Abstract
A pad, in particular for orthopedic aids, comprising a pad pressure element. The invention also relates to orthoses, bandages, or compression garments which comprise pads according to the invention.
Claims
1. A pad for orthopedic aids or compression garments, comprising: a pad base body of a first material and at least one pad pressure element of a second material, the pad pressure element embedded in the pad base body at least in part, and the first material of the pad base body being softer than the second material of the pad pressure element; and at least two rows of at least three elevations each, the at least two rows of elevations not extending in parallel at least in one portion, and the elevations protruding from a base element of the pad pressure element.
2. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the pad pressure element comprises three to six rows of at least three elevations (110, 610, 810) each.
3. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the rows each have four to twelve elevations.
4. The pad according to claim 1, wherein two adjacent rows of the at least two rows of at least three elevations each in the non-parallel portion extend at an angle of at least 3° and at most 25° to one another.
5. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the at least two rows of at least three elevations each in the pad base body are positioned to be located in a region of muscle strands when the pad is applied and function to exert pressure on the muscle strands.
6. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the base element of the pad pressure element comprises at least one hole, and at least two elevations being positioned on the base element at an edge of the at least one hole.
7. The pad according to claim 6, wherein the at least two elevations are connected to one another via the web spanning the hole.
8. The pad according to claim 6, wherein at least two pairs of elevations are positioned at the edge of the hole and are each connected to one another via a web spanning the hole, the webs of the two pairs of elevations intersecting, a center of the hole.
9. The pad according to claim 8, wherein another elevation is located on and/or next to a point of intersection of the two webs.
10. The pad according to claim 6, wherein the elevations positioned at the edge of the hole are assigned to the at least two rows of at least three elevations each.
11. The pad according to claim 10, wherein the hole is positioned in an end region of the at least two rows of at least three elevations each.
12. The pad according to claim 6, wherein the hole in the pad base body is positioned such that the elevations positioned at the edge of the hole are locatable in a region of a tendon-bone insertion when the pad is applied and function to exert pressure on the tendon-bone insertion.
13. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the pad pressure element comprises at least two additional rows of at least three elevations each, the at least two additional rows of elevations extending so as to be offset in an angular range of from 75° to 105° and/or so as to be offset in an angular range of from 165° to 205° with respect to the first at least two rows of elevations.
14. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the pad pressure element comprises at least two additional rows of at least three elevations each, the at least two additional rows of elevations extending so as to be offset by approximately 180° with respect to the first at least two rows of elevations.
15. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the pad pressure element comprises at least four additional rows of at least three elevations, the at least four additional rows of elevations extending so as to be offset in an angular range of from 75° to 105° and/or so as to be offset in an angular range of from 165° to 205° with respect to the first at least two rows of elevations.
16. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the pad pressure element comprises at least eight rows, preferably twelve rows, of at least three elevations each, the at least eight rows of elevations converging in the manner of rays.
17. The pad according to claim 16, further comprising a hole is located in the pad pressure element in the center of the rows of elevations that converge in a manner of rays, at least two elevations being positioned on the base element at the edge of the hole.
18. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the base element of the pad pressure element is web-shaped or plate-shaped.
19. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the elevations are stud-shaped or knob-shaped.
20. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the pad base body comprises a first base for facing a user and a second base facing away from the user, and the elevations projecting from the base element positioned in a region of the second base, which faces away from the user, and projecting in the direction of the first base, which faces the user.
21. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the pad is selected from a group consisting of an elbow pad, a shoulder pad, a knee pad, an ankle pad, a back pad, a pad for the arm region, an a pad for an abdominal region.
22. The pad according to claim 1, wherein the pad is an elbow pad, the base body of the pad comprising a hole for positioning the pad.
23. An orthosis, bandage, or compression garment comprising a pad according to claim 1.
Description
[0086] The invention is described in more detail below with reference to the following figures, without the embodiments of the invention shown therein being limited.
[0087] FIG. 1 shows a pad according to the invention.
[0088] FIG. 2 shows the pad pressure element of the pad from FIG. 1.
[0089] FIG. 3 shows the positioning of an elbow pad according to the invention on the arm of a person.
[0090] FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the pad according to the invention comprising three units of rows of elevations.
[0091] FIG. 5a shows another embodiment of the pad according to the invention comprising three units of rows of elevations.
[0092] FIG. 5b shows the embodiment from FIG. 5a in an oblique view.
[0093] FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of the pad according to the invention comprising two units of rows of elevations.
[0094] FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the pad according to the invention comprising rows of elevations extending in the manner of rays.
[0095] FIG. 8 shows a pad according to the invention on a knitted bandage base fabric.
[0096] FIG. 1 shows a pad (200) according to the invention, in the present case an elbow pad. The pad (200) consists of a softer pad base body (201) and a harder pad pressure element (100) embedded in the pad base body (201). The pad base body (201) comprises an annular region which forms a hole (202), which can advantageously be used for positioning the pad (200) at an elbow as shown in FIG. 3. The pad (200) comprises a front face (204) facing the body of the wearer and a rear face (205) facing away from the body of the wearer. The pad pressure element (100) is embedded completely in a tongue-shaped portion of the pad base body (201), specifically in such a way that it knob-shaped elevations (110) point from the base element (150) of the pad pressure element (100) in the direction of the front face (204) of the pad (200), i.e., in the direction of the arm of the wearer.
[0097] The pad pressure element (100) of the pad (200) from FIG. 1, which is shown by itself in FIG. 2, consists of a plate-shaped base element (150) with knob-shaped elevations (110) protruding therefrom. A first row (101), a second row (102), and a third row (103) of elevations (110) are formed on the base element (150), said elevations (110) extending in the manner of rays, i.e., not in parallel with one another. A hole (120) is located in the base element (150) at the end region of these rows (101, 102, 103). Four more elevations (121, 122, 123, 124) are positioned at the edge (126) of the hole (120). The hole is spanned by two webs (127, 128), in the point of intersection of which there is another elevation (125). On account of the hole (120), the elevations (121, 122, 123, 124, 125) located at the hole (120) are more movable than the elevation (110) arranged in the rows (101, 102, 103) on the base element (150).
[0098] FIG. 3 shows the elbow pad (200) according to the invention from FIG. 1 when worn on the arm. The tongue-shaped pad extends along the forearm muscles (300). In this case, the three rows of elevations each follow the course of different muscle fibers (301, 302, 303), such that the elevations can exert a pressure thereon over a longer course of the muscle fibers (301, 302, 303). The hole in the pad pressure element with the intersecting webs and with the elevations located at the hole and on the webs is located in the region of the tendon-bone insertion (310) of the muscle (300), such that the elevations located at the hole press on the tendon-bone insertion (310). As a result of the hole and the webs, these elevations are substantially more freely and movably resilient compared to the elevations of the rows. Therefore, on account of the pad, a different, in particular stronger, pressure is exerted on the muscle fibers (301, 302, 303) by the pad elevations there than that exerted on the tendon-bone insertion (310) by the more movable elevations in the region of the hole. The two different types of pressure in the two different regions result in a synergistic effect of the two types of elevations. The hole of the pad base body can advantageously surround the head of the humerus and thus ensure accurate and secure positioning of the pad (200).
[0099] FIG. 4 shows an elbow pad (400) according to the invention for use in the shoulder region. The pad base body consists of three tongues (401, 402, 403), each of which has a pad pressure element comprising three rows (161, 162, 163, 171, 172, 173, 181, 182, 183) of elevations (110) each. The pad (400) can encompass the upper head of the humerus by means of the hole in the pad base body, such that the rows (161, 162, 163) of the first tongue (401) are located in the region of the chest, the rows (181, 182, 183) of the third tongue (403) are located in the region of the upper arm, and the rows (171, 172, 173) of the second tongue (402) are located in the region of the back, such that a pressure can be generated on muscle fibers in all three regions.
[0100] FIG. 5a shows an alternative embodiment (500) of the shoulder pad from FIG. 4, the three tongues (501, 502, 503) being at a different angle to one another. The function of the pad from FIG. 5a is the same as that of the pad (400) from FIG. 4.
[0101] FIG. 5b shows the pad from FIG. 5a comprising the three tongues (501, 502, 503) in an oblique view.
[0102] FIG. 6 shows a pad (600) according to the invention, for example an arm pad, comprising two tongues (601, 602). The first tongue (601), with its three rows (661, 662, 663) of elevations (610), may extend along a muscle of the forearm, the second tongue (602), with its three rows (671, 672, 673) of elevations (610), may extend along a muscle of the upper arm.
[0103] FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of the pad (700) according to the invention for the hip region or the buttock region. The pad (700) comprises a star-shaped pad base body (701) in which a harder pressure element (800) having a star-shaped base element (850) is embedded. The pressure element (800) comprises a total of twelve rows of elevations (810) that diverge in the manner of rays from the center of the pad (700). In each case, three rows are combined as a unit. A hole (820) comprising two webs is located in the center of the pad pressure element (800). There are four, more movable elevations (821, 822, 823, 824) at the edge of the hole (820) and one other more movable elevation in the center of the hole (825).
[0104] FIG. 8 shows the pad (200) according to the invention from FIG. 1, which is assigned to a knitted bandage fabric (1000), for example a tubular arm bandage. The pad (200) is attached to the knitted bandage fabric (1000) by the base (205) facing away from the user.
[0105] The exact description of the pad (200) with the corresponding reference signs can be found in the description of FIG. 1.
