773 results about "Cervical regions" patented technology

A system for treating chronic inflammation may include an implantable microstimulator, a wearable charger, and optionally an external controller. The implantable microstimulator may be implemented as a leadless neurostimulator implantable in communication with a cervical region of a vagus nerve. The microstimulator can address several types of stimulation including regular dose delivery. The wearable charger may be worn around the subject's neck to rapidly (<10 minutes per week) charge an implanted microstimulator. The external controller may be configured as a prescription pad that controls the dosing and activity of the microstimulator.

A trial neck for hip surgery and a method of attaching a trial neck to a femoral canal implement. The trial neck includes a body portion including a bore for receiving a proximal end of a femoral canal implement. The trial neck also includes an elongate neck extending from the body portion. The trial neck further includes a locking mechanism comprising a lever. The lever has a first end. The lever also has a second end. The lever further has an engagement surface. The second end of the lever is actuable to urge the engagement surface against the proximal end of the femoral canal implement to secure the proximal end of the femoral canal implement within the bore.

An apparatus includes a pair of engaging members to engage a first and second portion of a body toward an upper and lower portion of a neck, and a plurality of assemblies connecting the first engaging member and the second engaging member to maintain a distance between bones of a body portion comprising an area of the neck, wherein the body portion resides between the first and second portions, and wherein each assembly comprises a plurality of rods coupling the first engaging member and the second engaging member, and a coupling tube with a first rod of the plurality of rods secured to a proximal end and a second rod of the plurality of rods secured to a distal end, wherein rotation of the coupling tube adjusts a gap between the first and second rods in the coupling tube to control the distance between the bones of the body portion.

The invention relates to the technical field of spine correction, in particular to a spine correction traction force control method and system, and the safety, effectiveness and intelligent level of spine correction treatment are improved. The method comprises the following steps: dividing a spine into at least three sub-regions according to an anatomical structure of the spine; the at least three sub-regions comprise a cervical vertebra region, a thoracic vertebra region and a lumbar vertebra region; performing biomechanical data acquisition on each sub-region to obtain a spine state feature set corresponding to each sub-region; the spine state feature set at least comprises a pressure distribution feature, a bending angle feature and a muscle tension feature; for different sub-regions, inputting the spine state feature set into a corresponding spine correction state evaluation model to obtain a spine correction state score of each sub-region; the anatomical structure and functional importance of the spine are considered, and the comprehensive influence weight of each sub-region is obtained from a preset weight database;

An orthopedic neck brace has right and left sliding pivots that couple a torso rest with a chin support. Over a wide range from relatively long necks to relatively short necks, the sliding pivots tend to raise and lower the chin piece vertically, which automatically keeps the chin support at a right angle to the rest of the brace, and prevent undesirable sagittal offsets. Preferred embodiments combine the sliding pivots with a rack and pinion neck height adjustment mechanism.

A trial neck piece for a joint endoprosthesis is designed for temporary arrangement on a separate shaft body (60) that is insertable into a tubular bone (9). It comprises a fastening region (12) which can be plugged temporarily onto a head part (61) of the shaft body (60) by means of a plug connection (l l), and a neck region (IO) for receiving a joint element (19) of the joint endoprosthesis. The trial neck piece (I) is designed as a separate, plug-on attachment piece which, with its fastening region (12), can be plugged with form-fit engagement onto the head part (61) and locked. A latching device (2) is provided which comprises a plurality of latching stages for different height stages of the trial neck piece (I). The invention thus makes available an easily attachable trial neck piece which can be arranged in a defined manner in different height positions in order, on the one hand, to obtain a secure and defined arrangement and, on the other hand, to permit the setting of different heights. The invention further relates to an arrangement with a trial neck piece and with an excavating tool, in particular a reamer, and to an instrument set comprising a trial neck piece and an insertion instrument.

The invention discloses a pillow regulation and control method self-adaptive to cervical vertebra flexion and shoulder width and application of the pillow regulation and control method to a pillow, and relates to the technical field of sleeping posture regulation. The method comprises the steps of registering a three-dimensional contour point cloud through an ICP algorithm, calculating a neck curvature value, establishing a multiple linear regression model in combination with a pressure gradient change curve and a pressure peak offset, and realizing quantitative correlation between pressure data and a cervical vertebra inclination angle; based on the curvature change amplitude and shoulder breadth classification, a personalized model is constructed; and through attitude monitoring and pressure feedback, a real-time optimization instruction is generated. A target displacement error is set, and correction is stopped after the bending degree reaches the standard continuously for three times; pre-storing a medical-level support parameter library; multi-user switching is achieved through pressure feature and head contour double verification, and physical compression emergency stop is set. According to the method, through multi-source data fusion, scientific model construction and dynamic closed-loop control, the personalization and safety of pillow supporting are improved, and the method is suitable for people with sub-health cervical vertebrae and multi-user scenes.

The utility model relates to an adjustable cervical vertebra fixing traction brace which comprises a front half neck support and a rear half neck support. A lower jaw support is arranged on the top of the front half neck support, and sliding protection plates are arranged on the two sides of the lower jaw support respectively. The end, away from the lower jaw support, of the sliding protection plate is further provided with a sliding arc groove. The sliding protection plate is movably connected with the neck front half support through a sliding shaft; an arc-shaped strip with teeth and a height adjusting knob are fixedly mounted on the front half neck support, and an inflating device is further arranged on the rear half neck support; the adjustable neck support has the advantages that the height of the lower jaw support on the front half neck support can be adjusted, and the adjustable neck support can be used by patients with different neck lengths; the arrangement of the fence through holes and the hollowed-out air holes can facilitate ventilation and perspiration of the neck, so that skin diseases and pressure sores caused by the fact that the interior is not ventilated are avoided; meanwhile, the inflation device is arranged, so that traction treatment on the patient can be achieved, and the comfort of the patient can be improved.

A brace device comprising a rest surface for resting a chin, limb, neck or head of a body, a stand surface positioned to abut a surface of the body, a connecting structure coupling the rest surface to the stand surface, a band, and an attachment means provided on the stand surface for securing the band to the stand surface.

The invention discloses a head fixator for neurosurgery and an operation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of medical auxiliary instruments. The head fixing device is used for solving the problems that an existing head fixing device is unstable in fixing, inconvenient to adjust and poor in neck supporting. A T-shaped groove is formed in the upper end face of the T-shaped plate, the T-shaped block is slidably arranged in the T-shaped groove in the length direction of a wing plate of the T-shaped plate, the head fixing assembly is arranged in the middle of the upper end face of the wing plate of the T-shaped block, the neck supporting assembly is slidably arranged on the upper end face of a web of the T-shaped block in the length direction of the web of the T-shaped block, and the two limiting assemblies are arranged at the two ends of the wing plate of the T-shaped plate respectively. The head of a patient can be firmly fixed, the head of the patient is prevented from moving in the operation process, and the accuracy and success rate of the operation are improved. And flexible adjustment can be carried out according to head shapes, sizes and operation requirements of different patients, and the requirements of various operation scenes are met. Comfortable support is provided for the neck of a patient, and fatigue and discomfort of the neck of the patient in the operation process are reduced.

A neck traction fixing device comprises an elastic supporting part, an adjusting assembly is arranged in the elastic supporting part and comprises an outer shell, an upper supporting frame, a lower supporting frame, a transmission assembly and a rotary adjusting part, the upper supporting frame and the lower supporting frame are arranged in the outer shell in an up-down staggered mode, and the transmission assembly is connected between the upper supporting frame and the lower supporting frame in an engaged mode; the rotary adjusting part comprises an adjusting plate and a rotary cover body, a mounting groove is formed in the front face of the outer shell, a rigid tooth-shaped surface is arranged on the inner edge of the mounting groove, and a concave notch is formed in the outer wall of the adjusting plate. The elastic supporting part is arranged for protecting the cervical vertebra; by arranging the adjusting assemblies capable of moving independently, the elastic supporting part can conduct independent traction and fixation on the left side, the right side and the rear side of the neck, especially for a patient with the torticollis, neck muscle groups at different positions of the neck can be stretched, neck muscle tension can be relieved, and the torticollis orthopedic effect is more remarkable.

The invention discloses an anterior cervical tissue exposure device for a neck operation. The device comprises a base, a cushion bearing mechanism and two traction mechanisms. A pillow plate of the cushion bearing mechanism is of a protruding plate structure matched with the anatomical structure of the posterior approach of the human neck, and comfortable neck support can be provided for a patient in cooperation with a pillow. A second supporting rod of the traction mechanism vertically stretches out and draws back, a mounting base rotates, and the opening and closing mechanism can drive side drag hooks to slide face to face or back to back through cooperation of a gear and a rack and arrangement of a limiting pin so as to meet the traction requirements of notches of different sizes. A first clamping plate on the base is adjusted to ascend and descend through a first threaded rod and used for fixing the device on an operating bed, a cushion bearing seat slides on the base and is limited, and the position of a traction mechanism on the pillow plate can be adjusted through a second threaded rod and other structures. According to the invention, the neck of a patient can be stably supported, the traction mechanism can be conveniently adjusted to fully expose an operation area, the convenience and accuracy of operation can be improved, and the requirements of different patients and operation scenes can be met.

An adjustable neck joint for a stringed instrument includes a neck with a heel portion formed as a first half of a rotating joint and a body with a neck block formed as a second half of the rotating joint. The first half of the rotating joint and the second half of the rotating joint may each be configured to connect with the other and movably interface with each other such that the neck is rotatable with respect to the body about an axis located immediately adjacent to and above a position along the neck.

The invention relates to a device (1) for treating a fracture, in particular a fracture of a proximal femur such as, for example, a femoral neck fracture, having a plate (3) for attaching to a thigh bone, one or more intraosseous screws (10) by means of which the plate (3), through intraosseous screw openings (14), can be fixed to a thigh shaft (4), a coupling device, in particular a bone screw (5), which is arranged proximally to the at least one intraosseous screw (10) and by means of which the plate (3) can be connected at a coupling device opening (6) through the thigh shaft (4) and a thigh neck (2) to a thigh head (7), wherein the coupling device is connected to the plate (3) with play (21) such that the coupling device can be moved in the lateral direction (8) relative to the plate (3). In order to achieve a particularly precise and simultaneous adjustability of the play (21), according to the invention an adjusting device is provided which is connected to the plate (3), which can be positioned at different positions relative to the plate (3) and by means of which the play (21) can be adjusted.

The invention belongs to the technical field of nursing pillows, and discloses a pillow with a good shoulder and neck nursing effect, the pillow comprises a neck pillow, the middle part of the inner cavity of the neck pillow is movably sleeved with a high-resilience sponge, and the left side and the right side of the inner cavity of the neck pillow are movably sleeved with filling sponges. The neck pillow, the filling sponge and the pillows are arranged, when an operator uses the neck pillow, the neck pillow surrounds the neck, then the first buttons and the second buttons are clamped, and therefore the whole neck pillow is worn, when the operator lies flat, the back side of the head is located between the two pillows, and the back side of the head is located between the two pillows; the high-resilience sponge and the filling sponge can support the cervical vertebra so that the cervical vertebra can be protected, the whole neck pillow can rotate along with turning over of an operator when the operator lies on the side, the pillow can fill a gap between the head and a bed, compression on the shoulders and the neck is reduced, and the comfort of the operator is improved. And therefore, the problems of noble bags and shoulder inner buckles are relieved, the sleep quality is improved, and a human body has a better posture.

The present invention relates to a cervical pillow. More particularly, in order to provide comfortable sleep by ensuring that the cervical spine of a user lying in a correct posture forms a lordotic curve while the structure of the pillow does not interfere with the natural tossing and turning that occurs during sleep, the cervical pillow comprises: a correct posture support part; and a pillow body including a lateral posture support part extending in both directions from the correct posture support part, and made of a material having elasticity and resilience, wherein the correct posture support part is formed so as to be coplanar with the upper surface of the lateral posture support part and has an alignment-inducing groove recessed upwards on the lower surface corresponding to an upper surface portion where the head and neck of the user lying in a correct posture are supported.

The invention relates to the technical field of surgical operations, in particular to an AR-based intelligent vision use method applied to surgical operations. The method comprises the following steps: S1, acquiring an anatomical structure image of a patient in real time through AR glasses equipment, and performing multi-modal fusion registration on the anatomical structure image and preoperative CT, MRI and 3D ultrasonic image data to generate a dynamic three-dimensional surgical navigation model; according to the method, multi-mode image fusion is combined with dynamic three-dimensional navigation, submillimeter intraoperative positioning is achieved, the misoperation risk is remarkably reduced, the intraoperative adjustment frequency is reduced through eye-controlled amplification and real-time early warning, and the operation time is shortened; meanwhile, the virtual screen and microscope linkage technology relieves the burden of the cervical vertebra and reduces the neck load of medical staff, and compared with a traditional teaching mode through holographic labeling and operation tracks, the training period of doctors can be obviously shortened, idle equipment can be automatically recognized, and the surgical accuracy, efficiency and medical resource popularity can be comprehensively improved.

The utility model provides a head, neck, chest and waist fixer, including front paste fixing piece, back paste fixing piece and binding piece, the front paste fixing piece includes paste chest part, first side waist part, first neck part and face part, the first side waist part extends from the both sides of paste chest part and is used for fitting waist part, and the back paste fixing piece is used for binding the first neck part and the face part. The first neck part extends upwards from the top of the chest fitting part and is used for fitting the neck, the face part extends upwards from the first neck part and is used for fitting the outline of the face, an opening is formed in the front face of the face part, the eyes, the nose and the mouth are exposed through the opening, and the opening is in a T shape. The head, neck, chest and waist fixator has the advantages that the front patch fixing part and the rear patch fixing part are integrally formed, cheekbones and eyebrow bones are used as supporting points on the face, the head, the neck, the chest and the waist are fixed together under the support of the back brain, and the head, neck, chest and waist fixator is better in fitting performance, more stable in supporting point position and higher in comfort.

The invention relates to the technical field of robot bionic joint driving, in particular to a bionic rope-driven robot neck mechanism which comprises a static platform (1), a movable platform (2), a rope driving device (3) and a passive tensioning mechanism (4), the lower portion of the static platform (1) is connected with a robot trunk part, and the upper portion of the movable platform (2) is connected with a robot head. Three groups of rope driving devices (3) and at least three groups of passive tensioning mechanisms (4) are arranged between the static platform and the movable platform, the rope driving devices (3) are annularly and uniformly arranged between the static platform (1) and the movable platform (2), and each rope driving device (3) comprises a rope (31), a reel (32), a driver (33) and a double-pulley guide mechanism (34). And two ropes (31) are wound on the reel (32) in a differential manner. A passive tensioning mechanism with the function similar to that of vertebrae is adopted, and stable supporting and posture self-adaptive capacity of the neck are achieved.

The invention belongs to the field of dummy calibration tools, and discloses a Hybrid III dummy neck calibration tool and a calibration method, and the calibration tool comprises a connection base and a potentiometer support assembly. The connecting base is arranged between the swing arm of the calibration equipment and the near-chest end of the dummy cervical vertebra and has the function of stably connecting the near-chest end of the dummy cervical vertebra with the swing arm, so that the dummy neck can simulate the motion state under the real collision condition in the calibration test process. The fixed support is connected with the connecting base, and the movable support is connected to the near head end of the dummy cervical vertebra and can rotate relative to the fixed support. The angle sensor is installed between the fixed support and the movable support and used for measuring the relative rotation angle between the fixed support and the movable support, and therefore angle data support is provided for a neck calibration test.

The invention belongs to the technical field of bionic robots, and provides a bionic neck elastic connecting structure of a simulated humanoid robot, which comprises a latticed supporting structure arranged around the periphery of a cervical vertebra bionic section, and a spiral elastic assembly arranged between the cervical vertebra bionic section and the latticed supporting structure; the spiral elastic assembly comprises round strip spiral units and flat strip spiral units which are arranged around the periphery of the cervical vertebra bionic section and are alternately arranged; each spiral ring of the round bar spiral units and each spiral ring of the flat bar spiral units are connected with the latticed supporting structure through a plurality of connecting pieces. The composite elasticity of neck muscles and ligaments is simulated, the round bar spiral unit mainly provides radial support and torsion restoring force, the flat bar spiral unit provides higher bending rigidity and stable lateral support during bending, and the round bar spiral unit and the flat bar spiral unit work cooperatively to realize complex nonlinear rigidity and multi-degree-of-freedom movement close to the neck of a human body.

The invention discloses a cervical curvature judgment method based on in-vitro photographing. The method comprises the following steps: preprocessing an original neck in-vitro image of a user to obtain an equalized image; determining a single local feature of each pixel at different positions under different convolution sums; extracting a previous-layer feature map in the single local features through U-Net, and performing segmentation to obtain a current-layer feature map; performing up-sampling operation on the current-layer feature map to obtain a prediction size of the front-layer feature map, and determining cross entropy loss in combination with the prediction size; a key point set in the original neck in-vitro image is extracted through a total loss function, and the total length of a fitting curve is calculated; determining the curve of the cervical vertebra shape according to the total length of the fitting curve; determining the curvature of the position of the key point in the key point set and the correction length of the curve of the cervical vertebra shape; therefore, the degree of cervical curvature abnormity is determined. According to the invention, a deep learning technology is combined, and doctors are assisted in diagnosis in a radiation-free manner.

The present invention discloses a neck massager and a posture correction method based on the neck massager, comprising a neck massager body, wherein the neck massager body comprises a neck shell and a neck arm, an inner side of the neck shell is movably connected with a movable cone, both inner sides of the neck shell are welded with a limiting frame, one side of the limiting frame is hinged with an electric push rod, the outer side of the limiting frame is movably connected with a conversion arm, the end of the electric push rod is movably connected to one end of the conversion arm, one side of the conversion arm is movably connected with a pulling rod, and one end of the pulling rod is fixedly installed with a pushing cone. After the electric push rod is running, the conversion arm can push the pulling rod into the limiting frame, so that the pressure sensor in the auxiliary massage head senses the neck condition and pushes it out, and the auxiliary massage head also cooperates with the cervical massage head to heat during massage to promote blood circulation in the neck, and the warning light emits an alarm when the massage position is inaccurate, so that the posture can be corrected.

Selective high-frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal cord region from an epidural, cervical location to address at least one of high back pain, mid-back pain, low back pain, and leg pain without creating paresthesia in the patient.

To provide a pillow which improves the prior art and which enables a user to sleep in a relaxed state by stably supporting his / her head and neck part.SOLUTION: A pillow 10, which has a longitudinal direction Y and a width direction X, crossing each other, comprises upper and lower areas 11 and 12, and a longitudinal center line P that divides a width-direction-X dimension in half. The lower area 12 has a curved shape that becomes convex downward. A central part 14 of the lower area 12 crosses the longitudinal center line P in a thickness direction Z.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Systems and methods for radiofrequency neurotomy. Systems include needles with deployable filaments capable of producing lesions at target volumes, which may include a target nerve. Ablation of at least a portion of the target nerve may inhibit the ability of the nerve to transmit signals, such as pain signals, to the central nervous system. The lesion may facilitate procedures by directing energy towards the target nerve and away from collateral structures. Example anatomical structures include lumbar, thoracic, and cervical medial branch nerves and rami and the sacroiliac joint.

The invention relates to the technical field of cervical vertebra adjuvant therapy, in particular to a pain department cervical vertebra adjuvant therapy device which comprises a base, a connecting seat mounted on the base and a seat mounted on the connecting seat, a plurality of sliding ventilation grooves are symmetrically formed in the seat, and a headrest is mounted on the seat. A neck massage head is arranged at the position, below the headrest, of the seat, a neck elastic assembly is connected to the rear portion of the neck massage head, a transmission mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the seat, through the linkage design of the pedal driving mechanism and the transmission mechanism, when a patient actively steps on the pedal plates, precise massage is conducted on related acupuncture points, and meanwhile, the massage effect is good. The body posture can be adjusted through the leg lifting action, the neck can be better attached to the neck massage head, the composite curative effect of active movement and passive massage is formed, the design breaks through the limitation of traditional equipment and passive massage of a single part, and the comprehensiveness and durability of treatment are remarkably improved.

A dual mobility prosthetic bearing comprises: an outer femoral head component (9020) having a part-spherical outer bearing surface (9022) and a head recess (9024) comprising a proximal portion (9026) defined by a part-spherical inner bearing surface and a distal portion (9028) defined by a generally tubular inner bearing surface, the proximal portion having a maximum diameter that is greater than a maximum diameter of the distal portion; an inner femoral head component (9030) having a neck recess (9032) for receipt of a femoral neck component (9004), and a part-spherical outer bearing surface (9034) configured to be received within the proximal portion of the head recess; wherein the part-spherical outer bearing surface of the outer femoral head component and the part-spherical outer bearing surface of the inner femoral head component have a coincident centre of rotation; and wherein the inner femoral head component comprises a generally tubular skirt (9036) configured for receipt within the distal portion of the head recess.

This item is primarily intended for use as nursing clothing for four-legged pets such as cats. The back opening, closed with a hook-and-loop fastener, is opened to the left and right sides of the back, the front and back legs are passed through the holes, and the garment is then closed to cover the neck and torso. The neck is covered by the cylindrical part at the bottom right of the front, top, and right side views. When the garment is worn, the abdominal opening, closed with a hook-and-eye fastener, can be opened to the left and right sides of the abdomen to allow for nursing care such as changing gauze applied to abdominal surgical scars.