35 results about "Joint flexion" patented technology

The present invention pertains to an articulating joint that is disengageable between two modes of operation: unidirectional movement of the joint or bi-directional movement of the joint, with features that allow the mode to be automatically switched as required. When fully locked, the joint inhibits joint flexion while allowing joint extension. When actuated, a locking mechanism is disengaged to allow both uninhibited flexion and extension of the joint.

The present invention provides a novel means of joint and body protection using engineered textiles to provide dynamic kinematic control within the device itself and for the underlying body part. The apparatus may be used in apparel or orthosis wherein a textile is organized about the proximal and distal aspects of a joint or body part and uses the mechanical and material characteristics of the engineered textile to dynamically control the kinetics of the body part and more specifically to prevent the body part from reaching extremes in range of motion. The engineered textiles can be designed to provide non-uniform increases in stiffness in any direction. The engineered textile may incorporate strain or strain rate dependant materials in which case stiffness properties would vary non-uniformly with velocity and/or acceleration within the device allowing for protection from blunt trauma, blast, or ballistic events anywhere on the body. A further aspect of the present invention is to provide a novel means of dynamically fitting and anchoring apparel, orthosis, body protection devices or other objects that need to be securely fixed to the body anatomy during joint flexion or extension, by using motion at a body joint to actuate a closure mechanism and bracing system that actively closes upon the body anatomy surrounding the joint and transfers loads created during dynamic restraint of the joint to anchor zones on the body.

An orthotic brace and brace hinge are disclosed where the brace hinge comprises a first hinge element operably connected to a second hinge element, at least one hinge element having a magnetic field whereby the magnetic field provides a magnetic force urging one hinge elements in a pre-determined direction. Embodiments of the present invention generally utilize magnetic forces to stabilize, influence and/or maintain adjacent joint portions in pre-determined desired relationships and for constraining motion and/or rotation of the joint portions. Through the use of the repelling and attracting forces of magnets, mechanical forces in the brace and brace hinge can be replaced or supplemented to reduce the force put on joint bones, to influence the bones so that the joint is biased into certain positions or to apply different forces through different points of joint flexion. Embodiments of braces with magnetic fields on other brace elements are also disclosed.

A prosthetic knee joint mechanism has an hydraulic load-activated knee-stabilizing device for resisting joint flexion. A rotary piston (34) connected to one part of the mechanism is rotatable within a fluid-filled fluid displacement chamber (18) associated with another part of the mechanism to drive fluid through a fluid passage which contains a main valve (38) which restricts or allows joint flexion according to the position of a valve member within the valve. The valve member is movable towards an open position in response to fluid pressure in the fluid passage upstream of the valve member caused by application of a flexion torque to the knee joint mechanism, movement of the valve member in the direction of the open position being at least resisted by a valve control arrangement actuated by application of the wearer's weight. The weight-responsive valve control arrangement is preferably a weight-responsive pilot valve (32) for hydraulically resisting movement of the valve member of the main valve.

The invention discloses a bone joint spatial angle measurement and function evaluation method and device. The method comprises the following three stages, wherein in the first stage, somatosensory interaction equipment is utilized to acquire bone joint depth information, and a bone joint spatial angle is calculated; the second stage, wherein according to a bone joint spatial angle measurement method in the first stage, through a K-mean clustering algorithm, classification of patients suffering from different bone joint diseases is completed; the third stage, bone joint function visible analysis and evaluation are conducted. According to the bone joint spatial angle measurement and function evaluation method and device, constraint of a traditional medical image imaging technology is shaken off, bone joint point coordinates can be obtained in real time, the angle of the bone joint is measured, updating of the largest joint flexion and extension angle of a figure in a natural activity state is completed, digital analysis and health evaluation of bone joint functions are presented for a user in a visible mode, and a more objective and effective basis is provided for medical staff on determination of a diagnosis and treatment scheme, comparison and evaluation on functions before and after treatment and guidance on rehabilitation.

A tendon and ligament support for a limb joint, such as an ankle joint, in particular a horse's fetlock joint. A first collar (1) is adapted to embrace the limb above the joint and a second collar (3) is adapted to embrace the limb below the joint. A connection provides articulation between and separation of the two collars, and is adapted to provide limited elongation of the ligaments and/or tendons under load, and includes a resistance-exerting pivot arrangement (11) resisting joint flexion or extension over a predetermined range of joint rotation, and an essentially inelastic part (12) for limiting joint extension across the posterior side of the joint connected to one or more points on each of the collars, and preferably adapted so as to mimic an artificial tendon or ligament arrangement.

The invention relates to an ankle joint flexion and extension exerciser which structurally comprises a foot plate, a speed-reducing motor, a motor base, a base plate, a base, two rocker arm frames, two L-shaped rocker arms, an eccentric wheel, a rocker arm shaft, a foot plate shaft, a screw hole lifting block, a lifting screw rod, a guide hole lifting block, a lifting guide rod and an adjusting knob. When in use, the speed-reducing motor drives the L-shaped rocker arms to make a curved reciprocating motion around a rotating shaft through the eccentric wheel, and the front ends of bent arms of the L-shaped rocker arms drive the foot plate to make a curved reciprocating motion, so that heels can be forced to rotate around ankle joints to drive lower limb muscles to make flexion and extension exercises, thereby promoting the lower limb blood to flow back to the heart, and effectively preventing surgical patients lying in bed for long time from lower limb deep venous thrombosis. Due to the reasonable design, the flexion and extension amplitude can be adjusted and can be subjected to both coarse adjustment and fine adjustment; the low-voltage direct-current planet gear type speed-reducing motor is used, thereby ensuring the safety and reliability; and the flexion and extension frequency can be adjusted by adjusting the rotating speed of the motor. Thus, the ankle joint flexion and extension exerciser is especially suitable for helping patients lying in bed to make ankle joint exercises.

The invention relates to a joint movement assistor, according to the technical scheme, a first joint part, a second joint part, a third joint part and a metacarpal bone part are sequentially fixed tothe back face of a soft glove from top to bottom; paper folding actuators are respectively arranged between the first joint part and the second joint part, between the second joint part and the thirdjoint part, and between the third joint part and the metacarpal bone part; an air pump comprises an air pump body and an inflation pipe. The paper folding actuator is provided with an inflation cavity, and the paper folding actuator achieves telescopic movement through inflation and deflation operation of the inflation cavity; the first joint part, the second joint part, the third joint part and the metacarpal bone part are communicated with the inflation cavity; an air inlet is formed in the end, away from the third joint component, of the metacarpal bone part. The air pump body communicateswith the air inlet through the inflation pipe. The hand can be promoted to complete joint flexion and extension movement without the help of other people, and the treatment difficulty and the treatment cost are reduced while the treatment effect is effectively guaranteed.

A distal arthrogryposis disease related pathogenic gene-MET pathogenic gene is identified. On the basis, the invention provides a mutant MET gene and a use thereof, and a vector, host cell and kit containing the mutant MET gene. In addition, the invention also provides a method for diagnosing the distal joint flexion disease, a diagnostic agent for the method, and a kit containing the diagnostic agent.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine composition for rehabilitation after replantation of amputated finger and a preparation method and an application method of the traditional Chinese medicine composition. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: radix aconiti preparata, prepared kusnezoff monkshood roots, flos carthami, tamarix chinensis, lycopodium clavatum, cortex erythrinae, gentiana macrophylla, angelica sinensis, olibanum, myrrh, radix angelicae pubescentis, incised notopterygium, cassia twig, costustoot, mulberry twig, loofah sponge, radix clematidis, berba aristolochiae mollissimae and panax notoginseng. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared into a fumigation agent or an emplastrum; and the fumigation agent or the emplastrum is used once a day. The medicine liquid is capable of regulating local qi-blood circulation, activating blood circulation to remove stasis, removing swelling, relieving pain, moistening muscles and bones, benefiting joints and the like by fumigating and washing the affected finger; the emplastrum is attached to the excited nerve endings of the body surface; the anti-swelling, anti-inflammation and slow and lasting effects are achieved by reflecting, expanding blood vessels and promoting local blood circulation; the traditional Chinese medicine composition has a significant treatment effect on pain, numbness, tendon adhesion, adverse joint flexion and extension and the like after replantation of amputated finger, and has the advantages of being free of a toxic or side effect, fast in acting, free of pain on patient and the like; and both symptoms and root causes are treated.

The invention discloses plaster for activating blood circulation in the medicine field. The plaster is prepared from, by mass, 3-36 parts of radix angelica sinensis, 3-9 parts of ground beeltles, 5-20parts of rhizoma sparganii, 3-20 parts of curcuma zedoary, 3-20 parts of flos carthami, 5-15 parts of herba lycopi, 9-30 parts of radix dipsaci, 200 parts of rhizoma drynariae, 6-12 parts of rhizomacibotii, 1.5-9 parts of elecampane, 5-10 parts of purple perilla and 6-9 parts of cortex acanthopanacis. The compatibility conforms to the traditional Chinese medicine 'monarch, minister, assistant and guide' principle, the formula is scientific and reasonable, and the plaster has functions of activating blood circulation and relaxing muscles, dispelling wind and eliminating dampness, relieving swelling and pain and the like, has a quite good treatment effect on limb swelling, pain, joint flexion and extension unsmoothness and other symptoms caused in the middle period and later period of traumatic injuries, and is remarkable in treatment effect and free of toxic and side effects.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese preparation for treating injury of knee joint meniscus and a preparation method, and belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicines. The traditional Chinese preparation for treating the injury of the knee joint meniscus is prepared from the following active ingredient raw materials: leaf of tasmanian bluegum, cassia twig, common achyranthes herb, root of Japanese rose, stem or leaf of fortune euonymus, twig and leaf of willowleaf spiraea, fruit of fewflower wildrice, root of incised notopterygium, mulberry fruit and Chinese mesona herb. The traditional Chinese preparation is reasonable in components, has the curative effects of dispelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling the wind and activating blood circulation, and inducing diuresis and alleviating edema, has a good absorption effect, has excellent treatment effects for treating arthralgia, joint un-smoothness, joint flexion movement obstruction and the like, does not generate resistance to drugs and can avoid stimulating complication.

The invention belongs to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicines, and particularly relates to a traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating pain, swelling, numbness, inconvenient joint flexion and extension, joint stiffness and deformity syndrome caused by osteoarthritis and proliferative arthritis. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 8 to 13 parts of deerhorns, 8 to 12 parts of radix achyranthis bidentatae, 8 to 12 parts of caulis sinomenii, 10 to 15 parts of rhizoma dioscorae nipponicae, and 8 to 13 parts of parched white peony roots. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating the osteoarthritis is a summarized clinical empirical formula prepared by adjusting drug doses constantly and adding flavor, taking the deficiency of liver and kidney and obstruction of meridians and collaterals as pathogenesis, based on deerhorn pills of traditional classical prescriptions, according to clinical experience in several years for treating the osteoarthritis of orthopedic specialists in Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; and the traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating the osteoarthritis is an effective medicine prepared from the pure traditional Chinese medicine for treating the pain, the swelling, the numbness, the inconvenient joint flexion and extension, the joint stiffness and the deformity syndrome caused by the osteoarthritis and the proliferative arthritis. Through animal experiments, the traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating the osteoarthritis is proved to have significant analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects.

The invention discloses a combined inertial power assisted joint flexion and extension movement device, and relates to the technical field of medical equipment. The device comprises an inertial driverand a flexion and extension angle limiter, the inertial driver comprises a driver shell, a flying disc quick connection gear, a duplicate gear, a flying disc and an arc-shaped plate, the flexion andextension angle limiter comprises a near-end fixing component, a far-end fixing component and a flexion and extension angle limiting chuck, the inertial driver shell consists of a base buckle and a buckle cover, the base and the buckle cover are in slipknot connection through buckles on the two sides of the base, arc-shaped grooves matched with the arc-shaped plate are formed in the opposite sidesof the base and the buckle cover, and the base and the buckle cover are made of metal or other hard materials. By the combined inertial power assisted joint flexion and extension movement device, theproblem that an existing joint passive movement device is expensive, is only used in a medical place, is not portable and cannot exercise muscle strength is solved.

An atomization pipeline support device, the bottom end of the flexion and extension arm is fixed on the table of the treatment table, the universal wheel bracket is connected under the treatment table, an ultrasonic nebulizer is placed on the treatment table, and the flexion and extension arm is longitudinally connected with the drug delivery thread tube One end of the drug delivery threaded tube is connected to the drug atomization tank, the other end is connected to the drug delivery soft mouth, the spring support is connected to the drug delivery soft mouth at one end, and the other end is connected to the earphone. The connecting belt of the earphone is equipped with a music module. The physical and mental exhaustion caused by holding the drug delivery screw tube improves the patient's cure rate.

Belonging to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicines, the invention discloses an external washing traditional Chinese medicine for old unfavorable joint flexion and extension. The Chinese medicinal materials includes Dipsacus asperoides, pawpaw, schizonepeta, eucommia, turtle shell, tortoise plastron, Angelica sinensis and Sichuan Notopterygium in a weight ratio of 2-4:3-6:3-6:2-4:2-4:3-6:2-4:2-4. The traditional Chinese medicine has the advantages of simple preparation, low price, easy making and good effect, and is suitable for popularization and application in external washing drugs for old unfavorable joint flexion and extension.