277 results about "Metatarsal joint" patented technology

A shoe sole includes a cushion layer, an upper-side plate, and a lower-side plate. The cushion layer includes: a first region configured to support a metatarsophalangeal (MP) joint of a foot of a wearer; and a second region included in a portion located on a rear side with respect to the first region and located on a front side with respect to the rearfoot portion. The second region includes: a third region located in a central portion in a left-right direction; a fourth region located in a medial foot-side end portion in the left-right direction; and a fifth region located in a lateral foot-side end portion in the left-right direction. The fourth region and the fifth region are lower in compression rigidity than the first region, and the third region is lower in compression rigidity than the fourth region and the fifth region.

Systems and methods for calculating external bone loss for alignment of pre-diseased joints comprising: generating a three-dimensional (“3D”) computer model of an operative area from at least two two-dimensional (“2D”) radiographic images, wherein at least a first radiographic image is captured at a first position, and wherein at least a second radiographic image is captured at a second position, and wherein the first position is different than the second position; identifying an area of bone loss on the 3D computer model; and applying a surface adjustment algorithm to calculate an external missing bone surface fitting the area of bone loss.

The invention provides a method for quickly positioning the instant center of a finger joint and a rehabilitation glove following the instant center, the method for quickly positioning the instant center of the finger joint comprises the following steps: A, keeping a finger in a half-bending state, and making a straight line collinear with the outer contour of each knuckle of the finger; b, folding lines of all joints are made through straight lines and finger knuckles, and geometric center lines of the fingers are made through the folding lines; c, making a positioning circle tangent to the fold lines of the joints and the geometric center line of the finger in an acute angle space formed by the fold lines of the joints and the geometric center line of the finger; d, the positioning circle radius R1 at the metacarpophalangeal joint of the finger is larger than or equal to 1 mm and smaller than or equal to 2.5 mm, and the positioning circle radius R2 of the near-end interphalangeal joint and the far-end interphalangeal joint of the finger is larger than or equal to 0.5 mm and smaller than or equal to 2 mm; e, in engineering application, the equivalent instantaneous center of the metacarpophalangeal joint varies within the range of a positioning circle with the radius being R1, and the equivalent instantaneous centers of the near-end interphalangeal joint and the far-end interphalangeal joint varies within the range of a positioning circle with the radius being R2.

Examples in the present disclosure relate to hand chirality estimation. Tracking data captured by one or more sensors associated with an extended reality (XR) device is processed to determine positions of a plurality of joints of a hand of a person. A reference vector is generated based on a first subset of the positions. The first subset of the positions includes positions of at least two metacarpophalangeal joints. A plurality of bending angles is determined based on at least a second subset of the positions. Each bending angle represents an angle between a respective pair of articulating bones that is measured in relation to the reference vector. An estimated chirality of the hand is identified based on the plurality of bending angles. Operation of the XR device is controlled using the estimated chirality of the hand.

A variety of surgical procedures may be performed on the bones of the foot, such as on one or more lesser metatarsals of the foot positioned laterally of the first metatarsal. For example, a surgical procedure may involve cutting an end of one or both of a second metatarsal and an intermediate cuneiform and / or cutting an end of one or both of a third metatarsal and a lateral cuneiform. The tarsometatarsal joints defined be one or both sets of bones may be cut to treat an arthritic joint, metatarsus adductus, and / or other clinical condition. In any case, various surgical instruments can be utilized during a procedure to help increase the accuracy and repeatability of the procedure patient-to-patient, improving overall patient outcomes and making it less invasive. For example, one or more cut guides having tissue control features may be utilized during procedure.

A minimally invasive method of correcting a bunion includes performing an osteotomy to divide the metatarsal into first and second portions, creating a pocket in the first portion implanting a nail in the pocket, securing a suture to the joint capsule, tensioning the suture to align the great toe with the metatarsal, attaching the suture to the nail, and fastening the nail to the second portion. The nail includes an anchor portion for anchoring in the first portion, a head for attachment to a second portion, a passage for attachment of the suture, a first aperture for a fastener to attach the head with the first portion, and a second aperture for a fastener to attach the head with the second portion.

The invention relates to the technical field of man-machine interaction, in particular to a dexterous hand pose data acquisition method based on infrared optical motion capture, which comprises the following steps: initializing an infrared optical motion capture system and a bending value of each finger flexion and extension of each dexterous hand; constructing a hand model; modifying the message format of the VRPN communication protocol, obtaining the pose data of each mark point of the hand, calculating the rotation angle of each finger near-end fingertip joint of each hand under each task, taking the rotation angle as the rotation angle of each finger near-end fingertip joint of the dexterous hand corresponding to each hand under each task, and outputting the rotation angle of each finger near-end fingertip joint of the dexterous hand. And sequentially calculating the rotation angle of each finger palm knuckle, the bending value of each finger flexion and extension and the bending value of the thumb adduction and abduction under each task. According to the method, the grabbing success rate of the dexterous hand is increased, the reliability of the dexterous hand is improved, the capacity of capturing complex hand actions is enhanced, and the performance of the dexterous hand in a complex task scene is enhanced.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for determining a finger joint angle. The method includes obtaining first sensor data relating to at least two target finger joints of a user, the first sensor data is obtained using at least two strain sensors, each of the strain sensors is arranged in a glove body worn by the user and located at one target finger joints, and the at least two target finger joints include at least two adjacent metacarpophalangeal joints of the user; obtaining a first mapping relationship, wherein the first mapping relationship reflects a relationship between sensor data corresponding to the at least two target finger joints and joint angles of the at least two target finger joints; and determining a first joint angle of each of the at least two target finger joints based on the first sensor data and the first mapping relationship.

A fusion plate (1, 20) to assist fusion of a first bone (2) and second bone (3) comprising a rigid elongated plate configured to span the joint between the first and second bones having a C-shaped profile along its length, a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 mm, and a plurality of holes (11) to receive bone-fixing screws (12) to fix the plate to the first and second bones, wherein the plurality of holes include at least one proximal hole disposed on each side (9, 10) of a proximal end (7) of the plate configured to receive proximal bone fixing screws (12) in an orthogonal fixing screw configuration and at least one hole disposed on each side (9, 10) of a distal end (8) of the plate configured to receive distal bone fixing screws in an orthogonal fixing screw configuration. The plate may be configured for dorso-medial attachment and fusion of a meta-tarsal joint selected from a MetaTarsoPhalangeal joint (MTPJ) and a TarsoMetaTarsal Joint (TMTJ) of the big toe.

The invention relates to the technical field of orthopaedic prostheses, and provides an orthopaedic prosthesis implantation assisting device and a control method thereof.The orthopaedic prosthesis implantation assisting device comprises a first fixing part, a second fixing part and a third fixing part, the first fixing part comprises a plurality of metatarsal bone fixing devices, and the metatarsal bone fixing devices are used for fixing metatarsal bones; the second fixing part is rotatably arranged at one end of the first fixing part around a first axis, and the second fixing part is used for clamping and moving the proximal phalanx; and the third fixing part is movably arranged at the other end of the first fixing part, and the third fixing part is used for fixing the rear part of the foot. According to the auxiliary device for implantation of the orthopaedic prosthesis, the technical problem that in the related technology, when the orthopaedic prosthesis is implanted into the metatarsophalangeal joint, all foot bones may move, so that the implantation position of the prosthesis deviates, and the implantation effect of the prosthesis is affected can be solved.

A bionic pedaling and jumping foot of a lunar surface jumping robot belongs to the technical field of engineering bionics, and comprises a sole component, three bionic toes and a bionic toe tip, the sole assembly is provided with a leg connecting piece and a plurality of through cavities; the bionic toes are connected with the sole assembly through first metatarsophalangeal joints to form axial symmetry distribution, the included angle between every two adjacent toes is 20 degrees, and each bionic toe is provided with a bionic toe cavity. The tail end of the bionic toe tip is provided with a bionic foot thorn, and the bionic toe tip is connected with the bionic toe through a second metatarsophalangeal joint; the rigid rope penetrates through the sole cavity and the bionic toe cavity, one end of the rigid rope is connected with the leg bouncing mechanism, and the other end of the rigid rope is fixed to the round rod of the bionic toe tip. Foot end joints are kept in a relaxed posture by torsion springs in a natural state; the rigid rope pulls the tension spring to store energy and is locked by the ratchet mechanism, and the toes are synchronously driven to contract to form a sand grabbing and fixing state; during starting, the motor drives the ratchet wheel to release energy, the tension spring contracts to realize pedaling action, and the torsion spring synergistically releases energy to enhance jumping performance. A high-adaptability foot end solution is provided for the celestial body exploration robot, and the trafficability and movement stability of complex terrains are effectively improved.

The utility model discloses an expansion type subtalar joint brake which is characterized by comprising an outer nail body and an inner nail body which are matched with each other, the inner nail body is of a circular truncated cone structure, the outer nail body comprises a columnar nail head and a plurality of expansion pieces fixedly connected with the nail head, the expansion pieces are distributed along the circumference to form a cavity, and the cavity is used for containing the inner nail body. And the outer nail body is made of a polymer based on lactic acid. According to the expansion type subtalar joint brake, the inner nail body and the outer nail body are matched, the nail head of the outer nail body is implanted into a tarsal bone tube, fixation can be firmer, and tissue cannot be cut by the outer nail body.

A bone displacement system includes an anchoring portion, a tool engaging portion, a compression distraction mechanism, a lateral body and a distal body. The anchoring portion has an aperture for receiving a wire to connect the anchoring portion to a proximal bone. The anchoring portion is connectable to a downwardly depending member for holding a tissue portion. The tool engaging portion is connected to the anchoring portion and is configured to connect a tool thereto. The compression-distraction mechanism is connected to the anchoring portion. The lateral body is connected to the compression-distraction mechanism and engageable with a lateral bone. The distal body is connected to the compression-distraction mechanism. The distal body has an aperture for receiving a wire to connect the distal body to a distal bone. The compression-distraction mechanism is configured to move the anchoring portion relative to the distal body.

Systems, methods, and devices described herein relate an implant adapted to be placed in a bone in the metatarsophalangeal joint or a metacarpophalangeal joint. In some embodiments, the implant includes a head portion extending from a first surface to a second surface and having a plurality of layers located between the first surface and the second surface. In some embodiments, the first surface is lubricious. In some embodiments, the implant comprises a post portion extending from the second surface of the head portion to a bone facing surface.

Prosthetic joints are disclosed such as an ankle-foot prosthesis. An extendable link of a prosthetic device may lengthen or shorten to bring about flexion and extension. The extendable link may include a hydraulic cylinder configured to provide a flexion damping resistance and an extension damping resistance. The extendable link may further include a spring arranged in parallel with the hydraulic cylinder. The spring biases the rotation of the joint. The spring may be a gas spring. The spring may be inside of a piston assembly of the hydraulic cylinder and act directly on hydraulic fluid. In the context of an ankle-foot prosthesis, the spring may be configured to overcome hydraulic resistance to dorsiflexion rotation.

A variety of surgical procedures may be performed on the bones of the foot, such as on one or more lesser metatarsals of the foot positioned laterally of the first metatarsal. For example, a surgical procedure may involve cutting an end of one or both of a second metatarsal and an intermediate cuneiform and / or cutting an end of one or both of a third metatarsal and a lateral cuneiform. The tarsometatarsal joints defined be one or both sets of bones may be cut to treat an arthritic joint, metatarsus adductus, and / or other clinical condition. In any case, various surgical instruments can be utilized during a procedure to help increase the accuracy and repeatability of the procedure patient-to-patient, improving overall patient outcomes. For example, one or more cut guides, compressor-distractor devices, and / or other instruments designed to accommodate the specific anatomical conditions of the procedure being performed may be utilized during procedure.

The invention discloses a lindera glauca extract, a preparation method thereof and application of the lindera glauca extract in preparation of drugs for preventing and / or treating rheumatoid arthritis. The research finds that the lindera glauca extract can obviously reverse arthritic rat plantar part swelling and toe bending, relieve ankle joint injury, relieve synovial hyperplasia and inflammatory cell infiltration, inhibit joint fusion, relieve joint gap stenosis, relieve articular surface fusion tendency, increase bone mineral density and bone trabecula number, reduce bone trabecula separation degree and improve joint fusion. The lindera glauca extract can be used for relieving rheumatoid arthritis by protecting the inherent structure of joint tissues and improving inflammation, so that a novel natural medicine choice is provided for preventing and / or treating rheumatoid arthritis.

A glove system (100), comprising a glove body (110), and multiple first strain sensors (120) and multiple second strain sensors (130) arranged on the glove body (110). When a user wears the glove body (110), each first strain sensor (120) among the multiple first strain sensors (120) is located at an interphalangeal joint of the user, and is configured to measure the deformation of the interphalangeal joint in a single degree of freedom; and each second strain sensor (130) among the multiple second strain sensors (130) is located at a metacarpophalangeal joint, and is configured to measure the deformation of the metacarpophalangeal joint in two degrees of freedom, wherein the single degree of freedom and the two degrees of freedom each comprise a degree of freedom corresponding to finger flexion.

To provide an insole and footwear that can be used safely for a long period of time by both the elderly and young people, and that can prevent hallux valgus and flat feet and inhibit the progression of the symptoms. [Solution] The problem was solved by an insole comprising a medial arch support slope, an lateral arch support slope that supports the lateral arch, a central arch elevator that elastically presses and supports from the plantar side the flexor digitorum brevis, plantar aponeurosis, and the flexor digitorum brevis that cover the plantar sides of the third and fourth metatarsals, from near the posterior side of the MTP joint to near the Chopart joint, a phalangeal elevator that is formed by a mountain-like section that forms a gentle downward slope and protrudes downward from the back surface or upward from the surface, a flat surface provided between the central arch elevator and the phalangeal elevator, and a heel cup.

A system for metatarsal phalangeal joint fusion includes a hinged guide; a trajectory guide attachable to the hinged guide; and an anchoring wire to attach the hinged guide to a bone.

In the stable posture, in which path length from the origin to the distal end is L, intersection between the sole bottom surface and line perpendicular to the reference line through position of 0.45×L is C, intersection between the sole bottom surface and line perpendicular to the reference line through position of 0.60×L is D, and sole is in contact with the ground at points C and D, the sole bottom surface at the heel portion is separated from the ground to be in a heel-up state, and an inequality, θ≥5 is satisfied wherein θ is an angle formed by the ground and line that connects the heel central position of 0.15×L with the metatarsophalangeal joints position of 0.68×L. The sole compressive rigidity is relatively lower at the heel-up starting position than at the metatarsophalangeal joints position.

A bone correction system is configured to attach to the medial cuneiform and the first metatarsal of a patient's foot in a deformed configuration. An articulation joint is configured to rotate and angulate the first metatarsal with respect to the medial cuneiform. A translation assembly is configured to cause the first metatarsal to travel toward and / or against the medial cuneiform. Thus, the bone correction system is configured to iterate the patient's foot from the deformed configuration to a corrected configuration. A bone plate can permanently fix the medial cuneiform and the first metatarsal in the corrected configuration.

A method for treating an articular fracture of a tibia using a tibia plate with an extension arm, including: making an incision to expose the tibia; reducing the articular fracture of the tibia; contouring the tibia plate to fit the tibia; preliminarily fixing the tibia plate to the tibia; placing a screw partially into the tibia through a lateral elongated hole in the tibia plate; applying compression between a plate screw hole in the extension arm and an anterior surface of the tibia; and placing additional plate screws in the tibia through additional screw holes in the tibia plate.

The invention belongs to the field of robots, and particularly relates to a three-degree-of-freedom rigid-flexible coupling dexterous finger and a dexterous hand, and the dexterous finger comprises a finger knuckle module, a double-end spherical hinge connecting rod, a palm inner finger driving module, a driving transmission mechanism and an arm inner finger driving module. By fusing a rigid space connecting rod mechanism and a flexible driving transmission mechanism, the contradiction that a traditional rigid structure lacks flexibility and a flexible structure is insufficient in rigidity is ingeniously solved. Two degrees of freedom of flexion and extension and adduction and abduction of fingers at metacarpophalangeal joints are realized by utilizing a spatial connecting rod mechanism formed by a knuckle supporting frame, a proximal phalanx, a deflection transverse shaft and a double-end spherical hinge connecting rod; meanwhile, the power of the finger driving module in the arm is efficiently transmitted to the interphalangeal joints through the driving transmission mechanism, the middle joint and the distal phalanx are driven to achieve coupling or self-adaptive buckling, and therefore the third degree of freedom is obtained, and the problem that the contradiction exists between insufficient flexibility of a traditional rigid structure and insufficient rigidity of a flexible structure is solved.

The invention discloses a pair of children's shoes and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the field of children's shoes, each of the children's shoes comprises an upper, a sole, a toe cap protection structure and a detachable orthotic insole, the upper is formed by sewing a breathable antibacterial composite fabric; scientific foot protection is achieved through multi-dimensional structure optimization, the 1 / 3 bending structure of the shoe sole accurately corresponds to the first-fifth metatarsophalangeal joint position of the foot, the 15-degree upwarp design and the 3-5 mm sunken structure accord with the foot movement track of a child during walking, running and jumping, the space in the shoe is increased, joint stress damage is reduced, the correction shoe pad is provided with supporting pads aiming at the transverse arch of the forefoot and the longitudinal arch of the inner side and the longitudinal arch of the outer side respectively, and therefore the correction effect is achieved. By the aid of pressure sinking convex-concave grooves in metatarsophalangeal joints and toe joints, plantar pressure can be dispersed, a normal physiological curve of an arch can be maintained, foot development deformity such as flatfoot, strephenopodia or valgus can be effectively prevented, and meanwhile, the surrounding heel cup with the height of 12 mm and the inner side heel cup cooperatively fix the heel to guarantee that the foot keeps a correct force line during movement.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and system for determining the angle of a finger joint, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining first sensor data related to at least two target finger joints of a user, and enabling the first sensor data to be collected through at least two strain sensors, each strain sensor is arranged in the glove body worn by the user and located at one of at least two target finger joints, and the at least two target finger joints comprise at least two adjacent metacarpophalangeal joints of the user; obtaining a first mapping relation, wherein the first mapping relation reflects the relation between the sensor data corresponding to the at least two target finger joints and the joint angles; and determining a first joint angle of each target finger joint based on the first sensor data and the first mapping relation.

A wearable device may include an exoskeleton configured to attach to a hand of a user, wherein the exoskeleton comprises one or more finger linkages for respective fingers of the hand. A finger attachment may be configured to slide onto each finger and attached to the respective one or more finger linkages. The one or more finger linkages comprises a metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint linkage and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint linkage, wherein the one or more finger linkages couples the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint linkage and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint linkage together so that movement is restricted to one degree of freedom (DOF).

A device for exercising / strengthening feet includes a left pad for supporting and exercising a left foot and a right pad for supporting and exercising a right foot, each pad comprising a rear portion to support the hindfoot thereon and a front portion to support the midfoot and the forefoot thereon, the front portion comprising a hallux portion to support the hallux. A notch is positioned adjacent to the hallux portion and underneath the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint of the foot. The hallux portion and the notch are configured such that at least a portion of the first MTP joint is unsupported by the front portion to reduce a pressure experienced by the first MTP joint when the hindfoot is supported on the heel portion and to provide increased plantarflexion of the first metatarsal bone of the foot when the hindfoot is raised and unsupported by the rear portion.

The utility model discloses a mechanical finger with a T-shaped shaft joint structure, which comprises a T-shaped shaft component, the T-shaped shaft component comprises a joint part and a shaft part, and a metacarpal bone unit and a finger unit are respectively hinged to two ends of the shaft part and the joint part; one end of the first rotary kinematic pair is connected to the finger unit, and the other end is movably connected to the distal end of the metacarpal bone unit; one end of the second rotary kinematic pair is connected to the finger unit, and the other end is movably connected to the near end of the metacarpal bone unit; when the rotating directions of the first rotating motion pair and the second rotating motion pair are opposite, the finger unit performs side-sway motion along the joint part relative to the metacarpal bone unit; and when the rotating directions of the first rotating motion pair and the second rotating motion pair are the same, the finger unit performs bending motion along the shaft part relative to the metacarpal bone unit. A parallel and stable double-supporting frame is formed, the torsion resistance and lateral load resistance of the joint in the side-sway and bending state are enhanced, and high-rigidity and high-precision double-degree-of-freedom movement in a compact space is achieved.