Patent Application
20220039990
The present invention relates to a cervical spine rehabilitation adjustment device, and more particularly to a cervical spine rehabilitation adjustment device capable of adjusting the number and weight of weight blocks to correct cervical vertebrae.
With the advancement of technology, modern people's lifestyle has been changed by notebooks, tablet computers and smartphones; therefore, the cervical vertebrae disease affects daily life. Modern people often work long hours on their computers on the same sitting posture, or tilt their heads down to use their smartphones for a long time. Such postures cause their heads to lean forward more. After a busy day at work, it is often found that people experience a pain in the neck due to long periods of inactivity while maintaining the same posture. Using the computer and smartphone for a long time in wrong posture easily cause cervical vertebrae misalignment and cause cervical vertebrae pain. The cervical spine carries an estimated 5 kg of weight. If the head is tilted forward, the weight on the cervical vertebrae could increase to up to 13 to 18 kg, causing the cervical vertebrae to be prone to misalignment. The misalignment of the cervical vertebrae will not only cause neck and head pain, but also dizziness, tinnitus, or insomnia. If the hand nerves are compressed by the misaligned vertebrae, it will also cause shoulder pain, arm muscle pain, or a numbing sensation on the fingers.
In view of this, the inventor has invested a lot of research, development and effort, making breakthroughs and innovations, hoping to solve the current shortcomings with novel technical methods, not only bringing better products to the society, but also promoting industrial development at the same time.
The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a vertebrae adjustment device by using weight blocks to adjust the problem of cervical vertebrae misalignment, so as to effectively improve the problems of pain in the arm muscle, shoulder, head, and neck, or finger numbness due to the compression of the hand nerves.
To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a cervical spine rehabilitation adjustment device comprising a weight pocket, two fixing rings, two connection rings, a first fixing belt, a second fixing belt and a sensing device; wherein the weight pocket has a front plate, a rear plate, a bottom plate, a right side plate, a left side plate and a plurality of connecting parts. The front plate and the rear plate are connected to each other by the right side plate, the left side plate and the bottom plate to form an accommodating space; and the connecting parts are mounted in the accommodating space to divide the accommodating space into a plurality of separations. Further, the two fixing rings are mounted on the rear plate; and the two connection rings are respectively mounted on the right side plate and the left side plate. Furthermore, the first fixing belt has two first fixing sections and a through hole; wherein the two first fixing sections are respectively disposed on the front ends of the two bifurcated extensions of the first fixing belt, and the two bifurcated extensions of the first fixing belt are fixed on the two first fixing rings respectively by the two first fixing sections, and the through hole is provided on the rear end of the first fixing belt. The second fixing belt has two second fixing sections respectively disposed on both ends of the second fixing belt, and the second fixing belt passes through the through hole and is fixed on the two connecting rings by the two second fixing sections. The sensor is movably disposed on the vertebrae adjustment device through a fastener, and the sensor comprises a sensing unit and a processing unit electrically connected to the sensing unit; wherein the sensor senses movements of the head, neck or spine of a human body, and produces a sensing data indicating the activity state of the human body. The processing unit then generates a posture data of a cervical angle or a spine angle of the human body according to the sensing data, and produces a warning notification according to the posture data. In addition, the sensor is an inertial measurement unit (IMU), which is composed of three-axis gyroscopes and three-directional accelerometers.
In some embodiments, the cervical spine rehabilitation adjustment device further comprises a plurality of weight blocks loaded into the separations.
In some embodiments, the cervical spine rehabilitation adjustment device further comprises a plurality of notches disposed on the upper edge of the rear plate; and the weight blocks can be easily taken out or put in the separations through the notches.
In some embodiments, the two first fixing sections and the two second fixing section may be respectively a fastener or a velcro; wherein the two first fixing sections and the two second fixing section are respectively composed of a male fastener and a female fastener, and the male fastener is correspondingly fastened to the female fastener. Alternatively, the first fixing sections and the two second fixing section are respectively composed of a sticky part and a bonding part corresponding to the sticky part, and the sticky part is correspondingly bonded to the bonding part.
In some embodiments, the male fastener and the female fastener are sequentially arranged on the front ends of the first fixing belt and the second fixing belt, with a distance between the male fastener and the female fastener.
In some embodiments, the first fixing belt is composed of a first branch belt, a second branch belt, and a main body belt. The two first fixing sections are respectively disposed on the front ends of the first branch belt and the second branch belt, the through hole is provided on the rear end of the main body belt. The rear end of the first branch belt and the rear end of the second branch belt are connected to the front end of the main body belt, forming a ‘Y’ or ‘T’-shaped structure.
In some embodiments, the first branch belt and the second branch belt form a first included angle, and the angle is 30˜180 degrees.
In some embodiments, the first branch belt and the main body belt form a second included angle, the second branch belt and the main body belt form a third included angle, and the second included angle is equal to the third included angle.
The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawings.
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Additionally, the sensor 60 is movably disposed on the vertebrae adjustment device 1 through a fastener 60, and the sensor 60 comprises a sensing unit 601 and a processing unit 602 electrically connected to the sensing unit 601; wherein the sensor 60 senses movements of the head, neck or spine of a human body, and outputs a sensing data indicating the activity state of the human body. Further, the processing unit 602 generates a posture data of a cervical angle or a spine angle of the human body according to the sensing data, and outputs a warning notification according to the posture data. The processing unit 602 produces the warning notification when the processing unit 602 judges that a warning condition is met according to the posture data; and the warning condition includes that a first cumulative time of the human body's cervical spine angle outside a first angle reaches a first threshold, or a second cumulative time of the human body's spine angle outside a second angle reaches a second threshold. In addition, an installation location of the sensor 60 is not particularly limited, and can be placed on any location based on the needs of the user. If the user wants to sense the movement position of the human head, the sensor 60 can be placed on the first fixing belt 40 or the second fixing belt 50; if the movement position of the neck is to be sensed, the sensor 60 can be placed on the human neck; and if the movement position of the human spine is to be sensed, the sensor 60 can be placed on the human spine, but the present invention is not limited to thereon.
In addition, the materials of the weight pocket 10, the two first fixing rings 20, the two connecting rings 30, the first fixing belt 40 and the second fixing belt 50 may be randomly varied based on the user's requirements. Further, the material of the weight pocket 10, the two first fixing rings 20, the two connecting rings 30, the first fixing belt 40 and the second fixing belt 50 may be composed of the same material or different materials, and the material may be a non-absorbent material to prevent mildew caused by sweating; wherein the non-absorbent material may be a polymer material, such as, silicone, polyvinyl chloride, etc. In a preferred embodiment, the weight pocket 10, the two first fixing rings 20 and the two connecting rings 30 may be made of silicone material, and the first fixing belt 40 and the second fixing belt 50 are made of polyvinyl chloride material, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
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The foregoing description, for the purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments; however. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the disclosure and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the disclosure and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. The embodiments depicted above and the appended drawings are exemplary and are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the scope of the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in view of the above demonstrations.
