Knee joint orthotic device manufacturing apparatus and knee joint orthotic device manufacturing method, and knee joint treatment support apparatus and knee joint treatment support method

a manufacturing method and technology for knee joints, applied in the field of knee joint treatment support apparatus, can solve the problems of significant degradation of qol (quality of life), high risk, and insufficient self-healing

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-07-11
CYBERDYNE INC +1
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[0021]The present invention makes it possible to implement a knee joint orthotic device manufacturing apparatus and knee joint orthotic device manufacturing method, and wearable-type knee joint treatment support apparatus and knee joint treatment support method that: can achieve noninv

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Gonarthrosis among those diseases is caused mainly by wear of knee cartilage along with aging and brings about symptoms such as aching pain, inflammation, and contracture of a knee joint, so that deformation of the knee joint gradually worsens and will result in a gait disorder and, therefore, the QOL (Quality of Life) will degrade significantly.
It is said that correcting deformities is effective in order to slow down the

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[0026]An embodiment of the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Configuration of Knee Joint Orthotic Device Manufacturing Apparatus According to the Present Invention

[0027]FIG. 1 illustrates a knee joint orthotic device manufacturing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment and the knee joint orthotic device manufacturing apparatus 1 can be constructed by installing a knee joint orthotic device designing program, to which the present invention is applied, to a computer such as a so-called PC (Personal Computer).

[0028]First of all, it is necessary to acquire three-dimensional measurement data by measuring an outline shape and internal space shape of a subject's knee joint part. Specifically speaking, the outline shape of the knee joint part is measured by laser scanning with a 3-D laser scanner (which is not illustrated in the drawing) and the internal space shape of the knee joint part is measured by Computed Tomography (CT) or Magne...

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Noninvasive natural healing in daily life or regenerative cell treatment can be promoted. A knee joint model is constructed by three-dimensionally analyzing measurement data obtained by measuring an outline shape and internal space shape of a knee joint part of a subject; a transition state towards an orthotic direction for a symptom improvement of the knee joint part is simulated continuously or stepwisely with reference to the knee joint model; and an exoskeleton mold capable of continuously or stepwisely finely adjusting the knee joint part towards the orthotic direction is designed based on the transition state.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a knee joint orthotic device manufacturing apparatus and knee joint orthotic device manufacturing method and a knee joint treatment support apparatus and knee joint treatment support method. Particularly, the invention is suited for use in an apparatus and method for designing a wearable joint orthotic device for gonarthrosis patients.BACKGROUND ART[0002]In recent years, as our country has entered the aging society, degenerative diseases based on changes caused by aging has been steadily increasing and osteoarthrosis has become one of the most prevalent diseases among orthopedic diseases. Gonarthrosis among those diseases is caused mainly by wear of knee cartilage along with aging and brings about symptoms such as aching pain, inflammation, and contracture of a knee joint, so that deformation of the knee joint gradually worsens and will result in a gait disorder and, therefore, the QOL (Quality of Life) will degrade significantly...

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IPC IPC(8): A61F5/01A61H1/02A61H3/00A61B5/107G06F17/50B25J11/00
CPCA61F5/0123A61H1/024A61H3/00A61B5/1075A61B5/1077A61B5/1079G06F17/5018B25J11/00A61H2003/007A61B6/03A61F5/01A61F5/02G06F30/23B29C33/3835
Inventor SANKAI, YOSHIYUKI
Owner CYBERDYNE INC
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