Three-dimensional spine correction robot

• US 9,775,762 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2012
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhang Jilin
• Original Assignee: Zhang Jilin
• Inventors: Zhang, Jilin, Zhang, Yi
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Justine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stuart, Colin W
• Application Number:
  US14/350,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20140309693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,820 Days
• Field of Search: 606237-245, 482142, 482143, 602 32- 36, 602 38
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/04 Devices for stretching or reducing fractured limbs; Devices for distractions; Splints plaster of Paris bandages A61F13/04; with surgery A61B17/60
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/00 Apparatus for passive exercising A61H5/00 takes precedence; Vibrating apparatus driving means for vibrating A61H23/00; Chiropractic devices, e.g. body impacting devices, external devices for briefly extending or aligning unbroken bones
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/008 Apparatus for applying pressure or blows almost perpendicular to the body or limb axis, e.g. chiropractic devices for repositioning vertebrae, correcting deformation
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/0218 Drawing-out devices suspension devices for supporting the patient in upright walking or standing position A61H3/008; orthopedic devices for non-surgical treatment A61F5/01; stretching fractured limbs A61F5/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/0229 by reducing gravity forces normally applied to the body, e.g. by lifting or hanging the body or part of it
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/0292 for the spinal column A61H1/0218 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/0296 Neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2001/0203 Rotation of a body part around its longitudinal axis
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1207 with electric or magnetic drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1238 with hydraulic or pneumatic drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1284 using own weight
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1607 Holding means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1621 Holding means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1633 Seat A61H2201/0149 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5064 Position sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2203/0431 in 90°/90°-position, like on a chair

Abstract

A three-dimensional spine correction robot includes: a pillar, a seat, human body fixing belts, a head fixing apparatus, a bracket, pillar casing pipes, a spine lateral push-and-pull apparatus and a seat locking mechanism. The head fixing apparatus is fixed on the top of the bracket. The pillar casing pipes are movably sleeved over the pillar, and each pillar casing pipe is connected to a human body fixing belt. The lower end of the pillar casing pipe is connected to the seat, and the upper end is connected to the pillar. A first elastic connection object is connected between the pillar casing pipes. The spine lateral push-and-pull apparatus may move up and down along the pillar and swing. The seat is connected to the pillar through a bearing, and may move up and down along the pillar. The seat locking mechanism is fixed between the bracket and the seat.

Claims

1. A three-dimensional spine correction robot comprises a pillar, a seat, a plurality of human body fixing belts, a head fixing apparatus, and a bracket, said head fixing apparatus is fixed on a top of the bracket, wherein said three-dimensional spine correction robot further comprises a plurality of pillar casing pipes, a spine lateral push-and-pull apparatus and a seat locking mechanism;

the plurality of pillar casing pipes are sleeved over the pillar in a movable manner, and each of the plurality of pillar casing pipes is connected to a respective one of the plurality of human body fixing belts;

a lower end of the plurality of pillar casing pipes is connected to the seat, and an upper end of the plurality of pillar casing pipes is connected to the pillar;

a first elastic connection object is connected between the plurality of pillar casing pipes;

the spine lateral push-and-pull apparatus is adapted to move up and down along the pillar and swing;

the seat is connected to the pillar through a bearing, and is adapted to move up and down along the pillar; and

the seat locking mechanism is fixed between the bracket and the seat.

2. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 1, wherein said three-dimensional spine correction robot further comprises a lifting platform, the lifting platform is located below the seat and used to adjust a descent distance of the seat.

3. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 2, wherein the lifting platform is connected to a displacement sensor for monitoring the descent distance of the seat.

4. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 3, wherein said three-dimensional spine correction robot further comprises an overall casing-pipe retractor device fixed between the upper end of the plurality of pillar casing pipes and an upper end of the pillar.

5. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 4, wherein a second elastic connection object is connected between the plurality of human body fixing belts.

6. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 4, wherein the head fixing apparatus comprises a helmet and a helmet rotation mechanism, the helmet rotation mechanism is fixed on the top of the bracket and connected to the helmet;

the helmet is used to fix the head of a patient and to make quantitative rotation through the helmet rotation mechanism.

7. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 4, wherein a weight or mechanical force is loaded around or below the seat.

8. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 4, wherein a push rod is fixed and connected to one side of the seat to rotate the seat.

9. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 4, wherein the spine lateral push-and-pull apparatus comprises a push-and-pull mechanism, a vertical positioning mechanism and a horizontal positioning mechanism;

the vertical positioning mechanism is adapted to move up and down along the bracket and is fixed to the bracket;

the push-and-pull mechanism comprises a push-and-pull rod and a driving mechanism for driving the push-and-pull rod, a bottom of the driving mechanism is adapted to be fixed in a sliding groove of the horizontal positioning mechanism in a movable manner.

10. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 4, wherein said three-dimensional spine correction robot further comprises a seat resetting mechanism so that the seat is capable of being returned to an initial position thereof.

11. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 1, wherein a second elastic connection object is connected between the plurality of human body fixing belts.

12. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 1, wherein the head fixing apparatus comprises a helmet and a helmet rotation mechanism, the helmet rotation mechanism is fixed on the top of the bracket and connected to the helmet;

the helmet is used to fix the head of a patient and to make quantitative rotation through the helmet rotation mechanism.

13. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 1, wherein a weight or mechanical force is loaded around or below the seat.

14. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 1, wherein a push rod is fixed and connected to one side of the seat to rotate the seat.

15. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 1, wherein the spine lateral push-and-pull apparatus comprises a push-and-pull mechanism, a vertical positioning mechanism and a horizontal positioning mechanism;

the vertical positioning mechanism is adapted to move up and down along the bracket and is fixed to the bracket;

the push-and-pull mechanism comprises a push-and-pull rod and a driving mechanism for driving the push-and-pull rod, a bottom of the driving mechanism is adapted to be fixed in a sliding groove of the horizontal positioning mechanism in a movable manner.

16. The three-dimensional spine correction robot of claim 1, wherein said three-dimensional spine correction robot further comprises a seat resetting mechanism so that the seat is capable of being returned to an initial position thereof.