202 results about "Neck muscles" patented technology

This disclosure describes implantable medical leads that include a lead body and an electrode. A width of the electrode as measured along a longitudinal direction of the lead varies about the perimeter of the lead. The uneven width of the electrode may bias a stimulation field in a particular direction, e.g., a radial or transverse direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the lead. Electrodes with an uneven width may be useful for controlling the direction of propagation of the stimulation field in order to, for example, avoid phrenic nerve stimulation during LV pacing or neck muscle stimulation during vagal neurostimulation.

This disclosure describes implantable medical leads that include a lead body and an electrode. A width of the electrode as measured along a longitudinal direction of the lead varies about the perimeter of the lead. The uneven width of the electrode may bias a stimulation field in a particular direction, e.g., a radial or transverse direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the lead. Electrodes with an uneven width may be useful for controlling the direction of propagation of the stimulation field in order to, for example, avoid phrenic nerve stimulation during LV pacing or neck muscle stimulation during vagal neurostimulation.

An exercise device for exercising muscles of the face, jaw and neck, featuring an elongated strap with two releasably attachable ends and an elastic portion to provide resistance for muscle exercise. A visible scale to determine the force provided by the elastic portion through the provision of indicia on the exterior surface of the elongated strap which visually shows the increasing and decreasing stretch of the elastic portion. The stretch and increasing resistance to elongation of the elastic portion may be varied by moving the position of the hook and loop or other cooperating fasteners at each end of the strap in relation to each other.

The invention discloses a multifunctional rehabilitation auxiliary therapeutic instrument for nurses in the neurology department, and belongs to the technical field of medical equipment application. Abed body is divided into a left bed board and a right bed board which are mutually hinged, the left bed board can driven by an oil cylinder to adjust the angle through rising and falling relative tothe right bed board, in the massage process, the nurses do not need to take efforts to carry a patient, and the patient can adopt multiple body positions to use the multifunctional rehabilitation auxiliary therapeutic instrument; meanwhile, a head massage instrument integrated on the multifunctional rehabilitation auxiliary therapeutic instrument is used for massaging the scalp of the patient, a neck massage instrument is used for massaging neck muscles of the patient, waist massage balls are used for massaging waist muscles, thigh massaging rollers are used for massaging muscles of hips and thigh roots of the patient, shank massage instruments are used for massaging muscles such as calves of the patient, and foot massage instruments are used for massaging acupuncture points of soles of the patient; the same rehabilitation auxiliary therapeutic instrument can massage multiple muscles and acupuncture points of the patient.

The invention provides a device for inducing a human body sensory conflict, which comprises a reversal vision device, a vestibule electric stimulation device and a proprioception stimulation device, wherein the reversal vision device is used for reversing visual signals received by a human eye up and down or left and right; the vestibule electric stimulation device is used for changing input signals of a semicircular canal and an aural calculus of a vestibular organ of a human body; and the proprioception stimulation device is used for changing sensory signals of a proprioceptor to somatic movements in neck muscles and muscle tendons of the human body. The device for inducing the human body sensory conflict can effectively induce the human body to generate the sensory conflict by using the reversal vision device, the vestibule electric stimulation device and the proprioception stimulation device singly or together, can be used for performing test analysis on functions of body balance and hand operation control during the sensory conflict, and can be further used for related trainings of the human body under the condition with the sensory conflict; besides, the device finds an optimal training mode by comparing different training methods to improve the endurance capacity of the human body to the sensory conflict and reduce the occurrence probability of motion sicknesses.

The Ab Web device of the present invention may assist users in effectively working out without having to use and store cumbersome fitness equipment. This innovative item is ideal for individuals looking for a substantially simple way to flatten and strengthen their abdominals without having to lie on their back, thereby decreasing the likelihood of straining the exerciser's neck muscles. The present Ab Web device disclosed herein preferably includes roller gloves having braking mechanisms located proximate digit-tip portions, and leg roller units that may be removably coupled to the roller gloves via connection band(s).

This disclosure describes implantable medical leads that include a lead body and an electrode. A width of the electrode as measured along a longitudinal direction of the lead varies about the perimeter of the lead. The uneven width of the electrode may bias a stimulation field in a particular direction, e.g., a radial or transverse direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the lead. Electrodes with an uneven width may be useful for controlling the direction of propagation of the stimulation field in order to, for example, avoid phrenic nerve stimulation during LV pacing or neck muscle stimulation during vagal neurostimulation.

A neck exercise machine including a frame, a seat, a set of pulleys, a head band, an adjustable tensioner, and a cable adjustably attached to the head band, threaded through the pulleys, and removably connected to the adjustable tensioner, such that when a user sits in the seat and attaches the head band, they can exercise their neck muscles in a variety of different angles, rotations, and tensions. Elastic bands, an analog / digital force gauge, or hydraulic cylinder may be used as the adjustable tensioner and incorporate processor, memory, and data output mechanisms for performance analyses. The machine can also be broken down into numerous parts for easy transport and reassembly.

A weighted skull cap comprising integral weights for strengthening neck muscles during sport or physical therapy activities is herein disclosed. The apparatus comprises multiple layers that conceal a plurality of individual pockets about an entire interior surface of the cap. Each pocket comprises a flap-style locking closure for placement of a weight and secured with a fastening means to assist in retaining the weights therein the pockets during exercise activities. Each weight quantity is varied by the user to suit individual training needs.

The invention relates to medicine, more precisely to hygieology and ophthalmology, and can be used for preventing deterioration of the sense of sight and also for improving the sense of sight of users reading off a screen. The invention increases the level of comfort and the reliability of the inventive method. The inventive method consists in influencing the user's eyes by additional pictures on screen, whereby an image is formed whose shape and color have a relaxing effect on a visual analyzer. The duration of exposure of the additional pictures is organized in such a way that makes it possible to restore the content of adenosine triphosphate and oxygen in the eye tissue; time intervals between exposures is less than time needed for acidulation of tissues and for the occurrence of a lack of oxygen. In the beginning the user watches such additional pictures whose shape and color range have a relaxing reflect on the visual analyzer region in the central nervous system (CNS). The shape and the color range of the additional pictures which have a relaxing effect on the visual analyzer are selected in such a way that they perform a relaxing effect on lateral and transversal eye muscles. The time interval between the images ranges from 20 to 150 min, the duration of exposure is selected within a range of 1.0 to 6.0 min. Together with the relaxing effect on a visual organ, said relaxing action is also exerted on an organ of hearing and muscles of the neck. The shape of at least a part of the additional pictures is smooth and roundish without distinct lines and boundaries.

A portable neck exercising device comprising an adjustable frame that can be securely and removably positioned between two sides of a door frame, a set of pulleys attached to the frame, a head band, and flexible tensioning bands attached to the head band, threaded through the pulleys, and removably connected to the frame using various tensions, such that a user can variably exercise their neck muscles by moving their head, neck, and torso in a variety of directions.

The invention relates to a head and neck massage pillow, which comprises a pillow-like machine case, wherein a motor and a driving mechanism are arranged in the machine case. The head and neck massagepillow is characterized in that a machine cover of the pillow-like machine case is provided with a strip hole for exposing a power output end of a massaging head, and an elastic laying cloth for sealing; six sets of eccentric wheel sliding block combined mechanisms driven by the driving mechanism are arranged in the machine case; and a sliding block exposed on the end face of the machine cover isprovided with rubber massaging heads. The head and neck massage pillow performs gravity traction massage by using the gravity of a human head, the massaging heads move up and down by turns to resistand press corresponding acupuncture points of the head and the neck, the resisting and pressing force is gentle, and the motion frequency of the massaging heads is changed by adjusting the rotating speed of the motor, so a person can have a comfort feeling. The head and neck massage pillow is characterized by scientific design, reasonable and simple structure, and convenient, comfort and safe use,can meet the requirements of different age groups on massage therapy of the head and the neck, increases the blood circulation of a human head, and relieves the fatigue of neck muscles.

A facial and neck muscle exercising device for positioning against opposite corners of a person's mouth at the opening thereof to strengthen and tone facial and neck muscles. The exercising device includes a pair of mouth spreading arms each having an elongate slide member and an end member contoured to engage the opposite corners of the person's mouth. The slide members are slidably connected together longitudinally and an arm retaining device connected thereto controls sliding movement and resistance of the mouth spreading arms. Versions of the arm retaining device elastically bias the end members against the corners of the person's mouth in an adjustable manner, allow adjustment of the length or range of motion of the exercising device, retain the exercising device at a fixed length, or a combination thereof.

The corset to relieve the cervical spine includes the head strap (1) and the waist strap (5). The head strap is fixed over the forehead and the waist strap around the body. The head and the waist straps are mutually connected with strips that can be adjusted to the height of the person using the corset. The strips are to limit bending of the head forward and to the left and right, as well as its rotation around the vertical axis. This produces a significant fixation that enhances effects of eccentric contraction of the deep neck muscles. This, in turn, at head bending or rotation, significantly diminishes aggravating effects to the cervical spine. With regard to the strip construction, there are three corset embodiments: corset (A) with buckles (10) on strips, corset (B) with holes (15) on strips, and corset (C) with buckles and holes on strips. The strips may be connected to a cap or head scarf instead of the head strap.

System, methods and devices for training, stretching, relaxing and rehabilitating the musculoskeletal system of the neck and upper thorax. A method uses the principles of reciprocal inhibition to specifically train the core musculature. The device employed by the method is an inflatable bladder having finger holes formed in its opposing ends.

The invention discloses a neck exerciser. The neck exerciser comprises a head sleeve and further comprises a resistance device and a fixing device. The resistance device is a linear reciprocating movement mechanism. The resistance device comprises a rotating part and a transmission part. The rotating part is fixed to the back of a human body through the fixing device. The transmission part is connected with the head sleeve. During exercise, the head overcomes the resistance of the resistance device, the transmission part performs linear reciprocating movement in the vertical direction through the movement of the head, and the rotating part can reciprocate leftwards and rightwards together with the movement of the head. When the neck exerciser is used, work is done on the resistance device just through the movement of the head, the resistance device reciprocates, the resistance value is stable, the neck muscle group is well exercised, physiological bending of the cervical vertebra can be restored easily, physiological balance of the cervical vertebra is maintained, relapse of cervical spondylosis is prevented, and the neck exerciser has a long-time stable curative effect on various kinds of cervical spondylosis, in particular on neck-type chronic cervical spondylosis.

An ergonomical pillow for head rest, comprising: a pillow surface, a pillow, a shock absorbing and pressure relief cushion, the pillow surface and the pillow are made from soft buffer material, the pillow has at least one hollow pore, the shock absorbing and pressure relief cushion covers top of the hollow pore, the pillow surface covers top of the shock absorbing and pressure relief cushion. The pillow surface and shock absorbing and pressure relief cushion can settle into a groove, where the level of which is subject to user's weight, to provide appropriate support for a body type. The present invention provides excellent extent for coverage and user's head positioning such that the head and neck are settled in a proper position, and guides user to rest his / her shoulder near bottom edge of the pillow to avoid neck muscle spasm, and can offer equalized pressure relief.

The invention discloses a neck muscle training apparatus, aiming at solving the problem that an existing neck muscle training apparatus is poor in training effect. The neck muscle training apparatus comprises a stand, and further comprises a master control system, wherein the stand comprises a pedestal, a vertical pillar which is fixedly arranged on the pedestal and a suspension arm which is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the vertical pillar; head driving equipment is arranged on the suspension arm; the head driving equipment comprises a head fixator, at least one swinging rod, a fixed seat which is connected to the suspension arm and a damping unit which is arranged on the fixed seat; the damping unit comprises a magnetic damping motor which can output a damping torque and a torque transmission mechanism which is connected to the magnetic damping motor and is used for transmitting the damping torque; the swinging rod comprises a swinging end and a rotating end; the rotating end of the swinging rod is connected to an output end of the torque transmission mechanism by virtue of a transmission shaft and the swinging rod is capable of swinging round the axis of the transmission shaft; the swinging end of the swinging rod is connected to the head fixator; the master control system comprises a CPU module and a control circuit; an input end of the control circuit is electrically connected to the CPU module; and an output end of the control circuit is electrically connected to the magnetic damping motor.

The Head Position Control (HPC) device significantly reduces snoring and sleep apnea by preventing the face upward positions of the head when a person lies on the back and sides. It is comprised of a cushion mounted on a band that provides means for supporting the cushion on the head. The HPC device is worn as a headband with the cushion positioned at the back of the head. When lying on the back it causes the head to roll to the extreme right or left and when lying on the sides it tilts the nose and mouth slightly downward. This eliminates the mouth and nose up positions of the head that commonly causes snoring and sleep apnea. The device has an additional benefit. As a result of rolling the head to the extreme right or left it stretches neck muscles.

The invention discloses a light and portable neck exerciser, which can be used by a user to exercise a neck in multiple directions and against different resistances at any time. The exerciser consists of an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve, an adjustable base or an upper clamping piece and a lower clamping piece. A spring or a gas spring is taken as resistance and the neck moves against the resistance, so that neck muscle exercising effect is achieved.

A pillow assembly has a body and two lateral sleeping modules. The body includes a supine sleeping area and two lateral sleeping areas, and the supine sleeping area is between the lateral sleeping areas. The two lateral sleeping modules are separately mounted on the lateral sleeping areas of the body. Each lateral sleeping module have at least one lateral sleeping height-adjusting unit and a fixed section to hold the at least one lateral sleeping height-adjusting unit on one of the lateral sleeping areas at position. The height of the pillow assembly is adjustable according to different figures of users. Therefore, the pillow assembly has a better comfort, support and suitability to reduce tension of neck muscle of the user.

The invention relates to the field of pressure detection and medical health, and particularly discloses a stress-sensing self-adjusting pillow. The stress-sensing self-adjusting pillow comprises a mechanical base, a shoulder pad, a control circuit and an elastic layer, wherein pressure sensors in matrix arrangement are arranged on the lower surface of the elastic layer; a balancing net for uniformly sharing the pressure is arranged below the pressure sensors; lifting assemblies are arranged on the upper surface of the mechanical base; the upper sides of the lifting assemblies are fixedly connected with the lower end of the balancing net; and the control circuit is connected with the lifting assemblies and the pressure sensors. According to the invention, the stress ratio of the pillow is detected through the pressure detection sensors, and the height of the pillow is automatically adjusted through a mechanical lifting structure; and through the distributed pressure sensors, the shape of the pillow is automatically adjusted according to the pressure condition of each part of the pillow, so that during sleeping, people can get more comfortable and suitable head support, the pressureon the neck muscle is relieved and the posture of the cervical vertebra is corrected.

A portable neck exercising device comprising an adjustable frame that can be securely and removably positioned between two sides of a door frame, a set of pulleys attached to the frame, a head band, and flexible tensioning bands attached to the head band, threaded through the pulleys, and removably connected to the frame using various tensions, such that a user can variably exercise their neck muscles by moving their head, neck, and torso in a variety of directions.

Described is a process for effecting the relaxation of a tensive back, shoulder or neck muscle of a human mammal for a substantial period of time. The process of our invention consists essentially of the step of continuously or periodically administering to said human mammal through inhalation over a stress reactivity-reducing, tensive back, shoulder or neck muscle-relaxing period of time, a stress reactivity-reducing, tensive back, shoulder or neck muscle-relaxing quantity and concentration of one or more fragrance compositions having an aroma profile including one or more of a rose, floral, musky, ambery, sweet and / or powdery aroma notes.

The invention relates to an extracting method of beef liver metallothionein, which comprises the following steps: providing a healthy calf and carrying out 5-7 times of inducements with progressive dosages by neck muscle injection ZnSO4 solution to synthesize the metallothionein; detecting quantitively and requiring the content of the metallothionein at every 1g beef liver to be more than or equal to 7mg; mashing the beef liver which is eligible by detection and carrying out pretreatment and coarse extraction; and finally carrying out separation and purification to obtain freeze-dried powders, namely, pure metallothionein with the content more than 96 percent; thus, the metallothionein synthesized by the beef liver induced by zinc has the advantages of low cost, good effect, high output, wide inducer source, no side effects, and the like and develops a new way for enlarging the source of the metallothionein as an important bioactive substance and accelerating the research and the application of the metallothionein.

The invention relates to a cervical vertebra health-care pillow which comprises a main pillow, a pillow nest, a pillow slope and a pillow arch. The main pillow is a cuboid; the rear part of the middle above the main pillow is downwards sunken to form an arc-shaped pillow nest; the front edge of the middle above the main pillow extends in the lower front direction to form the arc-shaped pillow slope; and the pillow arch is naturally formed in an area between the pillow nest and the pillow slope. A pillow core of the cervical vertebrae health-care pillow can use solid, liquid and gas as filling materials. The cervical vertebra health-care pillow accords with human engineering, can not change the physiological curve, especially cervical curve of a human body when a person is on the back or lies on one side during sleeping, stress of the head part and the neck part is uniform when the person is on the back, and muscles of the head part and the cervical part can completely relax and the person feels comfortable. When a cervical spondylosis patient uses the invention, the body slightly falls and can generate a certain traction force, cervical vertebra clearance is enlarged, the pillow arch has jacking function to the cervical vertebra, and the invention has promoter action for restoration of prominent cervical disc. When the person lies on one side, the main pillow has the same height with shoulders, the head and the cervical vertebra are not skew, and the invention can effectively prevent wrick of cervical muscle and cervical ectopia. The cervical vertebra health-care pillow is also suitable for general people to use.

Cervical spondylosis, as a common disease and a frequently-occurring disease, is presented as rigid cervical muscle and unbearable pain in patients; massage therapy is effective in treating cervical spondylosis, but manual massaging is high in labor intensity and low in curative effect and an existing massaging apparatus in the prior art, due to insufficient extrusion force and friction force, fails to achieve a significant curative effect on the cervical spondylosis. The cervical vertebra massaging apparatus disclosed by the invention is composed of double semicircular massaging heads, a vibration massaging head, medicinal cloth, a fixing sleeve, a casing and the like; through the symmetrical resultant force of extruding massaging and twisting massaging, namely kneading therapy in massaging, the massaging apparatus can significantly improve pressing force and friction force, so as to take massaging therapy including relaxing muscle, promoting blood circulation and removing stasis, relieving spasm and pain on the cervical vertebra of patients. The cervical vertebra massaging apparatus overcomes shortcomings in the prior art and achieves a significant massaging effect on patients with cervical spondylosis.