51 results about "Spinal curvature" patented technology

The present invention generally relates to methods and devices for treatment of spinal deformity, and in particular to the utilization of at least one implant to either maintain the position of at least one vertebra of a patient to prevent increase in abnormal spinal curvature, to slow progression of abnormal curvature, or to impose at least one corrective displacement and/or rotation on at least one vertebra of a patient so as to incrementally correct abnormal spinal curvature.

Apparatuses and methods of treating a collapsed vertebra may include inserting cannulae into the damaged vertebral body and one or more adjacent vertebral bodies and repositioning the one or more adjacent vertebral bodies by manipulating one or more of the cannulae. Before or after repositioning the vertebral bodies, the method may further include passing through the cannula and into the damaged vertebra a disruption tool for fracturing the damaged vertebral body. Once the cortical bone is broken or otherwise disrupted, the height of the damaged vertebral body may be restored, for example by removing the disruption tool and inserting through the cannula another tool, implant, device and/or material to restore the height of the vertebral body and to restore normal spinal curvature in the affected area. Bone cement, bone chips, demineralized bone or other grafting material or filler may be added with or without an implanted device to augment the damaged vertebral body.

A spinal curvature correction device has a flexible tube having one or multiple lumens extending longitudinally through substantially the entire length of the flexible member. The lumens are a plurality of channels formed to receive multiple longitudinal members, or rods. Each rod is shaped to a desired curvature of a healthy spine or a curvature that will affect a correction of a diseased spine. The hollow, flexible tube is surgically placed along the axis of the spine and fixed. After fixation to the spinal elements is structurally stable, a plurality of curved semi-rigid rods is placed within the channels of the flexible tube. As additional rods are placed within the hollow flexible member, increased force is applied to the spine by the device, thereby moving the spine towards the desired curvature.

The invention discloses a posture correction device and a posture correction method. The posture correction device comprises an adsorption part and a mobile terminal, the adsorption part comprises a first elastic film, a second elastic film and a third elastic film, strain gauge pressure sensors, processors and wireless communication modules are attached to the first elastic film, the second elastic film and the third elastic film, the strain gauge pressure sensors are connected with the processors, and the processors are connected with the wireless communication modules; the first elastic film is attached to the center of the cervical vertebra of the human skin surface, the second elastic film is attached to the center of the thoracic vertebra of the human skin surface, and the third elastic film is attached to the center of the lumbar vertebra of the human skin surface. The strain gauge pressure sensor corresponding to each elastic membrane uploads a human spinal curvature angle value acquired by the strain gauge pressure sensor to the mobile terminal through the wireless communication module; and the mobile terminal inputs the acquired human spinal curvature angle value into a pre-trained classification model, and outputs a human spinal posture correction prompt instruction.

Spinal curvature modulation systems, methods and related devices and instrumentation are disclosed, which include a flexible tether, a tether tensioning unit and bone anchors for the flexible tether that allow the tether to be secured across multiple vertebrae in a region of treatment. When the flexible tether is attached to multiple vertebrae, it can be used to correct spinal deformities. Tension in the flexible tether is adjustable transcutaneously without invasive surgical procedures by use of remotely driven actuators, such as a magnet-driven motor, or by a small tool insertable through a small incision. Disclosed systems and methods thus allow for multiple adjustments of tether tension, and spinal curvature, over time without repeated, highly invasive, spinal surgeries.

The invention is applicable to the technical field of image processing, and provides a spine image processing method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps: acquiring a spine image, wherein the spine image comprises image information of a spine; performing image segmentation processing on the spine image to obtain a target image, wherein the target image comprises each vertebra image area, and each vertebra image area is an image area corresponding to each vertebra in the spine; determining edge lines of at least two vertebra image areas, whereinthe edge lines comprise an upper edge line and a lower edge line of the vertebra image areas; and determining the spinal curvature angle of the spinal image according to the included angle between theupper edge line and the lower edge line. According to the embodiment of the invention, the spinal curvature angle can be accurately determined.

The invention relates to the field of artificial intelligence, is applied to the field of smart medical care, and discloses a spinal curvature angle measuring method and device, computer equipment anda storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: inputting a to-be-measured spine image into a preset neural network model, and extracting a candidate frame image with the highest inclination probability from the to-be-measured spine image; extracting key points associated with vertebrae from the candidate frame image through a preset key point extraction model; encoding the key pointsof the vertebrae through a key point correction model, obtaining an encoding result, performing position correction on the key points associated with the vertebrae in the candidate frame image according to the encoding result, and correcting the candidate frame image according to the position correction result; and determining a Cobb angle for evaluating the spinal curvature angle according to the key points in the corrected candidate frame image. The invention also relates to a blockchain technology. The Cobb angle is stored in the blockchain. The spinal curvature angle measuring method anddevice provided by the invention are used for saving the time cost and the labor cost for measuring the Cobb angle.

The invention relates to posture correcting and protective eyeglasses. A vertical eyeglass frame which consists of a bracket and eyeglasses is adopted. The bracket plays a supporting role, the height of the bracket is adjusted when the posture correcting and protective eyeglasses are used, and a user can then view a viewing target only in a manner that the user must be in a correct sitting position and can neither offset the head nor lie forwardly, so that the posture can be corrected, the humpback is avoided, the spinal curvature and cervical spondylosis are prevented, and the distance from the viewing target to eyes is fixed; and the eyeglasses are lenses or lens groups which are specially formulated according to the refraction status of the eyes of the user and the distance from the viewing target to the eyes, so that the overcorrection is prevented, the eyes are enabled to suffer from excessive myopia fatigue as little as possible, the occurrence of myopia is prevented, and the deepening and development of the myopia are slowed down.

The invention relates to a scoliosis measuring instrument which comprises a measuring plate, a spinous process marking pen, a track recognition sensor, a central processor, and a display module. A positioning trough that slidably matches the spine is formed at one side in the length direction. The spinous process marking pen is used for locating and marking each spinous process of the spine so asto indicate spinous process marking points. The measuring plate is provided with a mounting position corresponding to the positioning trough to mount the spinous process marking pen, so that the pen point of the spinous process marking pen extends to be in contact with the spine. When the measuring plate moves in the spine extending direction, the pen point of the spinous process marking pen sequentially connects all spinous process marking points. The track recognition sensor is used for acquiring the moving track of the spinous process marking pen. The central processor in electric control connection with the track recognition sensor is used for generating a spine curve according to the moving track of the spinous process marking pen and obtaining a spine bending angle according to the spine curve. The display module is used for displaying the spinal curvature angle. The scoliosis measuring instrument always moves along the position of the spine in the measuring process and the thusprecision of scoliosis measurement is guaranteed.

The embodiment of the invention relates to a method for detecting scoliosis, equipment and a medium. According to the method, a plurality of spine segments of a spine are identified from a spine image based on a trained deep learning model; a minimum enclosing rectangle of each spine segment is determined; the slope of the upper and lower edges of each minimum bounding rectangle is determined so as to determine the position of a first minimum bounding rectangle and a second minimum bounding rectangle for each spinal curvature segment of the spine based on the determined slope, the first minimum bounding rectangle being associated with the upper end vertebra of the spinal curvature segment and the second minimum enclosing rectangle is associated with the lower end vertebra of the spine bending section; for each spine bending segment, a lateral bending angle of the spine bending segment is determined based on the upper edge of the corresponding first minimum enclosing rectangle and the lower edge of the corresponding second minimum enclosing rectangle; and based on the determined scoliosis angle, the existence state of the spine with respect to scoliosis is determined. Therefore, the detection efficiency can be improved.

An intravertebral device for modulating vertebral growth without changing spinal mobility or compressing the intervertebral disc. By implanting the device around the vertebral growth plate, on the convex side of the curvature, a compression is induced on one side of the growth plate during the vertebral growth. This local growth modulation decreases significantly the vertebral wedging and corrects the global deformity of the spine. The device provides a minimally invasive and fusionless way of correcting spinal curvatures while preserving the intervertebral disc.

The invention discloses a spinal curvature deformation preventing device for a human body, and belongs to the technical field of health care equipment. The device comprises a waist support member, a back support member, and a neck support member, wherein cloth is arranged on the outer sides of the waist support member, the back support member, and the neck support member in a sleeved mode; a backup plate II and a backup plate III are arranged on a backup plate I of the waist support member; a head support member is connected to the upper side of the neck support member; the head supporting member comprises a swing guide rod assembly, a front-back moving assembly and a rotating assembly; the upper side of a guide rod of the swing guide rod assembly is fixedly connected to the middle of a U-shaped head protection support; the left or right side of the neck support member is connected to a power line; and a key device is connected to the middle section of the power line. The structure canprovide support for the whole spine and adaptively support two sides of the waist to prevent the backrest from being insufficiently supported; by using the device, the neck can complete all-dimensional exercise such as left-right lateral flexion, front-back lateral flexion and left-right rotation; the head protection support only provides leaning for the head, danger cannot be generated, spinal diseases can be prevented, and discomfort can be relieved; and the device is comfortable for spine leaning, light and portable, and can be used anytime and anywhere.

The invention relates to the field of medical instruments, and especially relates to a sitting posture adjusting system and method for avoiding spinal curvature based on position sensors. The method comprises the following steps: 1, correcting a straight state: enabling a user to sit on a chair and the spine to be straight, enabling the height of a table to be in the optimal position, and using acentral control system to record the position of a sensor triggered below and the position of a sensor not triggered below, wherein standard sitting posture of one person can only have one optimal state, 2, judging a use state: when the user sits on the chair, using the central control system to judge the position of the sensor triggered below the central control system and the position of the sensor not triggered, meanwhile, comparing with the position of the sensor in step 1, if the triggering positions of the one or more sensors are inconsistent, judging that the sitting posture is a non-standard sitting posture, and if the triggering positions are consistent, determining that the sitting posture is the standard sitting posture, and 3, when the sitting posture is not standard, carryingout the following operations: 1, reminding, and 2, actively lowering the state of the chair. The spine of a person needs to be straightened when the arm of the person wants to keep working on the table top,

An improved spinal orthosis for treating scoliosis comprises a semi-rigid brace shell with a split extending from a top end to a bottom end, and a cavity to receive the torso of a wearer. The brace shell defines at least one hole. At least one strap extends inside of a portion of the brace shell, through the at least one hole and around a portion of the outside of the brace shell across the split in the brace shell. The at least one strap is tensioned and the brace shell is closed around the wearer by pulling a first end of the at least one strap and detachably fastening it to the brace shell. The tensioned strap harnesses the elastic potential energy of the closed brace shell to apply dynamic corrective forces to the area of the user's torso most proximate to the apex of the spinal curvature.

The invention discloses an intelligent spinal curvature monitoring system and method. The intelligent spinal curvature monitoring system comprises a first monitoring device, a second monitoring device and a third monitoring device; and the first monitoring device, the second monitoring device and the third monitoring device are installed on the upper portion, the middle portion and the lower portion, corresponding to the human spine, of a vest respectively and used for detecting the upper bending angle, the middle bending angle and the lower bending angle of the human spine. The first monitoring device, the second monitoring device and the third monitoring device are used for monitoring the spine bending angle at multiple points, the dynamic bending curvature and the bending angle of the measured curved surface can be accurately measured, the bending measurement result is not influenced by the tensile deformation of the cloth, the common tightening type humpback-preventing vest in the market is broken through, and a better use experience is brought to a user; and the intelligent system is used for reminding and correcting the phenomenon of spinal curvature of teenagers, no burden or damage is caused to the bodies of the teenagers, and the effect of preventing spinal curvature is achieved in a healthy mode.

The invention belongs to the technical field of body shape correction tools, and particularly relates to a spine corrector and a correction method. According to the invention, the traditional thinkingof passively correcting the body posture by 'Babaka 'is changed, and the corrector of the invention corrects spinal curvature in an active force reminding mode. Specifically, the forward bending degree and the lateral bending degree of the back are detected through an angle sensor, and when the bending degree exceeds a normal range, a motor actively pulls a tension line to give out an active force prompt, so that teenagers actively change postures, straighten the chest, exert force, exercise related muscles and ligaments, maintain normal straightened postures, strengthen exercise of the related muscles, form muscle memory and finally get rid of the corrector. Moreover, users feel more comfortable after wearing the corrector for a long time and can move more flexibly, and the body does notfeel tight. Besides, the spine corrector is intelligent to a certain extent and has greater attraction to teenagers, and the resistance psychology of the teenagers to the spine corrector is reduced.

The invention discloses a correcting frame mechanism of a medical spine correcting machine. The mechanism comprises a fastening frame and a fastening plate, the fastening frame and the fastening plate form a rectangular frame; a lattice structure is fixedly mounted in the rectangular frame; the dot matrix structure is an integral structure with 36 columns and 74 rows formed by splicing a plurality of dot matrix units, and the correction frame mechanism can move front and back; when the dot matrix unit serves as a displacement sensor, the correction frame mechanism moves forwards and enables the dot matrix structure to press the back of the patient, and therefore the dot matrix structure can rub the shape of the back of the patient. The computer can establish a three-dimensional model of the back of the patient according to information collected by the lattice structure, and then the spinal curvature condition of the patient is calculated and a corresponding correction plan is made. The modeling mechanism can establish a new dot matrix model on the dot matrix structure according to the spine three-dimensional model corrected by the computer, and then the correction frame mechanism moves forwards and carries out correction treatment on the back of a patient in a periodic static pressure and pulse pressure mode according to needs until a correction plan is completed.