37 results about "Joint mobility" patented technology

The instant invention provides a method of treating or preventing osteoarthritis, joint effusion, joint inflammation and pain, synovitis, lameness, post operative arthroscopic surgery, deterioration of proper joint function including joint mobility, the reduction or inhibition of metabolic activity of chondrocytes, the activity of enzymes that degrade cartilage, the reduction or inhibition of the production of Hyaluronic acid, said method comprising orally administering to a mammalian species a therapeutically effective amount of Hyaluronic Acid or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Additionally, compositions containing hyaluronic acid; chondroitin sulfate, and glucosamine sulfate in a paste formulation are also disclosed which can be administered on their own or can be used as a feed additive.

An artificial joint (3), particularly for replacing a talocrural joint, including a first primary joint surface (1) that forms an articular fossa (4) particularly for replacing the tibia composed of concave curvatures extending parallel to a primary function plane of the joint (3), which corresponds to the sagittal plane, and a second primary joint surface (2) which cooperates with the first primary joint surface (1) as a component of a condoyle (5) that replaces the talus and has convex curvatures (7, 8, 9, 10) on the primary function plane that are adapted to the first primary joint surface (1). To achieve high stress resistance and optimal joint mobility, depending on the position of the joint, the radii of the curvatures (7, 8, 9, 10) are calculated such that the differential amounts arising between the corresponding radii of the first and second primary joint surfaces (1, 2) in an ascending angular position (V) relative to a descending angular position and also simultaneously between a medial face (11) and a lateral face (12) of the joint (3) deviate from one another.

A patient support platform provides a solution for healthcare facilities and nursing staff to address patient and staff safety, patient mobility, patient comfort, the availability of patient information, monitoring drugs and therapy provided, and controlling health care expenses. The patient support platform preferably includes a transmission system that allows the patient and / or medical staff member to choose a stop, walk or roll mode. The transmission system preferably includes a drag wheel for applying a braking force in response to a voltage generated by a braking motor. The platform supports a plurality of devices that may be attached or associated with a patient throughout their stay at a healthcare facility. The support platform also preferably includes a mechanism for releasably attaching the support platform to another structure, such as a bed. Embodiments of the present invention include multiple non-medical uses of the platform.

The invention discloses a movable measurement orthopedic device for wrist joint and finger joint, comprising a main support, an Pi-shaped front support arranged at the front end of the main support and finger cots arranged on the main support by connecting lines to be inserted by fingers, which is characterized in that the upward tilted angle of the Pi-shaped front support arranged at the front end of an arc-shaped wrist protection plate of the main support is 25 to 35 degrees; tubular force measuring devices are arranged on all the connecting lines of the finger tips and the main support; the both side walls of the arc-shaped wrist protection plate are respectively provided with an installing screw for a U-shaped side support, and the main support is matched with the U-shaped side support with thumb tips. The movable measurement orthopedic device of the wrist joint and the finger joint has reasonable and simple structure, the operation and the usage are convenient, the range of application is wide, which is not only applicable to muscle strength training of all the parts of the wrist and the hand, but also applicable to the training of all the joints of the wrist and the hand. The force measuring devices arranged on the orthopedic device can accurately display the force generated by muscle contraction and provide an objective and detailed basis for the determination of the early joint activity training load and the follow-up muscle strength training value and the evaluation of the treatment effects.

An artificial joint (3), particularly for replacing a talocrural joint, including a first primary joint surface (1) that forms an articular fossa (4) particularly for replacing the tibia composed of concave curvatures extending parallel to a primary function plane of the joint (3), which corresponds to the sagittal plane, and a second primary joint surface (2) which cooperates with the first primary joint surface (1) as a component of a condoyle (5) that replaces the talus and has convex curvatures (7,8,9,10) on the primary function plane that are adapted to the first primary joint surface (1). To achieve high stress resistance and optimal joint mobility, depending on the position of the joint, the radii of the curvatures (7,8,9,10) are calculated such that the differential amounts arising between the corresponding radii of the first and second primary joint surfaces (1,2) in an ascending angular position (V) relative to a descending angular position and also simultaneously between a medial face (11) and a lateral face (12) of the joint (3) deviate from one another.

Provided is a robot that has: a multi-jointed robot arm (5); an external-force detection means (3) which is provided on the arm and detects external forces; a joint mobility state calculation means (2) which calculates the mobility states of the joints on the arm; an external-force transformation means (24) which, on the basis of the mobility states calculated by the joint mobility state calculation means, transforms the external forces detected by the external-force detection means into transformed external forces; and a control means (25, 29) that, on the basis of the transformed external forces, controls the arm (5) such that the movements thereof are restricted.

This invention provides a mobility cell measurement method and apparatus for a mobile communications system like as LTE-A. The method includes: performing inter-carrier synchronous transmission of a synchronous signal on at least two Component Carriers (CCs); sending information regarding one or more CCs among the at least two CCs that is capable of performing Carrier Aggregation (CA) with a carrier of a serving cell to a user equipment through higher-level signaling; and sending joint mobility measurement information to the user equipment of the serving cell, wherein the user equipment determines a CC for performing joint mobility measurement according to the information regarding the one or more CCs and the joint mobility measurement information and performs the joint mobility measurement on the determined CC. This increases the speed of the mobility measurement and reduces the power consumption of the user equipment.

A device for training muscles and joint mobility by applying to individual parts of the human body the loading of his / her own weight as well as twisting motions due to muscular efforts of arms and legs is provided. The device may be coupled to known chair designs. It may be fixed relative to the base of a rotating chair.

The invention provides a sports rehabilitation device for exercising upper and lower limbs, which comprises a bed body, a support frame is fixed on the left side of the bed body, an upper limb training device is arranged on a support top, the upper limb training device comprises two sets of big arm support rods and two sets of small arm support rods, the two sets of the big arm support rods are connected with the support frame by a rotating mechanism, and the two sets of the large arm support rods are also connected with two sets of small support rods through the rotating mechanism; a lower limb training mechanism is arranged on the right side of the bed body, the lower limb training mechanism is fixed on a two-degree-of-freedom sliding mechanism, and the two-degree-of-freedom sliding mechanism is fixed on the bottom of the bed body. The invention provides a sports rehabilitation device for exercising upper and lower limbs, mainly used for performing upper limb lower limb exercise forcerebral infarction or post-operative bedridden patients, through rehabilitation training, the systemic blood circulation can be promoted, the residual muscle strength can be restored, and the joint mobility can be improved.

A system for determining an indication of animal joint mobility includes a mounting apparatus configured to hold a first condyle of the joint stationary in a position such that a second condyle of the joint can pivot about the joint, a pendulum configured to be coupled to the second condyle and configured such that a portion of a weight of the pendulum is disposed below a pivot axis of the joint such that the pendulum and second condyle can oscillate about the pivot axis, an angular displacement indicator associated with the pendulum, an angular displacement recorder configured to store indicia of the angular displacement, as indicated by the angular displacement indicator; of the pendulum over time, and a processor coupled to the angular displacement recorder and configured to use the angular displacement indicia to determine a first value associated with momentum decay of oscillations of the pendulum and to use the at least one value to determine a second value associated with a coefficient of friction of the joint.

A therapeutic device adapted for facilitating recovery of joint mobility and muscle strength follow knee joint surgery in a human patient and a method for use. The therapeutic device includes an adjustable strap adapted for fitment about the midpoint of the patient's foot. A connecting strap is coupled to an edge of the adjustable strap between a pair of spaced apart swiveling connections, and a tension strap is secured about the adjustable strap and extending substantially the length of the patient's body. During use, tension maintained in the tension strap against the patient's foot facilitates knee joint flexion and provides a resistive force against knee joint extension.

Virtual Reality systems may be used in healthcare and therapy, e.g., focusing on physical and neurorehabilitation. For instance, victims of brain injury may seek treatment to improve, e.g., range of motion, balance, coordination, joint mobility, flexibility, posture, endurance, and strength. VR systems can be used to entertain and instruct patients in their movements while recreating practical exercises to further therapeutic goals. Patient movement data during physical therapy sessions may be valuable to patients and healthcare practitioners. The system may comprise a plurality of body sensors, a VR headset, and a supervisor tablet. The disclosed system may facilitate translation between real world coordinates and virtual world coordinates, assigning sensors to body parts, measuring range of motion of joints and limbs, correcting sensor orientation, recording and presenting therapy data, and generating and animating a 3-D virtual reality avatar in a virtual world to perform activities, among other benefits.

The invention discloses a finger muscle force rehabilitation table, and relates to the technical field of rehabilitation instruments. A door-shaped structure supporting beam is arranged at the upper surface of a tabletop; a fixed pulley is hooked to the supporting beam, the two ends of a traction rope are each provided with a fingerstall, one end of the traction rope winds around the fixed pulley,and the other end of the traction rope passes through a through hole formed in the tabletop, winds around a movable pulley to penetrate through an installing hole in the tabletop from bottom to top,and is clamped to the tabletop through a buckle installed on the tabletop to form a traction mechanism; each force loading mechanism is connected with the movable pulley of each traction mechanism forproviding downward force for the corresponding movable pulley. Tension of rehabilitation training is adjustable, proper force can be supplied according to the condition of a user, hand disabled patents with mobility barriers of finger flexors and extensors or finger joints can be helped to perform hand anti-resistance training, joint mobility training and hand rehabilitation training, hand bloodcirculation of the patient can be greatly promoted, and muscle atrophy is avoided; and the table is simple in structure and convenient to use and has the good practicability.

The invention features compositions and methods for the administration of an oxidatively transformed carotenoid, or a fractionated component thereof, for improving the health of animals, such as increasing joint mobility, increasing activity, and improving coat quality.

A gantry system supports a human user in a harness attached to a carriage on a track. The carriage may comprise a body defining a U-shaped or C-shaped opening sized to receive a cylindrical track, and a pair of wheels attached to the body that roll along a top portion of the track with sufficiently minimal drag to permit the user to move the carriage without assistance. Single track embodiments may have a straight or curved trajectory and may have intersecting track portions with junctions that move between the intersecting track portions. In other embodiments, the carriage traverses a perpendicular track spanning a pair of parallel tracks. The perpendicular track may traverse the parallel tracks with or without motorized assistance. A counterweight system may provide partial weight support for the user. In one embodiment, the tracks are supported by a collapsible free-standing structure.

The instant invention provides a method and composition for treating or preventing osteoarthritis, joint effusion, joint inflammation and pain, synovitis, lameness, post operative arthroscopic surgery, deterioration of proper joint function including joint mobility, the reduction or inhibition of metabolic activity of chondrocytes, the activity of enzymes that degrade cartilage, said method comprising administering effective amounts of Boswellia Serrata, effective amounts of freeze dried green lipped mussle, effective amounts of white willow bark extract containing salicin, effective amounts of angelica root, effective amounts of glucosamine and salts thereof, effective amounts of chondroitin and salts thereof and effective amounts of omega 3 fatty acids.

The invention is an Enhanced Patient Mobility System for use by ambulatory or recovering patients. The Enhanced Mobility System is fabricated from sturdy tubular material and has a lower U-shaped base frame member mounted on casters with an upwardly extending mid frame member and two identical side frame members lying in parallel planes and each attached at it's lower extremity to the lower U-shaped base frame member. The U-shaped base frame member, the mid frame member and the two identical side frame members define a walking space for the patient with provision for the possibility of the patient also being able to move about with oxygen tanks, a patient intravenous drip apparatus and other medical devices and apparatus which must be transported by an ambulatory patient.

The invention relates to the technical field of sport equipment, in particular to sport equipment for exercising upper-limb coordination and joint mobility. The sport equipment comprises a controllerand a processor, six connecting pieces are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the side wall of the controller, six connecting rings b are fixedly connected to the ends, away from six connecting rings a, of six tension springs, a wall pulley handle a and a wall pulley handle b are fixedly connected to the ends, away from the six tension springs, of the six connecting rings b, a grip strength rod is movably connected to the inner wall of the wall pulley handle a, two springs are fixedly connected to the side wall of the grip strength rod, and two pedal rods are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the side wall of the wall pulley handle b. According to the sport equipment for exercising upper-limb coordination and joint mobility, the wall pulley handle a and the wall pulley handle b are fixedly connected to the ends, away from the six tension springs, of the six connecting rings b, the grip strength rod is movably connected to the inner wall of the wall pulley handle a, the two springs are fixedly connected to the side wall of the grip strength rod, and two pedal rods are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the side wall of the wall pulley handle b; the function is diverse,exercising is efficient, and the structure is simple.

The invention discloses a forearm joint training adapter, a forearm joint rehabilitation training device and a training control method thereof. The forearm joint training adapter comprises a forearm joint adapter and a motion control host. The forearm joint adapter comprises an adjuster, a position adjusting mechanism, and a joint fixing piece. The joint fixing piece can be adjustably connected tothe adjuster through the position adjusting mechanism. The motion control host comprises a driving motor and a control module. The adjuster is connected to the driving motor to rotate with relative to an output shaft of the driving motor. The control module is connected to the driving motor. The control module comprises an angular position change detection module, a motor current change detectionmodule and a mode selection module. The forearm joint training adapter, the forearm joint rehabilitation training device and the training control method thereof can effectively assist a patient to perform joint exercise, improve muscle strength and joint mobility, and stretch and relax stiff joints.

Disclosed herein is Synergistic herbal composition(s) comprising combination of a first ingredient selected from the extract(s), fraction(s), phytochemical(s) and mixtures thereof derived from Murraya koenigii and a second ingredient selected from the extract(s), fraction(s), phytochemical(s) and mixtures thereof derived from Coriandrum sativum or Curcuma amada for improving cartilage growth / repair / regeneration, improving joint mobility, reducing cartilage breakdown, reducing joint pain, reducing stiffness, reducing inflammation and / or treating / alleviating symptoms associated with osteoarthritis. The invention further provides method of improving cartilage growth / repair / regeneration, improving joint mobility, reducing cartilage breakdown, reducing joint pain, reducing stiffness, reducing inflammation and / or treating / alleviating symptoms associated with osteoarthritis in a human or animal.

The invention discloses an intelligent hand rehabilitation training device. The device comprises a lifting table, and the lifting table is provided with a hand rehabilitation training mechanism capable of integrally sliding left and right along the surface of the table, a human-computer interaction all-in-one machine for setting a training mode and a training plan, and an electric control box forcontrolling the work of the hand rehabilitation training mechanism so as to actively drive or assist to induce user training. The device has a simple structure and comprehensive functions, can be usedto train wrist joint muscle strength and joint mobility and meet the needs of different users, has the advantages of high practicality and simple and convenient operation, and can greatly save hospital manpower and increase user training motivation.

The invention provides a bathing hydrotherapy machine for babies. The machine comprises a bathing tank, a hydrotherapy tank, a thermostat, a water pump, an electric ball valve and a wind pump; the bathing tank is internally provided with a water overflowing port and a water discharging port, the hydrotherapy tank is internally provided with an electric water discharging port, a manual water discharging port, a water return port, bubble nozzles, vortex nozzles, a functional faucet, a switch faucet and a thermostatic faucet. The bathing hydrotherapy machine has the following advantages that through the arrangement of the thermostat and the thermostatic faucet, it can be effectively ensured that the temperature is always in a comfortable and safe state when the babies have a bath and hydrotherapy; by forming the water overflowing port and the water discharging port in the bathing tank, the situation can be avoided that the babies are drowned during bathing due to the excessively-high water level; by arranging the bubble nozzles and the vortex nozzles in the hydrotherapy tank, the functions of vortex impact and bubble massage can be achieved, the cardio-pulmonary functions of the babies are effectively improved, the blood circulation is improved, the myospasm is relieved, the joint mobility is improved, the muscle strength is enhanced, the coordination is improved, the balance ability of the babies is improved, the gaits are corrected, and the growth and development of the babies are promoted.

The invention relates to the technical field of building foundation reinforcement and discloses a traditional building foundation reinforcement method. The method comprises the step that (1) materialcollection: reinforcement engineering personnel collect materials including the detailed construction quality, hydrogeology and foundation design data; According to the structural type, the load and the using requirements combined with the influence of the topography and landforms, the soil structure, the environment, adjacent buildings and other factors, the foundation processing scheme focuses on preliminary selection and deliberation. In addition, in the choice of the foundation reinforcement and treatment scheme, a designer should consider to take combined action of a superstructure, a foundation and a basis. According to the traditional building foundation reinforcement method, through arrangement of embracing piles, the adaptive capacity is high, and stress is relatively stable; as the embracing piles have no soil-squeezing negative effects and have the capabilities of penetrating through various types of hard interlayers and embedded rocks to get into various types of hard supporting layers, the geometric dimensions of piles and the bearing capacity and adjustable space of the single pile are large, and thus, the building foundation reinforcement effect is better.

A device to measure the range of motion of any joint with accuracy without having to place the device exactly on the joint to be measured. The device comprises of an internal measurement unit which measures the change in motion and send the information to the microprocessor which processes the information to accurately show the range of motion to within a degree, and the speed and acceleration with which the movement of the joint occurred. The microprocessor then sends the range of motion, speed and acceleration to an external device to be displayed. The external device then displays a 2-D or 3-D rendering of the movement.

The invention discloses use of sinomenine or medically acceptable salt thereof for preparing drugs for treatment of ischemic necrosis of femoral head. The sinomenine or the medically acceptable salt thereof is used as an active ingredient to be dosed to patients in combination with an injection and a transdermal absorbent. The use has the advantages that the sinomenine or the medically acceptablesalt thereof is used as the active ingredient and matched with an auxiliary agent to prepare the drug fixed-point injection therapy and transdermal drug delivery for the treatment of the ischemic necrosis of the femoral head, definite curative effect is achieved on the patients with the ischemic necrosis of the femoral head, the cystic and necrotic changes of the femoral head can be stopped, partof bone trabecula can be improved, and good effects are still achieved on the aspects of pain relief, improvement of hip joint mobility and the like. The method is small in trauma, good in curative effect, simple in method, no in toxic and side effects and crippling risk, the method is good conservative treatment for the ischemic necrosis of the femoral head, and is worthy of clinical applicationand popularization.

The invention features compositions and methods for the administration of an oxidatively transformed carotenoid, or a component thereof, for improving the health of animals, such as increasing joint mobility, increasing activity, and improving coat quality. In particular, methods for improving the health of animals comprise administering compositions comprising an oligomeric material formed by reaction of oxygen with a carotenoid.

The invention belongs to the technical field of rehabilitation training of ankle joint dysfunction after trauma and burn operations, and particularly relates to an ankle trainer and a manufacturing method thereof. The ankle trainer is mainly and organically composed of a foot support, a bottom support and an adjusting mechanism used for adjusting the included angle between the foot support and thebottom support. The method is simple to manufacture and operate and low in cost. According to different individual differences of patients, the ankle trainer adapting to the biomechanics of the solesand the ankles of the patients is manufactured, and the joint angle can be adjusted in real time according to needs. According to the invention, a stress relaxation mechanism of soft tissues is fullyutilized, the stress on the tissues is reduced by utilizing time dependence, the joint mobility is gradually improved, the significance of the treatment effect is ensured, and safety and reliabilityare realized. The ankle trainer is convenient to take off and wear, good in breathability and high in comfort level, and meets the requirements of patients for touch comfort and psychological affinity. The ankle trainer is suitable for trauma, scald, burn, rehabilitation exercise adjuvant therapy and the like of ankle joints, and is wide in application range.

The invention discloses a movable measurement orthopedic device for wrist joint and finger joint, comprising a main support, an Pi-shaped front support arranged at the front end of the main support and finger cots arranged on the main support by connecting lines to be inserted in by fingers, which is characterized in that the upward tilted angle of the Pi-shaped front support arranged at the front end of an arc-shaped wrist protection plate of the main support is 25 to 35 degrees; tubular force measuring devices are arranged on all the connecting lines of the finger tips and the main support;the both side walls of the arc-shaped wrist protection plate are respectively provided with an installing screw for a U-shaped side support, and the main support is matched with the U-shaped side support with thumb tips. The movable measurement orthopedic device of the wrist joint and the finger joint has reasonable and simple structure, the operation and the usage are convenient, the range of application is wide, which is not only applicable to muscle strength training of all the parts of the wrist and the hand, but also applicable to the training of all the joints of the wrist and the hand.The force measuring devices arranged on the orthopedic device can accurately display the force generated by muscle contraction and provide an objective and detailed basis for the determination of theearly joint activity training load and the follow-up muscle strength training value and the evaluation of the treatment effects.