Fixing chest strap for rib fracture patient

By designing an adjustable chest band to fix rib fracture patients, the problems of arm impact and uncomfortable chest band width were solved, achieving comfortable fixation and effective healing.

CN223715872UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIV
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520274192.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-19
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-19

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Technical Problem

Existing rib fracture fixation chest bands can easily cause the arm to collide with the body during patients' daily activities, affecting wound healing. Furthermore, the width of the chest band cannot be adjusted according to the number of rib fractures, leading to discomfort from pressure or poor fixation.

Method used

A chest strap for rib fracture patients was designed, comprising a fixation component, a cushioning component, and an arm support component. The arm support component supports the arms, the adjustable pressure band and connecting sub-components adjust the width of the chest strap, and the pressure is regulated by the cushioning airbag band and inflation/deflation interface to avoid impact and compression.

Benefits of technology

It effectively avoids collisions between the arm and body, reduces pain and the risk of dislocation, adapts to different numbers of rib fractures, improves fixation, reduces patient discomfort, and promotes healing.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of fixing protective tools, in particular to a fixing pectoral girdle for a rib fracture patient. The arm supporting device comprises a fixing assembly arranged on the outer side of the trunk, a buffering assembly fixedly arranged on the inner side of the fixing assembly and arm supporting assemblies which are arranged above the fixing assembly and symmetrically hung on the shoulders on the two sides. The arm supporting assembly comprises an installation plate fixed to the fixing assembly, an arm supporting plate rotationally connected with the top of the installation plate and an elastic air bag installed between the installation plate and the arm supporting plate. The bottom of the elastic air bag is fixed to the mounting plate, and the top abuts against the arm supporting plate. The fixing assembly comprises a plurality of pressure belts arranged in parallel and connecting sub-assemblies arranged between every two adjacent pressure belts and used for connection. The device can prevent arms on the two sides from colliding with the body of a patient, and meanwhile the width of the chest belt can be adjusted according to the number of rib fractures of the patient.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to fixed guard technical field especially, it relates to a rib fracture patient fixed chest band. BACKGROUND

[0002] At present, the rib damage and fracture caused by the occurrence of accidental injury and old people's bone injury disease are very common, the rib fracture place will move along with breathing or activity after not being handled through operation, which will influence the recovery of rib. In order to guarantee the recovery of rib, and effectively alleviate the pain of patient, prevent the wound from being pulled and cracked and cause the wound infection, it is necessary to fix rib after operation, promote the healing of rib, in addition to this, can alleviate the pain of patient, prevent the wound from being pulled and cracked and cause the wound infection.

[0003] At present, the rib fracture is mostly fixed through fixed chest band to annular result and compresses inward, to reach the fixation of rib fracture place, but the following problems will exist in this process:

[0004] 1, in the daily activity of patient, the both sides arm will exist with the collision of patient's body, one hand when the operation incision is in the patient's side, the arm of patient can collide with the wound directly, and the other hand in the case of rib fracture, slight collision can cause the pain of rib fracture place of patient even the slight misplacement condition;

[0005] 2, the width of current fixed chest band is fixed, and in actual life, the number of rib fracture of patient exists difference, if the area covered by fixed chest band to patient is too large, will additionally increase the compression received by patient, thereby increasing the discomfort of patient, if the area covered by fixed chest band to patient is too small, will influence the fixation of rib fracture of patient;

[0006] Therefore, an urgent need exists for a fixed chest band that can avoid collisions between the arms and the patient's body and adjust the chest band width. SUMMARY

[0007] To solve the above problems, the utility model aims at providing a rib fracture patient fixed chest band, which can avoid collisions between the arms and the patient's body and adjust the chest band width according to the number of rib fractures.

[0008] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

[0009] The utility model provides a rib fracture patient fixing chest band, including the fixed component of being located the outside of torso, the buffer component of being fixed in the inside of fixed component and the arm support component of being arranged above fixed component and being symmetrically hung in both sides shoulder, the arm support component includes the mounting plate of being fixed with fixed component, the arm support plate of being rotatably connected with the top of mounting plate and the elastic air bag of being installed between mounting plate and arm support plate, the bottom of elastic air bag is fixed with mounting plate and the top is opposite with arm support plate, the fixed component includes a plurality of parallelly arranged pressure belt and the connecting subassembly of being arranged between two adjacent pressure belt to be connected.

[0010] More preferably, the connecting subassembly includes a plurality of connecting buckles one fixed at intervals on the top outside of the pressure belt and a plurality of connecting buckles two fixed on the bottom inside of the pressure belt and matched with the connecting buckles one one by one; the connecting buckles one and the connecting buckles two are detachably connected.

[0011] More preferably, the buffer component includes a plurality of buffer air bag belts matched with the pressure belt one by one and fixed inside the corresponding pressure belt and a communication pipe used to communicate with two buffer air bag belts and detachably connected with the corresponding buffer air bag belts at both ends.

[0012] More preferably, the bottom buffer air bag belt is fixed with a gas charging and discharging interface of an external gas charging mechanism at the bottom.

[0013] More preferably, the front piece of the fixed component is symmetrically fixed with a fixed belt one, the corresponding position of the rear piece of the fixed component is symmetrically fixed with a fixed belt two, the end of the fixed belt one is fixed with a buckle one, the end of the fixed belt two is fixed with a buckle two, and the buckle one and the buckle two are detachably connected.

[0014] The utility model has the following beneficial effects:

[0015] 1. The utility model discloses a rib fracture patient fixing chest band, including the fixed component of being located the outside of torso, the buffer component of being fixed in the inside of fixed component and the arm support component of being arranged above fixed component and being symmetrically hung in both sides shoulder, the arm support component includes the mounting plate of being fixed with fixed component, the arm support plate of being rotatably connected with the top of mounting plate and the elastic air bag of being installed between mounting plate and arm support plate, the bottom of elastic air bag is fixed with mounting plate and the top is opposite with arm support plate, the fixed component includes a plurality of parallelly arranged pressure belt and the connecting subassembly of being arranged between two adjacent pressure belt to be connected.

[0016] 2. The utility model discloses a rib fracture patient fixing chest band, including the fixed component of being located the outside of torso, the buffer component of being fixed in the inside of fixed component and the arm support component of being arranged above fixed component and being symmetrically hung in both sides shoulder, the arm support component includes the mounting plate of being fixed with fixed component, the arm support plate of being rotatably connected with the top of mounting plate and the elastic air bag of being installed between mounting plate and arm support plate, the bottom of elastic air bag is fixed with mounting plate and the top is opposite with arm support plate, the fixed component includes a plurality of parallelly arranged pressure belt and the connecting subassembly of being arranged between two adjacent pressure belt to be connected. DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1Front view of the fixing chest band;

[0018] Figure 2 Enlarged view of the structure at A;

[0019] Figure 3 Front view of the fixing chest band;

[0020] Figure 4 Enlarged view of the structure at B.

[0021] Explanation of reference signs:

[0022] 1, fixing assembly; 11, pressure belt; 12, connecting subassembly; 121, connecting buckle one; 122, connecting buckle two; 2, buffer assembly; 21, buffer air bag belt; 211, inflation and deflation interface; 22, communication pipe; 3, arm support assembly; 31, mounting plate; 32, elastic air bag; 33, arm support plate; 4, fixing belt one; 5, fixing belt two; 6, buckle one; 7, buckle two. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The utility model will be further explained in detail below in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments

[0024] A rib fracture patient fixing chest band, including fixing assembly 1 arranged on the outside of the torso, buffer assembly 2 fixedly arranged on the inside of fixing assembly 1 and arm support assembly 3 arranged above fixing assembly 1 and symmetrically hung on both sides of the shoulder, the arm support assembly 3 includes the mounting plate 31 fixed with fixing assembly 1, the arm support plate 33 rotationally connected with the top of the mounting plate 31 and the elastic air bag 32 installed between the mounting plate 31 and the arm support plate, the bottom of the elastic air bag 32 is fixed with the mounting plate 31 and the top is abutted with the arm support plate 33, the fixing assembly 1 includes several parallelly arranged pressure belts 11 and the connecting subassembly 12 arranged between the adjacent two pressure belts 11 to be connected.

[0025] By symmetrically arranging the arm support assembly 3 on both sides of the top of fixing assembly 1, the two arms of the patient can be supported, so that the arms of the patient do not contact the two sides of the patient's body, avoiding the collision of the arms of the patient with the sides of the patient's body in daily life, on the one hand, the pain caused by the collision of the arms with the wound can be avoided, and the healing of the wound of the patient is affected, on the other hand, the pain and dislocation phenomenon of the rib fracture caused by the collision of the arms with the sides of the patient's body can be avoided, by the cooperation of the several parallelly arranged pressure belts 11 and the connecting subassembly 12, the number of the pressure belts 11 can be adjusted according to the number of the fractures of the patient, avoiding the increase of the compression and the aggravation of the discomfort of the patient caused by the excessive covering area of the fixing chest band, and also avoiding the influence of the fixing effect of the fixing chest band on the rib fracture of the patient caused by the small covering area of the fixing chest band, in the device, the distance between the arms of the patient and the body can be adjusted by adjusting the amount of gas in the elastic air bag 32.

[0026] As a possible implementation form of the present solution, preferably, the connecting subassembly 12 comprises a plurality of connecting buckles one 121 fixed on the top outer side of the pressure belt 11 and a plurality of connecting buckles two 122 fixed on the bottom inner side of the pressure belt 11 and matched with the connecting buckles one 121 one by one; the connecting buckles one 121 and the connecting buckles two 122 are detachably connected; through the matching of the connecting buckles one 121 and the connecting buckles two 122, the quick disassembly of the adjacent two pressure belts 11 can be realized, so that the adjustment of the number of the pressure belts 11 can be realized.

[0027] As a possible implementation form of the present solution, preferably, the buffer assembly 2 comprises a plurality of buffer air bag belts 21 matched with the pressure belts 11 one by one and fixed on the inner side of the corresponding pressure belt 11 and a communication pipe 22 used to communicate the corresponding two buffer air bag belts 21 and detachably connected with the corresponding buffer air bag belts 21 at both ends; through the matching of the plurality of buffer air bag belts 21 and the communication pipe 22, on the one hand, the buffer effect on the patient's injury can be realized when the patient is hit or other collisions, on the other hand, according to the control of the gas content in the buffer air bag belt 21, the adjustment of the pressure received by the patient can be realized, so that the increase of the risk of fracture dislocation, the increase of pain and other situations caused by the excessive pressure received by the patient can be avoided.

[0028] As a possible implementation form of the present solution, preferably, the bottom of the buffer air bag belt 21 fixed at the bottom is provided with a gas charging and discharging interface 211 connected with an external gas charging mechanism; the gas charging and discharging interface 211 is charged and discharged by the gas charging mechanism (such as a gas charging air bag, a gas charger and the like), so as to realize the adjustment of the gas content in the buffer air bag belt 21.

[0029] As a possible implementation form of the present solution, preferably, the front piece of the fixing assembly 1 is symmetrically fixed with a fixing belt one 4, the fixing belt one 4 is symmetrically fixed with a fixing belt two 5 at the corresponding position of the rear piece of the fixing assembly 1, the end of the fixing belt one 4 is fixed with a buckle one 6, the end of the fixing belt two 5 is fixed with a buckle two 7, and the buckle one 6 and the buckle two 7 are detachably connected, so as to facilitate the patient to put on and take off.

[0030] The above merely describes the specific implementation form of the present application, and does not limit the patent range of the present application, and any equivalent structural transformation or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields based on the content of the present application specification and drawings is also included in the patent protection range of the present application.

Claims

1. A rib fracture patient immobilization chest band characterized by: The application relates to a body support device, which comprises a fixing assembly (1) arranged on the outside of the trunk, a buffer assembly (2) fixedly arranged on the inside of the fixing assembly (1), and an arm support assembly (3) arranged above the fixing assembly (1) and symmetrically arranged on both shoulders. The arm support assembly (3) comprises a mounting plate (31) fixed to the fixing assembly (1), an arm support plate (33) rotationally connected to the top of the mounting plate (31), and an elastic air bag (32) arranged between the mounting plate (31) and the arm support plate (33); the bottom of the elastic air bag (32) is fixed to the mounting plate (31), and the top of the elastic air bag (32) abuts against the arm support plate (33). The fixing assembly (1) comprises a plurality of parallelly arranged pressure belts (11) and a plurality of connecting sub-assemblies (12) arranged between two adjacent pressure belts (11) and used for connection.

2. The rib fracture patient immobilization chest band of claim 1, wherein: The connecting sub-assembly (12) comprises a plurality of connecting buckles I (121) fixedly arranged on the top outside of the pressure belt (11) and a plurality of connecting buckles II (122) fixedly arranged on the bottom inside of the pressure belt (11) and matched with the connecting buckles I (121) one by one; the connecting buckles I (121) and the connecting buckles II (122) are detachably connected.

3. The rib fracture patient immobilization chest belt of claim 1, wherein: The buffer assembly (2) comprises a plurality of buffer air bag belts (21) matched with the pressure belts (11) and fixedly arranged in the corresponding pressure belts (11), and a plurality of communication pipes (22) used for communication between two buffer air bag belts (21) and detachably connected to both ends of the corresponding buffer air bag belts (21).

4. The rib fracture patient immobilization chest strap of claim 3, wherein: The bottom buffer air bag belt (21) is fixedly provided with an air charging interface (211) of an external air charging mechanism.

5. The rib fracture patient securement chest strap of Claim 1, wherein: The front piece of the fixing assembly (1) is symmetrically fixed with a fixing belt I (4), the rear piece of the fixing assembly (1) is symmetrically fixed with a fixing belt II (5) at the corresponding position of the fixing belt I (4), the end of the fixing belt I (4) is fixed with a buckle I (6), the end of the fixing belt II (5) is fixed with a buckle II (7), and the buckle I (6) and the buckle II (7) are detachably connected.