Rehabilitation device
11324654 · 2022-05-10
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Abstract
A rehabilitation device includes a first support unit adapted to support palms of a rehabilitation patient; a second support unit which is provided in one side of the first support unit and adapted to support fingers of the rehabilitation patient; a driving unit which moves the second support unit toward a direction of a back of a hand of the rehabilitation patient; and a joint unit which allows the first support unit to be tilted as the second support unit moves.
Claims
1. A rehabilitation device comprising: a first support unit adapted to support palms of a rehabilitation patient; a second support unit which is provided in one side of the first support unit and adapted to support fingers of the rehabilitation patient; a driving unit which moves the second support unit toward a direction of a back of a hand of the rehabilitation patient; and a joint unit which allows the first support unit to be tilted as the second support unit moves, wherein the fingers and palms are allowed to be sequentially bent.
2. The rehabilitation device of claim 1, wherein the joint unit comprises: a first joint unit which allows the first support unit to rotate freely; a second joint unit, which, while connecting the first support unit and the second support unit, allows the second support unit to rotate freely; and a restriction unit, which, while being provided in the first support unit, restricts a rotation of the second support unit thereby rotating the first support unit as the second support unit moves.
3. The rehabilitation device of claim 2, wherein the driving unit comprises: a moving unit which, while being positioned from the first support unit toward the second support unit, moves forward and backward under the first support unit or the second support unit; a driving connection unit which connects the moving unit and the second support unit; and a rotation structure which allows the driving connection unit to rotate freely by a forward movement of the moving unit thereby moving the second support unit upward.
4. The rehabilitation device of claim 3, further comprising a secondary rehabilitation unit, which, being provided in the first support unit, allows a thumb of the fingers of the rehabilitation patient to be folded and then extended, wherein the secondary rehabilitation unit comprising: a third support unit, which, being provided in the first support unit, is provided in one side of the second support unit, thus being able to rotate toward a direction of a side of the second support unit; a rotation guide, which, while being protruded in a lower part of the third support unit, is tilted toward a direction of movement of the moving unit from an outside of the third support unit to an inside of the third support unit; and a secondary moving unit, which, while being provided to move along with the moving unit, comes into contact with the rotation guide and pushes the rotation guide while being sled thereby rotating the third support unit.
5. The rehabilitation device of claim 4, wherein the secondary rehabilitation unit is provided on each side of both sides of the second support unit.
6. The rehabilitation device according to claim 4, wherein the secondary rehabilitation unit further comprises a secondary return unit which, while being connected to the third support unit and the first support unit, returns the rotated third support unit.
7. The rehabilitation device of claim 6, further comprising a ball caster, which, being provided in a lower part of the driving unit, allows rehabilitation device to move freely by an external force.
8. The rehabilitation device of claim 1, further comprising: a wrist fixing unit being provided in the driving unit and adapted to fix a wrist of the rehabilitation patient; and an arm resting unit being provided in the driving unit and adapted to contact with a particular part from the wrist to an elbow of the rehabilitation patient, wherein the arm resting unit is tilted toward a thumb direction as the arm resting unit faces upward.
9. The rehabilitation device according to claim 5, wherein the secondary rehabilitation unit further comprises a secondary return unit which, while being connected to the third support unit and the first support unit, returns the rotated third support unit.
10. The rehabilitation device of claim 9, further comprising a ball caster, which, being provided in a lower part of the driving unit, allows the rehabilitation device to move freely by an external force.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(7) Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments disclosed in the present specification will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Unless indicated otherwise in the specification, like reference numerals in the drawings shall indicate like elements. The exemplary embodiments described in the detailed description, drawings, and claims are not intended to limit the scope of description, drawings, and claims, but other embodiments may also be used. Other modifications may be also possible as long as they do not depart from the spirit or scope of the technology disclosed herein. Those skilled in the art can arrange, configure, combine, and design the components of the present disclosure (i.e., the components generally described herein and described in the figures) in various other configurations, and will easily understand that all of these are obviously devised and form parts of the present disclosure. In order to explicitly express various layers (or membranes), regions, and shapes in the drawings, the width, length, thickness, or shape of the components may be exaggerated.
(8) When one component is referred to as “provided in” another component, it may include a case where an additional component is interposed therebetween, in addition to the case where the one component is directly provided to the other component.
(9) When one component is referred to as “connected to” another component, it may include a case where an additional component is interposed therebetween, in addition to the case where the one component is directly connected to the other component.
(10) When one component is referred to as “coupled to” another component, it may include a case where an additional component is interposed therebetween, in addition to the case where the one component is directly coupled to the other component.
(11) Since the descriptions on the techniques disclosed are merely embodiments for structural or functional description, the proprietory rights with respect to the disclosed techniques should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described herein. That is, since the exemplary embodiments may be modified variously and may have various forms, the proprietory rights with respect to the disclosed techniques should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing the technical ideas.
(12) Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and terms such as “include” or “have” are intended to indicate that there are features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof implemented, and it should be understood that it does not exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, actions, components, parts or combinations thereof.
(13) All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the disclosed technology belongs, unless otherwise defined. As defined in the commonly used dictionaries, the terms should be construed to be consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and should not be construed as having ideal or overly formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application.
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(15) Hereinafter, the rehabilitation device disclosed in the present specification will be outlined below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The rehabilitation device referring to the drawing include a first support unit 100 which supports palms; a second support unit 200 which is provided in one side of the first support unit 100 thereby supporting fingers; a driving unit 300 which moves the second support unit 200 toward the direction of the back of a hand; and a joint unit 400 which allows the first support unit 100 to be tilted as the second support unit 200 moves.
(16) In some other embodiments, the rehabilitation device may optionally further include a secondary rehabilitation unit 500.
(17) In some other embodiments, the rehabilitation device may optionally further include a ball caster 600.
(18) In some other embodiments, the rehabilitation device may optionally further include a wrist fixing unit 700 and an arm receiving unit 800.
(19) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
(20) The rehabilitation device with reference to
(21) The first support unit 100 with reference to
(22) Meanwhile, the first support unit 100 may be installed in a separate cover which covers the rehabilitation device disclosed in the present specification or may be installed in the driving unit 300 as shown in
(23) The second support unit 200 may be provided on one side of the first support unit 100 to support fingers. The second support unit 200 may be provided in the form of a plate. To explain more specifically with reference to
(24) Meanwhile, the second support unit 200 may be provided so as to individually support each of the second to fifth fingers of a rehabilitation patient.
(25) The driving unit 300 may be provided so as to move the second support unit 200 to the direction of the back of a hand.
(26) According to some exemplary embodiments, the driving unit 300 may optionally further include a connection unit 320 and a rotation structure 330.
(27) The driving unit 300 according to an embodiment (not shown) may include a moving unit 310 provided so as to reciprocate forward and backward. The moving unit 310 may be provided as a conventional cylinder, etc. for reciprocating the lead screw or the piston rotated by a conventional motor. The moving unit 310 may be provided at an end of the second support unit 200. The driving unit 300 may be provided to allow the second support unit 200 to move to an upward direction, i.e., a direction toward the back of a hand of a rehabilitation patient. The driving unit 300 moves the second support unit 200 to an upward direction and thereby make the fingers of the rehabilitation patient to be flipped toward the palm direction. That is, a finger extension exercise is forced, in which when the moving unit 310 moves forward, fingers are flipped, whereas when the moving unit 310 moves backward, the fingers are returned.
(28) Meanwhile, the driving unit 300 may be installed on a separate cover that covers the rehabilitation device shown in the present specification, or may be fixed to the floor, etc.
(29) The driving unit 300 according to an embodiment referring to
(30) The driving unit 310 referring to
(31) The driving unit 320 referring to
(32) The rotation structure 330 referring to
(33) Meanwhile, the moving unit 310 may be provided by the lead screw rotated by a conventional motor as in
(34) A joint unit 400 causes the first support unit 100 to tilt as the second support unit 200 moves. The joint unit 400 roughly includes a first joint unit 410, a second joint unit 420, and a restriction unit 430.
(35) The first joint unit 410 referring to
(36) The second joint unit 420 referring to
(37) The restriction unit 430 referring to
(38) In the rehabilitation device according to an embodiment described above, as a primary step, a first-step extension exercise where fingers are flipped to the direction of back of the hands or palms can be performed through the second support unit 200 which rotates by the driving unit 300 may be performed.
(39) In the rehabilitation device according to an embodiment described above, a second-step extension exercise where palms are flipped to the direction of back of the hands or palms in a state where the fingers are flipped through the first support unit 100 which rotates by movement of the second support unit 200.
(40) In the rehabilitation device according to an embodiment described above, an extension exercise may be performed in the sequential order of fingers and a palm (wrist) toward the direction of the back of a hand; and an extension exercise may be performed in the sequential order of a palm (wrist) and fingers toward the direction of the palm.
(41) The rehabilitation device referring to
(42) According to other embodiments, a secondary return part 540 may be further included.
(43) The third support unit 510, which is provided in the first support unit 100, is provided in one side of the second support unit 200 and rotates freely to the direction of the side of the second support unit 200. To explain more specifically referring to
(44) The rotation guide 520 which, while being protruded in a lower part of the third support unit 510, is tilted toward the direction of movement of the moving unit 310 from the outside of the third support unit 510 to the inside of the third support unit 510. To explain more specifically referring to
(45) The secondary moving unit 530, which, while being provided to move along with the moving unit 310, comes into contact with the rotation guide 520 and pushes while being sled thereby rotating the third support unit 510. To explain more specifically referring to
(46) Meanwhile, the secondary moving unit 530 may be provided with a conventional ball caster or roller at an end thereof.
(47) The secondary rehabilitation unit 500 explained in other embodiment, by converting the force generated in one direction totally different from the force generated by a single driving unit 300 through the rotation guide 520 and the secondary moving unit 530, can force an extension exercise in which a thumb of one hand of a rehabilitation patient supported through the first support unit 100 or the second support unit 200 can be extended or clenched. The rotation of the secondary rehabilitation unit 500 may have an internal angle of 45°.
(48) Meanwhile, as in
(49) Further, as explained in
(50) Meanwhile, the rehabilitation unit 500 explained above may further include a conventional ball caster 600 as illustrated in
(51) Additionally, by changing the location of the arm through the ball caster 600, the device has the effect of being capable of performing the extension exercise from fingers to the shoulder.
(52) Further, the rehabilitation device including the ball caster 600 may further include an additional plate body. A ball caster 600 explained above may be provided in the plate body. The plate body may be provided in a lower surface of the driving unit 300. The plate body may be selectively coupled to or separated from the driving unit 300. The driving unit 300 may include a conventional roller that rotates on the upper surface of the plate body. The roller may be controlled through an apparatus such as a conventional motor, etc. In such a rehabilitation device, the driving unit 300 can move forward or backward on the upper surface of the plate body through the roller, and the rehabilitation patient can move the rehabilitation device by moving his/her arm through the ball caster 600. That is, a rehabilitation patient can proceed with an active extension exercise through the plate body in which the ball caster 600 is provided. The rehabilitation patient can perform a passive extension exercise through the roller in which the plate body is separated.
(53) The rehabilitation device with reference to
(54) The wrist fixing unit 700 with reference to
(55) Meanwhile, the wrist fixing unit 700 may be provided on the surface of the cover covering the rehabilitation device.
(56) The arm receiving unit 800 with reference to
(57) In the rehabilitation device including the wrist fixing unit 700 and the arm receiving unit 800 explained in another embodiment, if excessive pain occurs when the wrist is tilted due to the extension exercise by the second support unit 200 and the first support unit 100, a rehabilitation patient can straighten the folded wrists by instantly moving the elbows to a lower part of the arm receiving unit 800. Therefore, the rehabilitation device has the effect of easily releasing excessive pain occurred due to extension exercise. Additionally, the rehabilitation patient can resolve the pain problem even with a slight movement and can continue the extension exercise in a state where the pain has not occurred.
(58) From the foregoing, it will be understood that various embodiments of the present disclosure have been described for illustration purposes, and various modifications are possible without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. In addition, the various embodiments disclosed above are not intended to limit the present disclosure, and the true spirit and scope of the present disclosure will be proposed in the claims below.
(59) In the rehabilitation device disclosed in the present specification, as a primary step, a first-step extension exercise where fingers are flipped to the direction of back of the hands or palms can be performed through the second support unit 200 which rotates by the driving unit 300, and a second-step extension exercise where palms are flipped to the direction of back of the hands or palms in a state where the fingers are flipped through the first support unit 100 which rotates by the movement of the second support unit 200.
EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS
(60) 100: first support unit
(61) 200: second support unit
(62) 300: driving unit
(63) 310: moving unit
(64) 320: driving connection unit
(65) 330: rotation structure
(66) 400: joint unit
(67) 410: first joint unit
(68) 420: second joint unit
(69) 430: restriction unit
(70) 500: secondary rehabilitation unit
(71) 510: third support unit
(72) 520: rotation guide
(73) 530: secondary moving unit
(74) 540: secondary return unit
(75) 600: ball caster
(76) 700: wrist fixing unit
(77) 800: arm resting unit