53 results about "Spinal curvature" patented technology

One or more curved axial bore is formed commencing from an anterior or posterior sacral target point and cephalad through vertebral bodies in general alignment with a visualized, trans-sacral axial instrumentation / fusion (TASIF) line in a minimally invasive, low trauma, manner. An anterior axial instrumentation / fusion line (AAIFL) or a posterior axial instrumentation / fusion line (PAIFL) that extends from the anterior or posterior target point, respectively, in the cephalad direction following the spinal curvature through one or more vertebral body is visualized by radiographic or fluoroscopic equipment. Generally curved anterior or posterior TASIF axial bores are formed in axial or parallel or diverging alignment with the visualized AAIFL or PAIFL, respectively. The anterior and posterior TASIF axial bore forming tools can be manipulated from proximal portions thereof to adjust the curvature of the anterior or posterior TASIF axial bores as they are formed in the cephalad direction. The boring angle of the distally disposed boring member or drill bit can be adjusted such that selected sections of the generally curved anterior or posterior TASIF axial bores can be made straight or relatively straight, and other sections thereof can be made curved to optimally traverse vertebral bodies and intervening disc, if present.

The present invention generally relates to methods and devices for treatment of spinal deformity, and in particular to the utilization of at least one implant to either maintain the position of at least one vertebra of a patient to prevent increase in abnormal spinal curvature, to slow progression of abnormal curvature, or to impose at least one corrective displacement and / or rotation on at least one vertebra of a patient so as to incrementally correct abnormal spinal curvature.

Apparatuses and methods of treating a collapsed vertebra may include inserting cannulae into the damaged vertebral body and one or more adjacent vertebral bodies and repositioning the one or more adjacent vertebral bodies by manipulating one or more of the cannulae. Before or after repositioning the vertebral bodies, the method may further include passing through the cannula and into the damaged vertebra a disruption tool for fracturing the damaged vertebral body. Once the cortical bone is broken or otherwise disrupted, the height of the damaged vertebral body may be restored, for example by removing the disruption tool and inserting through the cannula another tool, implant, device and / or material to restore the height of the vertebral body and to restore normal spinal curvature in the affected area. Bone cement, bone chips, demineralized bone or other grafting material or filler may be added with or without an implanted device to augment the damaged vertebral body.

A spinal curvature correction device has a flexible tube having one or multiple lumens extending longitudinally through substantially the entire length of the flexible member. The lumens are a plurality of channels formed to receive multiple longitudinal members, or rods. Each rod is shaped to a desired curvature of a healthy spine or a curvature that will affect a correction of a diseased spine. The hollow, flexible tube is surgically placed along the axis of the spine and fixed. After fixation to the spinal elements is structurally stable, a plurality of curved semi-rigid rods is placed within the channels of the flexible tube. As additional rods are placed within the hollow flexible member, increased force is applied to the spine by the device, thereby moving the spine towards the desired curvature.

Replaces anterior spinal column with an expandable lattice implant made of supportive material that includes use of fusion augmenting material. Allows ease of use while promoting both immediate spinal stability and eventual arthrodesis. May be utilized during anterior or retroperitoneal approaches to the spinal column, primarily addressing anterior spinal column pathology. May utilize fusion augmenting material of limited biomechanical strength compared to the strength of its rigid components. May be accompanied by additional anterior or posterior spinal instrumentation and fixation. Uses a pair of circular endplate discs that are distracted from each other by ribs of rigid support rods. Extension may be performed using an expansion tool once device is placed within intervertebral space. Hollow portions of device may be packed with bone or other materials to enhance eventual fusion. Shape of discs at each end may be manipulated prior to surgery to adapt to the specific spinal curvature desired.

Apparatuses and methods of treating a collapsed vertebra may include inserting cannulae into the damaged vertebral body and one or more adjacent vertebral bodies and repositioning the one or more adjacent vertebral bodies by manipulating one or more of the cannulae. Before or after repositioning the vertebral bodies, the method may further include passing through the cannula and into the damaged vertebra a disruption tool for fracturing the damaged vertebral body. Once the cortical bone is broken or otherwise disrupted, the height of the damaged vertebral body may be restored, for example by removing the disruption tool and inserting through the cannula another tool, implant, device and / or material to restore the height of the vertebral body and to restore normal spinal curvature in the affected area. Bone cement, bone chips, demineralized bone or other grafting material or filler may be added with or without an implanted device to augment the damaged vertebral body.

The present invention generally relates to methods and devices for treatment of spinal deformity, and in particular to the utilization of at least one implant to either maintain the position of at least one vertebra of a patient to prevent increase in abnormal spinal curvature, to slow progression of abnormal curvature, or to impose at least one corrective displacement and / or rotation on at least one vertebra of a patient so as to incrementally correct abnormal spinal curvature.

Method and devices are provided for correction of spinal deformities. The methods and devices are particularly useful for correcting an abnormal curvature of the spine. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and devices provide a spinal implant that can include a wedged-shape configuration. The wedged implant can be interposed between adjacent vertebrae that form part of an abnormal spinal curvature, thereby realigning the vertebrae and restoring the normal curvature to the spine.

The invention discloses a posture correction device and a posture correction method. The posture correction device comprises an adsorption part and a mobile terminal, the adsorption part comprises a first elastic film, a second elastic film and a third elastic film, strain gauge pressure sensors, processors and wireless communication modules are attached to the first elastic film, the second elastic film and the third elastic film, the strain gauge pressure sensors are connected with the processors, and the processors are connected with the wireless communication modules; the first elastic film is attached to the center of the cervical vertebra of the human skin surface, the second elastic film is attached to the center of the thoracic vertebra of the human skin surface, and the third elastic film is attached to the center of the lumbar vertebra of the human skin surface. The strain gauge pressure sensor corresponding to each elastic membrane uploads a human spinal curvature angle value acquired by the strain gauge pressure sensor to the mobile terminal through the wireless communication module; and the mobile terminal inputs the acquired human spinal curvature angle value into a pre-trained classification model, and outputs a human spinal posture correction prompt instruction.

Spinal curvature modulation systems, methods and related devices and instrumentation are disclosed, which include a flexible tether, a tether tensioning unit and bone anchors for the flexible tether that allow the tether to be secured across multiple vertebrae in a region of treatment. When the flexible tether is attached to multiple vertebrae, it can be used to correct spinal deformities. Tension in the flexible tether is adjustable transcutaneously without invasive surgical procedures by use of remotely driven actuators, such as a magnet-driven motor, or by a small tool insertable through a small incision. Disclosed systems and methods thus allow for multiple adjustments of tether tension, and spinal curvature, over time without repeated, highly invasive, spinal surgeries.

The invention relates to a chair preventing spinal curvature. The chair preventing spinal curvature effectively solves the problem that a current chair preventing spinal curvature cannot prevent scoliosis, has a poor prevention effect and does not have a massage function; according to the technical scheme, the chair preventing spinal curvature comprises a chair body, and is characterized in that the chair body is slidably connected with an anti-scoliosis device up and down, and the chair body is slidably connected with an anti-kyphosis device front and back; the anti-scoliosis device comprisestwo vertical plates, the two vertical plates are connected to a first driving motor, the anti-kyphosis device comprises a semi-circular guide rail, the semi-circular guide rail is connected with twoarc-shaped retaining rings, and the two arc-shaped retaining rings are connected with a second driving motor. The chair preventing spinal curvature has the advantages that the rigid arc-shaped retaining rings capable of being adjusted back and forth are used for replacing a soft bandage, so that adjustment can be carried out while a corrective effect is strengthened; the anti-scoliosis device is additionally arranged, so that scoliosis caused by the fact that the body of a user skews for a long time is prevented; a waist and back massage device is also additionally arranged, so that the user sits for a long time is massaged, thereby preventing other symptoms induced by long-time muscle fatigue from occurring.

Real-time head and spine alignment, position and other physiological parameters are detected to measure human being health and wellness status. A wearer is reminded to actively correct spinal curvatures and the system may further interfere if head and spinal mal-position or other injury or disease parameters are detected by the system's sensor devices. The system includes wearable universal sensor modules that are attached and detached easily from receiver units having different formats for different body locations depending on their physiological functions. The system is designed to analyze, by artificial intelligence, data from each universal sensor module and provide accurate feedback that can be used by health professionals to monitor remote individual health status and notify a wearer to prevent and correct mal-position or injury or disease status.

The invention is applicable to the technical field of image processing, and provides a spine image processing method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps: acquiring a spine image, wherein the spine image comprises image information of a spine; performing image segmentation processing on the spine image to obtain a target image, wherein the target image comprises each vertebra image area, and each vertebra image area is an image area corresponding to each vertebra in the spine; determining edge lines of at least two vertebra image areas, whereinthe edge lines comprise an upper edge line and a lower edge line of the vertebra image areas; and determining the spinal curvature angle of the spinal image according to the included angle between theupper edge line and the lower edge line. According to the embodiment of the invention, the spinal curvature angle can be accurately determined.

The invention relates to the field of artificial intelligence, is applied to the field of smart medical care, and discloses a spinal curvature angle measuring method and device, computer equipment anda storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: inputting a to-be-measured spine image into a preset neural network model, and extracting a candidate frame image with the highest inclination probability from the to-be-measured spine image; extracting key points associated with vertebrae from the candidate frame image through a preset key point extraction model; encoding the key pointsof the vertebrae through a key point correction model, obtaining an encoding result, performing position correction on the key points associated with the vertebrae in the candidate frame image according to the encoding result, and correcting the candidate frame image according to the position correction result; and determining a Cobb angle for evaluating the spinal curvature angle according to the key points in the corrected candidate frame image. The invention also relates to a blockchain technology. The Cobb angle is stored in the blockchain. The spinal curvature angle measuring method anddevice provided by the invention are used for saving the time cost and the labor cost for measuring the Cobb angle.

The invention relates to posture correcting and protective eyeglasses. A vertical eyeglass frame which consists of a bracket and eyeglasses is adopted. The bracket plays a supporting role, the height of the bracket is adjusted when the posture correcting and protective eyeglasses are used, and a user can then view a viewing target only in a manner that the user must be in a correct sitting position and can neither offset the head nor lie forwardly, so that the posture can be corrected, the humpback is avoided, the spinal curvature and cervical spondylosis are prevented, and the distance from the viewing target to eyes is fixed; and the eyeglasses are lenses or lens groups which are specially formulated according to the refraction status of the eyes of the user and the distance from the viewing target to the eyes, so that the overcorrection is prevented, the eyes are enabled to suffer from excessive myopia fatigue as little as possible, the occurrence of myopia is prevented, and the deepening and development of the myopia are slowed down.

The invention relates to a scoliosis measuring instrument which comprises a measuring plate, a spinous process marking pen, a track recognition sensor, a central processor, and a display module. A positioning trough that slidably matches the spine is formed at one side in the length direction. The spinous process marking pen is used for locating and marking each spinous process of the spine so asto indicate spinous process marking points. The measuring plate is provided with a mounting position corresponding to the positioning trough to mount the spinous process marking pen, so that the pen point of the spinous process marking pen extends to be in contact with the spine. When the measuring plate moves in the spine extending direction, the pen point of the spinous process marking pen sequentially connects all spinous process marking points. The track recognition sensor is used for acquiring the moving track of the spinous process marking pen. The central processor in electric control connection with the track recognition sensor is used for generating a spine curve according to the moving track of the spinous process marking pen and obtaining a spine bending angle according to the spine curve. The display module is used for displaying the spinal curvature angle. The scoliosis measuring instrument always moves along the position of the spine in the measuring process and the thusprecision of scoliosis measurement is guaranteed.

The invention discloses a bionic meridian physiotherapy instrument, which comprises a control device. The output end of the control device is connected with an intermediate frequency pulse output device, a facial massage beauty device, a human spine curvature corrector, and an intermediate frequency brush massager. The integration of pulse output, facial massage beauty, human spine curvature correction and intermediate frequency brush massage makes the instrument integrate multiple functions and meet people's multiple physical therapy needs. The invention can be applied to hospitals, health care centers, beauty salons, and family Health care, etc., are widely used. Compared with traditional Chinese medicine physiotherapy, electronic physiotherapy equipment is more convenient and accurate.

The embodiment of the invention relates to a method for detecting scoliosis, equipment and a medium. According to the method, a plurality of spine segments of a spine are identified from a spine image based on a trained deep learning model; a minimum enclosing rectangle of each spine segment is determined; the slope of the upper and lower edges of each minimum bounding rectangle is determined so as to determine the position of a first minimum bounding rectangle and a second minimum bounding rectangle for each spinal curvature segment of the spine based on the determined slope, the first minimum bounding rectangle being associated with the upper end vertebra of the spinal curvature segment and the second minimum enclosing rectangle is associated with the lower end vertebra of the spine bending section; for each spine bending segment, a lateral bending angle of the spine bending segment is determined based on the upper edge of the corresponding first minimum enclosing rectangle and the lower edge of the corresponding second minimum enclosing rectangle; and based on the determined scoliosis angle, the existence state of the spine with respect to scoliosis is determined. Therefore, the detection efficiency can be improved.

A posture-correcting eye-protecting table comprises a table body, a light-shielding plate and a pair of vertical glasses, and mainly aims at cultivating correct posture habits of reading and writing of students such as stretching legs to read, write and look and being away from books as far as possible if the students can see clearly. The posture-correcting eye-protecting table changes close looking in study life into far looking, can prevent spinal curvature and cervical spondylosis under the conditions that study is not influenced, prevents myopia, and relieves further aggravation of the myopia.

The invention relates to an intelligent spinal massage device. A computer and a massage bed are organically combined. The computer obtains difference between the spine of a user who needs massage anda normal spine by calculation, and sends the data to the massage bed; and the massage bed performs massage of different strengths on the spine of the user according to the result such that the spine of the user can be close to the physiological curvature of the normal spine during the massage, thereby regulating the spinal curvature and helping to correct unhealthy posture. The device of the invention not only can massage the spine with different strengths but also can correct the spinal curvature, thus correcting the spinal curvature in the massage process.

An intravertebral device for modulating vertebral growth without changing spinal mobility or compressing the intervertebral disc. By implanting the device around the vertebral growth plate, on the convex side of the curvature, a compression is induced on one side of the growth plate during the vertebral growth. This local growth modulation decreases significantly the vertebral wedging and corrects the global deformity of the spine. The device provides a minimally invasive and fusionless way of correcting spinal curvatures while preserving the intervertebral disc.

The present invention generally relates to methods and devices for treatment of spinal deformity, and in particular to the utilization of at least one implant to either maintain the position of at least one vertebra of a patient to prevent increase in abnormal spinal curvature, to slow progression of abnormal curvature, or to impose at least one corrective displacement and / or rotation on at least one vertebra of a patient so as to incrementally correct abnormal spinal curvature.

The invention discloses a spinal curvature deformation preventing device for a human body, and belongs to the technical field of health care equipment. The device comprises a waist support member, a back support member, and a neck support member, wherein cloth is arranged on the outer sides of the waist support member, the back support member, and the neck support member in a sleeved mode; a backup plate II and a backup plate III are arranged on a backup plate I of the waist support member; a head support member is connected to the upper side of the neck support member; the head supporting member comprises a swing guide rod assembly, a front-back moving assembly and a rotating assembly; the upper side of a guide rod of the swing guide rod assembly is fixedly connected to the middle of a U-shaped head protection support; the left or right side of the neck support member is connected to a power line; and a key device is connected to the middle section of the power line. The structure canprovide support for the whole spine and adaptively support two sides of the waist to prevent the backrest from being insufficiently supported; by using the device, the neck can complete all-dimensional exercise such as left-right lateral flexion, front-back lateral flexion and left-right rotation; the head protection support only provides leaning for the head, danger cannot be generated, spinal diseases can be prevented, and discomfort can be relieved; and the device is comfortable for spine leaning, light and portable, and can be used anytime and anywhere.

The invention relates to the field of medical instruments, and especially relates to a sitting posture adjusting system and method for avoiding spinal curvature based on position sensors. The method comprises the following steps: 1, correcting a straight state: enabling a user to sit on a chair and the spine to be straight, enabling the height of a table to be in the optimal position, and using acentral control system to record the position of a sensor triggered below and the position of a sensor not triggered below, wherein standard sitting posture of one person can only have one optimal state, 2, judging a use state: when the user sits on the chair, using the central control system to judge the position of the sensor triggered below the central control system and the position of the sensor not triggered, meanwhile, comparing with the position of the sensor in step 1, if the triggering positions of the one or more sensors are inconsistent, judging that the sitting posture is a non-standard sitting posture, and if the triggering positions are consistent, determining that the sitting posture is the standard sitting posture, and 3, when the sitting posture is not standard, carryingout the following operations: 1, reminding, and 2, actively lowering the state of the chair. The spine of a person needs to be straightened when the arm of the person wants to keep working on the table top,

An improved spinal orthosis for treating scoliosis comprises a semi-rigid brace shell with a split extending from a top end to a bottom end, and a cavity to receive the torso of a wearer. The brace shell defines at least one hole. At least one strap extends inside of a portion of the brace shell, through the at least one hole and around a portion of the outside of the brace shell across the split in the brace shell. The at least one strap is tensioned and the brace shell is closed around the wearer by pulling a first end of the at least one strap and detachably fastening it to the brace shell. The tensioned strap harnesses the elastic potential energy of the closed brace shell to apply dynamic corrective forces to the area of the user's torso most proximate to the apex of the spinal curvature.

The present invention generally relates to methods and device for treatment of spinal deformity, wherein at least one tether is utilized to maintain the distance between the spine and the an ilium to (1) prevent increase in abnormal spinal curvature, (2) slow progression of abnormal curvature, and / or (3) impose at least one corrective displacement and / or rotation.

The invention discloses an intelligent spinal curvature monitoring system and method. The intelligent spinal curvature monitoring system comprises a first monitoring device, a second monitoring device and a third monitoring device; and the first monitoring device, the second monitoring device and the third monitoring device are installed on the upper portion, the middle portion and the lower portion, corresponding to the human spine, of a vest respectively and used for detecting the upper bending angle, the middle bending angle and the lower bending angle of the human spine. The first monitoring device, the second monitoring device and the third monitoring device are used for monitoring the spine bending angle at multiple points, the dynamic bending curvature and the bending angle of the measured curved surface can be accurately measured, the bending measurement result is not influenced by the tensile deformation of the cloth, the common tightening type humpback-preventing vest in the market is broken through, and a better use experience is brought to a user; and the intelligent system is used for reminding and correcting the phenomenon of spinal curvature of teenagers, no burden or damage is caused to the bodies of the teenagers, and the effect of preventing spinal curvature is achieved in a healthy mode.

The invention belongs to the technical field of body shape correction tools, and particularly relates to a spine corrector and a correction method. According to the invention, the traditional thinkingof passively correcting the body posture by 'Babaka 'is changed, and the corrector of the invention corrects spinal curvature in an active force reminding mode. Specifically, the forward bending degree and the lateral bending degree of the back are detected through an angle sensor, and when the bending degree exceeds a normal range, a motor actively pulls a tension line to give out an active force prompt, so that teenagers actively change postures, straighten the chest, exert force, exercise related muscles and ligaments, maintain normal straightened postures, strengthen exercise of the related muscles, form muscle memory and finally get rid of the corrector. Moreover, users feel more comfortable after wearing the corrector for a long time and can move more flexibly, and the body does notfeel tight. Besides, the spine corrector is intelligent to a certain extent and has greater attraction to teenagers, and the resistance psychology of the teenagers to the spine corrector is reduced.

Spinal curvature modulation systems, methods and related devices and instrumentation are disclosed, which include a flexible tether, a tether tensioning unit and bone anchors for the flexible tether that allow the tether to be secured across multiple vertebrae in a region of treatment. When the flexible tether is attached to multiple vertebrae, it can be used to correct spinal deformities. Tension in the flexible tether is adjustable transcutaneously without invasive surgical procedures by use of remotely driven actuators, such as a magnet-driven motor, or by a small tool insertable through a small incision. Disclosed systems and methods thus allow for multiple adjustments of tether tension, and spinal curvature, over time without repeated, highly invasive, spinal surgeries.

Spinal curvature modulation systems, methods and related devices and instrumentation are disclosed, which include a flexible tether, a tether tensioning unit and bone anchors for the flexible tether that allow the tether to be secured across multiple vertebrae in a region of treatment. When the flexible tether is attached to multiple vertebrae, it can be used to correct spinal deformities. Tension in the flexible tether is adjustable transcutaneously without invasive surgical procedures by use of remotely driven actuators, such as a magnet-driven motor, or by a small tool insertable through a small incision. Disclosed systems and methods thus allow for multiple adjustments of tether tension, and spinal curvature, over time without repeated, highly invasive, spinal surgeries.