WO2013065888A1

WO2013065888A1 - Functional knee brace

Info

Publication number: WO2013065888A1
Application number: PCT/KR2011/008364
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박재학
Original assignee: 주식회사 에이스하이텍
Priority date: 2011-11-03
Filing date: 2011-11-04
Publication date: 2013-05-10
Also published as: KR20130048912A; KR101309712B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a functional knee brace. According to the present invention, the knee brace relaxes the knee joint in the direction opposite to that where the leg is straightened so as to return the bent joint to its original position and reduce the amount of pain. The knee brace can be worn by patients who suffer discomfort while walking or cannot walk due to pain for the purposes of exercising, strengthening weakened muscles, and ultimately enabling the patients to exercise without wearing the knee brace. Also, a patient can wear a compensating undergarment, the leg portion of which is attached to the upper portion of the knee brace, to thereby prevent the knee brace from sliding down when the patient moves in order to increase convenience.

Description

Functional knee protector

The present invention relates to a knee protector, and more particularly, to a functional knee protector, which is worn by a wearer and relaxes the knee joint to the opposite side, so that the pressed joint returns to its original position to relieve pain.

Currently, most knee protectors developed and released by various companies at home and abroad serve only as pads to relieve the pressure on the knees when a person wears and lifts the knee. It can alleviate some of the pain, but it does not fundamentally relax the knee joint and when you move after wearing it has a problem flowing down the knee according to the movement of the muscles.

Conventional documents developed in order to solve the conventional problems configured as described above are registered patent 10-0850758 (knee protector and its manufacturing method), registered practical 20-0378573 (knee protection and impact relief device installed on the knee protector), etc. This is to provide a separate buffer inside the knee protector to cushion the impact applied to the knee from the outside, to relieve the pain on the impact and movement to the knee joint during exercise to fold and unfold the knee There is no function of rehabilitation.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, the present invention can be worn by the wearer to relax the knee joint to relax the knee to the opposite side, the pressed joint can be relieved the pain to return to its place completely It is to provide a functional knee protector configured to be able to exercise without wearing the exercise to weaken the muscles worn by the patient who is uncomfortable or unable to walk due to pain.

Technical solution of the present invention is a knee joint support member for holding the knee joint is coupled to be able to be folded and unfolded on both sides of the knee joint between the calf and thigh; A first attachment member fixed to the knee support member to prevent the knee joint support member from coming into close contact with the calf and thigh of the wearer; A calf and thigh support for detachably fastening to the lower and upper regions of the knee joint support member to vertically support the inner and outer sides of the calf and thigh; And a second attachment member connected to the lower and upper portions of the calf and thigh support to closely adhere the calf and thigh support to the calf and thigh to prevent the falling down.

According to the present invention, the knee joint relaxes to the opposite side when the knee is lifted to relieve the pain by returning the joint to its place, and the patient is inconvenient to walk due to the pain or can't walk so that the weakened muscles by exercising Ultimately, it is possible to exercise without wearing to help rehabilitation, and also to flow down without harm to the body in contact with the skin of the first and second attachment members to securely attach the knee protector to the wearer's leg. It has a soft silicone that can stick easily to the skin but can be easily released and a suction pad that distributes air so that it doesn't flow down even when it is worn and moved. Prevents shock from losing in advance, and also wears corrective underwear The upper part of the corrective underwear and the upper part of the knee protector can be adhered to each other, so that the product does not flow down even if the user wears and moves to provide convenience.

1 is a front perspective view of the main portion of the functional knee protector according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the main portion of the functional knee protector according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a state of use of the functional knee protector according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the main portion of the functional knee protector according to the present invention.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional configuration of main parts of FIG.

Figure 6a, 6b is an operational state of the functional knee protector according to the present invention, the front and rear state of the knee extended state.

Figures 7a, 7b is an operational state of the functional knee protector according to the present invention, front and rear state diagram when the knee folded.

8a, 8b is an operational state of the functional knee protector according to the present invention, front and rear state diagram when the knee is fully folded.

9A, 9B, and 9C are operating states of the functional knee protector according to the present invention, and the operation state of the movement and rotation axis and the rotary movement hole when the knee is extended and folded;

Figure 10a, 10b is a block diagram of a structure for limiting the folding angle according to the knee state of the wearer of the functional knee protector according to the present invention.

Figure 11 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of a functional knee protector according to the present invention.

10: knee joint support member 11: rotation and movement axis

11a: circular 11b: inclined outer circumferential surface

13: outer protrusion part 13a: curved contact part

13b: engaging portion 14: circular inner plate

15,19: upper and lower vertical connecting rod 16: rotational movement hole

16a: circular coupling portion 16b: circular curved portion

17: curved guide slope wing 17a: curved guide surface

17b: locking end 18: circular outer plate

20: fastening cover 24: cover

24a: pin hole 28: connecting pin

30,70: first and second attachment members 60: fastening means

62: connecting step step portion 64: support step step portion

66: fastening bolt 75: inner part

76: outer portion 77: adsorption pad

80: correction underwear 84: toilet processing hole

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a front perspective view of the main portion of the functional knee protector according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the main portion of the functional knee protector according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a state diagram of the functional knee protector according to the present invention 4 is a perspective view illustrating main parts of a functional knee protector according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional configuration of main parts of FIG. 3.

As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the functional knee protector according to the present invention is coupled to both sides of the knee joint that connects between the calf and thigh can be folded and unfolded to support the knee joint for holding the knee joint stably Member 10; A first attachment member 30 fixed to the knee joint support member 10 to stably and comfortably adhere the knee joint support member 10 to the calf and thighs of the wearer to prevent it from falling; A calf and thigh support 40, 50 for detachably fastening to the lower and upper regions of the knee joint support member 10 to support the inside and the outside of the calf and thigh; The second attachment member 70 is connected to the lower and upper portions of the calf and

thigh support

40 and 50 to stably and comfortably attach the calf and

thigh support

40 and 50 to the calf and thigh to prevent it from flowing down. )

The knee joint support member 10 has an inner surface in close contact with the inner and outer sides of the knee joint, and is formed around the rotation and movement shaft 11 and the rotation and movement shaft 11 which protrude integrally with the central region. A circular inner plate 14 formed at one side of an outer circumferential edge and having a semicircular outer protrusion 13 formed at both ends thereof with a curved contact portion 13a and a locking portion 13b; An upper vertical connecting rod 15 formed integrally with the outer periphery of the circular inner plate 14; It is formed in the central region through the rotating movement hole 16, the rotation and movement shaft 11 is coupled to the rotation and movement, and the outer peripheral edge of the rotation movement hole 16, the outer projection 13 on the inner side Curved contact portion 13a of the guide is guided by the curved guide surface (17a) is formed to limit the maximum unfolding, the locking portion (13b) is caught by the curved guide inclined blade (17b) is formed with a locking end (17b) is limited A circular outer plate 18 composed of 17); The curved guide inclined blade 17 of the circular outer plate 18 consists of a lower vertical connector 19 integrally formed perpendicularly to the outer circumference.

At this time, the rotation and movement shaft 11 is rotatably coupled to the rotation movement hole 16, the fastening cover 20 is fastened through the screw groove (20a) formed at the end to the circular inner plate 14 and The rotatable engagement of the circular outer plate 18 is maintained.

On the other hand, the rotation and movement shaft 11 is divided into four equally divided the center region, and then processed the inclined outer peripheral surface of about 1/4 area to form an inclined outer peripheral surface (11b), the remaining region is circular (11a) To be formed.

The rotary moving hole 16 is formed through the central region of the circular outer plate 18, the circular engaging portion (16a) is coupled to the circular (11a) of the rotation and movement axis (11); A small diameter communication is formed in the circular coupling portion 16a, and the circular coupling portion 16b is formed by a circular curved portion 16b through which the circular coupling portion 16a and the inclined outer peripheral surface 11b are moved.

At this time, the circular curved portion 16b of the rotary movement hole 16 is formed smaller than the inner diameter of the circular coupling portion 16a, and the rotation and movement shaft 11 inserted into the circular coupling portion 16a of the rotary movement hole 16. ) Is not inserted, but the rotational and moving shaft 11 is inserted by the inclined outer circumferential surface 11b formed by inclining the outer circumferential surface of about 1/4 region.

The curved guide surface 17a of the curved guide bevel wing 17 is formed such that the interval gradually widens from the top to the centerline region of the lower side as shown in FIG. 6B to generate a gap g between the top and the thickness. The curved contact portion 13a of the circular inner plate 14 is pushed outward as much as), and as shown in FIG. 6A, the rotating and moving shaft 11 moves to the circular curved portion 16b of the rotary movement hole 16. It becomes a state.

The first attachment member 30 is formed of a sheet type having upper and lower vertical connecting

rods

15 and 19 fixed to the inner side and each having a female and

vertical tape

31 and 32 corresponding to both sides. It is fixed to the lower portion and the calf upper area of the knee joint support member 10 is to be comfortably fixed.

The calf and

thigh support

40, 50 is the lower and upper parts are separably fastened to the upper and lower portions of the upper and lower connecting

rods

15 and 19 by the fastening means 60, aluminum or reinforced with a thin and light material. It is made of plastic.

The fastening means (60) is connected to the upper and lower vertical connection bar (15, 19) and the lower end of the connecting portion 62 formed; Supporting stepped portion 64 formed in the upper and lower portions of the calf and thigh support (40, 50) to match the connecting end stepped portion (62); It consists of a fastening bolt 66 for coupling the connection stand step portion 62 and the support stand step portion 64 to each other.

The second attachment member 70 is a sheet type having female and

vertical tapes

71 and 72 fixed to upper and lower sides of the calf and thigh support 40, 50, and corresponding to both sides. It is made to fix the calf and thigh support (40, 50).

In this case, the first and

second attachment members

30 and 70 may be attached to the inner side 75 of the optimized silicone material and the outer circumferential surface of the inner side 75 that do not stick to the skin and do not slip even if only slightly attached to the inner side in contact with the skin. It is provided with an adsorption pad (77) made of a thin synthetic resin support portion (76) having a plurality of air distribution holes (76a) formed therein to support the inner side (75) and to enable air circulation. It does not flow down to the outside, it can be configured as a female, vertical tape or rubber band type on the outside.

10A and 10B, the cover 24 is provided to protect the circular inner plate 14 and the circular outer plate 18 therein, and are connected by the connecting pin 28 to be folded according to the state of the knee. Will be set differently.

That is, the cover 24 is configured to cover and protect the circular inner plate 14 and the circular outer plate 18 from the inside, and is separated from the lower vertical connector 19 by fastening members 26 such as bolts. It is possible to fasten and form a plurality of pin holes 24a corresponding to the edges, and selectively insert the connecting pins 28 through the pin holes 24a to limit the angle at which the knee is folded.

On the other hand, Figure 11 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the functional knee protector according to the present invention, which is fixed to the second attachment member 70 shown in Figure 3 to prevent the knee protector from flowing down It relates to a knee protector correction underwear 80.

The correction underwear 80 is the second attachment member 70 is fixed to the lower end of the leg portion 82 on both sides, and prevents the guard from flowing down when the wearer wears. At this time, the correction underwear 80 is formed toilet processing hole 84 to solve the toilet without taking off the underwear.

Referring to the operating state of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a pair of knee joint support members 10 in which the circular inner plate 14 and the circular outer plate 18 are rotatably coupled to each other and the inner and outer sides of the injured knee joint, or It is in close contact with the outside and the inside selectively. That is, when the circular inner plate 14 is in close contact with the inner side of the knee joint, the outer side is bound in the opposite direction such that the circular outer plate 18 is in close contact.

In this state, the female and

vertical tapes

31 and 32 of the first attachment member 30 fixed to the upper and lower vertical connecting

rods

15 and 19 of the circular inner plate 14 and the circular outer plate 18 are provided. By binding to the upper calf and the upper knee area is to ensure a stable and tight contact with the knee joint support member (10).

Next, the upper and lower portions of the calf and

thigh support

40, 50, which are detachably fastened to the upper and lower portions of the upper and lower connecting

rods

15 and 19 by the fastening means 60, that is, By binding the female and

vertical tapes

71 and 72 of the second attachment member 70 to the thigh and the ankle region, the knee protector does not flow down.

At this time, the first and

second attachment members

30 and 70 are provided with a suction pad 77 made of a silicon 75 and a support part 76 in contact with the skin, so that the first and

second attachment members

30 and 70 do not stick to the skin and slip easily. It will not fall off and will not flow down even if you move.

In this state, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, 7A and 7B, 8A and 8B, the wearer walks with the knee joint extended or folded. First, the operation state of the wearer when the knee is extended will be described. As shown in FIG. 6B, the gap is formed to be gradually widened from the top to the centerline area of the lower part, so that a gap g between the upper part and the thickness is generated, and the curved contact portion 13a of the circular inner plate 14 is moved outwardly by the gap. 6a, the circular shape 11a and the inclined outer circumferential surface 11b of the rotation and movement shaft 11 are moved into the circular curved portion 16b of the rotation movement hole 16 so that the knees are fully extended. (See FIG. 9A).

Referring to the operation state when the wearer folded the knee in this state, as shown in Figs. 7a and 7b folded the knee in the extended state. Then, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 9A, the combined rotating and moving shaft 11 rotates in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. 7A to the circular curved portion 16b of the rotary moving hole 16. The circular curved portion 16b of the rotary moving hole 16 having a smaller diameter than the circular shape 11a is quickly released, and the circular shape 11a is closely inserted into the circular coupling portion 16a of the rotary moving hole 16. (See FIG. 9B).

At the same time, as shown in FIG. 7B, the curved close contact portion 13a of the outer portion 13 moves in the direction of the arrow along the curved guide surface 17a of the curved guide inclined wing portion 17 to be out of the inclined curved guide surface 17a. The outer portion 13 of the circular inner plate 14, which is pushed outward at an interval g of the thickness with the upper portion, returns to its original state.

In this state, when the knee is fully folded in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. 8B, the locking end 13b of the outer part 13 is the locking end 17b of the curved guide bevel blade 17. The maximum folding angle (no more folding) is maintained.

At this time, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 9C, the circular shape 11a of the rotation and movement shaft 11 is rotated in the direction of the arrow along the circular engagement portion 16a of the rotation movement hole 16 to the maximum folded state. .

On the other hand, when the knee is fully extended as shown in Figure 8a and 8b is completely folded, the rotation and movement axis 110 of Figure 8a is rotated in the direction of the dotted arrow, the locking end 13b of the outer portion 13 This is separated from the locking end 17b of the curved guide bevel wing 17, so that the curved contact portion 13a of the outer portion 13 gradually widens from the upper portion to the centerline region of the lower portion as shown in FIG. 6B. Is formed to move in the direction of the dotted arrow along the curved guide surface 17a of the curved guide inclined blade 17 in which an interval g of the upper portion and a thickness is generated, and thus is in a state of being in close contact with the centerline region of the lower portion. The curved contact portion 13a is pushed outward by the thickness g of the thickness so that the outer portion 13 of the circular inner plate 14 is separated from the circular outer plate 18.

At the same time, the circle 11a of the rotation and movement shaft 11 is rotated in the direction of the dotted arrow in FIGS. 8A and 9C inside the circular coupling portion 16a, and the curved contact portion 13a is pushed outward. By the interval g, it rotates in the direction of the dotted line arrow of FIG. 6B along the circular coupling portion 16a and at the same time moves to the inclined outer circumferential surface 11b into the circular curved portion 16b of the rotary movement hole 16. (See Figures 6A and 9A).

At this time, the diameter of the rotating and moving shaft 11 is formed larger than the circular curved portion 16b of the rotary moving hole 16, so that the rotating and moving shaft 11 cannot move to the circular curved portion 16b, but the rotation and The inclined outer circumferential surface 11b processed in a region of about 1/4 of the moving shaft 11 is pushed into the circular curved portion 16b.

10A and 10B are structural views of a cover for limiting a folding angle of a knee according to a wearer's knee state. Referring to the operation state of the cover, the fastening member 26 may be detachably attached to the lower vertical connecting rod 19. The connecting pin 28 is separated from the pin hole 24a at the edge of the fastened cover 24, and then the connecting pin 28 is inserted into the pin hole 24a at an appropriate position.

Then, the lower vertical connector 19 is caught by the connecting pin 28 to limit the folding angle of the knee. That is, in the state where the knee is fully extended (see FIGS. 6A and 6B), the angle of folding is limited by adjusting the position of the connection pin 28 according to the wearer's knee state.

On the other hand, after wearing the correction underwear 80, as shown in Figure 11, if the second attachment member 70 is fixed to the leg portion 82 of the correction underwear 80, the upper part of the knee protector perfectly corrected underwear 80 It is fixed to) and does not flow down.

According to the functional knee protector of the present invention, it is a technique that can be widely used to help rehabilitation by exercising the muscles weakened by exercise and exercise of the knee is worn by a patient suffering from the knee.

Claims

A knee joint support member 10 coupled to both sides of the knee joint between the calf and the thigh so as to be folded and unfolded to hold the knee joint;

A first attachment member (30) fixed to the knee support member (10) to prevent the knee joint support member (10) from coming into close contact with the calf and thigh of the wearer;

A calf and thigh support (40) (50) for detachably fastening to the lower and upper regions of the knee joint support member (10) to vertically support the inner and outer sides of the calf and thigh; And

A second attachment member 70 connected to the lower and upper portions of the calf and thigh support 40 and 50 to closely contact the calf and thigh support 40 and 50 to the calf and thigh to prevent it from flowing down;

Functional knee protector comprising a.
According to claim 1, The knee support member 10 is

The inner or outer surface is in close contact with the inner and outer sides of the knee joint, and the rotation and movement shaft 11 protruding from the center region of the outer side and protruded from one outer peripheral edge about the rotation and movement shaft 11. A circular inner plate 14 formed of a semicircular outer protrusion 13;

An upper vertical connecting rod 15 formed integrally with the outer periphery of the circular inner plate 14;

Rotating movement hole 16 is formed through the central region and the rotation and movement shaft 11 is rotatably and moveable,

A circular outer plate 18 formed at an outer circumferential edge of the rotary movement hole 16 and having an outer protrusion 13 guided to an inner side thereof, the curved guide inclined blade 17 of which maximum extension and folding are limited;

A lower vertical connector 19 integrally formed perpendicularly to the outer circumference of the curved guide bevel blade 17 of the circular outer plate 18;

Functional knee protector, characterized in that consisting of a fastening cover (20) is fastened to the rotation and movement shaft (11) to maintain a rotatable coupling between the circular inner plate (14) and the circular outer plate (18).
3. The rotating and moving shaft (11) according to claim 2

The inclined outer circumferential surface 11b is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the quarter region, and the circular 11a is formed on the remaining region.

The rotary movement hole 16 is formed through the central region of the circular outer plate 18, the circular engaging portion (16a) is coupled to rotate the circular (11a) of the rotation and the movement axis (11); Functional knee protector, characterized in that formed in communication with the circular coupling portion (16a), consisting of a circular curved portion (16b) is inserted and rotated by the circular (11a) by the inclined outer peripheral surface (11b).
The method of claim 2,

The outer protruding portion 13 of the circular inner plate 14 has curved contact portions 13a and locking portions 13b at both ends thereof,

The curved guide inclined blade 17 of the circular outer plate 18 is guided by the curved close contact portion 13a of the outer protrusion 13 to form a curved guide surface 17a to limit the maximum unfolding, the engaging portion 13b Functional knee protector, characterized in that the locking end (17b) is formed is limited to the maximum folding.
The method according to claim 2 or 4,

The cover 24 is detachably fastened to the lower vertical connector 19 so that the circular inner plate 14 and the circular outer plate 18 are protected therein.

Form a plurality of pin holes 24a to correspond to the edge of the cover 24,

A functional knee protector, characterized in that by restricting the folding angle of the knee according to the state of the knee by selectively inserting the connecting pin 28 through the pin hole (24a).
The method of claim 1, wherein the calf and thigh support (40, 50)

The upper and lower connecting rods 15 and 19 are detachably fastened to the upper and lower portions by the fastening means 60,

The fastening means 60 is

Connecting rod step portions 62 formed on upper and lower portions of the upper and lower vertical connecting rods 15 and 19;

Supporting stepped portion 64 formed on the upper and lower portions of the calf and thigh support (40, 50) to match the connecting end stepped portion (62);

Functional knee protector, characterized in that consisting of a fastening bolt (66) for detachably coupling the connecting stand step portion (62) and the support stand step portion (64).
The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second attachment members 30 and 70 are

Adsorption pads (77) comprising an inner portion (75) of silicon material in contact with the skin and a support portion (76) made of a synthetic resin material having an air distribution hole (76a) formed on an outer circumferential surface of the inner portion (75) is provided. Functional knee protector.
The method of claim 1, wherein the correction underwear 80 is fixed to the upper portion of the second attachment member 70 to prevent the knee protector from flowing down,

Functional underwear knee protector, characterized in that the correction underwear 80 is formed toilet processing hole (84).