248 results about "Upper limb girdle" patented technology

This invention relates generally to a unique arm support device in which the shoulder straps are designed to evenly distribute the weight of the person's arm evenly across both shoulders and not put a side or forward stress on the wearer's neck. This device also allows a patient, such as a stroke victim who has the use of only one arm and hand, to put this sling on and remove it without assistance.

An ankle brace includes a heel stirrup including a base and left and right upright portions. Left and right pivot legs are pivotably connected to the left and right uprights, respectively. A cuff joins the left and right pivot legs. In most preferred embodiments, the rear cuff is flexible.

The mobilizer consists of an open, inverted “U” shaped frame when view from above with the legs or the “U” pointed towards the rear. Pivoting caster wheels are attached to the front lower corners and rear wheel support arms extend rearward and curve downward each bearing a smaller non-pivoting wheel. Two vertical upright support members rise from the frame and are equipped with height adjustment mechanisms. Horizontal arm support assemblies, each with a hand grip and brake handle are attached to the upper ends of the support members. The user is supported by his elbows and shoulder girdle resulting in decompression of his spine. The arm support assemblies can be pivoted 180 degrees so that the grip portions and the hand brake levers face the rear of the mobilizer at about waist height. This allows the user to stand and grasp the handles as he walks forward.

A baby sling with two shoulder straps includes a flexible body, two shoulder straps, waist belt and two adjustment flaps. The waist belt is coupled to the bottom edge of the flexible body. First couplers are disposed at the waist belt and positioned proximate to the left and right ends of the bottom edge of the flexible body, respectively. The two adjustment flaps flank the flexible body, are positioned proximate to the waist belt, and each include a second coupler coupled to a corresponding one of the first couplers. The second couplers of the adjustment flaps are coupled to the first couplers of the waist belt, respectively. The coverage of the baby's thighs is adjusted according to the baby's body size to maximize the support the baby's body receives.

A small animal harness comprising an elastically deformable chest piece that attaches at its upper portion to a pair of flexible shoulder straps and attaches at its lower portion to a pair of flexible brisket straps, the unattached ends of the shoulder and brisket straps being interconnected over the withers of the animal so that the brisket straps are slidable in the connection and adapted to be connected to a leash for control of the animal.

An exercise harness connected to an unweighting system with shoulder straps. The exercise harness having a waist belt suspended by the shoulder straps which belt may be secured to a user. The exercise harness further having left and right legs or knee bands connected to the waist strap with a left front strap and a right front strap, respectively. A strap is provided forming a sliding "W" connection between the waist belt and the two leg bands to allow for freedom of leg movement when walking, running or jogging. The exercise harness is also provided with a gait modification strap having one end secured to the waist belt and the other end secured to one of the leg bands after wrapping the gait strap partially around a leg of the user.

A handheld resistance exercise device is contemplated for exercise, rehabilitation, warm-up and the like, which provides resistance to muscles, tendons, joints, and fasciae in the upper body and lower back as it is actuated by a user standing a distance away from a vertical surface that is engaged with the device. Actuation thereof by the user in performing various exercise protocols provides stability for one or more muscles of the hand, elbow, shoulder girdle, shoulder blade, rib cage, as well as the inner core muscles, while also providing improved mobility for one or more of the wrist, forearm, elbow, shoulder joint, and muscles that rotate and bend the spine sideways.

The invention discloses a back analysis method of frictional characteristics of a vehicle collision passenger constrained system based on injury evaluation. According to the method, based on establishing a direct problem simulation model of the vehicle passenger constrained system, vehicle collision experimental data is utilized for reverse calculation to determine the frictional parameters of the constrained system. The method takes the accelerated speed and injury evaluation indicators of all parts of a passenger acquired through simulating calculation, and a minimum error function through an experimental measurement response as objective functions, and adopts a proper optimized algorithm to perform iterative optimization on to-be-identified parameters. When the error between the calculation response and the measurement response is the minimum in the least-squares method, the frictional parameters of the constrained system can be acquired through reverse calculation. Through the adoption of the method, the actual frictional parameters of the constrained system during the vehicle collision process can be correctly and effectively acquired, the frictional parameters including the frictional coefficient between a shoulder girdle of a seat belt and the shoulder of a passenger, the frictional coefficient between the shoulder girdle of the seat belt and the chest of the passenger, and the frictional coefficient between the shoulder girdle of the seat belt and the belly of the passenger can not be determined according to a conventional method.

This invention relates to enable a person to walk smoothly even if a length of a remained thigh of the lost leg is short or even if the leg is cut at the hip joint and has no thigh. The hucklebone supporting type artificial leg comprising the crotch support (1), the shaft part (21) arranged vertically at the lower surface of the crotch support (1) and having substantially the same length as that of the lower leg and a foot (22) fixed to the lower end of the shaft part (21), wherein the crotch support (1) is formed into a substantial L-shape as seen in its top plan view, one front end (2) is arranged at a front part so as to be applied to a substantial front half part of the crotch part when installed and at the same time, the other side end part (3) is arranged at the rear surface of the lost lower leg and applied to both the hucklebone and the hip part corresponding to the lost leg when installed. The front band supporting unit (41) and the rear band supporting unit (42) are arranged at the front and rear ends of the crotch support (1) in such a way that they can be turned around and there are provided waist bands (43), (44) and shoulder hanging band (47).

A shoulder strap construction includes a dog bone shaped center pad slidably mounted on an elongate strap. The pad is constructed with a convex curvature that fits over the shoulder of a user.

The invention relates to a dummy for simulation trunk load testing. The dummy is characterized by comprising simulation skeletons and simulation soft tissues; the simulation skeletons include an axial skeleton, two symmetrically-arranged upper limbs and a lower limb; the axial skeleton comprises a skull, a spinal column, ribs, sternums and neck, shoulder and chest connecting pieces; the spinal column comprises a spinal column neck segment, a spinal column chest segment, a spinal column waist segment and a spinal column sacral segment; the ribs include two symmetrically-arranged first ribs, two symmetrically-arranged second ribs, two symmetrically-arranged third ribs, two symmetrically-arranged fourth ribs, two symmetrically-arranged fifth ribs, two symmetrically-arranged sixth ribs and two symmetrically-arranged seventh ribs; each upper limb comprises an upper limb girdle, humerus, radioulna, carpometacarpus, phalanxes, an adduction and abduction shaft, an elbow shaft and a wrist shaft; each upper limb girdle comprises a clavicle, a shoulder blade and a spina scapulae; each phalanx comprises a first phalanx body, a second phalanx body, a third phalanx body, a fourth phalanx body and a fifth phalanx body; the lower limb comprises a sacrum, two symmetrically-arranged hip bones, two closed holes, two thighbones and two installation fixing pieces; the simulation soft tissues comprise a head, a neck, a trunk, upper segments of thighs, the left upper limb and the right upper limb, and the head, the neck, the trunk and the upper segments of the thighs are wholly poured, curved and molded through silicone rubber. The dummy can be widely applied to various static or dynamic load testing processes.

A brace (10) which can be used in the orthopedic sector for correctly blocking and anatomically supporting the vertebral column, substantially consisting of a semirigid slat (11), with elongated vertical development, shaped in accordance with the vertebral column and thus making it possible to follow and support the column, the lower part being attached to straps (12) which are fixed at the front to an abdominal plate (13), wrapping around the waist, and the upper part to the end of straps (14) which also couple to the same abdominal plate (13), passing through loops (15) positioned at the sides, there being, in the initial part of the straps (14), that is to say in the coupling area (16) of the casing that encloses the semirigid slat and to a certain extent the section towards the front of the brace, a pocket (17) surrounded by stitching and in which there is a slit (18), said pocket being designed to accommodate a stiffening element (19) with a substantially arched shape.