POLYVALENT APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY |
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申请号 | EP14716981.7 | 申请日 | 2014-01-29 | 公开(公告)号 | EP2956217B1 | 公开(公告)日 | 2018-03-21 |
申请人 | Advanced Distribution S.p.A.; | 发明人 | LAFRANCO, Gianni; | ||||
摘要 | A polyvalent apparatus for physical therapy including a support to which is fastened a first tool provided for a specific treatment, a second and a third tool provided for a specific treatment, the second and the third tool being connected to the support in combination with the first tool. | ||||||
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说明书全文 | The present invention concerns a polyvalent apparatus for physical therapy. In particular, the present invention concerns a polyvalent therapeutic tooling suitable for post-surgery rehabilitation of a patient after colon-rectum surgery and for reducing his stay times in a bed. It is known to use therapeutic tooling adapted to re-establish the muscular tone of calf or leg muscles of a patient after colon-rectum surgery. It is also known to use tooling adapted to reactivate abdomen muscles of a patient without being subjected to contraction or excessive tensions. According to document In view of the above prior art, object of the present invention is providing a polyvalent apparatus for physical therapy, capable of being transformed for housing a combination of different tools aimed to re-educate specific muscular groups. The invention relates to a polyvalent apparatus according to claim 1. According to the present invention, said object is reached by a polyvalent apparatus for physical therapy, comprising a support on which a tool provided for a specific treatment is fastened, wherein a second tool is connected to the support in combination with a first tool. The features of the present invention will be better clear from the following description of a practical embodiment thereof, provided as a nonlimiting example in the enclosed drawings, in which:
With reference to To the base of the metallic structure 11 four wheels 14 are fastened, free of rotating, capable of being oriented and blocked, which allow an easy displacement of the polyvalent apparatus along pathways of an hospital; the displacement is ensured by a big handle 15 integral with the tower 12. The wheels 14 are equipped with braking devices 16 actuated by a transverse bar 17 to guarantee a correct and solid installation to the edges of the patient's bed. The telescopic tower 12, integral with the metallic structure 11 and centrally placed with respect thereto, can be extended through an oil-dynamic pump 18 connected to an hydraulic piston through a pipe 19. The inclined arm 13 is telescopic and manually elongated by acting on a flywheel 20 placed on the head of the arm 13 itself. The tower 12 and the inclined arm 13 are equipped with a respective screw-type knob 21, 22 to block the stroke of the hydraulic piston (not shown) placed inside the tower 12 and of the screw-lock screw assembly (not shown) inside the inclined arm 13. The projecting end of the inclined arm 13 is provided with an upper interface plate 23 connected to a beam 25 through a lower interface plate 24 integral with the beam 25. The pair of upper 23 and lower 24 interface plates allow rotating the beam 25 with respect to the inclined arm 13, around a vertical axis to the ground on which the apparatus rests. A pin 26 ensures locking the lower plate 24 with respect to the upper plate 23 next to certain positions rotated by a flat or right angle. The manual rotation is allowed by unlocking the pin 26. The ends of the beam 25 are occupied by a head plate 27, equipped with threaded interface holes (not shown), and with a sleeve 28 crossed by a cylindrical bore 29. The support 1 bears specific tools for physical therapy by means of the beam 25. A first tool 4 is used for performing the exercise of training with weights, exercise known as "press leg", wherein the patient pushes a weight or contrasts a resistance with his leg's force. With reference to The linear sliding guide 41 is travelled by a slider 45 connected to a pair of anatomic housings for heels 46, over which there are two oscillating shapes 47 which allow flexure-extension movements of the tibia-tarsus articulation by means of an elastic abutment 48 independently acting on each oscillating profile 47 ( A projecting section of the carter 42 is connected to a box 49 capable of being lifted, containing a group of elastic bands 50. Each elastic band 50 operates as resistance to the thrust movement of the lower limbs, having an end 51 fastened to a fastening plate 52 equipped with connections 53 arranged at different heights to calibrate the tooling with a certain pre-load, and a mobile end 54 connected to the slider 45 ( Immediately below the plate 25 there is a strike-counter 55 coupled with the first tool 4, for detecting repetitions in re-education operations ( A second tool 6 is used for performing the exercise of resistance of formation of the quadriceps muscle in the legs, exercise known as "leg extension". The second tool 6 is connected to the support 1 by means of the first tool 4 fastened to the beam 25, this latter one being rotated by a flat angle with respect to the configuration used for performing the exercise with the first tool 4, following: unlocking of pin 26; unlocking of lower plate 24 with respect to upper plate 23; manual rotation by 180° of beam 25; locking of pin 26. With reference to A third tool 8 is used for performing the exercise of extending the affected limb keeping the eccentric contraction of the quadriceps, exercise known as "ECQ-Quadriceps Contraction Elastic Band". The third tool 8 is connected to the support 1 by means of the first tool 4 fastened to the beam 25, this latter one being rotated by a flat angle with respect to the configuration used for performing the exercise with the first tool 4, following a manual procedure identical to the one seen for applying the second tool 6. With reference to The polyvalent apparatus for physical therapy performs the function of housing different tools used for re-educating specific muscle groups due to the rotation of the beam 25 and to the structural stiffness contribution given by the combination of two tools, 4-6 and 4-8. A variation applied to the polyvalent apparatus for physical therapy of the invention respectively provides the second tool 6 and the third tool 8 directly connected to the rotated beam 25 and without using the first tool 4. In this case, the beam 25 must be sized to provide for the structural stiffness otherwise guaranteed by the combination with the first tool 4. It is provided to motor the elongation of the telescopic parts, in particular the tower 12 and the inclined arm 13. The polyvalent apparatus for physical therapy has been designed so that all parts in contact with the patient are protected by a material which can be easily interchanged and obtained inside hospitals (paper socks, tissues, etc.) in compliance with hygienic standards. |