Therapeutic device

• US 20020082530A1
• Filed: 12/26/2000
• Published: 06/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medireha GmbH (Enovis Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Medireha GmbH (Enovis Corp.)
• Inventors: Knoll, Gerd
• Granted Patent: US 6,695,795 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/23
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/0281 Shoulder
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5007 computer controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/502 Card operated, e.g. pre-paid card, credit card or ID card

Abstract

Continuous passive body motion is efficiently and effectively treated by a therapy device which includes at least one movable body carrying element which is driven by a controlled motion drive to produce the desired movement. The motion drive controller includes at least data reading element which cooperates with a program data media to provide individualized control of the therapy device. This individual control will be specifically adapted for each particular patient, thus allowing therapy to occur without the need for operators.

Claims

1. A therapy device comprising

at least one body support element which is movable by means of a motion drive to perform the continuous passive body motions of a patient;

and

a control device, operably connected to the motion drive, wherein the control device includes a control program reader that cooperates with a machine-readable control program data media that can be read into the control program reader, said data media carrying a personalized and individual patient information control program.

2. The therapy device of claim 1, wherein the control program data media is a card having a magnetic strip

3. The therapy device of claim 1 wherein the control program data media is a chip cards.

4. The therapy device according to claim 1 wherein the therapy device is designed for the treatment of a joint in the body of a patient.

5. The therapy device of claim 1 wherein the body support element includes an arm rail attached to a seating surface via a plurality of pivot joints and a non-linear connecting arm, the plurality of pivot joints including a first shoulder pivot joint defining a roughly horizontal pivot level positioned underneath the seating surface for the seated patient, and a second shoulder joint connected to the first shoulder pivot joint via the non-linear connecting arm, the second shoulder pivot joint, roughly defining a vertical pivot level, is arranged between the arm rail and the connecting arm.

6. The therapy device of claim 5 wherein the intersection of the first shoulder pivot joint axis and the second shoulder pivot joint axis is positioned in close proximity to the patient'"'"'s shoulder.

7. The therapy device of claim 5 wherein the the first shoulder pivot joint is designed as a manually adjustable and lockable pivot joint.

8. The therapy device of claim 5 wherein the first shoulder pivot joint includes a scale dial for reading a selected shoulder pivot angle.

9. The therapy device of claim 5 further comprising a lower arm rest attached to the arm rail.

10. The therapy device of claim 9 wherein the lower arm rest is attached to the arm rail via a third shoulder pivot joint defining a rotary movement, the joint axis of the third shoulder pivot joint alligned to pass approximately through the point of intersection of the first and the second shoulder pivot joint axes.

11. The therapy device of claim 5 wherein the motion drive is operably attached to the first shoulder pivot joint.

12. The therapy device of claim 5 wherein the motion drive is operably attached to the second shoulder pivot joint.

13. The therapy device of claim 10 wherein the motion drive is operably attached to the third shoulder pivot joint.

14. The therapy device of claim 1 wherein the therapy device is configured as a stand.

15. The therapy device of claim 1 wherein the therapy device is configured as a treatment chair.

16. The therapy device of claim 15, wherein the treatment chair is equipped with a seating surface and a backrest and that the angle of inclination of the backrest is adjustable and lockable to align the patient'"'"'s shoulder in relation to the second shoulder pivot joint.

17. The therapy device of claim 5 wherein the arm rail is configured for the treatment of a patient'"'"'s shoulder and is adjustable for the treatment of both the left and the right shoulder, the arm rail further comprising a first rail section which carries the lower arm rest and is movably and lockably linked to a first rotary joint, the arm rail further comprising a second rail section also movably and lockably linked to the first rotary joint, the second rail section attached at an opposite end to the second shoulder joint, the lower arm rest being adjustably carried on the first rail section via a second rotary joint.

18. The Therapy device of claim 17 wherein the first and the second rotary joint each has an angle of rotation of at least 90°

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19. The therapy device of claim 18 wherein the first rotary joint allows the rotational movement of the first arm section and the second arm section in a roughly horizontal level.

20. The therapy device of claim 17 wherein the first rotary joint includes a latch coupling for locking in a desired rotary position.

21. The therapy device of claim 17 wherein the second rotary joint includes a latch coupling for locking in a desired rotary position.

22. The therapy device of claim 17 wherein the central longitudinal axis of the lower arm rest and the rotary axis of the second rotary joint are roughly arranged on one level.

23. The therapy device of claim 5 wherein the arm rail is optionally and detachably attached to one of two opposing sides of the treatment chair.

24. The therapy device of claim 15 wherein the treatment chair includes a right side first shoulder pivot joint and a left side first shoulder pivot joint, wherein the arm rail is detachably connectable to either the right side first shoulder pivot joint or the left side first shoulder pivot joint.

25. The therapy device of claim 24 further comprising an arm rest attachable to either the right side first shoulder pivot joint or the left side first shoulder pivot joint.

26. The therapy device of claim 5 wherein the non-linear connecting arms are telescopically adjustable.

27. The therapy device of claim 26 wherein the non-linear connecting arms are lockable in a desired position.