KR100282766B1 - Medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral hernia - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation, which can be easily and appropriately adjusted, and can be worn without disruption in daily life, for treating intervertebral pancreatitis occurring in the main part of the body. The present invention provides a plurality of flexible tubes, each having a closed compartment capable of contraction and expansion, and having a plurality of flexible tubes formed at free ends spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; An upper support member filled in the uppermost tube of the tubes to support the upper portion of the treatment area; A lower support member filled in a lowermost tube of the tubes to support a lower portion of the treatment area; Hydraulic pressure supply means for supplying hydraulic pressure to the towing means; The cover includes the towing means, the upper support member, and the lower support member, and includes fastening means at both ends.

Description

Medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral hernia

The present invention relates to a medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation, and more particularly, can be easily and appropriately adjusted the traction for treating intervertebral valve hernia occurring in the lumbar part of the body, and can be worn without disturbing daily life. A medical aid for treating intervertebral herniation.

Intervertebral disc herniation (椎間 板 脫出 症) refers to a spinal disorder commonly referred to as "Disks (Disks)". The disc is located between the spine and the spine, and the disc consists of the nucleus pulposus and the subventricular ring. Commonly referred to as disc disease, medically speaking, the escape of the nucleus pulposus is called Herniated Nucleosus Pulposus. This happens on the disks of the lumbar spine. Disc disease occurs because the nucleus protrudes due to excessive load or external shock and nerve roots are pressed. Disc disease is a nerve compression, especially low back pain (腰痛) as well as pain in the lower body to which the nerve is connected. Furthermore, worsening of disk disease leads to a serious condition in which normal daily life cannot be performed at all.

Accordingly, many studies have been conducted on the treatment of disc disease. As a treatment for disc disease, surgical methods, bed stabilization, heat therapy, optical therapy, electrotherapy, traction therapy, such as traction therapy or drug therapy are mainly used.

Traction therapy in physiotherapy is a method of providing traction to a disc between the vertebrae or removing or reducing compression on the disc. Conventional and well known traction devices provide the traction by fixing the patient to a bed or chair.

Meanwhile, the present inventors have invented a lumbar traction device that can walk while the patient is being treated. The invention was filed in 1996 Patent Application No. 970 and its technique is disclosed in Patent Publication No. 97-58671. As disclosed in the related art, the retractable device for the main part includes an upper support frame in which the upper support frame and the lower support frame surround the entire treatment area of the upper and lower portions of the waist and firmly connect both ends of the upper support frame and the lower support frame. Velcros are provided at both ends of the lower support frame.

However, the conventional lumbar traction device has a problem in that the appearance is not good and not easy to attach and detach when the volume is large. In addition, there was a problem of limiting the activity of the patient wearing a lot of weight.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the conventional lumbar traction device, the object of the present invention is to provide a medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation to improve the appearance when worn and increased activity.

1 is a partially exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation according to the present invention used in the main part of the human body,

2 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

3A is a partial sectional view showing a state before towing;

3B is a partial sectional view showing a state after towing;

4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention,

5 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 5.

◆ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ◆

10 tube 20 cover

24: fastener 30: upper support member

40: lower support member 50: pipe

52: bulb 54: valve

60: space keeping member 62: expansion preventing member

In order to achieve the above objects, the medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation according to the present invention has a closed compartment capable of contraction and expansion, and a plurality of flexible tubes communicating with each other are formed with free ends spaced apart by a predetermined distance. Traction means stacked so as to be stacked; An upper support member filled in the uppermost tube of the tubes to support the upper portion of the treatment area; A lower support member filled in a lowermost tube of the tubes to support a lower portion of the treatment area; Hydraulic pressure supply means for supplying hydraulic pressure to the towing means; The cover includes the towing means, the upper support member, and the lower support member, and includes fastening means at both ends.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings embodiments of the medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation according to the present invention will be described in detail.

First, a first embodiment of a medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The traction device capable of contracting expansion is built in the cover 20 having a hole 22 formed at one end thereof. The traction device is composed of a plurality of flexible tubes 10, each forming a closed compartment, both ends being formed at free ends spaced by a predetermined distance and fixedly stacked on each other. At this time, the laminated tubes 10 are formed in a substantially circular shape so as to enclose the recess. The tubes 10 are formed with passage holes 12 which are aligned and communicated in a straight line to supply air to the compartments. An upper support member 30 is filled in the uppermost tube 10a of the tubes to support the upper portion of the treatment site, and a lower support member is provided in the lowermost tube 10b of the tubes to support the lower portion of the treatment region. 40) is charged.

The pipe 50 is hermetically coupled to the tube 12c through the lower support member 40 to contact the lower support member 40 so as to inject or discharge air to expand or contract the traction device. The cross section of the tubes 10 has an approximately oval shape, but this is for illustrative purposes, and other cross-sectional shapes such as rhombus shapes are possible. Preferably, the tubes 10 are made of synthetic resin, and in particular, the upper support member 30 and the lower support member 40 are filled with foamed synthetic resin such as urethane, respectively, in the tubes 10a and 10b. One end of the pipe 50 is provided with a compressible bulb 52 for injecting air into the tubes as a hydraulic supply mechanism, and a valve 54 for selecting air flow adjacent to the bulb 52 is installed. It is. Since the configuration of the bulb 52 and the valve 54 is a conventional technique, description of the hydraulic supply mechanism is omitted.

The upper surface of the upper support member 30 and the lower surface of the lower support member 40 are covered and fixed with a gap holding member 60 to form a predetermined gap so that the tubes 10 do not come into contact with the skin of the patient. have. The space maintaining members 60 are provided on the upper surface of the upper support member 30 and the lower surface of the lower support member 40 so as to face each other. In addition, both ends of the tubes 10, the upper support member 30, and the lower support member 40 are provided with an expansion preventing member 62 to prevent both ends of the tubes 10 from expanding. In FIG. 1, the expansion preventing member 62 is configured to surround the tubes 10, the upper support member 30, and the lower support member 40, but the expansion preventing member 62 is not limited thereto. 10) and the fitting to both ends of the upper support member 30 and the lower support member 40 is also possible.

On the other hand, the cover 20 contains the tubes 10, the upper support member and the lower support member 40. The cover 20 is formed with an open hole 22 as described above to insert or withdraw the tubes 10, the upper support member 30, and the lower support member 40 through the open hole 22. do. In addition, both ends of the cover 20 are fastened to the upper support member 30 and the lower support member 40 by the fastening means in close contact with the treatment area of the patient tube 10 and the upper support member 30 and the lower support member A fastener 24 for clamping 40 is provided.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 will be described a second embodiment of the medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation according to the present invention. The configuration of the second embodiment is the same as the basic configuration of the first embodiment. Looking at the difference, the upper support member 30 and the lower support member 40 in the embodiment of Figure 1 is filled in the innermost tube (10a) and the lowermost tube (10b), respectively, in the embodiment of Figure 4 The upper support member 30 'and the lower support member 40' are fixedly attached to the upper and lower surfaces of the uppermost tube 10a and the lowermost tube 10b, respectively.

Although the operation of the present invention can be easily understood from the above-described configuration, the operation of the above-described embodiment will be briefly described from now on for clearer understanding.

First, the patient inserts the tubes 10, the upper support member 30, and the lower support member 40 into the cover 20 so that the expansion preventing members 62 closely adhere to the skin of the patient. Tighten it and wear it on the recess. After wearing, a compressible bulb 52 is used to generate pneumatic pressure and to inject air into the tubes 10 through the pipe 50. The injected air travels through the passage holes to the tubes 10 having the closed compartment, thereby causing the tubes 10 to expand. The inflated tubes 10 generate traction to perform the desired traction treatment. In accordance with the expansion of the tubes 10, the space maintaining members 60 are in close contact with the lower end of the chest and the upper end of the pelvis. After the traction treatment is completed, the air charged in the tubes 10 may be discharged through the pipe 50 again using the valve 54. 3A and 3B show before and after the tubes 10 expand, respectively. Even when the tubes 10 are expanded, since both ends of the tubes 10 are provided with the anti-expansion member 62, as shown in FIG. 3B, both ends of the tubes 10 do not expand and are centered. As it goes to form a form that gradually expands.

The above-described embodiments working with the above configuration do not determine the scope of the present invention, but the appended claims representing the technical spirit of the present invention will determine the scope of the present invention. Therefore, those of ordinary skill in the art will naturally recognize that there are various modifications or variations of the above-described embodiments that fall within the scope of the claims, and these embodiments are intended to cover the scope of the present invention. Will belong.

As described above, according to the medical aid for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation according to the present invention, the disk generated in the lumbar can be treated by adjusting the size of the traction according to the body structure and symptoms of the patient. In addition, the body can be moved freely even while wearing the medical aid of the present invention, the patient can achieve a therapeutic effect while performing some modern busy daily life and work life even after the diagnosis and prescription of the doctor.

Claims (7)

Traction means each having a closed compartment capable of shrinkage expansion and having a plurality of flexible tubes laminated at both ends formed by free ends spaced by a predetermined distance so as to communicate with each other; An upper support member filled in the uppermost tube of the tubes to support the upper portion of the treatment area; A lower support member filled in a lowermost tube of the tubes to support a lower portion of the treatment area; Hydraulic pressure supply means for supplying hydraulic pressure to the towing means; A medical aid for treating intervertebral disc herniation, comprising a cover having the traction means, the upper support member and the lower support member, and having a fastening means at both ends. The medical aid of claim 1, wherein the upper support member and the lower support member are respectively covered and fixed with a gap holding member that faces the patient's skin and the towing means to form a predetermined gap. The medical aid of claim 1, wherein an expansion preventing member is provided at both ends of the traction means, the upper support member, and the lower support member to prevent the tubes of the traction means from expanding. 2. The intervertebral disc escape valve according to claim 1, wherein the hydraulic pressure supply means comprises a pipe sealingly connected to one of the tubes, and a hydraulic generator fitted to one end of the pipe to supply hydraulic pressure to the tubes. Therapeutic medical device. The medical aid of claim 1, wherein the fastening means provided at both ends of the cover is a fastener. Traction means each having a closed compartment capable of shrinkage expansion and having a plurality of flexible tubes laminated at both ends formed by free ends spaced by a predetermined distance so as to communicate with each other; An upper support member fixed to an upper surface of the uppermost tube of the tubes to support an upper portion of the treatment area; A lower support member fixed to a lower surface of a lowermost tube of the tubes to support a lower portion of the treatment area; Hydraulic pressure supply means for supplying hydraulic pressure to the towing means; Medical aids for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation comprising the traction means, the upper support member and the lower support member, the cover having a fastening means at both ends. 7. The medical aid for intervertebral disc herniation of claim 6, wherein an expansion preventing member is provided at both ends of the traction means, the upper support member, and the lower support member to prevent the tubes of the traction means from expanding.