Exercise device capable of automatically reducing blood sugar

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic hypoglycemic exercise device, and more particularly, to an automatic hypoglycemic exercise device which consumes energy by repeatedly raising and lowering both legs of a user in a state in which the buttocks of the user are supported on a seat board located at a predetermined height from the ground, and which can effectively reduce the blood glucose of the user. In particular to an automatic hypoglycemic exercise device for diabetic patients who need to manage blood sugar.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device, and more particularly, to an automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device that consumes energy by repeatedly raising and lowering at a specified speed the user's legs stretched forward with their buttocks supported on a seat board located at a specified height above the ground, thereby effectively lowering the user's blood sugar, especially the blood sugar of diabetic patients who need to manage their blood sugar. Background Art

[0002] In order to maintain human homeostasis, blood sugar levels must be kept within a certain range.

[0003] The blood sugar level in the human body is usually maintained at around 90 mg / dl due to the antagonism of hormones for maintaining blood sugar levels.

[0004] Diabetes refers to the inability to maintain a constant blood sugar level in the human body due to abnormal secretion of insulin, which is used to lower blood sugar.

[0005] To treat this type of diabetes, while medication is important, it is also important to prevent complications by consistently measuring and managing blood sugar levels.

[0006] Therefore, a management system for measuring the blood sugar level and maintaining the blood sugar level at a prescribed level is required.

[0007] In order to measure and manage blood sugar levels, many technologies have been studied and proposed. As a related art, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0007578 (published on January 20, 2016) proposes a “diabetes blood sugar information providing system and method”.

[0008] The above-mentioned prior art discloses a technology for providing blood sugar information such as insulin administration and food intake information of the user by measuring the blood sugar of the user.

[0009] However, in the above-mentioned prior art, in order to manage the blood sugar level of the user, only information related to insulin administration and food intake is simply provided, and therefore there is a problem that the level of help in managing the blood sugar level of the user is limited.

[0010] As another prior art for solving such a problem, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0090076 (published on August 10, 2018) proposes a “blood sugar level management network system”.

[0011] The above-mentioned other prior art describes a technology related to an exercise load providing device that provides an exercise load to a user so that the user's blood sugar level can be regulated through exercise.

[0012] However, the exercise load providing device according to the above-mentioned other prior art is a device that requires the user to actively move the body according to his or her own will, such as a treadmill for running or a bicycle machine for cycling, etc., and has the defects of not being able to obtain the effect when the user does not exercise consciously and putting a greater load on the user's knees. Summary of the invention

[0013] Problems to be solved by the invention

[0014] The present invention is proposed to solve the problems of the prior art as described above. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device that can consume energy through automatic movement even if the user does not actively move the body according to his or her own will, thereby effectively lowering the user's blood sugar, especially the blood sugar of diabetic patients who need to manage blood sugar.

[0015] Solutions for solving problems

[0016] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes: a pair of leg resting platforms, which can place the user's legs stretched forward with the buttocks supported on a seat board located at a specified height above the ground on the above-mentioned pair of leg resting platforms; a lifting support platform, on which the above-mentioned pair of leg resting platforms are respectively supported in a liftable manner; a lifting drive unit, which can use power to lift and lower the above-mentioned pair of leg resting platforms respectively; and a motion control unit, which controls the operation of the above-mentioned lifting drive unit in a manner that allows the above-mentioned pair of leg resting platforms to be repeatedly lifted and lowered at a specified speed within a specified time, so as to be able to lower the user's blood sugar through automatic exercise.

[0017] Among them, it is characterized in that the above-mentioned lifting support platform comprises: a base plate, which is placed on the ground; a pair of guide rails, which are erected on the above-mentioned base plate in a manner of being separated from each other by a specified distance; a lifting body, which is supported on the above-mentioned pair of guide rails in a manner that can be lifted and lowered, and an internal thread is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the hollow that passes through the upper and lower parts; a connecting bracket, which connects the above-mentioned leg placing platform and the above-mentioned lifting body in a manner that the above-mentioned leg placing platform and the above-mentioned lifting body can be lifted and lowered integrally, and the above-mentioned lifting drive unit comprises: a ball screw, which has a specified length in the up and down direction and is supported on the above-mentioned guide rail in a manner that can realize axial rotation, and an external thread is formed on the outer peripheral surface, so that the above-mentioned lifting body is lifted and lowered according to the rotation direction, and the ball thread is combined with the hollow of the above-mentioned lifting body; a forward and reverse rotation motor, which rotates the above-mentioned ball screw in a forward direction or a reverse direction according to the control signal of the above-mentioned motion control unit.

[0018] Among them, it is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned lifting drive part, when the main body of the above-mentioned forward and reverse rotating motor is fixed to the upper end part of the above-mentioned guide rail, the rotating shaft of the above-mentioned forward and reverse rotating motor is axially connected with the upper end of the above-mentioned ball screw through a connecting coupler.

[0019] The feature of the present invention is that the motion control unit controls the operation of the lifting drive unit so that the pair of leg rests are alternately lifted and lowered in opposite directions.

[0020] The present invention is characterized in that the motion control unit includes a speed regulator which can adjust the lifting speed of the pair of leg rests through user operation.

[0021] In addition, the automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to the present invention is characterized in that it also includes: a biological signal measuring unit, which can measure the user's biological signals including heart rate in real time; a mode selection unit, which is used to select a measurement mode or an exercise mode, and can input the user's maximum heart rate or the age for estimating the maximum heart rate, and when the measurement mode is selected in the above-mentioned mode selection unit, the above-mentioned motion control unit controls the operation of the above-mentioned lifting drive unit in a manner that the lifting speed of the above-mentioned pair of leg rests gradually increases and decreases within a prescribed range, and when the exercise mode is selected in the above-mentioned mode selection unit, the above-mentioned motion control unit controls the operation of the above-mentioned lifting drive unit in a manner that the above-mentioned pair of leg rests are repeatedly lifted and lowered at a set basic speed, wherein the basic speed set in the above-mentioned exercise mode is set to a lifting speed when the heart rate measured in the above-mentioned biological signal measurement unit of the user using the above-mentioned measurement mode reaches 65% to 75% of the maximum heart rate input to the above-mentioned mode selection unit or estimated by the user.

[0022] Among them, it is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned biological signal measurement unit, the user's biological signal that can be measured in real time also includes blood sugar level. When the blood sugar level measured in the above-mentioned biological signal measurement unit reaches the set appropriate blood sugar level, the above-mentioned motion control unit notifies the user or stops the operation of the above-mentioned lifting drive unit.

[0023] Effects of the Invention

[0024] Through the structure as described above, the automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to the present invention has the following advantages: energy is consumed by automatically exercising the user's legs stretched forward with the buttocks supported on a seat located at a specified height from the ground, repeatedly raising and lowering the legs at a specified speed, thereby lowering the user's blood sugar, especially the blood sugar of diabetic patients who need to manage their blood sugar.

[0025] In addition, the automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to the present invention has the following advantages: through a measurement mode based on the user's heart rate, the rising and falling speed that can be used for moderate-intensity exercise that is effective in lowering blood sugar is found, and the above-mentioned rising and falling speeds are provided in the exercise mode, so that blood sugar can be effectively lowered through user customization.

[0026] In addition, the automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to the present invention has the following advantages: when the user's blood sugar level is measured and the set appropriate blood sugar level is reached during automatic exercise, the user is notified or the automatic exercise is stopped, thereby effectively utilizing time and achieving stable blood sugar management. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional diagram of an automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0028] Figure 2 4 is a structural diagram of an automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0029] Figure 3 1 is a front view showing the operation state of the automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0030] Figure 4 It is an enlarged stereoscopic view of the main parts of the automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0031] Figure 5 2 is a side view of an automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0032] Figure 6 It is a graph which shows the change amount of glycated hemoglobin (%) according to the intensity of exercise. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes: a pair of leg resting platforms, on which the user's legs can be placed with the buttocks supported on a seat board located at a specified height above the ground and stretched forward; a lifting support platform, on which the pair of leg rests are supported in a liftable manner; a lifting drive unit, which can use power to lift and lower the pair of leg rests respectively; and a motion control unit, which controls the operation of the lifting drive unit in a manner that causes the pair of leg rests to be repeatedly lifted and lowered at a specified speed within a specified time, so that the user's blood sugar can be lowered through automatic exercise.

[0034] Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0035] Hereinafter, the automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to the present invention will be described in more detail by referring to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

[0036] Figure 1 is a three-dimensional diagram of an automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a structural diagram of an automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a front view of the automatic hypoglycemic exercise device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is an enlarged stereoscopic view of the main parts of the automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to one embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 2 is a side view of an automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0037] observe Figure 2 According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic hypoglycemic exercise device includes a leg placement platform 10, a lifting support platform 20, a lifting drive unit 30, a biological signal measurement unit 40, a mode selection unit 50, and an exercise control unit 60.

[0038] The leg rests 10 are provided as a pair and are configured to place the legs of a user stretched forward with the buttocks supported on a seat S located at a predetermined height from the ground.

[0039] The seat S is structured so that the legs stretched forward are located at a predetermined height from the ground with the user's buttocks supported on the upper portion, thereby enabling the legs to smoothly move up and down.

[0040] The seat S is configured as a chair with adjustable height, and the height of the seat S is preferably adjusted to an initial state where the seat S is horizontally placed with a pair of leg resting platforms 10 (eg, Figure 3 The height of the leg placement platform 10 in state (a) is the same.

[0041] Of course, the seat S may also be configured like a bed, so that when a user sits on the edge or lies down, the legs stretched forward can be placed on the pair of leg rests 10 respectively.

[0042] The leg placement platform 10 may be formed as follows: Figure 1 The drawer shown has an open entrance for inserting legs to prevent the legs of the user from being dislodged to the outside, and a fixing belt (not shown) can be provided to fix the legs of the user to the leg placement platform 10.

[0043] On the other hand, the leg rest 10 may be configured as a structure in the form of a plaster bandage that can fix the user's legs in a state of being stretched forward.

[0044] The lifting support platform 20 is a structure that supports the pair of leg placement platforms 10 in a lifting manner. Figures 3 to 5 As shown, the lifting support platform 20 includes a bottom plate 21 , a guide rail 22 , a lifting body 23 , and a connecting bracket 24 .

[0045] The bottom plate 21 is a structure formed in a rectangular plate shape and placed on the ground so that the lifting support platform 20 can be stably supported on the ground.

[0046] The guide rails 22 are provided as a pair and are erected on the bottom plate 21 at a predetermined distance from each other.

[0047] The lifting body 23 is supported on the guide rail 22 in a liftable manner, and a body of the forward and reverse rotation motor 32 is fixed to the upper end of the guide rail 22 .

[0048] The lifting body 23 is supported on the pair of guide rails 22 in a liftable manner, and has an internal thread formed on the inner peripheral surface of a hollow 231 penetrating vertically.

[0049] That is, the lifting body 23 has an outer shape supported on the guide rail 22 in a liftable manner, and a hollow 231 having an internal thread for ball screw coupling and through which the ball screw 31 passes vertically is formed in the center.

[0050] The connection bracket 24 is a structure for connecting the leg platform 10 and the lifting body 23 . The leg platform 10 can be lifted and lowered integrally with the lifting body 23 through the connection bracket 24 .

[0051] In one embodiment of the present invention, the connecting bracket 24 is formed into a right-angled inverted triangle shape and is fixed to place the leg placement platform 10 on the upper horizontal plane, and is connected to the lifting body 23 on the side vertical plane, thereby having structural stability.

[0052] The lifting drive unit 30 is a structure capable of using power to lift the pair of leg placement platforms 10. Figure 4 and Figure 5 As shown, the lifting drive unit 30 includes a ball screw 31 , a forward and reverse rotation motor 32 , and a connecting coupler 33 .

[0053] The ball screw 31 has a specified length in the up and down directions and is supported on the guide rail 22 in a manner that allows axial rotation, and an external thread is formed on the outer peripheral surface, so that the lifting body 23 can be lifted and lowered according to the rotation direction, and a ball thread is combined with the hollow 231 of the lifting body 23 to achieve a structure.

[0054] That is, the ball screw 31 is configured to convert the axial rotational motion of the ball screw 31 into the linear motion of the lifting body 23 that moves along the longitudinal direction of the axis.

[0055] A ball thread refers to a thread that connects the grooves of an external thread and an internal thread to each other and places a steel ball into the spiral groove. The ball thread as described above has high coupling efficiency, low friction, and low heat generation, so the lifting body 23 can be lifted at a low noise and high speed.

[0056] The forward and reverse rotation motor 32 is configured to rotate the ball screw 31 in a forward direction or a reverse direction according to a control signal of the motion control unit 60 .

[0057] In one embodiment of the present invention, the forward and reverse rotation motor 32 is configured such that the rotation axis is aligned with the axial direction of the ball screw 31 and faces downward when the main body is fixed to the upper end of the guide rail 22 .

[0058] The connection coupler 33 is a structure for axially connecting the rotation shaft of the forward and reverse rotation motor 32 and the upper end of the ball screw 31 to each other.

[0059] That is, the connecting coupler 33 is a structure that directly connects the ball screw 31 and the forward and reverse rotation motor 32. Through this structural combination, the device according to the present invention can achieve high-speed lifting of the lifting body 23 while having a simple appearance.

[0060] In one embodiment of the present invention, a ball screw method is used as the driving method of the above-mentioned lifting drive unit 30, but a cylinder method that can directly realize linear reciprocating motion or a crank method that uses a connecting rod to convert eccentric rotational motion into linear reciprocating motion can also be used.

[0061] However, the cylinder method as the driving method of the above-mentioned lifting drive unit 30 has the disadvantage of being expensive, and the crank method has the disadvantage of being noisy. Therefore, for the driving method of the above-mentioned lifting drive unit 30, it is preferred to adopt a ball screw method such as one embodiment of the present invention.

[0062] The biological signal measuring unit 40 is configured to measure biological signals of the user including heart rate and blood sugar level in real time.

[0063] As the biological signal measuring unit 40 for measuring the heart rate, various wearable devices can be used, such as a belt-shaped device worn on the chest, a belt-shaped device worn on the forearm, and a wearable device such as a wristband. Figure 2 The shape of the smart watch worn on the wrist is shown.

[0064] On the other hand, as the biological signal measuring section 40 for measuring the blood sugar level, a continuous blood glucose meter (CGM) currently used in the market in which a sensor is attached to the upper side of the arm (upper arm) to measure blood sugar can also be used, and a continuous blood glucose meter (CGM) such as Figure 2 The non-invasive blood glucose meter shown is currently under technical development and has the form of a smart watch that can be worn on the wrist.

[0065] The mode selection unit 50 is configured to select a measurement mode or a sports mode and to input a user's maximum heart rate or an age for estimating the maximum heart rate.

[0066] For the method of estimating the maximum heart rate from the user's input age, the maximum heart rate is usually obtained by subtracting the age from 220.

[0067] For example, when the user's age input to the mode selection unit 50 is 50, 220-50=170, and thus the user's maximum heart rate can be estimated to be 170.

[0068] The motion control unit 60 controls the operation of the lifting drive unit 30 so that the pair of leg rests 10 are repeatedly lifted and lowered at a predetermined speed within a predetermined time, so that the user's blood sugar can be lowered through automatic motion.

[0069] Preferably, the lifting height of the pair of leg rests 10 is formed to be about 20 cm to 30 cm away from the initial height.

[0070] On the other hand, for the purpose of experiment, when diabetic patients used the device prototype according to the present invention multiple times in a pattern of 3 minutes of rest during 10 minutes of exercise after a meal, it was confirmed that the initial blood sugar level gradually decreased from the initial 200 to 160, 130, and 120 as the number of times increased.

[0071] In one embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 As shown, the motion control unit 60 controls the operation of the lifting driving unit 30 so that the pair of leg rests 10 are alternately lifted and lowered in opposite directions.

[0072] With the structure as described above, the user can stretch his legs forward and move his legs up and down in opposite directions, thereby effectively improving the exercise effect while maintaining a stable posture.

[0073] In particular, this type of movement is an movement that consumes a lot of energy without placing a load on the knees, and is therefore adopted as the exercise movement performed in the blood sugar lowering exercise device according to the present invention.

[0074] On the other hand, the motion control unit 60 includes a speed adjuster (not shown) and the speed adjuster can adjust the lifting speed of the pair of leg rests 10 through user operation.

[0075] That is, the user adjusts the lifting speed of the pair of leg rests 10, thereby adjusting the intensity of the automatic exercise.

[0076] In addition, when the lifting speed of the pair of leg resting tables 10 is significantly reduced by the speed regulator (not shown), the device according to the present invention can also be used as a rehabilitation medical device.

[0077] When the device according to the present invention is used as a rehabilitation medical device, the user can use the device according to the present invention in a state of lying on a bed.

[0078] Figure 6 Graph showing the amount of change in glycated hemoglobin (%) according to exercise intensity.

[0079] Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) refers to glycosylated A1c type hemoglobin. The higher the glucose value in the blood, the more glycosylated hemoglobin is produced, and it is used to diagnose diabetes.

[0080] The normal range of glycosylated hemoglobin is 4.0% to 6.0%. When the glycosylated hemoglobin value is above 6.5%, diabetes can be diagnosed.

[0081] observe Figure 6 , the change in glycated hemoglobin (%) according to the intensity of exercise confirmed that moderate-intensity exercise is effective in lowering blood sugar.

[0082] Generally, moderate intensity exercise refers to maintaining a heart rate between 65% and 75% of the user's maximum heart rate.

[0083] For example, when the user's maximum heart rate is 170, a heart rate of 70% which is the middle value between 65% and 75% is approximately 120. It can be considered that an exercise intensity that maintains the user's heart rate at approximately 120 is most effective in lowering blood sugar.

[0084] When the mode selection unit 50 selects the measurement mode, the motion control unit 60 controls the operation of the lifting drive unit 30 so that the lifting speed of the pair of leg rests 10 gradually increases and decreases within a predetermined range.

[0085] That is, the measurement mode is a mode for understanding the correlation between the lifting speed and the exercise intensity customized for the user.

[0086] In addition, when the mode selection unit 50 selects the exercise mode, the operation of the lifting drive unit 30 is controlled in such a manner that the pair of leg rests 10 are repeatedly lifted and lowered at a set basic speed. The basic speed set in the exercise mode is set to a lifting speed when the heart rate measured in the biosignal measurement unit 40 of the user using the measurement mode reaches 65% to 75% of the maximum heart rate input to the mode selection unit 50 or estimated by the user.

[0087] According to the structure described above, by finding the speed of moderate intensity exercise that is effective in lowering blood sugar based on the user's heart rate measurement mode, and providing the above speed in the exercise mode, blood sugar can be effectively lowered through user customization.

[0088] Furthermore, the motion control unit 60 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to notify a user or stop the operation of the lifting drive unit 30 when the blood sugar level measured by the biological signal measurement unit 40 reaches a set appropriate blood sugar level.

[0089] According to the configuration as described above, the user can achieve stable blood sugar management while optimizing the time required for automatic exercise for lowering blood sugar.

[0090] The automatic hypoglycemic exercise device described above and shown in the accompanying drawings is only an embodiment for implementing the present invention and should not be interpreted as limiting the technical concept of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the contents recorded in the claims, and as long as the embodiments that are improved and changed without departing from the main purpose of the present invention are obvious to the technicians in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, they should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device, characterized in that: include: a pair of leg rests on which the legs of a user can be placed with the user's buttocks supported on a seat plate at a predetermined height from the ground and stretched forward; A lifting support platform, wherein the pair of leg placement platforms are respectively supported on the lifting support platform in a liftable manner; A lifting drive unit, which can use power to lift and lower the pair of leg placement platforms respectively; The motion control unit controls the operation of the lifting drive unit so that the pair of leg rests are repeatedly lifted and lowered at a predetermined speed within a predetermined time, so that the user's blood sugar can be lowered through automatic motion.

2. The automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lifting support platform includes: a bottom plate placed on the ground; a pair of guide rails erected on the bottom plate at a predetermined distance from each other; a lifting body supported on the pair of guide rails in a liftable manner, and having internal threads formed on the inner peripheral surface of the hollow through the upper and lower parts; and a connecting bracket connecting the leg placing platform and the lifting body in a manner that the leg placing platform and the lifting body are lifted and lowered as a whole. The lifting drive unit includes: a ball screw, which has a specified length in the up and down directions and is supported on the guide rail in a manner that allows axial rotation, and an external thread is formed on the outer peripheral surface, so that the lifting body is lifted and lowered according to the rotation direction, and the ball thread is combined with the hollow of the lifting body; a forward and reverse rotation motor, which rotates the ball screw in a forward direction or a reverse direction according to the control signal of the motion control unit.

3. The automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to claim 2, characterized in that: In the lifting drive unit, when the main body of the forward and reverse rotation motor is fixed to the upper end of the guide rail, the rotating shaft of the forward and reverse rotation motor is axially connected to the upper end of the ball screw through a connecting coupler.

4. The automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The motion control unit controls the operation of the lifting drive unit so that the pair of leg rests are alternately lifted and lowered in opposite directions.

5. The automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The motion control unit includes a speed regulator that can adjust the lifting speed of the pair of leg rests through user operation.

6. The automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: include: A biological signal measuring unit capable of measuring the user's biological signals including heart rate in real time; A mode selection unit for selecting a measurement mode or a sports mode and for inputting a user's maximum heart rate or an age for estimating the maximum heart rate. When the measurement mode is selected in the mode selection unit, the motion control unit controls the operation of the lifting drive unit in such a manner that the lifting speed of the pair of leg resting tables gradually increases and decreases within a specified range, and when the movement mode is selected in the mode selection unit, the motion control unit controls the operation of the lifting drive unit in such a manner that the pair of leg resting tables repeatedly lift and lower at a set basic speed. Among them, the basic speed set in the exercise mode is set to a rising and falling speed when the heart rate measured in the biological signal measurement unit of the user using the measurement mode reaches 65% to 75% of the maximum heart rate input to the mode selection unit of the user or estimated.

7. The automatic blood sugar lowering exercise device according to claim 6, characterized in that: In the biological signal measuring unit, the biological signals of the user that can be measured in real time also include blood sugar level. When the blood sugar level measured in the biological signal measurement unit reaches a set appropriate blood sugar level, the motion control unit notifies a user or stops the operation of the lifting and lowering drive unit.

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