementioned cubital tunnel syndrome. Based on years of experience in developing assistive devices, the inventor finally developed the wearable cubital tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment method of the present invention. The device consists of two opposite bodies that are placed on both sides of the elbow, and are arranged to protrude according to the inner side of the body. The convex arc ring with a fan-shaped arc surface makes it press against the muscle fiber groups on both sides of the elbow in a forward direction, and cooperates with the belt for tightening and wrapping adjustment, so that the protruding convex arc ring sticks deep into the elbow The inner part of the extensor and flexor tendons on both sides is pressed and touched. When the elbow is moving, it can effectively and properly release the tension and discomfort of the extensor and flexor tendons, greatly improving the discomfort and possible injury during elbow movement.

The main creation purpose of the present invention is to connect two opposite bodies with a belt, arrange vertically protruding fan-shaped convex arc rings at intervals according to the inner surfaces of the bodies, and cover the elbows on both sides of the elbow respectively. The outer positions of the extensor tendon group and the flexor tendon group are relatively attached to the device, so that the vertically arranged convex arc rings are directly attached and assembled with the extensor and flexor tendon groups of the elbow respectively, passing through the outer edge of the body The belt on the surface is tightened on the outside of the elbow, so that the convex arc ring can be tightened and pressed deep into the tendon group of the elbow to perform a clamping and massage effect, which can be used for elbow exertion when exercising or working. The convex arc end of the arc ring can form an interval massage relaxation operation for the internal tendon group, so as to achieve the purpose of assisting the safe movement of the elbow.

(10): the first body

(101): the second body

(11): convex arc ring

(12):Perforated seat

(20): Drawstring

(21): Velcro

(22):fixing ring

The first figure: is the three-dimensional assembly and disassembly schematic diagram of the whole device of the present invention.

The second figure: it is a reference figure for the assembled appearance of the device structure of the present invention.

Figure 3: a schematic reference view of the use plane of the elbow harness of the present invention.

Figure 4: A schematic reference diagram for the use of the present invention bundled on the elbow.

In order to facilitate your review committee to further understand the features of the elbow protection device of the present invention and its practical effect, please refer to the detailed description of the drawings as follows:

The present invention is a wearable prevention and treatment device for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, which is a kind of safety protection aid for preventing tendon group injury at the elbow, commonly known as Tennis Elbow or Golfer's Elbow Syndrome, another name: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (Cubital Tunnel Syndrome), Please refer to Figures 1 to 4 for the entire structural design, which includes two first and second bodies (10, 101) in the same rectangular plate shape, and the outer edge of one side of the long plate surface is a curved arc-shaped outer edge. On the edge surface, on the other side of the long plate, there are convex arc rings (11) that protrude in the shape of an arc fan and are arranged at intervals such as a comb shape, wherein the long plate-shaped two sides of the first and second bodies (10, 101) Each end is provided with a protruding perforated seat (12) for a belt (20) to pass through the perforated seat (12) at one end of the first body (10) for assembly, and wrap around the convex arc outer surface of the body Afterwards, pass through the perforated seat (12) at the other end, and then pass through the second body (101) at intervals in the same way, for forming a complete elbow tunnel protection auxiliary device that can be used on both sides relative to the beam; and with the present invention The design of the device for elbow protection, through the first and second bodies (10, 101) of the same long plate shape with one side arc convex, is assembled with a single belt (20), so that the two opposite first 2. The two main bodies (10, 101) are respectively placed on the outer skin surface of the extensor and flexor tendons on both sides of the elbow, and the same band (20) is used to bundle and assemble, and cooperate with the male of the hook and loop (21). 1. Simple pasting and fixing of the surface of the master tape achieves convenient operation and use of bundles; according to the width of the long boards of the first and second bodies (10, 101), the bundle coverage is better with a width of no more than 3cm, and the outer edges are convex arcs It is better that the height of the highest point is not more than 10mm, and there are several fan-shaped parallel arrayed convex arc rings (11) on the inner plate surface of the plate-shaped bundle, and the section is arc-shaped spherical arc convex It can be seen that its thickness and interval width are between 5 and 7 mm, and the ring column protrusion height of the entire convex arc ring (11) is the highest. The height is less than 15mm, and the two first and second bodies (10, 101) arranged alternately are sequentially placed on the upper part of the belt (20) at an appropriate position, so that it is easy to adjust the assembly position and has a Elbow protection aid with massage effect.

When wearing the sleeve on the elbow, you only need to put the elbow flat, place the first body (10) on the outer skin surface of the extensor tendon, and adjust the second body on the belt (20) (101), after bypassing the midline of the elbow, stick it on the outside of the flexor tendon on the other side of the elbow, and wrap the strap (20) of the bundled elbow around the fixed end of the strap (20) Ring (22) is turned back, and the buckle female surface of the hook and loop fastener (21) that cooperates drawstring (20) inner surface to sew can be bundled and pasted to the buckle buckle male surface that the drawstring (20) back side is prefabricated, and bundled dress location is done, The entire elbow protection auxiliary device can safely and reliably cover the extensor and flexor tendons on both sides of the elbow, and through the pressure of the bundle, cooperate with the convex arc-shaped design of the outer edges of the first and second bodies (10, 101), It also has the effect of using the unequal height afterburner base during bundling, so that the comb-shaped convex arc rings (11) arranged alternately can produce different bundling pressures according to different stress points, achieving the pressure massage effect of tendon groups, especially Comb-shaped convex arc rings (11) are arranged in the same direction as the stretching of the tendon group. When the force applied by the elbow is changed, the convex arc rings (11) can be pressed and released synchronously. Reflex operation, and accurate massage goes deep into the fascia of the tendon group, so that the blood flow in the compressed part of the tendon group can be replenished in an appropriate amount, so as to achieve the protective auxiliary effect of preventing soreness or injury; and the whole band (20 )’s Velcro assembly design, after using the bundle, it can easily adjust the tightness of the bundle and stick it in place, so as to achieve the convenience of wearing and use, especially for users with different elbow thicknesses, and can easily slide and adjust the fit of the bundle The first and second bodies (10, 101) The placement position can be easily adjusted to achieve the purpose of practical safety protection.

The feature of the present invention is that two identical first and second bodies (10, 101) are put on the same belt (20) for motorized sliding adjustment, which is convenient for different users, and can be adjusted according to the thickness of the elbow. Width, adjust the mutual position of the first and second bodies (10, 101) of the actual bundle, so that the convex arc rings (11) arranged at intervals are pressed against the bundle according to the forward direction of the tendon group, so as to achieve correct pressing The assembly of the elastic bundle can really receive the practical effect of safety protection or treatment of the elastic bundle; moreover, through the special interval pressing of the forward convex arc rings (11) arranged at intervals, it can match the appearance of the first and second bodies (10, 101) When the arc-shaped edge surface and the belt (20) are attached to the harness, the force characteristics of different pressing points produced by the arc-shaped harness will achieve different pressing and exerting effects according to the contact position of the tendon group, and indeed achieve the effect of pressing and applying force with the elbow. The change of action applied force ensures the balance and adjustment of the inner and outer sides of the elbow tendon group, effectively achieving the purpose of elbow protection and therapeutic effect after injury. The main body (10, 101) is easily bundled on both sides of the elbow. After the stretch and flexor tendons are covered and tightened, when the elbow is moved by the movement of the arm, the inner and outer synchronous massage and relief of the inner and outer tendons of the elbow can be achieved simultaneously. The operation provides relief and improvement of elbow pain. The assembly and disassembly of the whole set of auxiliary tools can be easily assembled and disassembled only by the gluing strap (20). , without relying on special technology, and under the effective effect, the volume is reduced as much as possible to extend the wearing time and comfort. Open, it is indeed a new design of safety prevention and control aids for elbow protection.

To sum up, the wearable cubital tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device of the present invention uses a belt to penetrate the two oppositely assembled bodies, and is simply bundled on the outside of the extensor and flexor tendons on both sides of the elbow, and is tightened by the belt to make the protruding The convex arc ring between the fans can be deeply pressed into the tendon group for massage assistance, which can effectively promote the aerobic exercise effect of increased blood flow in the tendon, prevent sports injuries, and achieve elbow exercise force The practical function of massage, relaxation and soothing, the overall design is extremely easy to assemble and use, and it can be easily assembled and used without any special technical dependence. The innovation and actuality of its design and use can achieve the practical value of elbow protection safety and treatment. If it meets the requirements for an invention patent application, the application shall be filed in accordance with the law.

(10): the first body

(101): the second body

(11): convex arc ring

(12):Perforated seat

(20): Drawstring

(21): Velcro

(22):fixing ring

Claims (7)

A wearable elbow tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device, comprising two first and second bodies in the shape of the same rectangular plate, the outer edge of one side of the long plate surface is a curved arc-shaped outer edge surface, and the other side of the long plate surface is There are protruding fan-shaped convex arc rings arranged at intervals like a comb shape. The outer sides of the first and second bodies are wrapped with belts and positioned together. Together they form a belt that can be stretched on both sides of the elbow and worn on the flexor tendon. Auxiliary device: Through the harness of the belt, it can achieve the harness and pressurized positioning of the elbow, and the convex arc rings are arranged at intervals to tighten and insert the clamps to penetrate deep into the elbow extensor and flexor tendon muscles, so as to achieve the purpose of soothing protection and effective treatment. The wearable cubital tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the height of the protrusion of the convex arc ring is less than 15mm from the plate surface. For the wearable cubital tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the interval between the convex arc rings is between 5 and 7 mm. For the wearable cubital tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the width of the long plates of the first and second bodies is less than 3 cm, and the height of the convex arc on the outer edge is at most within 10 mm. For the wearable cubital tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the two ends of the curved arc-shaped long boards of the first and second bodies are respectively provided with perforated seats for wearing and wrapping the belts. According to the wearable cubital tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the outer edge surfaces of the first and second bodies are convexly arced and assembled with a Velcro tape and a drawstring. The wearable cubital tunnel syndrome prevention and treatment device described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the head end of the strap is provided with a fixed ring for the strap to be worn and assembled.

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