50 results about "Orthopedic braces" patented technology

An orthopedic brace features a posterior bracing system coupled to an anterior bracing system. The posterior bracing system includes a first plurality of telescopic lateral panels with a first telescopic lateral panel coupled to a first belt member and a second telescopic lateral panel coupled to a second belt member. The anterior bracing system includes a second plurality of telescopic lateral panels such as a third telescopic lateral panel and a fourth telescopic lateral panel. The first telescopic lateral panel and the first belt member are positioned into a curved form to enable the first belt member to attach to the third telescopic lateral panel of the anterior bracing system while the second telescopic lateral panel and the second belt member are positioned into a curved form to enable the second belt member to attach to the fourth telescopic lateral panel of the anterior bracing system.

The invention discloses a flex testing device and a flex testing method of an orthopedic brace, and relates to the technical field of testing equipment, and the flex testing device of the orthopedic brace comprises a driving assembly and at least one grabbing assembly. The driving assembly is used for providing driving force; the at least one grabbing assembly is connected with the driving assembly and comprises a clamping part, a transmission mechanism and a deviation mechanism, the clamping part is connected with one end of the transmission mechanism, the other end of the transmission mechanism is connected with the driving assembly, and the transmission mechanism can drive the clamping part to reciprocate along a preset track; the clamping parts can clamp and lock the preset position of the orthopedic brace, the orthopedic brace is fixedly connected to a preset area or the other clamping part, and the clamping parts can repeatedly bend or twist the orthopedic brace in the moving process. According to the device and the method, the flexion test of the orthopedic brace can be more conveniently and quickly carried out, the adaptability is wider, and flexion tests can be carried out on various types of orthopedic braces.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and particularly relates to a flexible scoliosis orthopedic and monitoring brace based on a sensor, comprising: a flexible fabric garment worn on a patient; the supporting units are detachably connected to the flexible fabric clothes, and the supporting units correspond to the lateral convex vertexes and the lateral convex vertexes opposite to the lateral convex vertexes of spine bending of the patient; the pressure detection mechanism is arranged on the supporting unit, and the pressure detection mechanism is used for detecting pressure data applied to the supporting unit by the side convex vertex and the side convex opposite side vertex of the spine of the patient; the collecting and processing mechanism is arranged on the flexible fabric clothes, and the collecting and processing mechanism is electrically connected with the pressure detection mechanism; and the data terminal is in communication connection with the acquisition processing mechanism and is used for outputting a processing result of the acquisition processing mechanism on the pressure data. According to the orthopedic brace, the orthopedic force and the posture of a patient can be detected in a non-invasive and non-radiation mode in real time, and the orthopedic brace has great significance in improving the scoliosis treatment effect and improving the patient experience.

The utility model designs a height adjusting structure of a spine orthopedic brace. The height adjusting structure comprises a base plate, an upper sliding plate and a lower sliding plate, wherein the base plate is used for being fixed on fabric and is integrally formed; the device is characterized in that the base plate is provided with a main plate part and a wing plate part located on one side of the main plate part, a vertically-through channel is formed in the main plate part, the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate are both arranged in the channel in a penetrating mode and can slide up and down, and the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate are detachably fixed in the channel through fasteners; and a lock catch seat on which the lock catch is mounted or a hook on which the connecting buckle is hung is integrally formed on the base plate. According to the invention, a plurality of conventional functional components are integrated into a single plastic component (substrate), in this way, the overall cost of the product is reduced, and the time required for the assembly stage is reduced.

This utility model discloses an easily adjustable orthopedic orthotic device, mainly relating to orthopedic orthotic devices. It includes two clamps, a tightening structure, and an adjusting structure. A stabilizing plate is provided at one end of each clamp, and the clamps and stabilizing plates are connected via the adjusting structure. Several straps and several connecting straps are fixedly connected to the upper and lower surfaces of both clamps and the two stabilizing plates, respectively. The straps and connecting straps are connected via the tightening structure, which includes a shell. The shell is slidably connected to the straps and connecting straps. A rotating shaft is rotatably connected inside the shell, and a connecting shaft is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the shell. A rotating ring is fixedly connected to the arc surface of the connecting shaft. The advantages of this utility model are: it allows for convenient and rapid tightening of the orthopedic orthotic device, greatly improving the efficiency of its use, and it can be tightened according to the different limb shapes of different patients.

The invention provides a lightweight adjustable knee joint corrector, relates to the technical field of knee joint correction auxiliary devices, and aims to solve the problems that a common knee joint orthopedic brace cannot provide assistance when a patient stretches and bends the knee due to lack of an assistance effect, and the knee joint cannot be corrected when the bending angle between a thigh bandage and a shank adjustable bandage changes too fast. The invention relates to an anti-falling device, in particular to an anti-falling device for a patient, which solves the problems that the rapid falling of the body cannot be blocked only by the relaxation or contraction of the muscle of the patient, and the secondary injury is easily caused along with the falling risk and the abrasion of knee joints in the prior art. The anti-falling device comprises a thigh fixing ring sleeve, and a shank fixing ring sleeve is arranged below the thigh fixing ring sleeve; the thigh fixing ring sleeve and the shank fixing ring sleeve are connected through a knee joint automatic flexion and extension connecting band, the outer side of the thigh fixing ring sleeve is matched with a thigh outer side buckle through a thigh fixing bandage for fixing and limiting, and the fixing mode of the outer side of the shank fixing ring sleeve is consistent with the fixing mode of the outer wall of the thigh fixing ring sleeve.

The invention discloses a flexible fitting orthopaedic postoperative position brace self-adaptive to human body curves, and relates to the technical field of orthopaedic position braces.The flexible fitting orthopaedic postoperative position brace comprises a back liner, grooves are formed in the two sides of the back liner, supporting pieces are slidably connected into the grooves, and the ends, away from the grooves, of the two supporting pieces are connected; through grooves are formed in the supporting piece and the back pad, tensioning pieces are arranged in the through grooves and connected with the supporting piece, limiting grooves are formed in openings of the grooves, limiting pieces are installed in the two limiting grooves, and the limiting pieces make contact with the supporting piece. The supporting structures are installed on the two sides of the back pad, the tensioning structures are used for fixing the supporting structures, the supporting structures can adjust the sizes of the extending areas on the two sides of the back pad, the supporting effect on the waist is improved, and the using requirements of different crowds are met; by rotating the position of the supporting structure in the groove, the supporting structure is more fit with a human body curve.

The invention discloses a pediatric foot and ankle orthosis brace, comprising a calf brace, an ankle brace and a forefoot brace, wherein the calf brace is further provided with a fixing ring; the fixing ring is arranged on the outer wall of the first spherical part, and a clamping groove is formed between the fixing ring and the outer wall of the first spherical part, the first spherical part is a hemispherical shell, and the concave arc surface of the first spherical part is used to cooperate with the heel; a second spherical part is arranged at a position corresponding to the first spherical part of the ankle brace, the second spherical part is clamped into the clamping groove, and the end face of the stud part of the square head screw clamps the second spherical part to the first spherical part after passing through the fixing ring; a sliding groove, a fixing through hole and a circular protrusion are arranged on the ankle brace, and a first screw rod and a second screw rod are further installed on the forefoot brace, the first screw rod and the second screw rod respectively pass through the fixing through hole and the sliding groove, and one end of the first screw rod and the second screw rod respectively pass through the fixing through hole and the sliding groove and are assembled and fixed with a first nut and a second nut by screw thread engagement.

An orthopedic brace features a belt brace and an adjustable spinal support extension. The belt brace includes a structural member. The adjustable spinal support extension is configured for insertion into the structural member. The adjustable spinal support extension includes a sleeve, a first strut member, and a second strut member adjustably coupled to the first strut member to alter a length of the spinal support extension. The first strut member and the second strut member are partially enclosed within the sleeve and a fastener of the structural member is attachable to a fastener on the sleeve when the adjustable spinal support extension is placed within the sleeve.

The invention relates to the technical field of pressure sensors, in particular to a pressure sensor and an orthopedic brace, the pressure sensor comprises a wrapping body and a porous supporting layer, an electrode layer is arranged between the wrapping body and the porous supporting layer, the wrapping body is internally provided with a plurality of pores, and the pore diameters of the pores are in gradient distribution along the thickness direction of the wrapping body; the pressure sensor comprises a wrapping body with gradient pores, the wrapping body is provided with the gradient pores to divide the wrapping body into a surface layer with a large pore diameter and an inner layer with a small pore diameter, the inner layer is connected with an electrode layer, the pores are further filled with conductive filler, and the invention further discloses an orthopedic brace which comprises the pressure sensor and further comprises a pressurizing device and a fastener. The wrapping body similar to the human skin is in contact with the human body, so that the problem of pressure sores caused by poor air permeability is solved, and the capacity of monitoring and sensing the change of orthopedic pressure can be improved.

The utility model relates to medical instrument technical field discloses a orthopedics orthosis convenient to wear, including orthopedics orthosis, the side of orthopedics orthosis is installed gradually with quick detachable assembly, the side of quick detachable assembly is provided with the limiting band for the leg of user is limited in the inside of orthopedics orthosis, the utility model discloses a user places the leg in the inside of orthopedics orthosis, and the magnetic attraction board slides into the inside of the magnetic attraction cabin, and the magnetic attraction between the magnetic attraction board and the magnetic attraction cabin produces magnetic attraction, so as to be limited in the outside of the leg of user with limiting band, and the automatic adjusting assembly input current controls limiting band to move to the leg of user, so as to be limited in the inside of orthopedics orthosis with the leg of patient, relative to the wearing scheme of traditional orthopedics orthosis, the overall efficiency of this technical scheme has improved 30%, and further reaches the technical effect that orthopedics orthosis is quickly worn.

An orthopedic system wherein a patient's brain is operably coupled to an actuation assembly for voluntarily moving a brace / limb of the patient between a number of desirable positions. An orthopedic brace, or one of more components thereof, which can be utilized with the orthopedic system.

The application discloses a kind of based on sponge piezoresistive sensor scoliosis monitoring method, it includes: preparation several sponge piezoresistive sensors, and array arrangement on a piece of sponge, form a piezoresistive sensor array;Piezoresistive sensor array is used as inner lining material and is fixed to the inner side of orthopedic brace, and make piezoresistive sensor array and the main scoliosis point of human body torso contact;After patient wears orthopedic brace with piezoresistive sensor array, piezoresistive sensor array gathers the stress data generated by human body due to scoliosis;Stress data is transmitted to terminal for analysis by wireless, and orthopedic brace is adjusted according to analysis result, and the position of patient scoliosis is orthopedically targeted;The monitoring method of the scheme can realize the evaluation of the correction condition of scoliosis patient, can carry out orthopedic brace timely adjustment or replacement, so that orthopedic brace can exert appropriate stress on the part to be orthopedically, to improve the orthopedic effect of orthopedic brace to patient.

The scoliosis orthopedic brace specifically comprises a hard brace body which surrounds the trunk part of the human body and extends from the chest to the crotch, the brace body is provided with an opening, a chest opening area and an abdomen opening area, and a plurality of sets of adjusting belt assemblies are arranged at the opening. The opening is convenient for a user to wear the orthopedic brace, the adjusting belt assembly is convenient for adjusting the tightness degree of the orthopedic brace according to the body type of the user, the chest opening area can reduce the compression of the orthopedic brace on female mammary tissue, and the belly opening area can reduce the compression of the orthopedic brace on the belly of the user. A plurality of air holes are formed in the brace body, so that the air permeability of the brace body is improved, and materials are saved. According to the scoliosis orthopedic brace provided by the utility model, on the premise of ensuring the orthopedic capability of the brace, the wearing comfort and compliance of the scoliosis orthopedic brace are improved, so that the orthopedic effect of the scoliosis orthopedic brace is finally improved.

The invention is suitable for the technical field of data processing, and provides a monitoring method, a monitoring device and a monitoring system.The monitoring method is applied to monitoring equipment, and the method comprises the steps that monitoring data when a user wears an orthopedic brace is obtained; the monitoring data comprises pressure information of the orthopedic brace and state information of a user; obtaining pressure data according to the pressure information; according to a state type corresponding to the state information, calculating state data corresponding to the state information of the state type; and the pressure data and the state data are visually displayed. According to the method, the state data corresponding to the state information can be flexibly calculated according to different state types of the state information, so that the monitoring accuracy is improved, and meanwhile, the pressure data and the state data are visually displayed, so that related personnel and a user can visually see the stress condition and state when the user wears the orthopedic brace, and the user experience is improved. And the wearing of the user can be timely adjusted.

The invention relates to the technical field of orthopedic braces, in particular to a pressure-visible and linearly-adjustable scoliosis orthopedic brace which comprises an elastic spine backup plate, a thin film pressure measuring sensing piece and a multi-point linkage supporting assembly, and a breathable inner cushion plate is arranged on the inner side of the elastic spine backup plate; a multi-point linkage supporting assembly is arranged between the breathable inner base plate and the elastic back backup plate, side elastic connecting belts are connected to the two sides of the elastic back backup plate, the side ends of the side elastic connecting belts are connected with an elastic front supporting plate, and a pressure linear adjusting assembly is arranged on the inner side of the elastic front supporting plate. Through the three-point layout of the thin film pressure measuring sensing piece, a mechanical conduction chain composed of the connecting plate, the movable conduction block and the conduction rod is matched, a body pressure signal is accurately amplified and converted into an electric signal, the electric signal is visually presented in real time through a host displayer, and the blindness that a traditional brace depends on experience judgment is changed.

An orthopedic brace for the correct anatomical locking and support of the backbone includes a semi-rigid dorsal structure with a vertical extension, closed inside a casing, having a conformation corresponding to a backbone, allowing the trend thereof to be followed and the spine itself to be supported. The lower part of the dorsal structure is connected to a lumbar strap that can be fastened at the front to a constraint in turn connected to the upper part of the dorsal structure. The dorsal structure and the lumbar strap are associated with each other through a rotary junction configured for retaining and mutual rotation on one plane of the dorsal structure relative to the lumbar strap.

The utility model provides an orthopedic brace for hammer-shaped fingers, which relates to the technical field of hammer-shaped finger orthopedic and comprises a low-temperature thermoplastic plate, the front surface of the low-temperature thermoplastic plate is connected with an orthopedic plate, the surface of one side of the low-temperature thermoplastic plate is connected with a first connecting belt, and the surface of the other side of the low-temperature thermoplastic plate is connected with a second connecting belt. According to the utility model, the hammer-shaped finger can be firmly fixed through the matching of the low-temperature thermoplastic plate and the orthopedic plate, and patients with palms of different sizes can be conveniently fixed through the Velcro A and the Velcro B, so that the problems that the existing brace is not firmly fixed, the tendon avulsion part is easy to displace, and the treatment effect is influenced are solved; and the rehabilitation time of the hammer finger is shortened.

An orthopedic brace featuring a posterior bracing system. The posterior bracing system comprises (i) a posterior panel including a plurality of locking slots and (ii) a first extension panel removably coupled to the posterior panel. The first extension panel includes a plurality of locking protrusions corresponding to and removably coupled to the plurality of locking slots.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and discloses a spinal fracture orthopedic brace which comprises a front clamping plate, an extrusion tightening assembly is arranged on one side of the front clamping plate, the extrusion tightening assembly comprises a winch, six sets of connecting ropes are wound on the inner side of the winch, and the extrusion tightening assembly comprises a sealing pipe. And a movable pipe is arranged in the middle of the sealing pipe in a sliding mode, piston discs are installed at the two ends of the movable pipe, the piston discs are arranged on the inner side of the movable pipe in a sliding mode, and a telescopic inclined block is arranged at the lower end of the movable pipe in a telescopic mode. The rapid tightening effect can be achieved through cooperation of an extrusion mode and a ratchet wheel module, the problems of strain and the like caused by tightening of one side can be effectively solved through synchronous clamping, meanwhile, a patient can independently use the device, operation is convenient, and the problem of secondary injury caused by force exertion of workers is solved.

The invention relates to the field of finite element analysis and orthopedic braces, in particular to a scoliosis correction effect evaluation method based on finite element analysis. Comprising the steps of constructing a point cloud model according to a CT image; the point cloud model is converted into a triangular mesh model, the triangular mesh model is repaired and optimized, and then the triangular mesh model is converted into an entity curved surface model; the entity curved surface models are combined and assembled; material parameters and boundary conditions of all the parts are set, spring units are added, grid division is carried out, finite element simulation calculation is carried out, and stress and deformation results of the spine are obtained. According to the method, the effect of treating scoliosis by the brace is visualized by establishing the three-dimensional model and performing simulation analysis, reference is provided for design and application of the brace, and support is also provided for a personalized treatment scheme of a patient.

Embodiments of the presently disclosed technology provide orthopedic braces that employ adaptive / variable stiffness metamaterials to emulate the strain-stiffening behavior of ligaments. These orthopedic braces may provide lower rigidity during low-demand / low-strain activities (e.g., normal gait movements) and increased rigidity under high-demand / high-strain activities (e.g., running and other movements that require larger ranges of motion and rotational velocities).

The utility model belongs to the technical field of scoliosis orthopedic, and particularly relates to a wearable scoliosis orthopedic brace which comprises three wearing rings, a supporting rod and a lateral traction assembly. The areas, corresponding to the back, of every two adjacent wearing rings are connected through at least one supporting rod, and the areas, corresponding to the chest and the abdomen, of every two adjacent wearing rings are connected through at least one supporting rod. The lateral traction assembly comprises a traction ring, a traction rope and two tighteners, the traction ring is arranged on the middle wearing ring, the two tighteners are correspondingly arranged on the upper wearing ring and the lower wearing ring, the traction rope is arranged in the traction ring in a penetrating mode, and the two ends of the traction rope are correspondingly arranged on the two tighteners. The lateral traction acting force is combined with the vertical supporting acting force of the supporting rod to jointly assist in aligning a scoliosis area, the orthopedic effect is better, the use flexibility is higher, and the orthopedic requirements of a patient in different orthopedic stages can be met by adjusting the length of the supporting rod and the tightening degree of the traction rope.

The application relates to a knee joint pneumatic decompression type orthopedic brace with a sensor, which comprises an orthopedic body, a fastener, an air bag unit, a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor and an angle sensor, wherein when the ratio of the plantar pressure transmitted by the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor is 0.5-2.0, the air pump does not work; when the ratio of the plantar pressure transmitted by the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor is not 0.5-2.0, the air pump controls the air inflation of the air bags located on the two sides of the knee joint; and when the bending angle of the knee joint transmitted by the angle sensor is 60-150 DEG, the air pump controls the air inflation of the air bags located on the back side of the knee joint. Compared with the prior art, the application can accurately and real-timely adjust the pressure of the medial and lateral sides of the knee joint and the pressure of the patellofemoral joint, correct the force line during the walking or movement of the knee joint, and relieve the symptoms of knee arthritis.

The utility model relates to the technical field of pressure sensors, in particular to a pressure sensor and an orthopedic brace, the pressure sensor comprises a wrapping body and a porous supporting layer, an electrode layer is arranged between the wrapping body and the porous supporting layer, the wrapping body is internally provided with a plurality of pores, and the pore diameters of the pores are distributed in a gradient manner along the thickness direction of the wrapping body. The pressure sensor comprises a wrapping body with gradient pores, the wrapping body is provided with the gradient pores, the gradient pores are arranged in the wrapping body to divide the wrapping body into a surface layer with a larger pore diameter and an inner layer with a smaller pore diameter, the inner layer is connected with an electrode layer, conductive fillers are filled in the pores, and the utility model further discloses an orthopedic brace which comprises the pressure sensor, a pressurizing device and a fastener. The wrapping body similar to the human skin is in contact with the human body, so that the problem of pressure sores caused by poor air permeability is solved, and the capacity of monitoring and sensing the change of orthopedic pressure can be improved.

The invention relates to a preparation and driving method of a knee joint orthopedic brace based on 4D printing and a brace structure, the preparation method and the driving method establish a biomechanical model with knee joint deformity characteristics by combining knee joint three-dimensional scanning body surface data and medical images, provide a model basis for brace printing, and improve the knee joint orthopedic brace. Prediction parameters are provided for driving the brace, and the practicability of the brace is improved; the brace structure comprises a first orthopedic plate and a second orthopedic plate which are connected through a first connecting plate and a second connecting plate, assembling is convenient, and walking is not affected after the brace structure is worn; the driving method comprises the steps that a biomechanical model with knee joint deformity characteristics is utilized, then a deep learning algorithm is combined to construct a knee joint orthopedic target angle prediction model, a reference is provided for various morphological changes of the orthopedic brace, the model can be adjusted according to specific stages to continue to be used, efficiency is improved, and the resource utilization rate is increased.

The present disclosure provides an orthopedic brace including: a leg cuff; a footplate; and a strut coupling the leg cuff to the footplate. The strut includes a first member with opposite first and second ends, a second member coupled at a first end to the first end of the first member, and a third member coupled at a first end to the second end of the first member. The brace further includes a first adjustable coupling element connecting the second member to the first member, and a second adjustable coupling element connecting the third member to the first member. The stiffness and / or bending location of the strut is adjustable based on the position of at least one of the adjustable coupling elements along the length of the first member.