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52 results about "Thoracic spine" patented technology

Combined three-vertebra rehabilitation pillow

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical rehabilitation, in particular to a cervical vertebra, thoracic vertebra and lumbar vertebra of a spine of a human body have various diseases, and when medical staff carry out treatment, patients are often suggested to support injured parts by using some appliances or other methods, so that the injured parts return to the physiological curvature which is naturally grown by the human body. However, existing appliances in the medical field are not good in effect, in order to solve the technical problem, the technical scheme is that the combined three-vertebra rehabilitation pillow comprises a bottom cushion, a pillow cushion, a lumbar vertebra cushion, a cervical vertebra cushion and a binding belt, when a user is supported to be in a supine state, the cervical vertebra, the thoracic vertebra and the lumbar vertebra return to the physiological bending degree at the same time, and the cervical vertebra, the thoracic vertebra and the lumbar vertebra return to the physiological bending degree. And a stretching (or relaxing) state is formed under the action of gravity, so that conditions are created for maintaining the health of the spine of a human body and removing injuries and diseases of the spine.
Owner:丁建军

Crash test dummy

The application provides a crash dummy, and relates to the technical field of crash dummies, and can improve the reliability of crash test data. A chest segment spine structure of the crash dummy comprises at least two first rigid thoracic vertebra pieces and at least two flexible thoracic vertebra pieces, the first rigid thoracic vertebra pieces and the flexible thoracic vertebra pieces are alternately arranged along the extension direction of the chest segment spine structure and sequentially connected in a head-to-tail mode, a rib piece is fixedly connected with the first rigid thoracic vertebra piece, the rib piece is arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the first rigid thoracic vertebra piece, and the at least two rib pieces are all slidably connected with a sternum piece along the extension direction of the chest segment spine structure. The compression and expansion of the flexible thoracic vertebra piece enable the chest segment spine structure to produce bending, stretching and lateral bending movements, the crash dummy can produce forward bending, backward bending and lateral turning responses, the injury condition of the crash dummy in a crash is consistent with the injury condition of a real human body, and the reliability of crash test data can be improved.
Owner:GREAT WALL MOTOR CO LTD

A cervical and lumbar vertebra rehabilitation training system integrating posture monitoring and movement guidance

This invention relates to the field of cervical and lumbar spine rehabilitation technology, and more particularly to a cervical and lumbar spine rehabilitation training system integrating posture monitoring and motion guidance. The system includes the following modules: a data acquisition and preprocessing module, used to collect real-time three-dimensional posture data of the user's cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine and related joints, and generate motion data after standardization processing; and a micro-deviation analysis module, which generates a personalized micro-deviation accumulation model based on the motion data, predicts micro-deviations in real time, and generates personalized training adjustment strategies based on the user's physiological characteristics, historical training data, and current movements. In this invention, the micro-deviation analysis module extracts joint position, angle, velocity, and acceleration features from the standardized motion data, and combines this with nonlinear system modeling, user physiological characteristics, and historical training data to realize a personalized micro-deviation accumulation model, generating real-time micro-deviation prediction and training adjustment strategies.
Owner:THE 940TH HOSPITAL OF THE CHINESE PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY JOINT LOGISTICS SUPPORT FORCE

Teenager scoliosis corrector for adjusting and correcting sleeping posture at night

The utility model relates to the field of spine correction, and discloses a scoliosis corrector for teenagers, which is used for adjusting and correcting sleeping postures at night and comprises a correction plate, the front side and the rear side of the left side of the bottom of the correction plate are fixedly connected with first supporting plates, and the front side and the rear side of the right side of the bottom of the correction plate are fixedly connected with second supporting plates. The front faces of the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate are both in threaded connection with connecting rods, and the front sides of the tops of the connecting rods are movably connected with movable plates. According to the waist correcting device for the teenager, through mutual cooperation of the structures of the screw rod, the adjusting block and the fixing rod, after the adjusting block is driven by the screw rod, the limiting plate drives the extrusion cylinder to conduct sleeping posture correcting work on the lateral bending positions of the lumbar vertebra and the thoracic vertebra of the teenager, and the purpose that the waist of the teenager is corrected when the teenager lies on the correcting plate to sleep is achieved; the lateral bending parts of the lumbar vertebrae and the thoracic vertebrae on the two sides of the teenager are also corrected, scoliosis caused by improper sleeping postures is prevented, and the teenager can be prevented from falling from the correction plate due to the change of the sleeping postures during sleeping.
Owner:许爱苓

Locking modular plating devices, methods and systems

PendingUS20260020883A1Internal osteosythesisBone platesSpinal columnScrew system
Provided are bone plates and systems including such plates. The present plates may be used for example, to accommodate spinolaminar junction or as a plate locking screw system for posterior spinal fixation in the cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine, extremities, pelvis and long bone fixation. The present devices and systems may include modular plates, rods and rails. Devices and systems herein relate to both open methods and minimally invasive surgery applications. Also provided are locking plates and systems relating to tethering applications. Further provided are kits including any of the present kits or devices, and methods including insertion of any of the present plates or systems into a patient.
Owner:AMAZING BRACE LLC +1

A device for training the correction of humpback

This utility model belongs to the field of back correction technology, specifically referring to a hunchback correction training device, including a base plate; a support plate is provided above the base plate and connected to it; an airbag is provided between the base plate and the support plate to make the support plate bend. The airbag is located at one end of the support plate below the base plate, while no airbag is provided at the other end of the support plate. This makes it easier for one end of the support plate to deform under force, while the other end is more easily deformable. The better support allows the scapula to expand more easily when the user lies on the curved support plate, resulting in a better correction effect. The other end, being more easily deformable downwards, can better fit the area below the user's scapula, conforming to the shape and structure of the human cervical and thoracic vertebrae.
Owner:HANGZHOU MOAN HEALTH TECH CO LTD

Lateral patient positioning system

PendingUS20260248671A1Pelvic regionSagittal plane
A lateral patient positioning system may include a pelvic bolster assembly and a thoracic bolster assembly. Each of the assemblies may be attached to a conventional surgical table frame by the surgical table frame’s longitudinal rails. A plurality of adjustment mechanisms and components are provided to allow for easy and safe manipulation of a patient before and during surgery, including sagittal and / or coronal adjustment of a patient in a lateral position.
Owner:ALPHATEC SPINE INC

Intraoperative lifting device for thoracic vertebra posterior approach operation

The invention belongs to the field of thoracic vertebra posterior surgical instruments, and particularly relates to an intraoperative lifting device for thoracic vertebra posterior surgery, which comprises a steel plate I, a steel plate II, a conical plate I and a conical plate II, the steel plate II is arranged at the rear end of the steel plate I, side frames are fixed on the two sides of the front part of the steel plate II, adjusting grooves are formed in the two sides of the steel plate I, and sliding blocks are arranged in the adjusting grooves; according to the device, the U-shaped block is driven to move outwards by externally rotating the pushing bolt, so that the sawtooth pressing block is separated from the sawtooth fixing strip, the distance between the first steel plate and the second steel plate can be adjusted, the side frame drives the sliding block to slide in the adjusting groove in the adjusting process, and it is ensured that the adjusting process is stable and controllable; and after the required size is adjusted, the pushing bolt is internally screwed to complete fixation. The convenient size expansion and contraction design can adapt to the vertebra spacing difference of different patients and the surgical operation space requirement, the surgical limitation caused by the fixed device size is avoided, and the surgical operation flexibility is improved.
Owner:903 HOSPITAL OF THE JOINT LOGISTICS SUPPORT FORCE OF THE PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY OF CHINA

Personalized spine orthopedic pillow based on ergonomics and use method thereof

The invention discloses a personalized spine orthopedic pillow based on ergonomics and a using method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of medical auxiliary instruments. Based on the ergonomic design, the adaptation degree of the orthopedic pillow with the head and the neck and chest of the patient is improved; through a neck-chest combined biomechanical overall model, collaborative correction of cervical retrobow and scoliosis is achieved, and recovery of overall mechanical balance of the spine is promoted. The pressure value of the air bag in the orthopedic pillow can be quantitatively set according to the individual characteristics of the patient, the personalized correction requirements of different patients are met, and the comfort of the patient is improved. Through the combination of a cervical vertebra-thoracic vertebra biomechanical model, acting forces including supporting force acting on the cervical vertebra, coronal plane pressure acting on the thoracic vertebra scoliosis area and horizontal plane rotation removing force are applied to the cervical vertebra reverse arching area and the thoracic vertebra scoliosis area of a patient. Cooperative correction of cervical vertebra reverse arching and thoracic vertebra lateral bending is achieved, so that recovery of overall mechanical balance of the spine is facilitated, and the stability and the curative effect of spine malformation correction are improved.
Owner:JIANGNAN UNIV

A method and system for rib segmentation post-processing

The present application relates to medical image processing technology, disclose a kind of for rib segmentation post-processing method and system, its method includes: for rib image is carried out segmentation processing, obtain segmented rib image;To the rib image after processing is post-processed, obtain the segmented rib image after processing, by the extraction of skeleton to segmented rib image;Through the skeleton length statistics of rib of the skeleton extracted, and based on the skeleton length of statistics carries out the determination of rib connection;For the result of rib connection is through the construction energy function, carries out the correction of rib connection.The present application uses statistics and constructs energy function, locates connected rib and matches the same rib spine end and thoracic end, realizes the correction of connected rib.
Owner:ZHEJIANG FEITU IMAGING TECH CO LTD

A dynamic demonstration device for thoracic ligamentum flavum

ActiveCN121600789Bquick disassemblyDynamic display of intervertebral connection relationshipsEducational modelsSpinal columnVertebral bone
The present application relates to the technical field of teaching apparatus, and provides a dynamic dissection demonstration device for thoracic vertebral yellow ligament, which solves the problem that students are difficult to realize the conversion of surgical skills due to the fact that the existing spine surgery teaching tool cannot simultaneously realize the three-dimensional shape real restoration and dynamic reversible operation of surgery. The present application comprises: simulated vertebrae arranged at intervals; simulated intervertebral discs arranged between adjacent simulated vertebrae; simulated vertebral plates arranged on one side of each simulated vertebra; simulated yellow ligaments arranged on one side of each simulated vertebral plate close to each simulated vertebra; each simulated vertebra and / or each simulated vertebral plate and / or each simulated yellow ligament is configured with a standard model and a pathological model, and the pathological model has morphological characteristics different from the standard model; the simulated vertebrae, simulated intervertebral discs and simulated vertebral plates are converted into independent and quickly detachable modules through magnetic blocks and adsorption blocks, and after the dynamic dissection demonstration of the yellow ligament is performed, repeated teaching demonstration and surgical practice can be performed.
Owner:FUZHOU TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE HOSPITAL

Acupoint calibration part of human body detection graphical user interface of electronic device

ActiveCN309810439SHuman bodyEngineering
1. The name of the design product: acupoint calibration part of human body detection graphical user interface of electronic equipment. 2. The use of the design product: for an electronic device. 3. The design points of the design product: in the local part of the graphical user interface. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: design 1 front view. 5. Design 1 is designated as the basic design. 6. The use of the graphical user interface: the overall use is for the human body detection interface before the physical therapy service of the service robot; the local use is for acupoint calibration through palpation positioning guidance. 7. The change state of the graphical user interface is explained as follows: in the main view of Design 1, the user finds the position of the "third thoracic spine spinous process" according to the right side palpation positioning guide picture, makes a specified gesture, and is successfully recognized and labeled by the service robot, and then jumps to Design 1 change state diagram 1. In Design 1 change state diagram 1, the user finds the position of the "fourth lumbar vertebra" and makes a specified gesture, which is successfully recognized and labeled by the service robot, and then jumps to Design 1 change state diagram 2. In the main view of Design 2, the user finds the position of the "fourth lumbar vertebra" according to the right side palpation positioning guide picture, makes a specified gesture, and is successfully recognized and labeled by the service robot, and then jumps to Design 2 change state diagram 1. In Design 2 change state diagram 1, the user finds the position of the "third thoracic spine spinous process" and makes a specified gesture, which is successfully recognized and labeled by the service robot, and then jumps to Design 2 change state diagram 2. In the main view of Design 3, the user finds the position of the "third thoracic spine spinous process" according to the right side palpation positioning guide picture, makes a specified gesture, and is successfully recognized and labeled by the service robot, and then jumps to Design 3 change state diagram 1. In Design 3 change state diagram 1, the user finds the position of the "fourth lumbar vertebra" and makes a specified gesture, which is successfully recognized and labeled by the service robot, and then jumps to Design 3 change state diagram 2. In Design 3 change state diagram 2, the user finds other positions and makes a specified gesture, at which time the service robot recognizes that the number of labels exceeds and enters Design 3 change state diagram 3. In the main view of Design 4, the user finds the position of the "third thoracic spine spinous process" according to the right side palpation positioning guide picture, makes a specified gesture, and is successfully recognized and labeled by the service robot, and then jumps to Design 4 change state diagram 1. In Design 4 change state diagram 1, the user palpates the fourth lumbar vertebra of the human body, and when the actual lumbar vertebra position deviates greatly from the position of the fourth lumbar vertebra of the human body detected by the machine before palpation, jumps to Design 4 change state diagram 2. In the main view of Design 5, the user finds the position of the "third thoracic spine spinous process" according to the right side palpation positioning guide picture, makes a specified gesture, and is successfully recognized and labeled by the service robot, and then jumps to Design 5 change state diagram 1. In Design 5 change state diagram 1, the user palpates the fourth lumbar vertebra of the human body, and when the actual lumbar vertebra position deviates greatly from the position of the fourth lumbar vertebra of the human body detected by the machine before palpation, jumps to Design 5 change state diagram 2. In Design 5 change state diagram 2, click "Confirm palpation result" in the lower right corner to enter Design 5 change state diagram 3. 8. Other situations that need to be explained Other explanations: the red translucent covered area does not belong to the appearance design content claimed.
Owner:HANGZHOU YIQI FUTURE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Meat of poultry and method for producing same

PCT designated stageWO2026088944A1Poultry/fish slaughtering/stunningSlaughtering tools/knivesSpinal columnSpinal cord
Provided are meat of poultry (10, 30, 40) and a method for producing the same which make it possible to reduce the influence of rigor mortis. The meat of said poultry is in a defeathered state and comprises thoracic vertebrae (18) in which the spinal cord (21) present thereinside has been destroyed. Cervical vertebrae (17) in which the spinal cord present thereinside has been destroyed may be further provided, or a synsacrum (19) in which the spinal cord present thereinside has been destroyed may be further provided. The method for producing the meat involves destroying the spinal cord inside the thoracic vertebrae of the poultry along the thoracic vertebrae. The spinal cord present inside the spinal column (16) may be further destroyed along the spinal column, or the spinal cord present inside the synsacrum may be destroyed along the spinal column.
Owner:TORIICHI MEAT SHOP CO LTD

Lateral patient positioning system

A lateral patient positioning system may include a pelvic bolster assembly and a thoracic bolster assembly. Each of the assemblies may be attached to a conventional surgical table frame by the surgical table frame's longitudinal rails. A plurality of adjustment mechanisms and components are provided to allow for easy and safe manipulation of a patient before and during surgery, including sagittal and / or coronal adjustment of a patient in a lateral position.
Owner:ALPHATEC SPINE INC

Method and apparatus for electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve

PendingUS20260192111A1Ulnar digital nerveNervous system
Methods for activating a person's autonomic nervous system may include: electrically coupling a first electrode to a vagus nerve via a transdermal coupling at a location rostral to the human's thoracic spine; electrically coupling a second electrode to a nerve in communication with the same vagus nerve or a different vagus nerve via a transdermal coupling at a site caudal to the human's cervical spine; and applying a therapeutic current waveform to cause current flow between the first and second electrodes and along at least a portion of the vagus nerve or nerves between the first and second electrodes. Apparatuses are disclosed for performing the methods.
Owner:TIVIC HEALTH SYSTEMS INC

Fixing assistive device for spinal rehabilitation

The invention discloses a fixing assistive device for spine rehabilitation, and belongs to the technical field of assistive devices for spine rehabilitation, the fixing assistive device comprises a protective vest worn on the body of a patient, the protective vest is connected with a decompression shoulder strap, and a thoracic vertebra supporting pad and a lumbar vertebra supporting pad are fixedly mounted on the side, close to the back of the patient, in the protective vest; the thoracic vertebra supporting pad is arranged above the lumbar vertebra supporting pad, two groups of thoracic vertebra supporting plates and two groups of lumbar vertebra supporting plates are movably installed on the side, close to the back of the patient, of the outer portion of the protective vest, and the thoracic vertebra supporting plates and the lumbar vertebra supporting plates are symmetrically arranged about the central axis of the protective vest; the thoracic vertebra supporting plate and the lumbar vertebra supporting plate are correspondingly arranged outside the thoracic vertebra supporting pad and the lumbar vertebra supporting pad, and locking assemblies for rapid butt joint assembly are arranged between the thoracic vertebra supporting plate and the thoracic vertebra supporting pad and between the lumbar vertebra supporting plate and the lumbar vertebra supporting pad; the fixing assistive device can be suitable for the daytime environment and the nighttime environment, and meets the requirements of the patient for good sleep at night and daytime activity.
Owner:SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

An ergonomic chair for correcting and supporting the sitting posture of the user

PCT designated stageWO2026058277A1StoolsAdjustable chairsFront neckProstatomegaly
an ergonomic chair that can correct and support the sitting posture of the user The ergonomic chair prevents or reduces some critical health problems related to thoracic spine, lumbar spine, coccyx pain, varicose veins, prolonged hip flexion, compression of vascular structures and nerves beneath the iliopsoas muscle, tightness in the piriformis muscle, Prostatomegaly, impaired abdominal function. The present ergonomic chair provides a head support, anterior neck support, a chin support, thoracic support valves, lumbar support, abdominal support, and hip support. Further the present ergonomic chair can be adjusted in height and support bending of the back rest with help of a hinge component that functions as seat tilt adjuster.
Owner:SS ANANDHU

Dynamic thoracic disc prosthesis for intervertebral disc replacement with preservation and / or restoration of the biomechanics of the thoracic spine

A dynamic thoracic disc prosthesis comprising a lower plate and a upper plate, wherein the lower plate has a rough, toothed lower surface for anchoring and a upper surface formed by multiple sliding surfaces, including: an anterior convex, sliding hemispherical surface, an intermediate semicircular surface, and a posterior semicircular surface, the intermediate semicircular surface being provided with an anterior and a posterior stop; the upper plate has a rough, toothed upper surface for anchoring and a lower surface formed by multiple sliding surfaces, including: an anterior concave hemispherical surface, an intermediate semicircular surface, and a posterior semicircular surface, the intermediate semicircular surface being provided with an anterior and a posterior curved cavity. The different sliding surfaces originate from the same geometric center or center of rotation.The upper plate is coupled to the lower plate via the corresponding sliding surfaces, allowing movement of the upper plate over the lower plate in anterior, posterior, right lateral tilt, left lateral tilt, right center-lateral rotation, and left center-lateral rotation directions, thus replicating the flexion, extension, lateral, and rotation movements of the thoracic spine.
Owner:SALVADOR GUERRERO MUÑIZ

Vibration rehabilitation training chair and control method thereof

The invention provides a vibration rehabilitation training chair and a control method thereof, and belongs to the field of fitness rehabilitation equipment, the vibration rehabilitation training chair comprises a base and a thoracic vertebra vibration device, the thoracic vertebra vibration device comprises a fixing frame, a first driving motor, a speed reducer, a mounting shaft, a swing arm, a grip and a first transmission assembly, the first driving motor is fixedly connected to the fixing frame, the speed reducer is fixedly connected to the fixing frame and is in driving connection with the first driving motor, the output end of the speed reducer is an eccentric shaft, the mounting shaft is connected to the fixing frame, and the swing arm is rotationally connected with the mounting shaft. The first transmission assembly is in driving connection between the other end of the swing arm and the eccentric shaft and is provided with a telescopic structure which stretches out and draws back in the transmission direction. According to the vibration rehabilitation training chair, the angle of the swing arm can be adjusted through stretching and retracting of the first transmission assembly, and then the posture of the grip can be adjusted according to the posture of a user.
Owner:DANDONG JIANCHENG TECH DEV CO LTD

Thoracolumbar spinal brace

ActiveCN310009897SOrthotic deviceLumbar
1. The name of the design product: thoracolumbar brace. 2. The use of the design product: medical orthopedic device for fixing, supporting or correcting thoracic and lumbar region. 3. The design points of the design product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best shows the design points: perspective view 1.
Owner:XIAMEN AILEPU SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CO LTD

Systems and methods for targeted and quantitative spinal cord stimulation

Methods and systems for performing spinal cord stimulation in the cervical vertebra while sensing evoked responses, such as evoked burst actuation potentials (ESAPs) at locations different from the stimulation location. The first lead may be positioned in the cervical vertebra for emitting a therapy pulse and performing sensing at a thoracic or lumbar location, or at a cervical caudal location relative to a stimulation location. The first and second leads may be used in a single system, or two separate systems may be used, one for stimulation and the other for sensing.
Owner:BOSTON SCI NEUROMODULATION CORP

A cushion that maintains the normal physiological curvature of the spine

ActiveCN224420557USpinal columnHuman body
This utility model discloses a backrest cushion for maintaining the normal physiological curvature of the spine, comprising a support pad, a spinal conforming area in the middle of the support pad, and a sacral support area at the bottom of the support pad; the spinal conforming area includes a lumbar lordosis support area, a back kyphosis adaptation area, and two lumbar embracing areas, with a lumbar lordosis point between the lumbar lordosis support area and the back kyphosis adaptation area; a memory foam core is embedded inside the two lumbar embracing areas; a nylon hook strap is provided at the lower edge of the sacral support area, and a sacral support module is provided outside the nylon hook strap. This utility model, through the cooperation between the support pad and the sacral support module, forms an arc-shaped support body that conforms to the sagittal curve of the human spine, maintaining the lumbar lordosis angle within the optimal biomechanical range when the human body is in a sitting posture, while the surface curvature conforms to the natural thoracic kyphosis curve, avoiding pressure on the back soft tissues, thus facilitating the maintenance of the normal physiological curvature of the spine and reducing abnormal load on the lumbar region.
Owner:FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Poultry meat and its production method

ActiveJP7849782B1Poultry/fish slaughtering/stunningSlaughtering tools/knivesCerebellar medullaSpinal cord
This invention provides poultry meat that can reduce the effects of rigor mortis and a method for producing the same. [Solution] The meat of the bird is characterized by a skull with a destroyed brain inside, a wound that penetrates the skull from the surface of the head (excluding the mouth) and leads to the brain, and the feathers have been removed. An example of a wound is one that passes through the part of the brain other than the medulla oblongata and leads to the medulla oblongata. Further examples include cervical and thoracic vertebrae and a compound sacrum with a destroyed spinal cord inside. The method of producing the meat involves making a wound that penetrates the skull from the surface of the bird's head (excluding the mouth) and destroying the brain inside the skull.
Owner:TORIICHI MEAT SHOP CO LTD

A system and method for stabilizing a patient's spine during spinal surgery

The present application relates to a kind of system and method for stabilizing the spine of patient for spinal surgery, system includes: the dynamic compensation support device of patient trunk is configured as independently controllable displacement provides dynamic compensation support method to trunk, sensing component for real-time monitoring and acquisition the respiratory motion signal, body pressure distribution and spinal posture data of patient, head adjustment component and control module for synchronously adjusting the posture of patient head and neck, to coordinate the dynamic deformation of cervical vertebra and thoracic vertebra, maintain the overall alignment of spine, control module controls the collaborative motion of the multiple support body unit and head adjustment component, to dynamically compensate the spinal displacement caused by breathing, so that the target segment of spine is kept spatially stable during operation;Method is executed using the system.The implementation of the technical scheme of the present application can realize dynamic, adaptive, high-precision spinal stabilization without interfering with the normal breathing of patient, while having low cost and high versatility.
Owner:HUNAN UNIV

Scoliosis simulation teaching aid and operation method

The invention relates to a scoliosis simulation teaching aid and an operation method. The simulation teaching aid comprises a spine model, a gooseneck rod and an outer cover box. The spine model comprises a vertebra model; the gooseneck rod penetrates through each vertebra model according to a spine physiological curve and is fixedly connected with the vertebra models; the outer cover box comprises a cervical vertebra box body, a thoracic vertebra box body, a lumbar vertebra box body and a sacrum box body; each box body comprises a transparent corrugated pipe, a top shell and a bottom shell; the spine model passes through the middle of the top shell and the middle of the bottom shell; the part, penetrating through the top shell and the bottom shell, of the gooseneck rod is fixedly connected with the top shell and the bottom shell respectively; the lower end of the transparent corrugated pipe is connected with the bottom shell edge, and the upper end is detachably connected with the top shell edge corresponding to the bottom shell edge. The vertebra models can be accurately controlled, and normal displacement deflection is carried out; the transparent corrugated pipe can reflect the trend of in-vitro abnormity, and is beneficial for medical students to establish clearer cognition on scoliosis. The operation method is simple and convenient to operate, and can simulate more types of scoliosis conditions.
Owner:THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HENAN UNIV OF TCM

A thoracic vertebra positioning and segmentation method and device and a storage medium

Embodiments of the present application disclose a thoracic vertebra positioning and segmentation method, device and storage medium, wherein the thoracic vertebra positioning and segmentation method comprises the steps of: acquiring a spine medical image, segmenting a rib part of the spine medical image by using a rib segmentation model based on deep learning to obtain a rib three-dimensional image; performing projection mapping on the rib three-dimensional image to obtain a corresponding rib two-dimensional image; based on the rib two-dimensional image, positioning the thoracic vertebra according to the correspondence between rib symmetries and / or extracted rib key points to complete the positioning of the thoracic vertebra on the corresponding spine medical image; and segmenting a thoracic vertebra part of the spine medical image on which the thoracic vertebra is positioned by using a thoracic vertebra segmentation model based on deep learning to obtain a thoracic vertebra segmentation result.
Owner:LONGWOOD VALLEY MEDICAL TECH CO LTD

Method and apparatus for electrical stimulation of vagus nerves

A method for activating an autonomic nervous system of a person may include: electrically coupling a first electrode to a vagus nerve via percutaneous coupling at a location of a head side of a thoracic vertebra of the person; electrically coupling, via percutaneous coupling, a second electrode to a nerve communicating with the same vagus nerve or a different vagus nerve at a site on the caudal side of the person's cervical vertebra; and applying a therapeutic current waveform to induce a current flow between the first electrode and the second electrode and along at least a portion of one or more vagus nerves between the first electrode and the second electrode. An apparatus for performing the method is disclosed.
Owner:TIVIC HEALTH SYSTEMS INC

Apparatus and method for vertebral body recognition in medical images

The present disclosure provides an apparatus of identifying a vertebral body from a medical image, and the apparatus includes a vertebral bone identification module configured to identify the vertebral body based on a multi-slice medical image provided from an outside, in which the vertebral identification module reconstructs the multi-slice medical image to create a three-dimensional medical image, obtains a coronal projection image for the three-dimensional medical image by projecting the three-dimensional medical image in a coronal plane direction, divides the coronal projection image into a selection area including at least one of a lumbar and a thoracic, obtains area information corresponding to the selection area in the three-dimensional medical image based on the divided selection area, and performs numbering on the vertebral body based on the area information and the three-dimensional medical image.
Owner:CLARIPI INC

Vibration dummy for simulating human vibration test

This invention provides a vibration counterweight dummy for simulating vibration tests on real people, relating to the field of vibration environment testing technology. It includes: a thoracic vertebral plate, comprising a thoracic component consisting of the thoracic vertebral plate, a thoracic vertebral top connecting plate, shoulder joint plates, rib plates, and a thoracic vertebral bottom connecting plate; a lumbar component consisting of a lumbar rubber column, a lumbar force sensor, a lumbar vertebral bottom connecting plate, and a lumbar vertebral top connecting plate; a hip component consisting of a pelvic block, a pelvic connecting plate, and leg connecting rods; and counterweights fixedly installed on the top of the thoracic vertebral top connecting plate, the outer sides of the two shoulder joint plates, and the bottoms of the two leg connecting rods. Through the synergistic effect of structural biomimicry, precise counterweighting, real-time monitoring, and safety warning, it can realistically simulate the mass distribution, mechanical response, and posture changes of a real person in a vibration environment. This solves the problem that traditional dummy models in vibration environment testing, due to their rudimentary counterweight adjustment, poor center of mass matching, and lack of state monitoring, cannot meet complex testing requirements.
Owner:NANJING QINGTAI INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Intelligent thoracic vertebra trainer

1. Name of the product in this design: Intelligent Thoracic Spine Trainer. 2. Intended use of this design: for physical exercise, fitness, and leisure activities. 3. The key design features of this product are the combination of shape and pattern. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key features: the front view.
Owner:SHANDONG CENTURY STAR SPORTS EQUIP CO LTD