80 results about "Shoulder muscle" patented technology

A method of treating shoulder dysfunction involves the use of a percutaneous, intramuscular stimulation system. A plurality of intramuscular stimulation electrodes are implanted directly into select shoulder muscles of a patient who has suffered a disruption of the central nervous system such as a stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury or cerebral palsy. An external microprocessor based multi-channel stimulation pulse train generator is used for generating select electrical stimulation pulse train signals. A plurality of insulated electrode leads percutaneously, electrically interconnect the plurality of intramuscular stimulation electrodes to the external stimulation pulse train generator, respectively. Stimulation pulse train parameters for each of the stimulation pulse train output channels are selected independently of the other channels. The shoulder is evaluated for subluxation in more than one dimension. More than one muscle or muscle group is simultaneously subjected to a pulse train dosage. Preferably, the at least two dosages are delivered asynchronously to two muscle groups comprising the supraspinatus in combination with the middle deltoid, and the trapezious in combination with the posterior deltoid.

A method and adjustable apparatus for stabilizing and strengthening the shoulder muscles and rotator cuff provides an active range of motion activities that can be performed with or without resistance. In particular, the method and apparatus provide for scapular retraction and protraction, shoulder flexion, extension, adduction and abduction, as well as internal and external shoulder rotation, performed horizontally and vertically. All of these motions are beneficial to the shoulder joint because they allow the joint to move freely throughout its normal range of motion using natural mechanics of the rotator cuff and surrounding muscles. The method and apparatus provide the essential benefit of stabilizing the shoulder and rotator cuff throughout these motions so that the user's range of motion and strength building is optimized. The method and apparatus also provide for self myofascial release techniques to decrease spasm.

Sports taping tights include multi-layered coats of silicone or urethane on sections in the front and back of arm muscle parts, front and back of shoulder muscle parts, the belly muscle parts, front and back of lower waist and buttock muscle parts, front and back of thigh and calf muscle parts, the front and back of ankle muscle parts and sections of knees in the inside or outside surface of the upper and lower halves of the tights applied by multi-step print coating to provide selective distribution of stronger fabric tension without necessitating cutting of main fabric, thereby maximizing the tightness of the contact of fabric with body, assisting and reinforcing the muscles and ligaments, enhancing the mobility of body, protecting and increasing the power of muscles and ligaments and protecting the body.

Methods for treatment and prevention of disorders resulting from hypertension of neck and shoulder muscles, in particular hypertension of the scalenius muscles, comprise administering a training regime to a subject suffering from the disorders, whereby the training regime comprises manipulating an object while maintaining a pinch-grip force exerted by the fingers on the object below a given threshold value. The object preferably has a pressure sensor that generates a signal when the pinch-grip force exceeds the threshold value. The object may be a writing instrument whereby the training may comprise writing exercises.

A method for training and exercising athletes, using an apparatus comprising a stretchable elastomer tube having a molded baseball and snap hook collar mounted thereon opposed ends. An exercise device is provided for developing, rehabilitating, strengthening the arm and shoulder muscles participated with the throwing motion.

A CHF management system is provided comprising a wearable textile-based harness and a signal acquisition unit. The harness includes an elastic horizontal band and an elastic vertical band; the horizontal band wraps proximate to a body portion around the thoracic cage region; the horizontal band passing over the xyphoid process and thoracic cage between 5th and 6th ribs positions; the vertical band wrapping over the shoulder passing between shoulder muscle and deltoid muscle; wherein the vertical band and horizontal band connected in front at the xyphoid process location and at the back on either side of the back-center; a first plurality of sensors located along a first vector extending along the vertical band on a front side of the harness; a second plurality of sensors located along a second vector extending along the horizontal band on the front side of the harness; wherein upon wearing the textile-based harness, the first and second plurality of sensors are placed in contact with skin of wearer.

The invention relates to a shoulder rehabilitation training robot with three degrees of freedom, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments.The robot comprises a seat, a series-parallel mechanism and a front end handle; the series-parallel mechanism is arranged at the top of the seat and movably connected with the seat, the front end handle is arranged at the front end of the series-parallel mechanism, the series-parallel mechanism comprises an orthogonal 5R parallel mechanism and a gear transmission mechanism, and the gear transmission mechanism is arranged at the front end of the orthogonal 5R parallel mechanism.According to the shoulder rehabilitation training robot with the three degrees of freedom, X-direction rotation, Y-direction rotation and Z-direction rotation are achieved, and actual rehabilitation exercises simulating shoulder movement are achieved; the shoulder muscle body of a patient is recovered to a certain degree through passive rehabilitation training; rehabilitation training can be better and more comprehensively supplied to the patient, the structure is simple, the relative stiffness is high, and the cost is low.

Disclosed is a dumbbell-like pillow which is characterized in that the bottom is straight and plane, the middle part is a dumbbell rod which is small and slants to the bottom and the two ends are dumbbell balls; the dumbbell rod and the dumbbell balls at two ends are naturally connected through a multi-folder saddle-like upper curve face and each of the two joints is provided with a flute at the middle; the front side and the back side of the pillow are perpendicular to the bottom. When a person lies flat on the rod of the dumbbell-like pillow, the person can make use of the weight of the head to generate weak traction to the cervical spine. The weak traction can gradually generate a weak tension in the cervical spine clearance to condition the cervical spine. When the person lies on side on the dumbbell ball platform, the cervical spine and the thoracic spine are approximately at the same height, so the cervical spine will not bend to the side and is free from side pressure. Therefore, cervical and shoulder muscles can be relaxed during sleeping and sleeping comfortableness can be ensured.

A stroller handle extender for an existing stroller, for increasing the effective length of the push handles thereof, so that a taller individual may comfortably stand upright while grasping the push handles and pushing a child in the stroller, and thereby avoid straining the back, neck, and shoulder muscles. The stroller handle extender has two elongated extender handles, and has two clamping assemblies, each having an upper bracket and a lower bracket. Each clamping assembly is simultaneously and selectively attachable to one of the push handles and to one of the extender handles by simultaneously sandwiching both the push handle and the extender handle between the upper bracket and the lower bracket, by extending two bolts through the upper bracket and the lower bracket, and by threading each of the bolts into a different wing nut.

The invention provides an experimental platform for bionic force loading of shoulder joint in vitro and its function detection, including a bracket unit, a base unit, a scapula fixation and muscle loading unit, a humerus clamping and rotation measurement unit, a humerus motion guiding arc frame and a humeral head Displacement detection unit. The experimental platform can provide different shoulder joint specimens with fixed static space posture according to the experimental requirements, and cooperate with the fixture to perform static phase adjustment of three degrees of freedom of the glenohumeral joint and one degree of freedom of the scapula. The muscle loading unit is composed of multiple force-transmitting cables and corresponding pneumatic servo systems, which provide the bionic muscle force of each muscle group of the shoulder joint in vitro. Under the control of the computer, the bionic muscle force is applied to the shoulder joint specimen, which can realize the multi-degree-of-freedom movement of the shoulder joint, and at the same time detect the functional parameters of the shoulder joint. The biomechanical data measured by this experimental platform can be used as an important index for shoulder joint function evaluation.

An ergonomic pillow is provided. The ergonomic pillow according to current application is to release muscles of a user's neck and upper shoulder to remove pains. Office workers usually spend long hours with crouched position. When a user uses this ergonomic pillow while sleeping, it releases muscles on the neck and upper portion of the shoulder of a user. The ergonomic pillow according to current application is comprised of a long cylindrical center portion and two trapezoidal wings whose narrow tip is rounded. The two wings are developed along the long axis of the cylindrical portion on the outer surface thereof. Center portion of one wing is removed for shoulder approach. The pillow of the current application is made of a porous visco-elastic polymer or wood.

The invention relates to a reciprocating body builder comprising a vertical rod, supports fixedly connected with the vertical rod, rotating wheels, handles on the rotating wheels, rack boxes fixedly connected with the supports and rotating shafts fixedly connected with the centers of the rotating wheels. The rack boxes are internally provided with racks and gears meshed with the racks. The racks fixedly sleeve the rotating shafts. The rack boxes are provided with guide rails allowing the rotating shafts to move as the gears meshed with the racks rotate. Two ends of each rack are provided with limiting blocks. In use, the exerciser holds the handles on the rotating wheels to rotate to drive the other ends of the rotating shafts and the gears meshed with the racks to rotate; with the racks fixed, the rotating wheels drive the gears to do linear reciprocating motions along the racks, and the handles on the rotating wheels drive arms of the exerciser to rotate and do lateral reciprocating motions along the rack direction, simultaneously; in this way, upper limb muscle and flexibility of the exerciser is exercised to improve shoulder muscle group strength. The reciprocating body builder is simple in structure, low in production cost and smooth to operate.

The invention puts forward a back massage and shoulder muscle relaxation mechanism and a using method. A frame is provided with a fixing rod and an air cylinder; a connecting plate and a movable plateare respectively arranged above and below the fixing rod; the air cylinder is laterally arranged on the frame, and the air cylinder is connected with the connecting plate; the connecting plate comprises two chute plates that are symmetrically arranged, two lifting bars are symmetrically arranged on the movable plate; one end of each lifting bar is hinged to the movable plate through a rotating pin while the other end is slidably connected to one chute plate through a round rod after running through a limiting sleeve on the fixing rod. The connecting plate and the movable plate are ingeniouslyconnected through the symmetric chute plates and the lifting bars; when the air cylinder drives the connecting plate to reciprocate leftward and rightward, a rolling column arranged at a bottom partof the connecting plate rolls left and right to conduct back massaging operation; the movable plate can shake up and down under the action of the lifting bars, a knocking hammer arranged at a bottom part of the movable plate continuously strikes the shoulder muscles, and the mechanism can be used for massaging multiple parts of a human body at the same time and can help people to relax quickly.

The invention discloses a body-building apparatus for exercising strength of shoulders and upper limbs and instructions for use thereof, belonging to the field of body-building apparatuses. Its main purpose is to provide consumers and the majority of fitness enthusiasts with a convenient fitness equipment aimed at exercising shoulder muscles and upper limb muscles. Its main components are: lifting pulley, lifting arm, lifting unit , frame, wire rope, backrest, counterweight, adjustable saddle, adjusting bolts, guide pulleys; install according to a certain installation process, and operate and use in accordance with the instructions during use. The more professional fitness equipment with more standardized movements can also play a certain auxiliary effect on the treatment and rehabilitation of related injuries. It is the first choice of fitness equipment for various fitness venues and home fitness.

The invention provides a backpack comprising a bag body, a moving support for supporting and fixing the bag body, a back plate for supporting the back of a human body, two shoulder straps connected with the back plate, and a buffering mechanism used for reducing the vibration amplitude of the backpack in the vertical direction; the buffering mechanism comprises a linear sliding rail assembly for guiding the moving support to move up and down on the back plate and an elastic element which is connected with the back plate and the moving support and plays a damping buffering effect, one end of the elastic element is connected with the moving support, and the other end of the elastic element is connected with the back plate. In the process of walking motion with the human backpack being loaded, the linear sliding rail assembly guides the bag body loading a heavy object to reciprocate in the vertical direction, and the vibration amplitude generated by the up-down reciprocating motion of thebag body is reduced through the action of the damping force of the elastic element, so that the impact force of the shoulder straps on the shoulders of the human body is well buffered, the compression force of the backpack on the shoulders is reduced, and fatigue damage caused to the shoulder muscles by the backpack is avoided.

An exercise apparatus for isolating and strengthening upper back and shoulder muscles including opposed first and second outboard support members containing separate and opposed sets of stacked weights supported for reciprocation vertically, and an upper cross-member containing a pair of aligned upper roller tracks. The frame includes a pair of inboard first and second crossbars supported at opposed ends in upper and lower roller tracks of the frame, such that the crossbars are manipulated in opposed outwardly directions by the user positioned therebetween. Separate cables and supporting pulleys are utilized to extend between first and second crossbars for connections to respective opposed sets of stacked weights, allowing for concurrent movement of weights when each crossbar is moved laterally outwardly and inwardly by user's right and left hands in palm-out orientation, thereby isolating and strengthening the user's upper back and shoulder muscles.

The invention provides a method for evaluating the steering control efficiency of a vehicle driver. The method comprises the following steps of: installing a steering sensor on a steering column of a vehicle to measure a steering force from the driver, attaching a muscle electrode to the shoulder muscle of the driver to collect a myoelectric signal of the shoulder muscle group of the driver, and establishing estimation equations of effective steering force and total steering force during steering control of the driver by regression analysis in combination with a model of relationship between the driver myoelectric signal and the muscular contraction force. The method achieves the purpose of evaluating the steering control efficiency of the driver and provides a theoretical basis for evaluating the steering comfort of the driver and the performance of the steering system. The method is suitable for the steering control of various vehicles and can be widely applied to the evaluation of driving comfort and steering system performance.

The invention relates to a bionic massager for treating shoulder muscle strain, and belongs to the field of medical instruments. The bionic massager comprises a base, wherein a back plate is vertically fixed to the base, a seat plate is fixed to the back plate, two massage assemblies are arranged on the back plate, and a power assembly is arranged on the base. The bionic massager can simulate human hand operation to knead strain parts, the massage effect is greatly improved, the manufacturing cost and the use cost are low, and a patient can operate the bionic massager by himself/herself.

The invention belongs to the technical field of shoulder health care and nursing and particularly relates to an exquisite shoulder beautifying and conditioning formula, a preparation method and a use method. The formula comprises a massage oil component and a tightening oil component, wherein the massage oil component is prepared from grapefruit oil, rosemary leaf oil and grape seed oil, and the tightening oil component is prepared from lavender oil, propylene glycol, pelargonium graveolens flower oil, glycerol, grapefruit oil, rhizoma cyperi extractive and anise oil. The exquisite shoulder beautifying and conditioning formula disclosed by the invention has overall effects of activating shoulder blood vessels, tightening skin, enabling the skin to be elastic, removing redundant fat of the shoulder, effectively relieving shoulder fatigue and shoulder muscle stiffness, improving human body immunity, effectively preventing shoulder diseases, improving human body vigor, improving sleeping quality, having no toxicity and harm to a human body, having no side effect and having effects of thinning shoulders, beautifying shoulders, improving skin and preventing shoulder diseases.

The invention discloses a multifunctional bellyband for a patient after a hepatobiliary surgery. The multifunctional bellyband includes hanging shoulders; chest sheets which are symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal axis of a zipper and extend horizontally are arranged under the hanging shoulders; waist binding sheets for being fixed on a waist are fixedly sewn on two sides of a waist protective assembly; the two waist binding sheets are connected through hook and loop tapes; honeycomb back supports which are distributed on shoulders at two sides of a human spine are arranged above springs; and the honeycomb back supports are connected through back support shrink films. According to the multifunctional bellyband for the patient after the hepatobiliary surgery, the plurality of the chest sheets extending horizontally are arranged on a chest position, an abdominal cavity of the patient can be flexibly supported and protected by the chest sheets; waist supports for supporting waist and abdominal muscle groups, the honeycomb back supports and the back support shrink films for tensioning shoulder muscle groups, and a spine supporting assembly for supporting and protect vertebral columns and a spine are arranged on two sides of the waist and the back; and the autonomous action capability and the limb control ability of the patient can be improved.

The invention relates to an auxiliary instrument for exposing the surgical vision field during posterior cervical spine surgery. The auxiliary instrument comprises a fixed backing plate and a head supporting mechanism which is disposed at the front end of the fixed backing plate and used for supporting the head of a patient; when the fixed backing plate is laid on an operating bed and the patientis prostrate on the operating bed, the shoulders of the patient are higher than the head, and correspondingly the neck is exposed; the fixed backing plate is provided with a shoulder muscle stretchingand fixing device, and two stretching strips in the shoulder muscle stretching and fixing device are used for pulling and fixing muscles of the shoulders on both sides backward, so that the posteriorpart of the cervical spine is exposed completely. The auxiliary instrument is laid on the operating bed during use, and the two stretching strips in the shoulder muscle stretching and fixing device are used for pulling and fixing the muscles of the shoulders on both sides backward after the patient is placed on the fixed backing plate, so that the posterior part of the cervical spine is exposed completely. The fixing mode is not only simple and convenient but also very stable, and the phenomenon of slippage during the surgery cannot occur.