238 results about "Thumb" patented technology

A finger exercise device is provided. The device has two arms pivotally attached to each other and a tension spring with an adjustable knob for varying tension on the spring. The spring is positioned on one side of a pivot point, and finger engagement portions of each arm are located on an opposite side of the pivot point. A user may engage one finger engagement portion with their thumb and the other finger engagement portion with one or more fingers of the same hand other than the thumb. The user may then perform a pinching or grasping motion to extend the spring and exercise and strengthen muscles in the hand and fingers. The device may include a separate arm member that is fixedly attached to one of the pivoting arms and includes an indicator for measuring user progress.

A lens cleaning device includes an elongated member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end, a second end and a pair of opposing sides. The top surface is constructed from a soft and smooth fabric for cleaning eyeglass lenses, and the bottom surface is constructed from a moisture resistant material. A pair of pockets are be disposed along the distal ends of the bottom surface at locations adjacent to the first and second ends. The pockets including a shape and size for receiving a thumb and finger of a user. High friction nubs are provided along the bottom surface.

A multi-degree-of-freedom bionic dexterous hand includes a palm structure, a bionic thumb, a multifunctional bionic finger, and a dexterous bionic finger. The bionic thumb includes a first phalanx structure and a rotary disk, the rotary disk is configured to rotate on the palm structure, the first phalanx structure is hinged to the rotary disk, and the rotation axis of the rotary disk is not parallel to the rotation axis of the first phalanx structure. The multifunctional bionic finger includes a second phalanx structure, the second phalanx structure is universally hinged to the palm structure, and the second phalanx structure can perform the flexion-extension movement and the swinging movement. The dexterous bionic finger includes a third phalanx structure, the third phalanx structure is hinged to the palm structure, and the third phalanx structure can perform the flexion-extension movement.

A dish drying mat has elongate spaced-apart ribs upwardly extending from a general upper surface, and spaced-apart dimples downwardly extending from a general lower surface. The lateral locations of the ribs and the dimples do not intersect. A lower portion of a marginal wall has at least one gap so as to communicate a continuous lower volume below the general lower surface to the atmosphere beyond the peripheral margin of the mat. At rounded corners, the peripheral wall has inwardly concave surfaces which are sized to fit to a thumb or finger of a user's hand when grasping or cleaning the mat.

Disclosed is a grip that includes a material having a wrist end, a finger end, and sides that extend from the wrist end to the finger end. The wrist end of the material has a concave shape that (i) is between the sides of the protective material and (ii) defines at least two legs on opposite sides of an apex of the concave shape. A thumb guard is defined on a first side of the sides of the material. A wrist strap is attached to a leg of the wrist end.

An orthosis for support of a joint, adapted to the thumb or wrist, having sleeve-like main member made of an elastic material, adapted to envelop the joint and distal and proximal limb portions on either side of the joint, elastically deformable panel housed in a pocket formed in the main member, and non-elastic bracing device for bracing the main member and a proximal portion of the panel around the proximal limb portion, the panel being configured such that, over at least 50 % of the length of the main member along the limb portions, including a limb portion covered by the bracing device, the panel has a cross-section occupying more than 30 % of the perimeter of the underlying limb, the panel having a stiffness defined by a Young's modulus between S and 10 MPa, while the material forming the main member has a stiffness of a lower order of magnitude.

The present invention relates to a sensomotoric hand therapy device comprising a flexible shell having a first leg portion configured to accommodate fingers of a hand of a patient, a second leg portion configured to accommodate a thumb of the patient and a U-shaped portion configured to accommodate a metacarpus of the patient. The device further comprises a first reinforced member connected to a distal end region of the first leg portion of the shell, a second reinforced member connected to a distal end region of the second leg portion of the shell and a third reinforced member connected to and reinforcing the U-shaped portion of the shell. Further, the device comprises a movement mechanism defining a course and resistance of movement of the first reinforced member and the second reinforced member relative to the third reinforced member; and to a respective hand therapy system and hand training method.

A garment that includes sleeves having a side thumb opening for the wearer's thumb also includes means for providing visual access to a wrist worn device when the garment is worn with the wearer's thumb extending through the side / thumb opening. The visual access includes an opening that is either always open or can be selectively open and / or closed.

The invention discloses a dexterous hand capable of demonstrating. The dexterous hand comprises a plurality of fingers, a palm skeleton, a connecting bracket, a demonstrator and an electric push rod box, the fingers are connected with the palm framework, the palm framework is connected with one side of the connecting support, and the other side of the connecting support is connected with the demonstrator and the electric push rod box. The demonstrator is provided with a plurality of pull rings, a plurality of finger rotating potentiometers and a handle, the pull rings are connected with finger joints through tendon ropes, the tendon ropes drive fingers to bend the freedom degree direction, the finger rotating potentiometers are used for controlling swing of the fingers, and the handle is used for driving and controlling the action of the thumb; a plurality of electric push rods are arranged in the electric push rod box and connected with finger joints through tendon ropes, and fingers are driven to bend in the freedom degree direction through the tendon ropes. Demonstration of freedom degrees in the swinging direction and the grabbing direction is completed through the demonstrator, double-channel tendon rope driving is achieved, the pulling force of the pull ring can be controlled, and therefore the grabbing force of fingers can be controlled, and grabbing force demonstration is achieved.

According to the dexterous hand thumb, a first driving assembly is arranged in a carpal bone assembly, a second driving assembly is arranged at the first end of a metacarpal bone assembly, a third driving assembly is arranged at the second end of the metacarpal bone assembly, and a fourth driving assembly is arranged at the first end of a knuckle assembly; the first end of the first connecting piece is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the first driving assembly, the second end of the first connecting piece is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the second driving assembly, the first end of the second connecting piece is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the third driving assembly, and the second end of the second connecting piece is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the fourth driving assembly. Due to the fact that the dexterous hand thumb is provided with multiple driving assemblies, the dexterous hand thumb has multiple active freedom degrees, and the bionic performance of the dexterous hand thumb is improved.

The invention provides a dexterous hand thumb and a manipulator, and relates to the technical field of manipulators. The dexterous hand thumb comprises a first driving device, a thumb side-sway support, a second driving device, a thumb introversion support, a third driving device and a knuckle shell. The first driving device is connected with the thumb side-sway bracket and drives the thumb side-sway bracket to swing around the axis I; the second driving device is installed on the thumb side-sway support, the second driving device is connected with the thumb introversion support and drives the thumb introversion support to swing around an axis II, and the axis I is perpendicular to the axis II; the third driving device is installed in the knuckle shell, the third driving device is connected with the thumb introversion support and used for driving the knuckle shell to swing around the axis III relative to the thumb introversion support, and the axis II is perpendicular to the axis III. Multi-degree-of-freedom driving of the thumb is realized in a compact space, and the driving flexibility is improved, so that the operation performance of the thumb when the thumb is used for grasping is improved.

A prosthetic hand comprises a palm part; a proximal thumb part coupled to the palm part to form a first joint with a first axis of rotation, wherein the proximal thumb part is configured to rotate about the first axis of rotation; a distal thumb part coupled to the proximal thumb part to form a second joint with a second axis of rotation, wherein the distal thumb part is configured to rotate about the second axis of rotation; a rotary actuator configured to rotate the proximal thumb part and distal thumb part about the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation respectively; and a locking mechanism having a first configuration and a second configuration.

The invention discloses a thumb bionic mechanical finger, a gear driving type bionic mechanical finger and a bionic manipulator thereof, and belongs to the field of manipulators. Comprising a supporting part, a first finger section, a second finger section, a third finger section, a first driving part, a second driving part, a first gear transmission part and a second gear transmission part. The first finger section is connected with the supporting part, the second finger section is connected with the first finger section, and the third finger section is connected with the second finger section; the first gear transmission part is arranged between the supporting part and the first finger section, and the second gear transmission part is arranged between the first finger section and the second finger section; the first driving piece is connected with the first gear transmission piece, and the second driving piece is connected with the second gear transmission piece. The mechanical arm has the beneficial effects that the two independent driving parts are matched with the two bevel gear transmission parts to drive the first finger section and the second finger section correspondingly, and independent and accurate control over the metacarpophalangeal joint and the middle joint is achieved. The design allows the fingers to move complexly and flexibly, and is suitable for fine operation tasks.

A goalkeeper catching glove having: a front portion defining a cuff region, a thumb region, a finger region, and a palm region; a hand covering selectively removably connected to an inner side of the front portion. The hand covering has at least one finger stall and a thumb stall. The at least one finger stall and the thumb stall are selectively connected to the inner side of the front portion along the finger region and the thumb region respectively. A rear portion has a finger cover for selectively covering the at least one finger stall and a thumb cover for selectively covering the at least one thumb stall. The finger cover is movable between a finger covering position and a finger donning position. The thumb cover is movable between a thumb covering position and a thumb donning position. A trap extends between the thumb region and the finger region.

The utility model discloses a finger recovery training device, which relates to the technical field of medical rehabilitation equipment and comprises an arm supporting plate, a palm supporting plate, a fixing component, an arm protecting plate and a finger recovery mechanism. The arm supporting plate and the palm supporting plate are of an integrated structure, the palm supporting plate is arranged close to one end of the arm supporting plate, the arm supporting plate is used for supporting an arm, and the palm supporting plate is used for supporting a palm and a wrist joint; the arm protecting plate is arranged on the arm supporting plate through the fixing assembly, and the arm protecting plate is matched with the arm supporting plate; the finger recovery mechanism comprises a four-finger recovery assembly and a thumb recovery assembly; the four-finger recovery assembly and the thumb recovery assembly are arranged on the arm protection plate; the technical problems that although some finger rehabilitation training devices exist in the market, the structure is complex, operation is inconvenient and the like generally exist, and in addition, some devices cannot be adjusted in a personalized mode according to the specific conditions of patients, and the training effect is limited are solved.

This invention provides a multi-degree-of-freedom thumb mechanism with a damping pressure plate, comprising: a thumb body, the thumb body including a first finger segment, a second finger segment, and a third finger segment connected in sequence; a first driving part, the first driving part driving the first finger segment to bend and extend; a second driving part, the second driving part driving the second finger segment to bend and extend; a third driving part, the third driving part driving the third finger segment to rotate, thereby causing the first finger segment and the second finger segment to rotate; a base, the base integrating the first driving part, the second driving part, and the third driving part at the end of the third finger segment; and a damping pressure plate, the damping pressure plate being installed on the third driving part to counteract the looseness caused by backlash in the third driving part. The thumb mechanism of this invention has multiple degrees of freedom; by adding a damping pressure plate to the third driving part, backlash is counteracted, thereby ensuring gripping and operational accuracy.

A reinforced support device suitable for the protection of a hand and its digits from impacts, particularly those found in contact sports. The support device providing an outer skeleton and / or selected reinforcement portion(s), protects the digits of the hand and permits flexion of the fingers and / or thumb. The reinforcement portions can be of various shapes, sizes, materials, and weights. They may also be connected in various ways to one another.

A multi-degree-of-freedom bionic dexterous hand, comprising a palm structure (1), a bionic thumb (2), a multifunctional bionic finger (3) and a dexterous bionic finger (4). The bionic thumb (2) comprises a first phalanx structure (21) and a rotary table (22), wherein the rotary table (22) is rotatably arranged on the palm structure (1), and the first phalanx structure (21) is hinged to the rotary table (22), the rotation axis of the rotary table (22) not being parallel to that of the first phalanx structure (21). The multifunctional bionic finger (3) comprises a second phalanx structure (31), wherein the second phalanx structure (31) is universally hinged to the palm structure (1), and the second phalanx structure (31) can perform flexion-extension movement and swinging movement. The dexterous bionic finger (4) comprises a third phalanx structure (41), wherein the third phalanx structure (41) is hinged to the palm structure (1), and the third phalanx structure (41) can perform flexion-extension movement.

To provide scissors having a handle part for improving workability.SOLUTION: A handle portion 11a of a cutting blade 11 has a thumb ring 11aR for inserting the thumb, and the other cutting blade 12 has a finger ring 12aR for inserting the other fingers that face the thumb on the palm. A direction 11A for inserting the thumb into the thumb ring 11aR is formed so as to intersect three orthogonal axes including an axial direction of a support shaft 13 at an acute angle. As a result, the thumb insertion direction 11A can be set in a direction to close with respect to other fingers facing the thumb in the palm. In particular, in the cutting-off work in which the space between blade portions 11b, 12b is closed, force can be firmly transmitted to make the cutting-off easy, so that it is possible to provide the handle portions 11a, 12a which improve the workability.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The application discloses a kind of active and passive combined hallux valgus correction instrument, comprising: shell, two groups of mode conversion structure and controller, at least one recess is provided on the top surface of shell, each recess is used to put the bottom of a foot;Each recess is correspondingly provided with a group of mode conversion structure, each group of mode conversion structure includes: active mode mechanism, passive mode mechanism and ultrasonic distance sensor, the active mode mechanism of the active and passive combined hallux valgus correction instrument of the application is used to actively force the correction of user using foot thumb, passive mode mechanism can exert correction force to the foot thumb of user in combination with active mode mechanism, and the foot thumb is passively corrected by traction. The training effect evaluation of rehabilitation training process is carried out by ultrasonic distance sensor.

The present application belongs to the technical fields of artificial limb manufacturing, and discloses a multi-air chamber human-like joint type soft thumb, which comprises a soft shell, a silica gel tube, a bellows and an interface, wherein the silica gel tube comprises an inner silica gel tube, the inner silica gel tube comprises an upper tube and a lower tube connected in sequence, the upper end of the upper tube is sealed, the lower tube comprises a main branch pipe and two auxiliary branch pipes, the main branch pipe is through the upper tube, and the outer portions of the upper tube, the main branch pipe and the two auxiliary branch pipes are all wound with fiber lines in a symmetrical double helix form; the soft shell is arranged at the periphery of the upper tube, the bellows is arranged at the periphery of the lower tube, the upper portion of the bellows is connected with the lower portion of the soft shell, the lower portion of the bellows is connected with the interface, three openings are arranged on the interface and connected with the main branch pipe and the two auxiliary branch pipes respectively. The present application overcomes the characteristics of single function, insufficient output and poor human-likeness of the existing mechanical thumb.

This utility model relates to a hand with a gripping thumb, aiming to solve the problems of existing prosthetic hands, such as limited functionality, complex structure, difficult maintenance, non-removable components, and excessive weight. The hand with a gripping thumb includes a palm shell, a thumb mechanism, a return spring, and a control cable. The palm shell is a hollow structure with an internal hinge seat and a long slot. The thumb mechanism consists of a thumb head, a hinge shaft, and a drive arm, and is installed inside the palm shell. The return spring connects the drive arm and the fixed seat, and the control cable connects to the drive arm and extends from the wrist, achieving the swinging gripping of the thumb head through its reaction with the return spring. This utility model has a simple structure, few parts, low cost, and is easy to maintain. The palm cover of the palm shell is removable, facilitating repair and replacement, and reducing maintenance costs. The overall design is lightweight, reducing the burden on patients and providing a practical, economical, and reliable solution for amputees, meeting their diverse daily needs.

Adhesive tape hand dispenser (1), which is designed to be held in the hand during use, and which has the following elements: • a support (2) designed to project into the interior of an adhesive tape winding core during use, • a thumb rest (3) which extends tangentially and at a distance radially outside from the support (2) and is designed to support the thumb of the hand during use, • a spacer (4) that connects the support (2) with the thumb rest (3) and holds them at such a distance from each other that the winding core together with the adhesive tape on it can be slid onto the support (2), • and a tear-off edge (6) located at a so-called distal end of the thumb rest (3) and designed to detach a section of the adhesive tape during use, characterized by that the thumb rest (3) has a flat pressure surface (5) which connects to the tear-off edge (6) and extends obliquely outwards from the support (2) and towards the proximal end.

The application discloses a joint protection support and relates to the field of medical devices, which comprises two clamping plates, each of which is fixedly connected with two threaded seats, four threaded seats are arranged in two groups respectively and are threadedly connected with two screw rods, the right side surface of the upper clamping plate is fixedly connected with the left ends of three upper clamping plates, the right side surface of the lower clamping plate is fixedly connected with the left ends of three lower clamping plates, and the three lower clamping plates are connected with a training mechanism. The training mechanism is arranged, after the clamping plate, the upper clamping plate and the lower clamping plate in the device are used to clamp and fix the wrist joint of a patient, the user can bend fingers to push the push plate and the push rod to the left, so that the spring exerts elastic force on the fingers of the patient to exercise the fingers of the patient, and when the push plate is pushed and moved by the fingers of the patient, two massage rollers are driven to be attached to the muscles on the back sides of the thumb and the little finger of the patient to massage the muscles.

The invention discloses an intelligent control auxiliary finger device for fine finger exercise training, and relates to the technical field of hand exercise training, the intelligent control auxiliary finger device comprises a base and a wrist frame fixedly arranged on the base, and an auxiliary assembly for multi-mode cooperative composite training is arranged in the wrist frame; a supporting frame used for supporting the wrist of a user is arranged at the movable end of the auxiliary assembly, a frame plate is arranged on the supporting frame, a training assembly is arranged in the frame plate, the movable end of the training assembly is provided with four first fingerstalls and a second fingerstall which are used for being arranged on the four fingers and the thumb in a sleeving mode, and a sponge ball used for hot compress of the palm of the patient is arranged on the frame plate. At least one pressing plate which is pushed by a user to trigger the training assembly is arranged in the auxiliary assembly, three training modes are integrated, three-dimensional space composite training of wrist rotation, palm pitching and finger grabbing is combined, the training is directly benchmarked with complex actions in daily life, and the functional value of rehabilitation is improved.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of shooting training equipment, and discloses an intelligent shooting auxiliary glove with a sensor array, which comprises a glove and the sensor array, the glove palm side comprises a finger face area and a palm face area, and the finger face area is formed by combining four finger faces except the thumb. The sensor array comprises a finger sensor assembly arranged in the finger face area and a palm sensor assembly arranged in the palm face area. The finger surface area comprises a finger pulp area and a finger joint area, and the finger sensor assembly comprises a finger pulp sensor arranged in the finger pulp area and a finger joint sensor arranged in the finger joint area. According to the utility model, the mechanical distribution characteristics of the palm during shooting are analyzed, and the plurality of pressure sensors are reasonably arranged in the finger surface area and the palm surface area of the glove, so that the pressure values of each finger surface position and each palm surface position are flexibly detected, and the shooting posture can be further analyzed conveniently based on the pressure values so as to achieve the posture training and correcting effect.

The utility model discloses a thermal insulation glove which comprises a front piece, a back piece and a connecting portion, the back piece is arranged on the two sides of the connecting portion in a continuous mode, and the front piece is arranged on the back piece to form a first containing cavity and a second containing cavity. One end, close to the connecting part, of the back sheet and one end, close to the connecting part, of the front sheet form an inserting opening, and the width of the inserting opening of the first containing cavity is smaller than that of the inserting opening of the second containing cavity. The thermal insulation glove can improve the use flexibility, is convenient to operate, can adapt to multi-angle free opening and closing between the thumb and other fingers, has ornamental value and is suitable for various scenes, and the fingers are not prone to fatigue.

The utility model provides a safety straw with a hidden tip, which comprises a core tube and a sleeve, the front end of the core tube is a tip part, the sleeve is sleeved on the core tube, the tip part of the core tube is positioned in the sleeve, the tail end of the core tube is an extension part, and the extension part extends out from the tail end of the sleeve; convex points are arranged on the two sides of the tip part; during use, the sleeve is held, the extension part is pressed by a thumb, the tip part is propped out of the sleeve, then the sleeve is pinched, and the tip part is poked into a container. The straw adopts a double-tube form, and the tip end of the core tube is hidden in the sleeve and is not directly exposed outside, so that the safety is greatly improved, stabbing accidents are reduced, and the straw is convenient to use.

The application provides a self-adaptive grasping dexterous hand thumb, which comprises a side swing joint, a bending joint and a fingertip, the side swing joint comprises a fixed base, a side swing driver and a first reversing transmission assembly; the bending joint comprises a connecting base, a finger joint linkage assembly, a bending driver and a second reversing transmission assembly. The application realizes the three-joint structure of the bionic thumb, can realize multi-directional rotation and bending actions, improves the degree of freedom and action accuracy, realizes the double driving function of side swing and bending through the built-in driving structure, thereby expanding the movable range. The self-adaptive assembly can dynamically adjust the relative position and clamping force of each finger joint of the thumb in real time, so as to realize the self-adaptive enveloping of the object, and further significantly improve the grasping stability of the dexterous hand thumb for objects of different shapes and sizes, effectively expand the application scene, and the application has the advantages of high flexibility, strong grasping adaptability, high action accuracy, fast response speed, high degree of freedom, high space utilization and the like.

A device for reducing a level of infectious agents present on one or more hands of a user. This device may reduce the level of infectious agents present on one or more fingers and / or thumbs of a user, specifically reducing a level of infectious agents present on the distal aspect of the digit; including, but not limited to an underside of a nail plate, and an area of hyponychium skin between a free margin of the nail plate and an onychodermal band of a digit, such as for example, a finger, thumb, or toe.