Ankle pump rotary movement device

By incorporating a spherical connector and a voice counter design, the issues of rotation and fun in ankle pump exercise devices are resolved, enabling pedal rotation and swinging, avoiding contact injuries and infections, and enhancing training effectiveness and patient confidence.

CN223654375UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-12RENJI HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202423068836.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-12
Publication Date
2025-12-12
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-12

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Technical Problem

Existing ankle pump exercise devices cannot achieve the rotation and swing of the pedal around the ankle. Medical staff directly contacting the patient's foot to assist in the exercise is prone to injuring the patient or causing infection. The training is also monotonous and boring, resulting in poor results.

Method used

The pedal and leg rest are connected by a ball-shaped connector, which enables the pedal to rotate and swing. A ball-shaped handle assists in training and avoids direct contact. A press-type voice counter is set on the base extension plate to increase the fun of training.

Benefits of technology

The pedals rotate around the spherical connector, avoiding direct contact injury and infection risks, increasing the fun of training, boosting patient confidence, and improving training effectiveness.

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Abstract

The utility model provides an ankle pump rotary movement device which comprises a base, a leg support and a pedal. The base comprises a bottom plate and two vertical plates, and the two side edges of the bottom plate are fixedly connected with the bottom edges of the vertical plates respectively. The two sides, close to the front end, of the leg support are connected with the vertical plates on the two sides through first connecting shafts correspondingly. Two or more pin holes are formed in the two sides, close to the rear end, of the leg support respectively, a plug pin is arranged on the vertical plate, and the plug pin is correspondingly connected with any pin hole in the same side in an inserted mode. A spherical joint is arranged at the front end of the leg support, a ball-and-socket joint is arranged at the bottom end of the pedal, and the spherical joint is matched and connected with the ball-and-socket joint; a bandage is mounted on the treading side of the pedal; and the top end of the pedal is fixedly connected with a spherical handle. The technical problems that in the prior art, a pedal cannot rotate and swing, a medical worker directly makes contact with the feet of a patient to assist an ankle pump to move, the patient is easily injured or infected, and ankle pump training is monotonous and boring are solved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of human life necessity, especially the field of medical auxiliary equipment, and particularly to an ankle pump rotating exercise device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a potentially fatal disease caused by thrombosis in the vein, which leads to venous obstruction and a series of related pathophysiological changes, including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). It is a common postoperative complication and an important risk factor for unexpected death in hospitals. It is also the second leading cause of death in patients with malignant tumors. The combination of ankle pump exercise and drug prophylaxis can reduce the probability of VTE occurrence in patients.

[0003] Ankle pump exercise is a movement centered on the ankle joint of the foot. The regular contraction and relaxation of the gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior muscles in the lower leg act as a pump, accelerating the flow of venous blood in the lower extremities and relieving blood stasis. It can effectively reduce the occurrence of deep vein thrombosis in the lower extremities. The standard ankle pump exercise is to rotate the toes around the ankle by 360° to achieve the best exercise effect.

[0004] However, the ankle pump exercise device in the prior art has the following problems:

[0005] Most of the pedals can only swing back and forth and cannot rotate around the ankle. For example, CN112957675A discloses an ankle pump exerciser that makes the pedal swing back and forth through a rotating shaft. CN221673353U discloses an ankle pump trainer that also makes the pedal swing back and forth by lifting the foot upward or stepping the foot downward.

[0006] For patients who cannot perform ankle pump training independently, medical staff need to assist in ankle pump exercise by hand. Direct force on the patient's foot during this period can easily injure the patient, and frequent contact with the patient's foot can also cause bacterial infection.

[0007] When patients perform ankle pump training independently, the training is often monotonous and the subjective initiative is not strong, resulting in poor training effect. SUMMARY

[0008] The utility model aims at providing a kind of ankle pump rotating exercise device, the ankle pump rotating exercise device of one in prior art cannot rotate swing, and the technical problem that medical staff directly contact patient's foot to assist ankle pump exercise can easily injure patient or cause infection, ankle pump training is monotonous and dull.

[0009] An ankle pump rotational exercise device includes a base, a leg rest, and a pedal. The base includes a bottom plate and two vertical plates, with each side of the bottom plate fixedly connected to the bottom edge of one of the vertical plates. The two sides of the leg rest near the front end are connected to the two vertical plates via a first connecting shaft. The two sides of the leg rest near the rear end each have two or more pin holes, with the axis of each pin hole equidistant from the axis of the first connecting shaft. The vertical plates are provided with pins, which are inserted into any of the pin holes on the same side. The front end of the leg rest is provided with a ball joint, and the bottom end of the pedal is provided with a ball-and-socket joint, with the ball joint and the ball-and-socket joint matching and connecting. A strap is installed on the stepping side of the pedal. A ball handle is fixedly connected to the top of the pedal.

[0010] Furthermore, it includes a base extension plate, the bottom sides of which are rotatably connected to the front ends of the vertical plates on both sides via a second connecting shaft; a press-type voice counter is installed on the side of the base extension plate near the pedal.

[0011] Furthermore, the second connecting shaft includes a screw and a hand-tightening nut, the threaded end of the screw passing through the vertical plate and the base extension plate and then threadedly connected to the hand-tightening nut.

[0012] The working principle of this utility model is as follows: the pedals are interconnected by ball-shaped connectors, which enable the pedals to rotate and swing around the ball-shaped connectors; the ball-shaped handles facilitate training for medical staff and avoid direct contact with patients; a press-type voice counter is set on the base extension plate, which plays a counting voice when the pedal touches the counter, increasing the fun of ankle pump exercise and enhancing the patient's confidence in exercise.

[0013] Compared with existing technologies, the advantages of this invention are positive and obvious:

[0014] The pedal and leg rest of this utility model are connected to each other through a ball-shaped connector, so that the pedal can rotate and swing around the ball-shaped connector. At the same time, the ball-shaped handle makes it easy for medical staff to assist in training, avoid direct contact with patients, avoid injuring patients during exercise, and reduce the risk of contact infection.

[0015] The leg support of this utility model is raised at one end around the first connecting shaft and fixed to the base vertical plate by a pin, thus adapting to different leg bending positions.

[0016] The base extension plate of this utility model is equipped with a press-type voice counter. When the pedal touches the counter, a counting voice is played, which increases the fun of ankle pump exercise and enhances the patient's confidence in exercise.

[0017] The bottom extension plate can rotate around the second connecting shaft, and the pedal is stepped on the bottom extension plate and triggers the press type voice counter to be regarded as once effective training, the difficulty of the ankle pump movement can be changed by adjusting the distance from the bottom extension plate to the pedal, and the confidence of the patient can be effectively enhanced and the exercise effect is improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] Fig. 1 The structure schematic diagram of the embodiment one in the utility model.

[0019] Fig. 2 The front structure schematic diagram of the embodiment one in the utility model.

[0020] Fig. 3 The side structure schematic diagram of the embodiment one in the utility model.

[0021] Fig. 4 The structure schematic diagram of the embodiment two in the utility model.

[0022] Fig. 5 The side structure schematic diagram of the embodiment two in the utility model.

[0023] Fig. 6 The second connecting shaft connection schematic diagram of the embodiment two in the utility model.

[0024] In the drawing: 1 base; 101 first connecting shaft; 102 bolt; 103 second connecting shaft; 1031 screw; 1032 hand nut; 104 vertical plate; 105 bottom plate; 2 leg support; 201 pin hole; 3 pedal; 301 binding belt; 4 ball and socket joint; 5 ball joint; 6 bottom extension plate; 7 press type voice counter; 8 spherical handle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The following examples will further illustrate the utility model, but will not limit the utility model. EMBODIMENT

[0026] As Figs. 1 to 3As shown, the embodiment provides a rotating ankle pump device, which comprises a base 1, a leg support 2 and a pedal 3. The base 1 comprises a bottom plate 105 and two vertical plates 104, and the two side edges of the bottom plate 105 are fixedly connected with the bottom edges of the two vertical plates 104, so that the cross section of the base 1 is in the shape of a "n". The leg support 2 is connected with the two vertical plates 104 through a first connecting shaft 101 near the two sides of the front end, so that the leg support 2 can rotate around the first connecting shaft 101 to adjust the height of the rear end of the leg support 2. The two sides of the rear end of the leg support 2 are provided with four pin holes 201, and the axis of each pin hole 201 is equidistant from the axis of the first connecting shaft 101. The two vertical plates 104 are respectively provided with a latch 102, and the distance from the latch 102 to the first connecting shaft 101 is equal to the distance from the pin hole 201 to the first connecting shaft 101. The latch 102 is correspondingly inserted into any pin hole 201 on the same side to fix the height of the rear end of the leg support 2, so that the leg support 2 can adapt to the calf angle of the patient in different positions, such as supine position and semi-recumbent position.

[0027] The front end of the leg support 2 is fixedly connected with a spherical joint, the bottom end of the pedal 3 is fixedly connected with a ball socket joint 4, the spherical joint is embedded into the ball socket joint 4 to realize spherical low pair connection, so that the pedal 3 rotates and swings around the spherical joint 5 to realize the standard rotating ankle ankle pump movement. The pedal 3 is provided with a strap 301 on the side to be stepped on, so as to fix the patient's foot on the pedal 3.

[0028] The top end of the pedal 3 is fixedly connected with a spherical handle 8. When the patient cannot independently perform the ankle pump movement, the medical staff often needs to assist in the ankle pump movement. The spherical handle 8 can avoid direct contact between the medical staff and the patient's foot, avoid injury to the patient during assistance, and also can reduce the risk of bacterial infection. The spherical handle is more suitable for the palm of the medical staff when the patient's foot rotates and swings.

[0029] Working principle of the embodiment:

[0030] Firstly, the patient's foot is stepped on the pedal 3, and the foot is fixed on the pedal 3 by using the strap 301 around the instep. The calf is placed on the leg support 2, the height of the rear end of the leg support 2 is adjusted through the first connecting shaft 101, the inclination angle of the leg support 2 is consistent with the calf of the patient, and the latch 102 on the vertical plate 104 is inserted into the pin hole 201 to fix the angle of the leg support 2. Then, the patient can actively rotate the ankle to perform the ankle pump movement, or the medical staff can drive the pedal 3 to rotate through the spherical handle 8 to assist the patient to perform the ankle pump movement, so as to meet the specified effective training times. Embodiment

[0031] As Figs. 4 to 6The embodiment shown is a preferred embodiment of embodiment one, including a base extension plate 6. The bottom two sides of the base extension plate 6 are rotatably connected to the front ends of the vertical plates 104 on both sides via a second connecting shaft 103. A push-button voice counter 7 is installed on the side of the base extension plate 6 near the pedal 3. The second connecting shaft 103 includes a screw 1031 and a hand-tightening nut 1032. The threaded end of the screw 1031 passes through the vertical plate 104 and the base extension plate 6 and is threadedly connected to the hand-tightening nut 1032. When the hand-tightening nut 1032 is tightened inward, the base extension plate 6 is pressed tightly against the side of the vertical plate 104, and the angle of the base extension plate 6 is fixed by friction, which facilitates the adjustment of the tilt angle of the base extension plate 6 relative to the base plate 105, thereby changing the distance from the push-button voice counter 7 to the pedal 3.

[0032] The push-button voice counter 7 adopts a similar technical solution to that disclosed in CN217908744U. The counting function of the push-button voice counter 7 is triggered by pressing the button on pedal 3, and the count numbers and motivational voice are played through a speaker, enhancing the fun of ankle pump exercises, stimulating patient enjoyment, and increasing patient initiative. This solution can also transmit the counting data to external terminals such as mobile phones via Bluetooth, allowing medical staff to easily view each patient's ankle pump exercise data for statistical analysis and adjustment of training plans.

[0033] During training, a valid training session is only completed when the pedal 3 is stepped on the base extension plate 6 and the press-type voice counter 7 is triggered. The difficulty of the ankle pump exercise can be changed by adjusting the distance between the base extension plate 6 and the pedal 3. Training plans that start from low difficulty and gradually increase can be arranged. A reasonable training plan can effectively enhance the patient's confidence, improve the training effect, and help the patient recover faster.

[0034] Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made to some of the technical features; and these modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. An ankle pump rotational motion device, characterized in that: The system includes a base (1), a leg rest (2), and a foot pedal (3). The base (1) includes a base plate (105) and two vertical plates (104). The two sides of the base plate (105) are respectively fixed to the bottom edge of one of the vertical plates (104). The two sides of the leg rest (2) near the front end are respectively connected to the two vertical plates (104) via a first connecting shaft (101). The two sides of the leg rest (2) near the rear end are respectively provided with two or more pin holes (201). The axis of each pin hole (201) is equidistant from the axis of the first connecting shaft (101). The vertical plate (104) is provided with a pin (102). The pin (102) is inserted into any of the pin holes (201) on the same side. The front end of the leg rest (2) is provided with a ball joint, and the bottom end of the pedal (3) is provided with a ball socket joint (4). The ball joint and the ball socket joint (4) are matched and connected. A strap (301) is installed on the stepping side of the pedal (3). A ball handle (8) is fixed to the top of the pedal (3).

2. The ankle pump rotational motion device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Includes a base extension plate (6), the bottom sides of which are rotatably connected to the front ends of the vertical plates (104) on both sides via a second connecting shaft (103); a press-type voice counter (7) is installed on the side of the base extension plate (6) near the pedal (3).

3. The ankle pump rotational motion device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The second connecting shaft (103) includes a screw (1031) and a hand-tightening nut (1032), the threaded end of the screw (1031) passing through the vertical plate (104) and the base extension plate (6) and then threadedly connected to the hand-tightening nut (1032).

Citation Information

Patent Citations

  • Ankle pump exerciser

    CN112957675A

  • Multipurpose fitness counting trainer

    CN217908744U

  • Ankle pump trainer

    CN221673353U