Patent Application
20240180770
The present disclosure belongs to the technical equipment field of ankle pump exercisers, and relates to a wearable electrical ankle pump massage bidirectional exerciser.
Long-term inactivity of lower limbs not only leads to muscle atrophy and loss of motor function of lower limbs, but also cause deep vein thrombosis of lower limbs, which is common in patients with paraplegia and hemiplegia, surgical patients with lower limb fractures, arthroplasty (including hip and knee joints), muscle or ligament tendon surgery, patients who need to be bedridden after various other major operations, and patients who are bedridden for a long time due to other reasons.
There are two ways for these patients clinically for prevention:
First, use of pneumatic pump: the pneumatic pump is an instrument capable of generating pressure through inflation, which can squeeze blood vessels of lower limbs so as to promote blood circulation and lymphatic reflux of lower limbs. However, such a method has many limitations. First, this is passive exercise, the muscles of lower limbs do not work, and the effect of promoting circulation is poor. Second, the pneumatic pump only squeezes muscles but cannot enhance muscle strength and prevent muscle atrophy. Third, the pneumatic pump cannot be used if the patient is in severe pain, because local simulation produced by inflatable compression will increase the pain. Fourth, if the leg is in a cast or fixed by splint, or is not convenient to move, the pneumatic pump cannot be used.
Second, ankle pump exercise: ankle pump exercise is to promote blood circulation and lymphatic reflux of lower limbs through ankle joint exercise, which not only can prevent and eliminate lower limb injury and pain and postoperative swelling, but also is crucial for functional recovery of the patient after lower limb surgery. However, such as method has many limitations.
First, the compliance of patient is poor, and most patients are afraid of fatigue and do not want to exercise actively. Secondly, when the patient is unconscious, comatose, and too afraid of pain to cooperate, the ankle pump exercise cannot be carried out, and thus the treatment and rehabilitation of the patient are affected. Thirdly, most of the current ankle pump exercisers need manual assistance and has poor exercise effect, leading to easy waste of manpower and slow rehabilitation effect.
To sum up, in order to solve the problems existing in the prior art, it is urgent to invent a wearable electrical ankle pump exerciser which can be used to promote blood circulation and lymphatic reflux of lower limbs, reduce swelling and pain of lower limbs, and has obvious technical benefits, so as to prevent deep vein thrombosis of lower limbs, realize multi-directional exercise of lower limbs, achieve simultaneous rehabilitation of both pneumatic pump and ankle pump exercise, exercise calf muscles, avoid muscle atrophy, and prevent loss of motor function.
The technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to provide a wearable electrical ankle pump massage bidirectional exerciser to overcome the defects in the prior art. The present disclosure has the beneficial effects that by arranging side massage airbags and a swing airbag, the device can simultaneously carry out ankle pump exercise and leg massage, and thus the function of the device is promoted. Two side massage airbags and the swing airbag are independently controlled by respective air pumps, thus achieving the alternate work of the airbags. The rehabilitation effect is precisely controlled and improved through the expansion and contraction of the airbags. By adding lifting airbags and a second air pump group, the lateral exercise and height adjustment functions of the device can be increased.
To achieve the objective above, the present disclosure provides the following technical solution: a wearable electrical ankle pump massage bidirectional exerciser includes a vamp plate and a calf plate. A base is rotatably connected to a lower side of the vamp plate. A swing airbag for driving the vamp plate is arranged at an upper part of a rear side of the base. Side supporting plates are arranged on both sides of the vamp plate, and side massage airbags are arranged on both sides of an upper part of calf plate.
An equipment box is provided on a bottom of the base, a first air pump group is arranged inside the equipment box, and the first air pump group is configured to drive the swing airbag and the side massage airbags.
As a preferred technical solution of the present disclosure, a first cushion is arranged at an inner foot surface of the vamp plate, and a second cushion is arranged at an inner heel of the vamp plate.
As a preferred technical solution of the present disclosure, a side face of each side massage airbag is connected to the vamp plate and the calf plate by connecting belts, an upper part of each side massage airbag is provided with fixing belts, and a lower part of each side massage airbag communicates with the first air pump group in the base through a first air duct.
As a preferred technical solution of the present disclosure, an upper part of the base is rotationally connected to the vamp plate through a rotating shaft, and a control plate is arranged on a rear side of the base.
As a preferred technical solution of the present disclosure, side supporting sheets are fixed to lower sides of front parts of the two side supporting plates.
As a preferred technical solution of the present disclosure, the swing airbag expands and extends towards a direction corresponding to the vamp plate and the base, and the side massage air bags expand and extend towards inward directions.
As a preferred technical solution of the present disclosure, a lower side of each side supporting sheet is provided with a lifting airbag, and a second air pump group is arranged on the inner side of the equipment box, and the lifting airbag communicates with the second air pump group through a second air duct.
As a preferred technical solution of the present disclosure, the lifting airbag expands and extends downward.
Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has the beneficial effects that by arranging side massage airbags and a swing airbag, the device can simultaneously carry out ankle pump exercise and leg massage, and thus the function of the device is promoted. Two side massage airbags and the swing airbag are independently controlled by respective air pumps, thus achieving the alternate work of the airbags. The rehabilitation effect is precisely controlled and improved through the expansion and contraction of the airbags.
The electrical ankle pump massage bidirectional exerciser is simple in structure, convenient to use, and is capable of assisting patients to exercise. The exerciser can be used to actively exercise muscles of lower limbs, promote blood circulation and lymphatic reflux of lower limbs, enhance muscle strength, prevent muscle atrophy and promote functional recovery of lower limbs. Patients have good compliance and are willing to exercise. When the patients are unconscious, comatose, and too afraid of pain to cooperate, ankle pump exercise can also be carried out to promote the treatment and rehabilitation of the patients. The electric ankle pump massage bidirectional exerciser does not need manual assistance, is convenient to use, saves manpower and has good exercise and rehabilitation effect.
In the drawings:
The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure (For the convenience of description and understanding, the following description will be made with the upper part of
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Further, a first cushion 101 is arranged at an inner foot surface of the vamp plate 1, and a second cushion 102 is arranged at an inner heel of the vamp plate 1, thus making a part in contact with skin more comfortable.
Further, a side face of each side massage airbag 3 is connected to the vamp plate 1 and the calf plate 2 by connecting belts 301, an upper part of each side massage airbag 3 is provided with fixing belts 302, and a lower part of each side massage airbag 3 communicates with the first air pump group 403 in the base 4 through a first air duct 303. The two side massage airbags 3 are independently controlled by two air pumps in the first air pump group 403.
Further, an upper part of the base 4 is rotationally connected to the vamp plate 1 through a rotating shaft 401, and a rear side of the base 4 is provided with a control plate 6. The swing airbag 7 expands and extends towards a direction corresponding to the vamp plate 1 and the base 4, and the side massage airbags 3 expand and extend towards inward directions. The base 4 and the vamp plate 1 are driven by the swing airbag 7 to complete swinging, and the amplitude of expansion and contraction of the swing airbag 7 is independently controlled by the air pump in the first air pump group 403.
Further, side supporting sheets 501 are fixed to lower sides of front parts of the two side supporting plates 5.
During use, the wearable electrical ankle pump massage bidirectional exerciser is placed on a sickbed of a patient by nursing staff, and a lower limb of the patient is fixed to the vamp plate 1 and the calf plate 2 through the fixing belts 302. The equipment is electrified, and various air pumps of the equipment are controlled through the control plate 6. The first air pump group 403 is used to supply air pressure to the side massage airbags 3 and the swing airbag 7 to control expansion and contraction, the swing airbag 7 expands to drive the vamp plate 1 to swing and thus drive the foot of the patient to move, and the side massage airbags 3 expand periodically to massage the calf of the patient.
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A circuit control mode not described in detail herein is the prior art.
The present disclosure has the beneficial effects that the device can simultaneously carry out ankle pump exercise and leg massage by arranging side massage airbags and a swing airbag, the device can simultaneously carry out ankle pump exercise and leg massage, and thus the function of the device is promoted. Two side massage airbags and the swing airbag are independently controlled by respective air pumps, thus achieving the alternate work of the airbags. The rehabilitation effect is precisely controlled and improved through the expansion and contraction of the airbags. By adding lifting airbags and a second air pump group, the lateral exercise and height adjustment functions of the device can be increased.
Although embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described, it should be understood to those of ordinary skill in the art that various variations, modifications, substitutions and modifications may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principle and spirit of the present disclosure, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202211556353.0 | Dec 2022 | CN | national |
