WO2003022372A1 - Table d'etirement cybernetique du rachis - Google Patents
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- WO2003022372A1 WO2003022372A1 PCT/FR2002/003099 FR0203099W WO03022372A1 WO 2003022372 A1 WO2003022372 A1 WO 2003022372A1 FR 0203099 W FR0203099 W FR 0203099W WO 03022372 A1 WO03022372 A1 WO 03022372A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
- A61H1/00—Apparatus for passive exercising; Vibrating apparatus; Chiropractic devices, e.g. body impacting devices, external devices for briefly extending or aligning unbroken bones
- A61H1/02—Stretching or bending or torsioning apparatus for exercising
- A61H1/0218—Drawing-out devices
- A61H1/0222—Traction tables
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- the technical sector of the present invention is that of systems for stretching the spine of a patient in order to release handicapping contractures.
- the purpose of the system is therefore to stretch the muscles of the spine and thorax, the retraction of which is the source of pain and deformation.
- the usual devices are traction tables which apply an external force to the two ends of the user's trunk by the action of a motor whose intensity determined by the therapist is peremptory for the muscles of the user. This is the cause of poor results and accidents and requires the mandatory presence of a therapist.
- the subject of the invention is therefore a device for stretching the muscles of the spine of a patient and the thorax composed of a table on which the trunk is positioned substantially horizontally, and of a traction system, characterized in that it comprises: a substantially horizontal receiving surface for supporting the pelvis and the patient's shoulders, - a blocking means applied to the back of the lower limbs of the patient " and preventing any movement of these,
- a stretching means located in the cranial extension of the patient's trunk, on which the patient can grip, this means being able to slide, to be locked in position and / or to exert an effort consisting in moving the patient's hands away from the junction thighs and pelvis.
- the device comprises a reception cushion on which the patient's pelvis rests.
- the device comprises a roller positioned at the rear of the lower limbs of the patient to maintain the patient's thighs in flexion on his belly and able to exert a thigh flexion stress.
- the thickness of the cushion and the angle formed by the faces on which the patient's belly and thighs respectively rest can be modified, in particular by the addition of additional cushions, of triangular and / or parallelepiped shape. held in place by adhesives.
- the cushion has a middle excavation s' underside at the bottom of which is attached a fastening member for a link such as a strap connecting the roller.
- the receiving surface is delimited by a rear cushion and a front cushion, the separation distance of which is adjustable by displacement of the rear cushion.
- the stretching means consists of:
- a carriage capable of sliding on the support
- a transverse bar connected to the carriage and provided at its two ends with handles on which the " patient grips his hands
- a drive means capable of controlling the blocking of the carriage and / or sound. . displacement to obtain a stretching effort from the patient 's spine.
- the drive means consists of a ratchet winch coiling and unwinding the two cables attached to the ends of the support, this winch being actuated by two levers on which the bar is fixed, so that that the patient can activate the winch in traction by pulling on the bar and release the traction by pushing on the bar.
- the roller is retained and moved forwardly from the table by a cable which is wound on a winch pawls that the patient may actuate with a handle located on the carriage.
- the stretching means consists of:
- this means being a motor, fixed on the carriage, coiling and unwinding concomitantly two cables, one of which is fixed to the table and the other slides at one end of the support and is fixed to the roller, this motor being actuated by a button located on one of the handles so that the patient can activate the traction.
- the device comprises a means for positioning the head and stretching the muscles of the neck, this system incorporating a headrest secured to a slide bar sliding on the carriage and capable of being secured in translation from this slide bar to the using a brake.
- the headrest comprises two rounded pads, adjustable in height and apart for the support of the cheeks, at the outer edge of which straps are attached to each other by adhesives.
- the support is tiltable from the horizontal position up to an angle of about 60 ° towards : as.
- FIG. 2 is a section showing the attachment of the carriage to the table
- FIG. 3 is a section showing a first embodiment of the drive means
- Figure '"' 4 ' is a top view according to the invention according to a second embodiment
- Figure 5 is a view illustrating an embodiment of the inclination of the support
- - Figures 6a and 6b are diagrams illustrating the mode of movement " of the carriage.
- FIG. 1 there is shown a table 100 consisting of a frame 101 resting on two front legs 102 and two rear legs 103.
- the two rear legs 102 can be joined by a crosspiece 104 to improve the rigidity of the assembly .
- the table 100 comprises two cushions 12 and 13 constituting a surface for receiving the body of a patient.
- the front cushion 13 is fixed and intended to support the patient's shoulders, the other 12, back thereof, may slide back, in "back according to arrow F to fit the size of the patient and be locked in the desired position by a thumb wheel 12a.
- the rear cushion 12, the planes of which form an angle with a posterior apex, is padded on its two contact faces with the patient.
- the front legs 103 of the table can be tilted to balance the whole.
- the rear legs 102 have stage supports 105 for a movable rung allowing children to use the table according to the invention.
- the dimensions of the table are for example such that the feet of an adult patient of " average height which is installed there touch the ground.
- the table 100 is extended forward by a support 5 of elongated shape.
- This support is fixed thereon below the receiving surface 13.
- This support receives a headrest 14 and a movable carriage 4. It can be in the form of a rail as shown in FIG. 1 or in the form of a frame as shown in Figure 4.
- the support 5 ' has two treads on which are applied four pairs of rollers 116 of the upper part of the carriage 4 and four wheels of the headrest 14.
- the support has at its ends a stop 109 for fixing the cable 7 connected to carriage 4 forward.
- the cable ⁇ '" connects the carriage 4 to the table 100.
- a cable 9 connects the carriage 4 to the roller 6.
- the carriage 4 is adapted to transform the alternative traction movement 'of the patient's arm on the bar 1 in a forward movement.
- the carriage 4 comprises two ratchet levers 2 on either the other welded to the bar 1 and • for the hands. These levers are used to actuate the spool of a winch 35 shown in Figure 3 and on which are wound and are held so concomitant with the “ two cables 7 and 8 fixed to the ends of the support.
- This winch 35 constitutes a drive means.
- FIG. 3 we see the carriage 4, the support 5 and the drive means 35.
- These two levers 2 ratchet are adjustable in two positions "traction” and "unlocking”.
- the coil 110 is provided with a toothed wheel 111 and a spring ratchet blocking its rotation clockwise. The non-return wheel can be unlocked by a lever (not shown) located on the hidden side of the carriage 5.
- a second winch 112 is placed, with its toothed wheel 113 and its spring ratchet, and actuated by a third ratchet lever 3.
- This third ratchet lever " is adjustable in two positions” traction “and” release ".
- the toothed wheel 113 can be released by a lever 114 located r on the hidden side of the carriage.
- This winch 112 winds the cable 9 of the bar 1 intended for the back of the patient's knees.
- the system non-return winch blocks backward movement of the knee roller.
- the 14 " headrest completes the device of FIG. 1. It consists of two pads intended to support the cheeks to which straps are attached (not shown) intended to be attached to the neck of the patient. head is adjustable in the spacing of the bearings, as well as in height and inclination by means of knobs in a known manner.
- the four casters fixed to its base allow it to roll freely on the support 5.
- a brake 16 disposed at the upper face of the carriage, by tightening a strip 17 fixed at ' ⁇ its base secures it to the movements of the carriage when the " hand presses the handle 15 allowing one to stretch the muscles of the neck.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a means for adjusting the downward inclination of the support 5 between a substantially horizontal position up to an angle of approximately 60 ° by virtue of its articulated fixing on a fixing beam 106 and a connecting rod 11 fixed under the front part of the table 10 0 .
- the beam 106 is provided with a sliding clevis 107 on which the carriage is fixed.
- the positioning of the yoke 107 along the arrow - F2 is fixed using the knurled bolt 108 to adjust the position of the support 5.
- Figure 4 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the stretching system. muscles. It is proposed in this embodiment to replace the manual traction system by an electric or pneumatic motor 25, the assembly being fixed on a frame 5.
- the motor 25 is fixed to the frame 5 and its motor axis supports a double pulley 29.
- the bar 1, on which the patient grips, is integral with the carriage 4 and a control 26 of the motor is fixed on the bar 1 so that the patient can easily actuate the motor 25.
- This control can for example be one or several buttons controlling the starting of the motor 25 in the direction of traction or in the opposite direction. When the button is released, the .25 motor stops immediately for safety reasons.
- the motor 25 rotates the pulley 29 on which the cables 7 and 8 are wound or unwound. When the carriage 4 moves away from the table 100, the pulley 29 unwinds the cable 8 " while the cable 7 s' wraps.
- Such an embodiment allows the patient to very precisely adjust the distance from the bar 1 and the tension applied to his muscles.
- button 26 instantly stops the action of the engine.
- the system can easily be adapted, for example by controlling the motor by rotation of the handles 27.
- the device according to the invention makes it possible to carry out a stretching either without calling on any external force as described in relation to FIG. 1, or by using a motor to drive the carriage 4.
- the force used is that of the upper limbs of the user hung on the carriage by his hands, and of the lever formed by the femurs pulled towards the front at the " knee " level, which pulls the pelvis backwards by the hips around the fixed point of the back cushion.
- These forces are measured at any time by the user in "" function of his own muscular sensations, and one can thus qualify the stretching of cybernetics.
- the resistance of the carriage to any traction of the arms and of the knee bar to any pushing of the posterior surface of the thighs makes it possible to carry out on the previously stretched muscles a muscular contraction giving the stretching a particular character called myotensive.
- This device allows a complete stretching of the muscles of the spine, including those of the cervical spine whose position can be chosen.
- This device is safe because the subject is in a stable position on the table and the simple fact of letting go of the bar cancels any traction on the spine, maintaining only the thigh flexed position which is easy to undo thanks to the system release lever check.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a second mode of adjusting the position of the support ... 5.
- the support 5 is supported, at its first end, by two legs 31, integral with the table 100, and can pivot relative to its legs around an axis X.
- the adjustment means is constituted by a foot 33 carrying different tabs 32 on which the bar 115 of the support is hooked.
- FIGS. 6a and 6b are diagrams illustrating the mode of movement of the carriage 4.
- the cable 8 is connected to the table 100 at one end and is wound on the double pulley 29 at its other end.
- the cable 7 is wound on the pulley 29 to "end, passes into a groove machined in the support 5 (visible in Figure 4) and is connected by its other end to roller 6.
- a tensioner 34 is provided to ensure the tension of the cable 8 and modify its length according to the size of the patient.
- the device • according to the invention is particularly intended for re-educating doctors and physiotherapists.
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US10/488,524 US20040243039A1 (en) | 2001-09-11 | 2002-09-11 | Cybernetic spine stretching table |
EP02798005A EP1461127A1 (fr) | 2001-09-11 | 2002-09-11 | Table d'etirement cybernetique du rachis |
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US5354251A (en) * | 1993-11-01 | 1994-10-11 | Sleamaker Robert H | Multifunction excercise machine with ergometric input-responsive resistance |
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