TWM508997U - Orthopedic pillow for treatment and prevention of lumbar and thoracic spine diseases - Google Patents

Abstract

An orthopedic pillow comprises a padded member which has a hard block fully inserted inside. The padded member is made of resilient materials. The padded member's shape is roughly similar to that of a rectangular or hexagonal block; however, if looked right from its right or left side, the padded member has a symmetric or asymmetric bell shape. The length of the long side of the padded member is roughly equal to an adult's body's width. The hard block is made of non-resilient material. The hard block is able to tolerate, without rupturing and/or deformation, the gravity force on a mass of about 140 kg with a shape and size similar to those of a person's body. The shape of the hard block and that of the padded member are similar, and their dimensions are proportional. The length of the long side of the hard block is also roughly equal to an adult's body's width. Both the padded member and the hard block have a flat bottom side.

Description

Corrective pillow for the treatment and prevention of lumbar and thoracic diseases

This creation is about a pillow, especially a corrective pillow for the treatment and prevention of lumbar and thoracic diseases.

The spine bears the full weight of a person's body and head, and the constant weight exerted by the weight, bending, stretching and rotation of the body often leads to many spinal diseases.

The lumbar vertebra is the most flexible segment of the movable part of the vertebrae. As a result of the backward bending and rotation, it often leads to normal structural changes in the lumbar spine and creates many health problems. Among them, disc herniation and lumbar spondylolisthesis are the most common diseases. Flatback syndrome and lumbar kyphosis are also common but have a lower incidence. About 90% of the disc herniation occurs at the lumbar disc lumbar 4 lumbar 5 (L4-L5) or the intervertebral disc lumbar 5 - recommended 1 (L5-S1), which causes pain in the nerves at the lumbar 5 or 1 . Disc herniation in these areas causes pressure to directly compress the nerves, which in turn leads to lumbar radiculopathy, and similar symptoms occur when spinal spondylolisthesis occurs.

Similar to the lumbar spine, the thoracic vertebrae also face degenerative problems, which in turn leads to disc herniation and lumbar spondylolisthesis. However, the thoracic vertebra is more often faced with the problem of kyphosis.

Among the several methods currently used to treat lumbar and thoracic diseases, several of them are human Intervertebral disc replacement, back support, medication and spine care. Artificial disc replacement is used to treat disc herniation, however this method is not suitable for everyone, especially for patients with osteoporosis, joint disease and allergies to stainless steel. In addition, artificial disc replacement requires discectomy, which may lead to other complications such as infection, excessive blood loss and nerve damage. The back bracket is suitable for supporting the spondylolisthesis, but the stent does not push the spine back to its normal position. Drug treatments such as acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can be used to relieve pain, and unfortunately, its efficacy is only temporary. Furthermore, drugs have limited effects on the treatment of spinal diseases, and may also cause side effects such as liver and kidney damage, gastrointestinal bleeding and ulcers. Spinal care seems to be a safer option among the three methods described above. Spinal orthotics use effective spinal treatment techniques, such as instrumental assistance to treat patients. However, during the above course of treatment, it is possible to exert excessive correction force on the patient's spine, which may result in a risk of spinal injury to the patient. On the other hand, if the spinal orthotics use a dense but low degree of corrective force, the above-mentioned treatments are usually prolonged. Even during the treatment period, the patient can only spend up to 1-2 hours a day on the spinal corrector. Therefore, in order to safely and effectively treat spinal diseases and shorten the course of treatment, it is necessary to provide a device that is applied by a spinal deformer and can repeatedly provide a safety force, and that the patient can be used without time limit to increase the time of daily treatment. And to achieve the purpose of shortening the course of treatment.

There are a number of devices currently available to assist in the treatment of lumbar and thoracic diseases. However, these devices are often used to prevent spinal diseases rather than to treat spinal diseases. U.S. Patent No. 5,863,095, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, U.S. Patent No. 5,551,752, which is incorporated herein by reference. No. 4,502,170 discloses a method for correcting posture and slowing down Back pain, but not for the treatment of spinal disorders.

In view of this, the present invention provides a device for treating spinal diseases, not limited to prevention of spinal diseases, and can also be used for daily basic treatment of lumbar diseases, including treatment of lumbar and thoracic disc herniation, lumbar spondylolisthesis and Thoracic kyphosis and other diseases.

The main purpose of this creation is to provide a corrective pillow for the treatment and prevention of lumbar and thoracic diseases, including lumbar and thoracic disc herniation, lumbar spondylolisthesis and thoracic kyphosis.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a corrective pillow for treating lumbar and thoracic diseases includes: a filling element and a hard block, the hard block being fully inserted into the filling element. The filling element is made of an elastic material such as foamed plastic, rubber or cotton. If viewed from the front to the rear, the filling element has a rectangular or hexagonal block shape; and if viewed from the left and right sides, the filling element is a symmetric bell or an asymmetric bell. The filling element has a bottom and a top, the bottom having a width greater than the width of the top to ensure stability of the filling element. The filling element has a long side that is about the same length as an adult body.

The hard block is made of a non-elastic material such as wood, styrofoam or hard rubber. The lumpy body has a weight resistance of about 140 kilograms so that the hard block can withstand a shape and size that is equal to the weight of an adult without rupture and/or deformation. The shape of the hard block approximates the shape of the filling element and is proportional to the size of both. And when the corrective pillow is used in a thoracic vertebra portion of an adult body, the filling element and the hard block are substantially symmetrical in shape; or when the correcting pillow is used in a lumbar region of an adult body, the filling element and the hard block The shape is generally an asymmetrical bell shape so as to be curved corresponding to the curve formed by the lumbar vertebrae and the tibia of an adult body. The lumpy body has a long side, the length of the long side being substantially equal to the width of an adult body. The padding The component and the hard block each have a flat bottom surface.

In order to use the corrective pillow to treat and prevent lumbar and thoracic diseases (the above diseases include lumbar and thoracic disc herniation, lumbar spondylolisthesis and thoracic kyphosis), a user needs to maintain a supine posture and place the corrective pillow on his back. Or the chest so that the long side of the corrective pillow is perpendicular to the user's spine. The corrective pillow needs to be positioned below the user's intervertebral disc, the spondylolisthesis or the kyphosis. Under the weight of the user, the hard block will generate a vertical reaction force to gradually push the slipped part of the spine or the kyphosis to the normal position, or gradually adjust the kyphosis to make the normal thoracic curve. The reason why the hard block is made of a non-elastic material instead of an elastic material is that the hard block of the non-elastic material not only ensures that the vertical reaction force is not excessively absorbed, so that the vertical reaction force maintains a certain degree of action, and The vertical reaction force can be maintained to maintain a vertical degree and can be maintained over time while still maintaining a certain strength. The reason why the filling element is made of an elastic material is that the weight of the user can be appropriately absorbed, and the discomfort caused by the vertical reaction force of the hard block to the user is reduced.

The top of both the filling element and the hard block is wider than the top of the hard block in a certain proportion. The lumpy body has a wide side, and in the case of a substantially symmetrical bell shape, the width of the wide side is approximately equal to the length of the thoracic vertebrae of an adult body; or the asymmetric bell shape is used for the lumbar portion, the width The width of the side is approximately equal to the length of the five thoracic vertebrae of an adult body. The filling element can disperse the reaction force and reduce the pressure exerted on the specific part of the user's body by the correcting pillow, to a degree suitable for treating spinal diseases but not Injure the spine. In addition, the height of the correcting pillow is also calculated to match the weight generated by the user's body. Therefore, when the height and width of the correcting pillow are symmetrical, the height is approximately twice the width; In the case of an asymmetrical clock, the height is equal to the width to adjust the reaction force to the most suitable treatment for the spine The extent of the disease is not too strong to cause damage to the spine, or insufficient strength to reduce the efficacy of the corrective pillow.

100‧‧‧corrective pillow

200‧‧‧Filling components

201‧‧‧Longside

202‧‧‧left side

202B‧‧‧ bottom

202T‧‧‧ top

203‧‧‧ flat bottom

300‧‧‧ hard block

302T‧‧‧ top

303‧‧‧ flat bottom

F1‧‧‧ weight

F2‧‧‧ reaction

A‧‧‧ user

H‧‧‧ Height

The present invention can be better understood by referring to the drawings and the description of the embodiments. The technical content and detailed description of the present invention are as follows: FIG. 1 is a treatment according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. And the right side perspective view of the corrective pillow for preventing lumbar and thoracic diseases; the second figure is a schematic view of the left side of the correcting pillow according to Fig. 1; and the third figure is the basis of the A-A' section line along the second figure. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the correcting pillow according to FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the correcting pillow according to FIG. 1 taken along line BB' in FIG. 2; FIG. 5 is another comparison according to the present invention. A left side perspective view of a corrective pillow for treating and preventing lumbar and thoracic diseases in a preferred embodiment; and Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing the state of use of the correcting pillow according to Fig. 1.

The present invention provides a corrective pillow for treating and preventing lumbar and thoracic diseases, including lumbar and thoracic disc herniation, lumbar spondylolisthesis and thoracic kyphosis.

Referring to Figures 1-4, the corrective pillow 100 includes a filling element 200 and a hard block 300 that is fully inserted into the filling element 200. The filling element 200 is made of an elastic material selected from the group consisting of foamed plastic, rubber and cotton. The shape of the filling element 200 is generally rectangular or hexagonal, but if the right side or the left side 202 of the filling element 200 is viewed from the right side, the shape of the filling element 200 is a symmetric bell shape, and the filling element The 200 has a bottom portion 202B and a top portion 202T opposite the bottom portion 202B, wherein the width of the bottom portion 202B is greater than the width of the top portion 202T to ensure stability of the filling member 200. According to different embodiments of the present invention, and referring to FIG. 5, the filling element 200 has an outer shape of an asymmetric bell shape, and the filling element has a long side (not shown), the length of the long side being approximated by an adult. The body is of equal width.

The hard block 300 is made of a non-elastic material selected from the group consisting of wood, polystyrene foam and hard rubber. The hard block 300 has a weight resistance of about 140 kg, so that the hard block 300 can withstand a weight equal to the weight of an adult without being broken and/or deformed. The shape of the hard block 300 approximates the shape of the filling element 200, and the size of the hard block 300 is proportional to the size of the filling element 200. According to different embodiments of the present invention, the shape of the filling element 200 and the hard block 300 is substantially symmetrical or substantially asymmetric, and can be adjusted according to where the correction pillow is used in the body. When the correcting pillow 100 is used to treat a thoracic vertebra portion of an adult body, the filling element 200 and the hard block 300 are substantially symmetrical in shape; when the correcting pillow 100 is used to treat a lumbar region of an adult body, The shape of the filling element 200 and the hard block 300 is an asymmetrical bell shape for bending a curve formed by the lumbar vertebrae and the tibia of an adult body, and the hard block 300 has a long side (not shown), which is long. The length of the side is about the same as the width of an adult body.

In addition, referring to FIG. 3, the filling element 200 has a flat bottom surface 203, and the hard block 300 also has a flat bottom surface 303.

Please refer to Fig. 6 and cooperate with Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing the state of use of the correcting pillow. The corrective pillow 100 is used for treating and preventing lumbar and thoracic diseases, including lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spondylolisthesis and thoracic kyphosis. A user A needs to maintain a supine posture and place the correcting pillow 100 on the back thereof so that a long side 201 of the correcting pillow 100 is perpendicular to the use. The spine of A.

The corrective pillow 100 is positioned directly below the spine portion of the user whose herniated disc protrudes or slips. Under the user's own weight F1, the hard block 300 generates a vertical reaction force F2 which gradually slips off the spine or intervertebral disc. The protruding part pushes back to the normal position, or gradually adjusts the kyphosis to make the normal thoracic curve.

The reason why the hard block 300 is made of a non-elastic material instead of an elastic material is that the hard block 300 of the non-elastic material not only ensures that the reaction force F2 is not excessively absorbed, but also maintains the reaction force F2 to a certain extent. It is possible to maintain the reaction force F2 to maintain a vertical degree and to maintain a certain strength of the force while elongating with time. The reason why the filling member 200 is made of an elastic material is that the weight F1 of the user itself can be appropriately absorbed, and the discomfort caused by the reaction force F2 of the hard block 300 to the user is reduced.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the hard block 300 has a top portion 302T, and the top portion 202T of the filling member 200 is wider than the top portion 302T of the hard block 300. In one embodiment, when the shape of the hard block 300 is substantially symmetrical, the width of the side of the hard block 300 is approximately equal to the length of the two thoracic vertebrae of an adult body; in another embodiment, the shape of the hard block 300 When the asymmetric bell shape is used, the width of the side of the hard block 300 is approximately equal to the length of the five-segment thoracic vertebra of an adult body for use in the lumbar region. Moreover, the width of the surface of the top portion 202T of the filling member 200 can be evenly dispersed to slow down the reaction force F2 applied to the spine by the hard block 300, so as to prevent the reaction force F2 from being concentrated on a specific part of the user's body, so that the vertical force of the hard block is suitable. Treating spinal disorders does not harm the spine. The length of the tamper 300 inserted into the filling element 200 is approximately equal to the width of the back of an adult's body, thus facilitating the user to rest the entire back against the slab 300. In addition, referring to FIG. 3, the correcting pillow 100 has a height H and a width (not shown), and the height of the correcting pillow 100 is also calculated to match the weight generated by the user's body. Where the shape of the hard block 300 is a symmetric bell shape, the height H is approximately twice the width; and the hard block When the shape of the 300 is substantially asymmetric, the height H is equal to the width, so that the reaction force F2 and the user's own weight F1 are balanced with each other, and the reaction force F2 of the hard block 300 is adjusted to the optimum. In the treatment of spinal diseases, to avoid the reaction force F2 force too much damage to the spine, but also to avoid the reaction force F2 strength is insufficient to reduce the efficacy of the correction pillow 100.

Those skilled in the art can understand various changes that can be made according to the present embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, it is obvious that the implementations listed are not intended to limit the present invention, but are intended to cover modifications made in the spirit and scope of the present invention, as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

100‧‧‧corrective pillow

200‧‧‧Filling components

201‧‧‧Longside

202‧‧‧left side

202B‧‧‧ bottom

202T‧‧‧ top

300‧‧‧ hard block

302T‧‧‧ top

Claims (3)

A corrective pillow for treating lumbar and thoracic diseases includes: a filling element and a hard block, the hard block being completely inserted into the filling element; wherein the filling element is made of an elastic material selected from a foamed plastic , rubber or cotton, the filling element is substantially rectangular or hexagonal; the filling element has opposite sides, the two sides are substantially bell-shaped, and the filling element has a bottom and a top, wherein the width of the bottom a width greater than the top to ensure stability of the filling element; the filling element having a long side, the length of the long side being substantially equal to an adult body width; the shape of the hard block being similar to the shape of the filling element, and The size of the hard block is proportional to the size of the filling element; the hard block is made of a non-elastic material selected from the group consisting of wood, polystyrene foam and hard rubber; The resistance is such that the hard block is not broken and/or deformed, and the weight resistance is substantially such that the shape and size of the hard block can be substantially equal to the weight of an adult. 140 kg; the lumpy body has a long side, the length of the long side is substantially equal to the width of an adult body; and the filling element and the hard block respectively have a flat bottom surface. The corrective pillow according to claim 1, wherein the filling element of the correcting pillow and the shape of the hard block are substantially symmetrical in shape for use in a thoracic vertebra of an adult body, and the hard block has a wide side The width of the broad side is substantially equal to the length of the two thoracic vertebrae of an adult body having a height and a width which is approximately twice the width. The corrective pillow according to claim 1, wherein the filling element of the correcting pillow and the shape of the hard block are substantially asymmetric bell-shaped for use in a lumbar region of an adult body to correspond to an adult body having a lumbar vertebra The curve formed with the tibia is curved, and the lumpy body has a wide side, which The width of the broad side is substantially equal to the length of a five-section thoracic vertebra of an adult body having a height and a width that is substantially equal to the width.