ES2684636T3 - Boiler joint device - Google Patents

Abstract

Self-treatment device of the hip joint to be fixed around one leg, said self-treatment device of the hip joint is composed of a three-way belt (1) which is formed by two parts - a foot / foot strap ankle with two free ends (2), and - a fixing strap with a free end (3), where the foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2) is a foot splint or an ankle brace that when used it is fastened around the leg of a user and having fixing means on the two free ends of the belt to allow the mentioned fixing of the belt around the user's leg, and where the fixing belt with a free end (3 ) is fixed in the middle of the foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2) and is composed of an anchoring mechanism (8) with a fastening pin (9) to fasten the free end of the strap to a point clamping such as a slit of the door.

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Boiler Joint Device

Description

Technical field

The present invention is related to treatment traction devices for the hip joint area. More specifically, the invention is a device that allows self-treatment of the hip joint area.

State of the art

Traction is an effective treatment that is used within orthopedic medicine to stretch the human skeleton, ligaments, muscles and nerves, as well as to relieve pressure on all these parts. Traction in the hip joint, commonly known as the femoral and acetabular separation, is used to relieve pain in the hip joint, which, for example, can result from osteoarthritis, from a pinch, from stiffness in the muscles, joint stiffness, loss of mobility and presurgical mobilization.

Traditionally, traction has been used by combining ropes and weights to apply enough force to achieve joint separation. Orthopedic physiotherapists use manual joint traction as a common daily treatment alternative. The treatment of the physiotherapist involves pulling the body parts of the patient at different angles to achieve the phenomena of traction and vacuum in the joint that needs it. Unfortunately, the physical therapist or any third party assistance is not always available. Therefore, it is necessary to create the opportunity for a person by himself to perform the necessary traction.

Some devices that perform joint traction without the assistance of third parties are known from the prior art. For example, patent document US5681272 discloses a portable traction device that allows a user to apply pelvic traction to himself without needing specialized equipment or the assistance of third parties. Due to its large size and its complex installation, the mentioned traction device is not comfortable when transporting it and needs careful dedication when used.

Patent document US4181125, which is considered as the most recent document of the state of the art, discloses a portable traction device that is composed of a sling 80 which when used is attached to the user's foot. The sling 80 is connected by a rope 82 through pulleys 60 to a traction weight 86. To achieve a separation

at the hip joint, a tensile force of at least 400 N should be applied (see, Arvidsson I. (1990) The hip joint: forces needed for distraction and appearance of the vacuum phenomenon, pages 157-161 of Scand J Rehabil Med. 22 (3)).

5 Such devices need the assistance of third parties or a great team,

where, in order to apply the correct tensile force, careful assembly is required. An aid for hip joint traction may be needed anywhere, therefore, a self-treatment traction device that is compact, portable, safe and easy is needed.

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Brief description of the invention

The present invention is related to a self-treatment device for the hip joint according to claim number 1. The self-treatment device can be used to manually perform the traction of the hip joint (femoroacetabular joint) to the Use leg strength and body weight. The device includes a solid ankle brace consisting of a fixing strap and an anchoring mechanism that is connected to the clamping point, 20 which can be a support plate or a door slit.

The hip joint self-treatment device provides an innovative way to achieve hip traction by using force and body weight. In addition, the invention is portable, since, for example, it fits inside a pocket, costs a part of the price of any existing product, allows a correct tensile force, corresponding to the force of 450N that creates a “spring” effect of the acetabulum / femoral head to make separation easier and can be used without the need of third party assistance.

The hip joint self-treatment device is a new and innovative medical tool that will fill the gap to solve that exists in the self-treatment market without side effects of the problems of the hip joint and is an alternative to medications For pain and inflammation.

35 List of drawings

Preferred embodiments of the invention are described with the accompanying drawings, where the drawings represent the following:

40 FIG 1: global view of the self-treatment device of the joint of

the hip;

FIG 2: global view of the self-treatment device of the joint of

the hip;

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FIG 3: global view of the self-treatment device of the hip joint;

FIG 4: global view of the self-treatment device of the hip joint, while the leg is placed between the belt that has two ends;

FIG 5: global view of the self-treatment device of the hip joint while being held around one leg;

FIG 6: global view of the self-treatment device of the hip joint while being held around one leg;

FIG 7: global view of the use of the self-treatment device of the hip joint with a support plate;

FIG 8: top view of the support plate while using the self-treatment device of the hip joint;

FIG 9: sectional view of the door slit while using the self-treatment device of the hip joint;

FIG 10: side view of the use of the hip joint self-treatment device while it is fixed between a door slit;

FIG 11: side view of the use of the hip joint self-treatment device while it is fixed between a door slit.

Detailed description of the invention

In the context of the present invention, the terms "foot / ankle strap" and "strap with two free ends" will be considered synonymous. In addition, the terms "fixing strap" and "strap with a free end" shall be considered synonymous. The hip joint self-treatment device consists of a three-way belt and, optionally, a support plate. As shown in FIG 1, the three-way belt 1 is formed by two parts such as a belt with two free ends 2 and a belt with a free end 3, which are joined together and which are preferably made of a rigid or resistant material. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the belt with two free ends 2 and the belt with a free end 3 are two separate pieces where both pieces have fixing means for fixing them together. The fixing means is composed of a tunnel and a sliding pin mechanism. As shown in FIG 1 and FIG 2, the belt with two free ends 2 is composed of a fixing pin 4 which is fixed in the middle of the belt with two free ends 2 and the belt with a free end 3 It is composed of a tunnel-shaped hook 5, in which a fixing pin 4 is slidably adjusted at its single end. As shown in FIG 2, the fixing pin 4 is composed of a leg, which is a flexible part 6 and a rigid head 7. The flexible part 6 is made of a flexible material and the rigid head 7 of the

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Pin is made of a rigid material. In preferred embodiments, the flexible material is soft rubber that is pressed or sewn into the textile.

In another embodiment of the invention, the belt with two free ends 2 and the belt with a free end 3 are in one piece, as shown in FIG 3, where both parts are fixed together with a flexible part 6 , which is made of a soft rubber, which is pressed or sewn into the textile. In both embodiments, the flexible part 6 is slightly stretched with a force of 450 N (Newton), which is the force necessary to create the separation of the vacuum traction from the hip joint and give the sensation of relief desired.

The strap with two free ends 3 is a splint that has fixing means on the two ends of the belt to fix it around an ankle or a leg as shown in FIGs ranging from 4 to 6. alternative solutions to the invention, the strap with two free ends 2 is an ankle brace, a shoe or a boot (not shown in the figures). In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the fastening means are Velero® fasteners, buckles or knots.

The belt with a free end 3 starts from the middle of the belt with two free ends 2 when it is fastened. The strap with a free end 3 is composed of an anchoring mechanism 8 for a fastening pin 9 at its open end and a flexible part 6, which in one embodiment of the invention is a fixing pin 4, at its top, which is fixed to the belt with two free ends 2. The anchoring mechanism 8 of the fastening pin 9 is composed of pockets in the form of parallel tubes 10, which have both open ends, which are inside the belt with an open end 3 and it is also composed of a removable holding pin 9, which fits inside the tube-shaped pockets 10. The anchoring mechanism 8 of the holding pin 9 is a portable table suitable for fixing the holding pin 9 within the strap and allows the device to be used to perform a treatment using a firm point wherever the treatment is performed. The anchoring mechanism 8 of the fastening pin 9 is suitable for fixing the self-treatment device of the hip joint to the fastening point which, for example, can be a door slit, a vertical post, a table leg or a hook.

In another embodiment of the invention, the hip joint self-treatment device is composed of a support plate 11 as an anchor point, as shown in FIG 7, which is a firm and convex plate that is composed of one or more vertical grooves 12, where a fixing pin 4 fits inside the vertical groove 12. The support plate 11 is suitable to be placed against a support, which in the preferred embodiment is a wall.

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Use of the invention

The hip joint self-treatment device is used while lying with your back on the floor with both feet towards the point of attachment.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the fastening point is a support plate 11. First, two parts of the belt with two free ends 2 and of the belt with a free end 3 of the self-treatment device of the joint of the hip is separated and the support plate 11 is placed against a support, which in the preferred embodiment is a wall, so that the groove 12 is in an upright position.

Second, while sitting, the leg 14 with the hip joint to be treated is fixed with the strap with the two free ends 2 around the ankle of the leg 14, which keeps it fixed on the ankle such as an ankle brace, as shown in FIG 5, and has to be treated with the type of cross fixation to create a firm and tight fit. In other embodiments of the invention, the strap with two free ends 2 can be tied around an ankle or can be tied or fixed around the foot of the leg 14 to be treated.

Third, while lying with your back on the floor, the other leg 15 is on the flexed floor and is slightly pressed against the support plate to hold it in place and leg 14 with the hip joint that has to be treat is fixed with the fixing pin 4 inside the vertical groove 12 at an angle of around 5-40 degrees with the foot resting slightly outward. Finally, the leg 15 that is on the ground is straightened and at the same time the body of the anchor point is pushed using the force of the straightened leg, as shown in FIG 7, until it is practically possible to be in straight position. At the same time, that is, when the body moves away from the point of attachment, the necessary traction is also achieved in the joint of the treated hip.

In another embodiment of the invention, where the belt with two free ends 2 and the belt with a free end 3 are joined together, in an alternative embodiment, they are in one piece; the self-treatment device of the hip joint is used without the support plate 11. In these embodiments of the invention, the self-treatment device of the hip joint is used as follows:

First, the strap with a free end 3 is anchored to the fastening point, preferably to a slit of the door 13, as shown in FIG 8, so that when the angle between the subject leg and the soil is around 040 degrees from the ground, as shown in FIG 10 and

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11. In other embodiments, the strap with a free end 3 can be anchored to the same degrees around a vertical post or any other firm point;

Second, while sitting on the floor, the leg 14 with the hip joint to be treated is fixed with the strap with two free ends 2 around the ankle of the leg 14, which keeps it fixed on the ankle such as an ankle brace, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and it has to be treated with the type of cross fixation to create a firm and tight fit. In other embodiments of the invention, the strap with two free ends 2 can also be tied around one ankle, or it can be tied or fixed around one foot;

Third, while lying with your back on the ground, leg 14 with the hip joint to be treated is straight and is at an angle of around 5-40 degrees with your foot resting slightly outward. The other leg 15 is flexed with the foot on the ground against the clamping point as shown in FIG 10. Finally, the leg 15 on the ground is straightened and at the same time the point body is pushed anchoring using the force of the straightened leg, as shown in FIG 11, until it is practically possible to be in a straight position. At the same time, that is, when the body moves away from the point of attachment, the necessary traction is also achieved in the joint of the treated hip;

With the method of use described, the hip joint self-treatment device reproduces the manual traction of the longitudinal axis of the hip joint to alleviate a wide range of hip joint problems.

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Claims

1. Self-treatment device of the hip joint to be fixed around one leg, said self-treatment device of the hip joint is composed of a three-way belt (1) which is formed by two parts

- a foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2), and

- a fixing strap with a free end (3),

where the foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2) is a foot splint or an ankle brace that when used is fastened around the leg of a user and that has fixing means on the two free ends of the belt to allow the mentioned fixation of the strap around the user's leg, and where the fixation strap with a free end (3) is fixed in the middle of the foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2) and is composed of an anchoring mechanism (8) with a fastening pin (9) to fasten the free end of the strap to a fastening point such as a door slit

2. Self-treatment device of the hip joint according to claim number 1, wherein the foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2) and the fixing strap with a free end (3) are two separate parts , where the foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2) consists of a fixing pin (4), which has a flexible leg (6) and a rigid head (7), and which is fixed in the middle of the foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2), and where the fixing strap with a free end (3) is composed of a tunnel-shaped hook (5) at its only free end, and inside the hook In the form of a tunnel (5), the fixing part (4) is slidably adjusted.

3. Hip joint self-treatment device according to claim 2, wherein a flexible part (6) is provided between the foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2) and the fixation strap with a free end (3), where said part is fixed to the foot / ankle strap with two free ends (2) or where the flexible leg (6) of the fixing pin (4) is the flexible part (6).

4. Self-treatment device of the hip joint according to claim number 1, wherein the device is composed of a support plate (11), which is a convex firm plate, which is composed of one or more vertical grooves (12), where the fixing pin (4) fits inside the vertical groove (12).

5. Self-treatment device of the hip joint according to claim number 1, wherein the device is made of a rigid material.

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6. Self-treatment device of the hip joint according to claim number 1, wherein the fixing means are Velero® closures, buckles or knots.

io 7. Self-treatment device of the hip joint according to claim number 1, wherein the anchoring mechanism (8) is composed of pockets in the form of parallel tubes (10), where both ends of each of the pockets mentioned in the form of a tube (10) are open and extend within the belt of

15 fixing with a free end (3), so that the clamping pin

(9) Removable fit inside each of the tube-shaped pockets (10).

8. Self-treatment device of the hip joint

20 in accordance with claim number 1, wherein the mechanism of

Anchoring (8) is suitable for attaching the self-treatment device of the hip joint to the attachment point, which can be a door slit, a vertical post, a table leg or a hook.

25 9. Self-treatment device for the hip joint of

according to claim number 1, wherein the flexible part (6) is made of rubber, which is pressed on the fixing strap with a free end (3) or sewn to said belt.

30 10. Self-treatment device of the hip joint

according to claim number 3, wherein the flexible part ($) is stretched with a force of 450 N.

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REFERENCES CITED IN THE DESCRIPTION

The list of references cited by the applicant is solely for the convenience of the reader. This list is not part of the European patent documents. Despite having been careful in collecting the references, the existence of errors or omissions cannot be ruled out and the EPO assumes no responsibility in this regard.

Patent documents cited in the description

• US 5681272 A • US 4181125 A

Bibliography other than the patent cited in the description

• ARVIDSOÓN I. The hip joint: forces needed for distraction and appearance of the vacuum phenomenon, pages 157-161 of Scand. J Rehabil Med., 1990, vol. 22 (3)

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