CN103656985B - Rehabilitation treadmill - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rehabilitation treadmill, which mainly arranges a plurality of step sensors on two opposite sides of a treadmill belt. When a patient performs rehabilitation exercises by running the treadmill belt, the step sensors sense the patient's footsteps and generate a start signal and a stop signal to a control panel. The control panel controls the start and stop operation of the treadmill belt according to the start signal and the stop signal. Such repeated operations can effectively achieve the rehabilitation effect.

Description

rehabilitation treadmill

technical field

The present invention relates to a treadmill, in particular to a special treadmill for medical rehabilitation.

Background technique

The traditional treadmill provides the user with both feet standing on the running belt, and constantly switches the pace through the operation of the running belt, so as to achieve the purpose of running and fitness. Because the running belt has the function of continuous rotation and adjustable speed, the treadmill is also often selected as a rehabilitation equipment for specific patients, especially for patients who need leg rehabilitation.

However, in the design of traditional treadmills, even if the running speed of the running belt can be adjusted to the slowest according to the user's needs, since the running belt is still running in a continuous cycle, patients with limited mobility may still suffer from their own If the patient's center of gravity is unstable or other factors cause a fall, it will cause great harm to the patient. Therefore, traditional treadmills tend to have safety concerns during rehabilitation.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a rehabilitation treadmill, which has good safety in use.

In order to achieve the above object, the rehabilitation treadmill of the present invention includes a frame, a treadmill, and at least one pair of pace sensors. The frame is used to support on the ground; the treadmill is arranged on the frame and has a running belt; the pair of pace sensors are arranged on the frame and located on both sides of the running belt, for sensing a step end point and A stop signal is generated; the control panel is arranged on the frame and is electrically connected to the treadmill and the pair of pace sensors for receiving the stop signal and controlling the running belt to stop running according to the stop signal. In this way, when the patient's footsteps move to the end point of the step along with the running belt, the running belt will stop running to achieve the purpose of good use safety.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the number of the step sensor can be one pair or more than two pairs, and different usage modes can be set through the control panel according to the needs of the user, for example, two pairs of steps can be set arbitrarily The sensors respectively sense a step start point and the step end point, or set one pair of step sensors to sense the step end point, and the other pair of step sensors are used to sense the step start point, or set it according to the position of the step. Two pairs of stride sensors are defined to respectively sense the starting point of the stride and the end point of the stride, so as to provide different rehabilitation effects.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial top view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of the operation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention in the fixed pace mode.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention in the fixed sensing mode.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the operation in the automatic sensing mode of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of the operation in the memorizing step mode of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of main component symbols]

10-rehabilitation treadmill; 20-rack;

22-base; 24-armrest seat;

30-running platform; 32-running belt;

40, 42, 44, 46 - Step sensor.

detailed description

In order to describe the structure, features and functions of the present invention in detail, a preferred embodiment is listed and described as follows in conjunction with the following drawings.

Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the rehabilitation treadmill 10 provided by a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a frame 20, a treadmill 30, and four pairs of pace sensors 40, 42, 44, 46, wherein the pace The number of sensors 40 , 42 , 44 , 46 can be one or more pairs according to different usage modes, which are only for illustration and not limited here.

The frame 20 has a base 22 and an armrest seat 24 , the base 22 is used for supporting on the ground, and the armrest seat 24 is arranged at the front end of the base 22 for supporting the user.

The treadmill 30 is located on the base 22 of the frame 20 and has a motor (not shown) and a running belt 32 connected to the motor. When the motor starts, the running belt 32 will be driven by the motor to run.

Each step sensor 40, 42, 44, 46 selects the photointerrupter for use, is located at the base 22 of frame 20 and is positioned at the left and right sides of running belt 32 when installing, and with the mode of paired and mutually spaced The arrangement is used to respectively sense a step start point or a step end point and correspondingly generate a start signal or a stop signal.

The control panel 50 is disposed on the frame 20 and electrically connected to the treadmill 30, and is used for users to set various functions of the treadmill 30, such as power switch, running speed, running time, running distance, and inclination angle. In addition, the control panel 50 is electrically connected to the four pairs of step sensors 40, 42, 44, 46 for receiving start signals or stop signals generated by each pair of step sensors 40, 42, 44, 46, and respectively according to the received Start signal and stop signal control running belt 32 to start and stop running.

The above is the structural configuration of the rehabilitation treadmill 10 of the present invention, and the various usage modes and features of the present invention will be described below.

When the user operates the control panel 50 to perform a fixed pace mode, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3, first set the running distance of the running belt 32 through the control panel 50, so that the running distance of the running belt 32 is equal to the user's pace length, and then set one of the pair of pace sensors (assumed to be the pace sensor 40) to sense the end point of the pace, and then decide whether to set the running time of the running belt 32 according to one's own needs, after the aforementioned functions are all set You can start to operate. During operation, first step on the running belt 32 with one of the feet, and then start the running belt 32 to allow the footsteps to move backwards with the running of the running belt 32. When the footsteps move to the end point of the pace, the pace sensor 40 will Send the stop signal to the control panel 50, and the control panel 50 will control the running belt 32 to stop running according to the stop signal. Rehabilitation can be achieved by repeated operations.

When the user operates the control panel to perform a fixed sensing mode, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 , at first any pair of step sensors (assumed to be the step sensor 46 ) is set to sense the starting point of the step through the control panel 50. , and then arbitrarily set another pair of step sensors (assumed to be the step sensor 40) for sensing the end point of the step. When the user steps on the starting point of the step with one of the feet, the step sensor 46 will send an activation signal to the control panel 50, and the control panel 50 will control the running belt 32 to start running according to the activation signal. 32 running and moving back to the step end point, the step sensor 40 will send a stop signal to the control panel 50, and the control panel 50 will control the running belt 32 to stop running according to the stop signal. At this time, the user can use another When one foot steps on the starting point of the step again, the running belt 32 will start again, so that the user can perform the next action.

Please refer to Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 again, when the user operates the control panel 50 to perform an automatic sensing mode, first arbitrarily set one of the pair of step sensors (assumed to be the step sensor 40) through the control panel 50 for sensing the termination of the step point, then set other three pairs of step sensors (assumed to be the step sensors 42, 44, 46) for sensing the starting point of the step. In operation, when the user steps on any starting point of a step with one foot, a pair of step sensors (assumed to be the step sensor 44) will send an activation signal to the control panel 50, and the control panel 50 will start according to the activation signal. To control the running belt 32 to start running, when the footsteps moved back to the end point of the step along with the running of the running belt 32, the step sensor 40 would send a stop signal to the control panel 50, and the control panel 50 would stop the signal according to the stop signal. The running belt 32 is controlled to stop running. At this time, the user can step on any step starting point with another foot, and the running belt 32 will start again to perform the next action.

Please refer to Fig. 2 and Fig. 6 again, when the user operates the control panel 50 to execute a memory step mode, first step on the sensing position of a pair of step sensors (assumed to be the step sensor 46) with one of the feet, the step The sensing position of the sensor 46 will be set as the starting point of the step, and then the running belt 32 is started through the control panel 50, and when the footstep moves to the sensing position of another pair of step sensors (assumed to be the step sensor 40) along with the running belt 32 And when wanting to mention upwards, the induction position of this step sensor 40 can be set as the step end point, and the control panel 50 can receive the stop signal simultaneously to control the running belt 32 to stop running. In this way, when the user steps on the sensing position of the step sensor 46 next time, the running belt 32 will start to start, and when the footsteps move to the sensing position of the step sensor 40, the running belt 32 will stop running, in other words, The user only needs to repeat the stepping action between the two sensing positions to achieve the rehabilitation effect.

To sum up, the rehabilitation treadmill 10 of the present invention allows the running belt 32 to start or automatically start in accordance with the user's pace through the configuration of the pace sensors 40, 42, 44, 46 and the different usage modes implemented by the control panel 50. Stop running, so that it can effectively reduce the chance of users with limited mobility to fall, so as to achieve the purpose of having good use safety.

Finally, the constituent elements disclosed in the foregoing embodiments of the present invention are for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Substitution or changes of other equivalent elements should also be covered by the claims of the present application.

Claims (4)

1. A rehabilitation treadmill is characterized in that, comprising: a rack; A running platform is arranged on the frame and has a running belt; At least two pairs of stride sensors are arranged on the frame and on both sides of the running belt, wherein a pair of stride sensors are used to sense a stride starting point to generate a start signal, and the other pair of stride sensors are used to sense a stride end point and a stop signal is generated; and A control panel is arranged on the frame and is electrically connected to the treadmill and the at least two pairs of step sensors, the control panel is used to receive the start signal and the stop signal, and respectively perform Control the running belt to start and stop running. 2. The rehabilitation treadmill according to claim 1, characterized in that, the number of the stride sensors is more than three pairs, wherein a pair of stride sensors is used to sense the end point of the stride, and other pairs of stride sensors are used to sense the start of the stride. starting point. 3. The rehabilitation treadmill according to claim 1, characterized in that the number of the stride sensors is more than three pairs, wherein two pairs of stride sensors are used to sense the stride starting point and the stride end point respectively. 4. The rehabilitation treadmill according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of the step sensors is a photointerrupter.