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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
  • A61H15/00—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
  • A61H15/0092—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains hand-held
• • 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
  • A61H15/00—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
  • A61H2015/0007—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains with balls or rollers rotating about their own axis
  • A61H2015/0028—Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains with balls or rollers rotating about their own axis disc-like, i.e. diameter substantially greater than width

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a low-frequency treatment device lead and a low-frequency treatment device including the same.
• Some conventional low-frequency treatment devices use a conductor having a U-shaped elastic support and a conductive pad attached to both ends of the elastic support.
• a conductor there is a therapeutic device conductor formed by connecting a pair of conductors (conductor pads) at opposite ends of a U-shaped arm member in parallel with each other (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 10). — See 118198 (Patent Document 1)).
• the arm member is configured to be extendable and retractable so that the conductor can be easily brought into close contact with each part of the human body.
• Patent Document 2 JP-A-5-146515 (Patent Document 2) discloses that the elastic arcuate body can be tilted in all directions by the ball joint means, and that one or both of the conductors are moved up and down along the elastic arcuate object. In this way, the conductor can be easily and stably fixed to a predetermined part of the human body.
• Patent Document 3 discloses that a conductor is rotatable around an axis provided on a support, and that the conductor is movable in a direction protruding from the support.
• Patent Document 1 JP-A-10-118198
• Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-146515
• Patent Document 3 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-178937
• the length of the arm member can be adjusted by expanding and contracting the U-shaped arm member.
• a pair of conductors can be tilted in all directions, The fixing position of one or both conductors with respect to the elastic arcuate body can be changed.
• both conductors are rotated or the conductors are moved in a direction protruding from the support body.
• the difference in distance between a pair of conductors facing each other when the conductor is attached to a human body part depends on the elasticity of the arm member (elastic arcuate body, support body).
• the conductor Since it absorbs and does not have any force due to deformation, the conductor cannot be firmly attached and fixed to various parts of the human body where there are irregularities, shapes are different, or the area is wide and narrow, To depend on the deformation due to the inertia of the arm member, The have affected area only the pressing force of the guide element is low, it becomes possible pressing force of Shirubeko is too high in a broad diseased Conversely, can not be fixed to the affected area Shirubeko with the appropriate pressing force.
• the pair of conductors (conductor pads) described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 are both the same shape and the same size, and the force of the conductors is the width of the arm member (elastic arc-shaped body, The width of the support is substantially the same. For this reason, if a conductor with a wider contact area with the human body or a conductor with a wider width is used, the occupied space during storage becomes very large, which requires a larger storage space.
• the present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and can be fixed to various affected areas with an appropriate pressing force, and can be stored compactly when not in use.
• An object is to provide a lead and a low-frequency treatment device including the same.
• a low-frequency therapeutic device conductor includes a U-shaped elastic support, and a conductive pad attached to both ends of the elastic support. And a rotation support mechanism that rotatably supports at least one of the conductor pads about a direction intersecting the affected part contact surface of the conductor pad as an axis.
• the turning support mechanism corresponds to the affected part contact surface of the lead pad and the lead pad as the lead pad rotates.
• Elastic support It is preferable that the structure change the distance between the body ends.
• the lead pads has a shape having a length in the short direction and a length direction.
• the dynamic support mechanism has a structure capable of holding the conductor node at a position where the longitudinal direction of the conductor pad is substantially aligned with the extending direction of the elastic support body.
• the turn range of the lead pad is preferably about 180 °.
• a substantially intermediate position in the rotation range corresponds to a position where the longitudinal direction of the conductor pad is substantially aligned with the extending direction of the elastic support, and one position in the rotation range is the affected part of the conductor pad.
• This corresponds to the position where the distance between the contact surface and the end of the elastic support corresponding to the conductor pad is maximized
• the other limit of the rotation range is the contact surface of the affected area of the conductor node and Preferably, it corresponds to the position where the distance from the end of the elastic support corresponding to the conductor pad is minimized.
• a low-frequency treatment device based on the present invention includes the low-frequency treatment device lead described above. That is, a low-frequency treatment device according to the present invention is for a low-frequency treatment device including a main body that generates a low-frequency current and a pair of conductor nodes for energizing the affected part with the low-frequency current output from the main body. A conductor is provided.
• the low-frequency treatment device has a u-shaped elastic support, a pair of conductive pads attached to both ends of the elastic support, and at least one of the conductive pads.
• a rotation support mechanism that rotatably supports a direction intersecting the contact surface as an axis.
• a low-frequency treatment device lead that can be fixed to various affected areas with an appropriate pressing force and can be stored in a compact when not in use, and a low-frequency treatment device including the same.
• FIG. 1 is a front view of a low-frequency treatment device lead according to an embodiment.
• FIG. 2 is a right side view of the low frequency treatment device lead according to the embodiment in the state of FIG. 1.
• FIG. 1 is a right side view of the low frequency treatment device lead according to the embodiment in the state of FIG. 1.
• FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state in which a large-sized conductor pad of a conductor for a low-frequency treatment device according to an embodiment is rotated by 90 °.
• FIG. 4 is a right side view of the low-frequency treatment device lead according to the embodiment of the state of FIG.
• FIG. 5 is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view showing a rotation support mechanism on the side of a large-sized conductor pad of a conductor for a low-frequency treatment device according to an embodiment.
• FIG. 6A is a structural diagram showing an example of a rotation support mechanism on the side of a large-sized conductor pad of a low-frequency treatment device conductor according to an embodiment, and is a side view of a support shaft portion of the conductor pad. .
• FIG. 6B is a structural diagram showing an example of a rotation support mechanism on the side of the large-sized conductor pad of the conductor for a low-frequency treatment device according to the embodiment, and a cross section taken along line VIB-VIB shown in FIG. 6A It is a figure.
• FIG. 7A is a structural view showing an example of a rotation support mechanism on the side of a large-sized conductor pad of a conductor for a low-frequency treatment device according to an embodiment, and is a side view of a main part of a rotation support portion.
• FIG. 7B is a structural diagram showing an example of a rotation support mechanism on the side of the large-sized conductor pad of the conductor for a low-frequency treatment device according to the embodiment, and a cross section taken along the line VIIB-VIIB shown in FIG. 7A It is a figure.
• FIG. 8A A structural diagram showing an example of a rotation support mechanism on the side of the large-sized conductor pad of the conductor for a low-frequency treatment device according to the embodiment, which is attached to the support shaft portion of the conductor pad of FIG. It is the side view which looked at the unidirectional force of the cap to be.
• FIG. 7 is a structural view showing an example of a holding mechanism, and is a side view showing another direction force of the cap attached to the spindle portion of the conductor pad of FIG.
• FIG. 8C is a perspective view showing an example of a rotation support mechanism on the side of the large-sized conductor pad of the conductor for a low-frequency treatment device according to the embodiment.
• FIG. 9A is a plan view (top view) of the main body of the low-frequency treatment device according to the embodiment.
• FIG. 9B is a front view of the main body of the low-frequency treatment device according to the embodiment.
• FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a configuration example of a low frequency treatment device according to an embodiment.
• FIGS. Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 is a right side view.
• 3 and 4 show a pair of conductor pads 60 by rotating the conductor pad 60 by 90 ° and moving the conductor pad 61 to the conductor pad 60 side with respect to the state shown in FIG. , 61 are shown in a narrowed state
• FIG. 3 is a front view
• FIG. 4 is a right side view.
• This conductor 2 is a large-sized guide supported by a U-shaped elastic support arm (elastic support) 65 and a rotation support 10 provided at one end of the elastic support arm 65.
• a child pad 60 and a small-sized conductor node 61 supported by a rotation support portion 20 provided at the other end of the elastic support arm 65 are provided.
• the conductor pad 60 has an affected part contact surface 60a having a large pad area
• the conductor pad 61 has an affected part contact surface 61a having a small pad area.
• the area ratio of the affected part contact surfaces 60a and 61a is, for example, 8: 1.
• the conductor pad 60 has an oval shape having a length in the short side direction and a length in the long side direction.
• the affected part contact surface 60a is concave so that it can be easily adapted to the curved surface of the knee, waist and shoulders, and the entire shape is gently curved accordingly.
• the guiding pad 60 is rotatably supported by a rotating support mechanism with a direction intersecting the affected part contact surface 60a as an axis.
• the rotation support mechanism has a structure as shown in a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view in FIG.
• the support shaft portion 30 provided on the back side of the conductor pad 60 is rotatably inserted into the shaft hole 11 formed in the rotation support portion 10.
• the support shaft 30 is formed with four holes 31 at equiangular intervals (90 °), and the two support holes 15 corresponding to the holes 31 are spaced by 180 °.
• a panel 16 and a ball (steel ball) 17 are arranged in the arrangement hole 15.
• One end of the panel 16 engages with the inner wall of the arrangement hole 15, and the other end is attached to the ball 17.
• the ball 17 is constantly urged toward the support shaft 30 by the panel 16, and when the hole 31 of the support 30 faces, it fits into the hole 31. When it is turned, the spindle 30 is pushed and pulled into the arrangement hole 15.
• the rotation support mechanism on the side of the conductor pad 60 includes an arrangement hole 15 in the rotation support part 10, a panel 16, a ball 17, and a hole 31 in the support shaft part 30.
• the arrangement hole 15, the panel 16, and the ball 17 may be provided in the support shaft portion 30, and the hole 31 may be provided in the rotation support portion 10.
• the conductor pad 60 rotates 180 degrees.
• Two spiral grooves of a length that can be made are formed in the rotation support part 10, and one end part, the other end part of each spiral groove, and an intermediate part 3 between the one end part and the other end part are formed. It is also possible to form a recess into which the pair of balls on the side of the support shaft 30 is fitted, and to hold the position of the conductor pad 60 at each of the three locations.
• FIG. 6A, Fig. 6B, Fig. 7A, Fig. 7B, and Fig. 8A to Fig. 8C show specific structural examples of the rotation support mechanism in this case.
• 6A is a side view of the spindle 30 of the conductor pad 60
• FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VIB VIB of FIG. 6A
• FIG. 7A is a side view of the main part of the pivot support 10
• Fig. 8 ⁇ to Fig. 8C are caps 90 attached to the spindle 30 (where Fig. 8 ⁇ is a side view with one direction force, and Fig. 8 ⁇ is seen from another direction) Side view, Figure 8C shows a perspective view).
• the support shaft portion 30 provided on the base 80 of the conductor pad 60 has a hollow cylindrical shape, its tip is open, and two ball projecting arc windows are 180 at the tip.
• the cap 90 is fixed to the opening of the support shaft portion 30 formed at intervals.
• the cap 90 has a hollow cylindrical shape as shown in Figs. 8A to 8C, and has a bottom surface at one end. On the other end side where the bottom surface is not formed, two ball projecting arc windows 91 are formed at intervals of 180 °, similarly to the tip end of the support shaft portion 30. Therefore, when the cap 90 is attached to the support shaft 30, the ball projecting arc windows of both the support shaft 30 and the cap 90 are aligned, and two circular ball projecting arc windows are formed. In addition, a pair of panel pressers 92 project from the bottom surface force of the cap 90 toward the other end, and the tips thereof are bent inward.
• the cap 90 is assembled with two balls 81 and one coil spring 82 before being fixed to the tip of the support shaft portion 30.
• the ball 81 has a radius larger than the radius of the arc portion of the above-described ball protruding arc window, and a part of the ball 81 is incorporated so that the arc window force is exposed. That is, a part of the ball 81 can protrude from the arc window, but the outside of the ball 81 can be Will not come out completely.
• the coil panel 82 is provided between the two balls 81 and is positioned by the panel holder 92 of the cap 90. In this state, the coil panel 82 urges the two balls 81 outward.
• the support shaft 30 is provided with two spherical surfaces that can be projected and retracted from the arc-projecting window for projecting the ball.
• a hollow cylindrical portion 71 is formed in the base 70 of the rotation support portion 10.
• the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion 71 is set so that the support shaft portion 30 can be inserted and rotated.
• Two spiral grooves 72 are formed on the inner wall of the cylindrical portion 71 at intervals of 180 °.
• Each spiral groove 72 is set to an angle that makes a half rotation between both ends, and a length that makes the distance between both ends correspond to an adjustment margin of the distance between the pair of conductor pads 60 and 61.
• each spiral groove 72 is formed by staking the two balls 81 of the support shaft portion 30 to the bias of the coil panel 82 when the support shaft portion 30 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 71.
• Curvature and depth are set so that they are slightly pushed into the wall. Furthermore, ball engagement recesses 73 having a smaller curvature and a deeper depth than the spiral groove are provided at a total of three locations, both ends and an intermediate portion, of each spiral groove 72.
• the two balls 81 of the support shaft portion 30 of the conductor pad 60 fit into the two spiral grooves 72 of the cylindrical portion 71 of the rotation support portion 10.
• the support shaft part 30 is inserted into the cylindrical part 71, and the conductor pad 60 is rotated so that the two balls 81 are in the positions where they fit into the ball engaging recesses 73.
• the longitudinal direction of the conductor pad 60 coincides with the extending direction of the elastic support arm 65 (the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2).
• the space for storing the conductor 2 is reduced.
• This position force also rotates the guiding pad 60 so that the ball 81 moves to the tip end side of the cylindrical portion 71, and when the ball 81 is fitted in the recess 73 on the leading end side, the length of the guiding pad 60 is increased.
• the direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the elastic support arm 65 (the state shown in FIGS. 3 and 4) and the distance between the pair of conductor pads 60 and 61 is narrow (the affected part contact surface 60a of the conductor pad 60) And turning The distance from the support part 10 is set to the maximum position).
• the distance between the pair of conductor pads 60, 61 can be adjusted by the conductor pad 60 as well as the conductor pad 61 described later, and the adjustment range becomes wider. .
• the conductor pad 61 has a circular shape of a normal size, and the affected part contact surface 61a is flat.
• the conductor pad 61 is supported by a rotation support mechanism so as to be rotatable about a direction intersecting the affected part contact surface 61a.
• the rotation support mechanism has a structure as shown in FIGS. According to this structure, the support shaft portion 40 provided on the back side of the conductor pad 61 is rotatably inserted into the shaft hole 21 formed in the rotation support portion 20.
• a male screw 41 is formed on the support shaft portion 40, and a female screw (not shown) is formed in the shaft hole 21 correspondingly.
• the rotation support mechanism on the side of the conductor pad 61 includes a shaft hole 21 of the rotation support portion 20, a female screw, and a male screw 41 of the support shaft portion 40.
• the affected part contact surface 61a of the conductor pad 61 and the end of the elastic support arm 65 corresponding to the conductor node 61 (the rotation support part 20) From the position where the distance between the contacted part 61a and the rotation support part 20 is the maximum (state shown in FIGS. 3 and 4) 61 can be moved by rotation.
• the distance between the pair of conductor pads 60 and 61 can be adjusted by changing the distance of the conductor pad 61 from the rotation support portion 20.
• the rotation support unit 20 is configured so that the fixed position can be adjusted along the elastic support arm 65.
• a plurality of recesses 68 are formed on the side of the end of the elastic support arm 65, and a protrusion (not shown) that fits into the recess 68 is a rotation support part.
• the sliding support 20 is slid and moved along the elastic support arm 65 with a certain amount of force, and the concave portion 68 in which the convex portion is fitted is selected to guide the elastic support arm 65.
• the fixed position of the child pad 61 can be adjusted.
• the conductor 2 configured in this manner is not shown in FIGS.
• a cord connected to the pair of conductor pads 60, 61 is led out, and a plug 63 is connected to the tip of the cord. (Fig. 10) is provided, and the plug 63 is used by inserting it into the jack 59 of the main body 1 of the low frequency treatment device described later.
• the conductor pad 60, 61 of conductor 2 should be worn on the affected part of the human body (knees, waist, shoulders, etc.). At this time, depending on the size, shape, etc.
• the pair of conductor pads 60 and 61 can be attached in close contact with various affected areas.
• FIG. 9A a plan view (top view) of the main body is shown in FIG. 9A, and a front view thereof is shown in FIG. 9B.
• the low frequency treatment device includes a main body 1 that generates and outputs a low frequency current.
• the main body 1 has a power switch 52 for turning the power on and off on its surface, and whether or not the conductor 2 detected by the conductor sticking detection circuit 57 described later is attached to the human body, a conductor connection detecting circuit described later.
• 58 has a display 53 that displays information such as whether or not the conductor 2 is connected to the main body 1 detected by 58, and an output adjustment dial 55 for adjusting the output of the low-frequency current.
• a jack 59 for inserting the plug 6 3 of the child 2 is provided.
• the output adjustment dial 55 is configured such that when the power is turned on by the power switch 52, the surface force automatically protrudes and can be rotated.
• FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of a configuration example of a low-frequency treatment device including the main body 1 and the conductor 2.
• Main unit 1 includes CPU 50, power supply 51, power switch 52, display 53, output circuit 54, output adjustment dial 55, dial lifting mechanism 56, conductor sticking detection circuit 57, conductor It has a connection detection circuit 58 and a jack 59!
• the CPU 50 executes various operations, control, and processing for treatment in accordance with a program stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown).
• the power supply unit 51 supplies power supply voltage to each part of the circuit using a battery and an AC adapter.
• the power switch 52 turns on and off the power supply from the power supply 51 to each part of the circuit for each one touch operation by button operation.
• the display 53 uses an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and displays various notification contents during the treatment process in addition to the above information.
• the output circuit 54 generates a low frequency signal for therapy. In a state where high voltage is output and the conductor 2 is connected to the main body 1, a low frequency current is passed through the affected part of the human body through the pair of conductor pads 60 and 61.
• the output adjustment dial 55 is a volume dial for adjusting the level (strength) of the low frequency signal output from the output circuit 54.
• the dial elevating mechanism 56 raises the output adjustment dial 55 when the power is turned on so that the output adjustment dial 55 can be rotated, and when the power is turned off, the output adjustment dial 55 is lowered to rotate the output adjustment dial 55. It is a mechanism for prohibiting operations.
• the conductor sticking detection circuit 57 is a circuit that detects whether or not the conductor pads 60 and 61 of the conductor 2 are stuck to the human body.
• the conductor sticking detection circuit 57 detects the energization current and detects a predetermined value. At the above time, it is detected that the conductor pads 60 and 61 are attached, and when no conduction current is detected, it is detected that the conductor pads 60 and 61 are not attached.
• the conductor connection detection circuit 58 detects whether the conductor 63 plug 63 is connected to the jack 59 of the main body 1 and the conductor pads 60 and 61 are connected to the main body 1. .
• the conductor 2 may be a conductor pad having the same shape and the same size as the force pad provided with the large and small conductor pads 60, 61.

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