KR20180081342A - traction apparatus of cervical vertebrae - Google Patents

Abstract

The traction apparatus of cervical vertebrae according to the present invention is a structure that pulls the head of a patient that is placed on a head support block in the forward and backward directions while the neck of the patient is floating by the recess part of a shoulder support block. So, when a neck support part is in direct contact with the neck of the patient and is pulled up vertically like the existing invention, the space between intervertebral discs is widened and the pressure applied to the upper and lower intervertebral joint surfaces is reduced. As a result, it is possible to reduce cervical pain and radiating pain related to cervical spine. The traction apparatus includes an angle adjusting support plate, an upper body, a head slide part, and a vertical backward driving part.

Description

A traction apparatus of cervical vertebrae

The present invention relates to a cervical spine traction device, and more particularly, to a cervical spine traction device capable of repeatedly tractioning a cervical vertebra while automatically adjusting a horizontal traction force, a traction angle, and a traction time by a patient in a lying position.

Generally, the cervical vertebra means the vertebrae at the upper part of the vertebrae, the neck of the human body. The cervical vertebra is made up of seven vertebrae, unlike the lumbar vertebrae and thoracic vertebrae, which are capable of turning, bending and traction.

Since the neck region where the cervical vertebra is located, that is, the neck region, has a wider range of motion and frequent movement compared to other parts of the human body, excessive neck muscles are liable to cause stiffness or relaxation and various diseases (e.g., cervical sprain and the like).

Stiffness and relaxation of the neck muscles are effective to continuously or repeatedly apply physical stimuli such as massage to the neck. However, since it is not easy to massage the neck over a long period of time due to the power of a person, physical exercise Mechanisms have been developed and disseminated.

Meanwhile, a large number of modern people who use computers for a long time suffer from 'turtle neck syndrome'. This is a symptom that occurs when the height of an object, such as a computer monitor, that needs to be examined over a long period of time is lower than the eye level of a person looking at it, and when such a posture persists for a long time. This is because the subject is bent forward unconsciously to look straight at the object to be examined.

The human normal cervical vertebrae are naturally C-shaped so that their necks can be easily grasped. These trauma and the bad habits mentioned above cause these C-shaped curves to disappear and lead to deformations of the neck bone in a straight or inverted C-shape. In this case, as the head comes forward, the back muscles are stretched and the tension is constant. Therefore, the muscles involved in the cervical vertebrae, such as the various muscles connected to the nape of the back, and the trapezius muscles, are increased and weakened, and the pain is induced.

The more we take the posture, the farther away we are from the top, the greater the burden on the body. If it accumulates, it will go to the limit and break down. This accumulation of the posture from the top puts strain on the muscles, ligaments, joints, bones, discs and deforms the vertebrae, eventually leading to musculoskeletal diseases and symptoms. In addition, the wrong spine affects the nervous system and disturb the flow of the nervous system, and the nervous system abnormality affects the functions of all the organs.

However, in normal daily life, the back is bent and the head is bent for the most time, and when sleeping, the pillow is supported on the back and the head is folded forward. Due to the accumulation of these three biased and repetitive lives, the majority of people are bent back, their heads come out like turtle necks, and their waist is bent forward as if they were hungry and bent like a driving posture.

In this bent posture, the weight of the head (5 ~ 7kg) shifted forward should always be supported by the muscles of the shoulders and back of the neck so that the neck and shoulders become stiff, tense and tightly packed causing neck and shoulder pain. These muscles should be able to sustain the weight of the head, which is directed forward, so that they feel fatigue easily, and when they accumulate, they become chronic fatigue.

In addition, the head shifted toward the front of the scalp and frontal muscles stretched and stretched to support the weight of the head in the state to support the eyes are easily tired. The muscles of the back of the neck attach to the back of the head and support the weight of the head. This is the most physically hardest part of the body, resulting in a tension headache in the back of the back.

In addition, the rigid and tightly stiffened neck and shoulder muscles compress the blood vessels that ascend to the brain, resulting in insufficient nutrition and oxygen of the brain, resulting in dulling of brain cell activity. Thus, the head is unclear, the concentration becomes weak and becomes helpless, And the attention is distracted. In the case of adults, the work efficiency is lowered, and the memory result is lowered.

In addition, the muscles behind the tense neck stimulate the nerves to become hypersensitive, insomnia comes, cerebellum brain cell activity is disturbed, disturbed, dizziness, nausea symptoms appear.

The normal "C" curve of the neck bone is bent forward by the inverted C, and the head is concentrated on the most deflected part. Becomes narrowed and finally the neck disk disease becomes a shoulder and an arm come out.

In addition, the muscles and ligaments behind the neck are stretched so that the neck is twisted and often twisted, and the weight of the head is held in front of the neck bone. As a result, the bone grows like a chicken egg, or the calcified mass becomes degenerative. In addition, the forward neck narrows the airways and makes the nose worse or makes the snoring worse, and the neck wrinkles. The collapsed neck bone narrows the penetration of the spinal cord (nerve bundle), and the narrowed chest tightens or obstructs the nerve bundle directly or indirectly to block or interfere with the information pathway of the brain and all organs, so that the vitality, healing power, It is weakened by lowering the back, and the growth does not grow well.

In order to improve these symptoms, the "cervical spine thermal therapy apparatus by posture correction and far-infrared ray irradiation" is disclosed in Registration Practice No. 20-0362368, but a disk-shaped side head restraint is formed on the upper surface, and obtuse- And the hemispherical pressure-generating protrusions are formed in two rows of equally spaced intervals in accordance with the arrangement of the neckbone on the outer periphery. As a semi-cylindrical structure, a silicon fusion agent is mixed in a nano-size mixed powder of silica, clay, and magnesia, which is a high-efficiency far-infrared ray radiator which is embedded in an asbestos plate and pores are formed, It is a pressurized molding ceramics that forms a medical device and heat is transmitted to the back of the head. To be the head and neck, as well as the comfort of the shoulder batchul the upper body portion of the semi-circular back head support substrate formed by bonding the lower substrate are formed integrally with and is characterized in that it implements a heat treatment effect by far infrared radiation heat.

However, such a cervical hyperthermia treatment device as described above does not provide a three-dimensional exercise effect by merely applying heat to the cervical vertebrae to massage the cervical vertebrae, which is insufficient to treat the cervical vertebrae itself.

Particularly, since the cervical hyperthermia treatment apparatus has a structure in which the neck portion between the head and the shoulder is elevated to be inverse C, the load on the head is concentrated on the portion where the neck bone is bent, and the intervertebral space through which the vertebrae pass is narrowed, It was not fundamentally resolved.

Registration Practical New Testament Bulletin 20-0362368 (Cervical Hyperthermia Therapy by Postural Correction and Far Infrared Radiation)

The object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art in view of the problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to minimize the volume while enhancing the convenience and portability while applying fully automatic operation and to easily perform cervical pull- The present invention provides a cervical spine traction device that can relieve muscle spasm while eliminating the cervical spine.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cervical spine traction device comprising: an angle adjusting support plate connected to a front side of a base frame through a hinge joint portion, the back side of which is vertically rotated about a hinge point; The upper body coupled to the left and right edges of the upper surface of the angle regulating support plate at a predetermined height via a cover member and the head which is seated so as to be moved back and forth on the roller guide rail of the spacer member side space retaining frame, And an angle regulating support plate provided on the upper surface of the angle regulating support plate for connecting the one side of the base frame and the rear end of the gap maintaining frame, And an up-and-down driving unit for vertically rotating the driving unit at an angle.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the lower body is coupled to the upper surface and the left and right edges of the upper surface of the base frame so as to simultaneously cover the angle regulating support plate, the front side of the upper body, and the left and right sides of the cover member.

In another embodiment, a shoulder support block is mounted on the front side of the base frame of the present invention, which supports the neck portion at a predetermined angle from the sternum to both shoulders while the patient is lying down.

In another embodiment, the shoulder rest block of the present invention includes a pair of left and right shoulder contact portions formed to be gradually elevated from left to right at an angle of 25 degrees from the front to the back, and rapidly lowered, and an incision portion opened at the center in the front and upper and lower portions A recess formed at the rear end of the incision so as to be gradually lowered from both sides to the center so as to prevent the neck portion of the patient from contacting the shoulder contact portion of the left and right shoulders and to be coupled to the center of the front end of the base frame at the rear end center, Thereby forming a connecting portion.

In another aspect of the present invention, the head slide portion of the present invention includes a moving plate positioned on a lower surface of the upper body, and a pair of right and left roller guide rails joined to left and right sides of the moving plate, A plurality of rollers for rolling movement, a rack gear which is coupled to the center of the lower surface of the moving plate so as to be meshed with the forward and backward driving parts and is coupled to the center of left and right upper surfaces of the moving plate, A pair of right and left hair fixation rods that are vertically extended to the outside through left and right sides and connected to a pulling band so as to be detached and attached to a jaw portion of the patient, And a headrest block.

In another aspect of the present invention, the forward and backward driving portion of the present invention includes a motor provided on one side of the upper surface of the angle adjusting support plate, a worm gear which is rotated in normal and reverse directions by receiving the power of the motor, And a pinion gear rotated simultaneously with the gear.

In another embodiment, the up and down driving unit of the present invention includes a first hinge joint portion provided on one side of the base frame and an actuator connected to the upper and lower ends by a second hinge joint portion provided on the rear upper end of the gap holding frame 58 .

Since the cervical pulling device of the present invention has a structure in which the head of the patient is pulled back and forth in a headrest mounted on the headrest block in a state in which the neck portion of the patient is floating by the depression of the shoulder support block, When the cervical spine is directly contacted with the cervical spine, the space between the intervertebral disc and the intervertebral disc is widened and the pressure applied to the upper and lower intervertebral discs is reduced, thereby eventually reducing cervical pain and cervical spinal cord pain .

1 is a perspective view of a cervical spine traction device according to the present invention,
2 is an exploded perspective view showing a cervical spine traction device according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a state in which the head slide is moved forward in the cervical vertebrae traction apparatus according to the present invention,
4 is a side sectional view showing a state in which the head slide portion is moved backward in the cervical vertebrae traction device according to the present invention,
Fig. 5 is a side view of the main part showing the engaged state of the forward and backward driving parts of the head slide unit according to the present invention,
FIG. 6 is a side view of the main portion showing the engaged state of the upper and lower drive portions of the head slide unit according to the present invention,
7 is a side view showing a state in which the head slide unit is lowered according to the present invention,
8 is a side view showing a state in which the head slide unit according to the present invention is elevated.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings 1 to 8.

The cervical pulling apparatus of the present invention comprises a lower body 10 which is raised from the front to the rear so as to be seated on the front side and the left and right edges of the upper side of the base frame 12, A shoulder support block 20 which supports the neck portion at an angle from the sternum to the shoulder at a predetermined angle when the user lays the hinge point on the base frame 12 and a hinge joint portion 30, An angle regulating support plate 40 whose back side rotates up and down with respect to the rotation center, an upper body coupled to the left and right edges of the upper surface of the angle regulating support plate 40 at a predetermined height via a cover member 52, A head slider 60 installed to move back and forth on the upper surface of the gap holding frame 58 of the cover member 52 to hold the patient's head while holding the jaws, ) A front and rear driving unit 70 installed on an upper surface of the base frame 12 for moving the head slide 60 forward and rearward and a rear frame 70 connected to one side of the base frame 12 and a rear end of the gap maintaining frame 58, The upper and lower drive units 80 and 80 are detachably mounted on the rear surface of the upper body 50 to rotate the angle adjusting support plate 40 up and down with a predetermined angle, And an LCD control unit 90 for selectively driving the LCD.

That is, the lower body 10 is coupled to the base frame 12 so as to cover left and right sides of the angle adjusting support plate 40 and the upper body 50. The lower body 10 has a lower face and a rear face formed at a right angle, So as to be curved from the upper surface to the upper surface.

The lower surface of the base frame 12 and the lower surface of the shoulder support block 20 are attached with non-slip mat 12a, 20a of a thin plate so as to prevent the pulling device from slipping when it comes into contact with the ground surface.

The shoulder support block 20 is filled with a urethane foam to serve as a cushion while supporting the weight when the patient is in direct contact with the patient and is wrapped with a cotton material. The shoulder rest block 20 is gradually elevated from the front to the back at an angle of 25 ° A shoulder abutment portion 22 is formed at the center of the shoulder abutment portion 24 which is abruptly lowered and the abutment portion 24 is opened to the front and the upper and lower portions at the center, (26) that gradually decreases from both sides to the center so as to prevent the neck of the patient from touching the neck (22) of the patient while a front end of the base frame (12) A connecting portion 28 is formed.

The upper end is connected to the rear end of the lower surface of the angle regulating support plate 40 and the upper end of the upper surface of the base frame 12 so that the angle regulating support plate 40 presses the hinge joint portion 30 when the hinge joint portion 30 is rotated up and down as a hinge point So that the angle adjustable support plate 40 and the rear end of the base frame 12 are not exposed to the outside.

The upper body 50 is injection molded so as to support a head slide 60 at an upper portion thereof at a predetermined height via a cover member 52 at left and right edges of the upper surface of the angle adjusting support plate 40, And a socket 54 is provided at the center so that the LCD control unit 90 can be detachably installed.

The cover member 52 is made of a pair of left and right thin plates and the upper ends of the cover members 52 closely contact the inner left and right surfaces of the upper body 50 and are coupled by bolts. And a gap holding frame 58 having a pair of left and right roller guide rails 56 is coupled by bolts between these upper ends.

The head slide 60 is rotatably coupled to the left and right sides of the moving plate 61 at the front and rear ends of the moving plate 61 positioned at the lower surface of the upper body 50, A plurality of rollers 62 that are mounted on a pair of right and left roller guide rails 56 on the left and right sides of the moving plate 61 and roll in the forward and backward directions, And a rack gear 63 meshing with the rack 70. The upper and lower ends of the upper plate 50 and the upper plate 50 are vertically extended to the outside through the left and right sides of the upper body 50, A pair of left and right head rests 65 connected to the pulling bands 64 so as to be detachable and attachable to each other, a plurality of fixing rods 66 fixed across the lower height of the right and left head rests 65, Are fixed to the right and left sides of the fixing rod 66 of the fixing member 66 Is defined consists of a headrest block 68 beneath the head when the patient is lying on the upper surface.

At this time, it is preferable that the pulling band 64 is coupled with a pair of male and female Velcro at the end so as to facilitate detachment from the jaw portion of the patient.

The pair of left and right head rests 65 are vertically formed to a predetermined height and horizontally bent to the rear side, and a fixing hole is formed at the horizontal end thereof to fix the pulling band 64.

Preferably, the headrest block 68 is composed of a panel filled with a urethane foam inside to comfortably support the head of a patient while comfortably supporting the head of the patient, and wrapping the outside with a cotton material.

The forward and backward driving unit 70 includes a motor 71 installed on one side of the upper surface of the angle regulating support plate 40 and a motor 71 disposed on the upper surface of the angle regulating support plate 40 A worm gear 73 supported via a plurality of support brackets 72 and a plurality of support members 72 for simultaneously rotating the worm gear 73 and the rack gear 63 on the head slide 60, And a pinion gear 74 which is supported via a bracket 72.

At this time, the motor 71 is a linear stepping type, and the driving is controlled according to the programmed operation of the LCD operating unit 90. [

The planetary gear 75 is preferably interposed between the motor 71 and the worm gear 73 to control the driving force.

The up and down driving unit 80 includes a first hinge joint part 82 provided on one side of the upper surface of the base frame 12 and a second hinge joint part 84 provided on the rear side of the gap holding frame 58, And an actuator 86 connected thereto.

The LCD control unit 90 includes an input button and a display window for monitoring input conditions such as a pulling force of the motor 71 and a pulling angle and a pulling time of the actuator 86, The control box 92 is electrically connected to the control box 92 provided on one side of the upper surface of the base frame 12 by a connection line and the control box 92 is electrically connected to the motor 71 and the actuator 86 .

Next, the operation and effect of the cervical traction device of the present invention constructed as described above will be described.

In order to allow the cervical traction device of the present invention to repeatedly pull the cervical vertebrae in a lying position, if the patient's shoulder and head are laid in correspondence to the shoulder rest block 20 and the head rest block 68 respectively, The shoulder rests on the shoulder rest block 20 in the partial sternum and is supported at an angle of 25 degrees so that the neck part floats and the head is not tilted back but is seated in the center of the head rest block 68, .

At this time, when the patient touches the LCD control unit 90 in a state in which the pulling band 64 connected to the pair of left and right head rests 65 standing vertically on the left and right sides of the head rest block 68 is hooked in a hook- The control box 92 connected to the LCD control unit 90 is connected to the control box 92 to drive the actuator 86. The actuator 86 is driven by the base frame 12 And the rear end of the gap holding frame 58. The upper body 50 is raised or lowered according to a structure connecting one side of the upper body 50 and the rear end of the gap holding frame 58. [

The upper body 50 is adjusted such that the hinge point of the hinge joint portion 30 connecting the front side of the lower side angle regulating support plate 40 and the front side of the base frame 12 is inclined at the rear end side 7 and 8, the inclination angle of the head slide 60 including the head support block 68 is adjusted to 10 to 40 degrees.

When the pulling time is set in the LCD control unit 90 after the head angle of the headrest block 68 is ended, the motor 71 is driven in accordance with the signal, and the worm gear 73 And the worm gear 73 causes the rack gear 63 to move back and forth in the linear motion from the rotational motion through the pinion gear 74 that is meshed.

At this time, the moving plate 61 connected to the rack gear 63 is moved in the forward and backward directions when the rollers 62 roll on the right and left sides of the upper body 50 and along the guide holes 52 formed on the left and right sides of the upper body 50 By moving the head supporting block 68 together with a pair of left and right head fixing rods 65 coupled to the center of the left and right upper surfaces of the moving plate 61 in the same forward and backward direction, Pulling backward for a few seconds and releasing it repeatedly.

Therefore, the traction device of the present invention is a structure that pulls the head that is seated in the head support block 68 in the forward and backward directions while the neck portion of the patient is floating by the depression 26 of the shoulder support block 20 When the neck support is directly contacted with the neck of the patient, the space between the intervertebral disc and the intervertebral disc is widened and the pressure applied to the upper and lower intervertebral joint surfaces is reduced when the disc is pulled up vertically. Eventually, There is an advantage that the radiation cylinder can be reduced.

Considering that most of the diseases that occur in the cervical vertebrae occur in the back of the cervical vertebrae, an anatomical structure of the cervical vertebrae causes mechanical rearward movement of the neck, It is more effective to perform repetitive traction of the cervical vertebrae.

For example, in the case of a cervical disc herniation, since the cervical vertebra is a curved line of "C" shape opened to the back, it is more preferable to apply indirectly to the back and forth direction And the traction of the cervical vertebrae can be reduced by the traction of the cervical vertebrae, as the curvature of the cervical vertebrae approaches the straight line.

In addition, in order to deliver the traction effect evenly to seven cervical vertebrae, the skull posterior part is heard and the first and second cervical vertebrae must be pulled. Conventionally, the back part of the chin and the neck are pushed up or pulled together, The cervical spine can not be pulled properly. However, since the cervical spine is slightly pulled forward by the actuator 86 and the traction angle is adjusted, the cervical spine is pulled up by the actuator 86 so that the epiglottis covering the first and second cervical spine Traction exercises can be carried out by lifting the parts so that the traction effect can be evenly distributed to the seven cervical vertebrae.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. You must see.

10: lower body 12: base frame
12a: Non-slip mat 20: Shoulder base block
20a: non-slip mat 22: shoulder contact
24: incision part 26: depression part
28: connection part 30: hinge joint part
40: Angle adjusting support plate 42: Crease cover
50: upper body 52: cover member
54: Socket 56: Roller guide rail
58: spacing frame 60: head slide portion
61: moving plate 62: roller
63: Rack gear 64: Towing band
65: head holder 66: fixing rod
67: Fixing piece 68: Headrest block
70: forward / backward driving section 71: motor
72: support bracket 73: worm gear
74: Pinion gear 75: Planetary gear
80: Up and down driving part 82: First hinge joint part
84: second hinge joint part 86: actuator
90: LCD control unit 92: Control box

Claims (7)

An angle adjusting support plate 40 connected to the front side of the upper surface of the base frame 12 through a hinge joint portion 30 so that the rear side of the hinge point is rotated up and down,
An upper body 50 coupled to the left and right edges of the upper surface of the angle adjusting support plate 40 at a predetermined height via a cover member 52,
A head slide portion 60 seated on the roller guide rail 56 of the gap maintaining frame 58 on the cover member 52 so as to move back and forth to hold the patient's head while holding the jaw,
A forward and backward driving unit 70 installed on the upper surface of the angle regulating support plate 40 for moving the head slide unit 60 back and forth,
A vertical drive unit 80 installed to connect one side of the base frame 12 and a rear end of the gap holding frame 58 to vertically rotate the angle adjusting support plate 40 with the upper body 50 up and down at a predetermined angle, The cervical spine traction device comprising: The method according to claim 1,
The upper body 10 and the lower body 10 are coupled to the upper and lower sides of the upper surface of the base frame 12 so as to simultaneously cover the front side of the angle regulating support plate 40 and the upper body 50 and the left and right sides of the cover member 52 Wherein the cervical vertebrae is a cervical vertebra. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein a shoulder support block (20) is mounted on the front side of the base frame (12) to hold the neck part when the patient lies down and to support the neck part from the sternum to both shoulders at a certain angle. The method of claim 3,
The shoulder support block (20)
A pair of left and right shoulder abutment portions 22 formed so as to gradually increase in height from the front to the rear in the left and right and gradually decrease to 25 °,
A cutout portion 24 opened at the center in the front and upper and lower portions,
A depression 26 formed at a rear end of the incision 24 so as to be gradually lowered from both sides so as to prevent the neck portion of the patient from touching the shoulder contact portion 22 while connecting the left and right shoulder contact portions 22,
And a connecting portion (28) formed at the center of the rear end so as to be superimposed on the center of the front end of the base frame (12). The method according to claim 1,
The head slide portion (60)
A moving plate 61 positioned on the lower surface of the upper body 50,
A plurality of rollers 62 coupled to the left and right sides of the moving plate 61 and rolling in the back and forth direction along a pair of right and left roller guide rails 56 on the side of the gap holding frame 58,
A rack gear 63 which is coupled to the center of the lower surface of the moving plate 61 so as to be meshed with the forward and backward driving portion 70,
And a pair of right and left hair members 64 connected to the pulling band 64 so as to be detached and attached to the jaw portion of the patient by standing vertically to the outside through the left and right sides of the upper body 50 while being connected to the left and right centers of the upper surface of the moving plate 61, A fixing table 65,
And a head supporting block (68) fixed across the lower height of the left and right headrests (65) to support the head when the patient is lying down. The method according to claim 1,
The forward / backward driving portion (70)
A motor 71 provided on one side of the upper surface of the angle regulating support plate 40,
A worm gear 73 that receives the power of the motor 71 and is rotated in the forward and reverse directions,
And a pinion gear (74) rotated simultaneously with the worm gear (73) and the rack gear (63) provided on the head slide portion (60). The method according to claim 1,
The up and down driving unit 80 includes a first hinge joint part 82 provided on one side of the upper surface of the base frame 12 and a second hinge joint part 84 provided on the rear side of the gap holding frame 58, And an actuator (86) connected to the cervical spine.

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