KR101785190B1 - Shoulder brace - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shoulder brace, which comprises a brace body 10 mounted on a waist and a shoulder of a patient, a fixed foam 20 fixedly attached to a waist of the orthosis body 10, And an arm support 30 which is fixedly attached to the arm so that the arm on the side of the sore shoulder is inserted and the inserted arm is pressed to support the air by using air.
The present invention is advantageous in that it can be worn in a state optimized for the patient's body shape and the shoulder and arm of the patient can be stably fixed after the shoulder surgery.

Description

Shoulder Orthosis {SHOULDER BRACE}

The present invention relates to a shoulder orthosis, and more particularly, to a shoulder orthosis used for therapeutic purposes to a patient after shoulder surgery.

The shoulder orthosis is to stabilize the surgical site for a certain period of time by supporting the arm in front of the shoulder joint after surgical operation due to damage such as shoulder fracture. Shoulder orthosis is one of the most important treatments to prevent recurrence after surgery.

In general, a shoulder brace is configured to place the sore arm on the shoulder side of the surgical site in the armrest and secure the sore arm using a shoulder strap and a separate waistband.

Korean Patent No. 10-0883324 (entitled Shoulder Joint Orthopedic Orthopedics, Announcement 2009.02.11) is a prior art related to shoulder orthosis.

However, since the conventional shoulder orthosis is manufactured without consideration of the body shape of the patient, it is difficult to stably fix the shoulder and arm when used in a dry patient or a fat patient.

A shoulder orthosis that is worn after shoulder surgery is an important treatment to prevent re - rupture of the surgical site. Therefore, if the shoulder and arm are not stably fixed after shoulder surgery, the recovery of the shoulder operation site is slow, and problems such as reattachment of the shoulder joint may occur.

In order to solve this problem, various sizes of shoulder orthoses are manufactured considering the patient's body shape. In this case, however, the production cost increases and there is a fear of inventory problems.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a shoulder brace that is designed to be optimized to the body shape of a patient, regardless of whether the patient is a dry patient or a fat patient, so that the shoulder and arm of the patient can be stably fixed after the shoulder surgery.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an orthosis comprising: a body having an orthosis body mounted on a waist and a shoulder of a patient, a fixed foam attached and fixed to a waist of the body, And an arm support to which an arm on the side of the sore shoulder is fixed and which is adapted to press-support the inserted arm with air.

The arm support has a main body having an arm attached to the front surface and an attachment portion for attaching to the fixed foam on the rear side, a main body having one side connected to one side in the width direction of the main body and another side detachably attached to the main body on the opposite side in the width direction A support cover formed inside the support cover to form a penetration portion into which the arm is inserted, an air bag which is provided inside the support cover and expands in the direction of the penetration when pressurized, and an operating mechanism that pressurizes or depressurizes the air bag.

The air bag is provided in a cuff attached to the inside of the support cover.

The manipulation mechanism includes a pressing portion provided in the main body and connected to the air bag by a tube to inject air into the air bag, and a depressurizing portion provided on the tube to depressurize the air bag.

The pressurizing portion and the pressure reducing portion are provided at positions corresponding to the portion where the patient's hand is located, so that the patient is operable.

And a support body connected to the main body so as to be bent at a predetermined angle to cover a part of the forearm of the patient.

The upper and lower surfaces of the stationary foam are wide and flat, and have a concave attachment portion corresponding to the waist line of the patient and a linear support portion to which the arm support is attached and fixed.

The straight line supports the patient's shoulder joint in two positions, 45 degrees and 65 degrees, when the fixed foam is turned upside down.

The present invention has a structure in which the arm support can be tightened to fit the size of each patient, so that it can be worn in a state optimized for the patient's body shape regardless of the patient who is dry or fat.

In addition, the present invention prevents the re-rupture of the shoulder surgery area and allows for quick recovery, as the fixed foam is mounted by the Velcro between the orthosis body and the arm support to prevent arm movement and further improve the stability of the shoulders and arms There is an effect to help.

1 is a view showing a state in which a shoulder brace is worn according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view showing a body of the orthosis according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a fixed foam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view showing an arm support according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing a state in which a support cover of an arm support is detached from a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a view showing a state in which a patient operates a pressing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a view showing a patient operating a decompression unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The shoulder orthosis of the present invention is designed to be worn to protect the shoulder joints after shoulder surgery such as shoulder rotator cuff rupture and is designed to be optimized for the patient's shape regardless of the dry patient or fat patient, So that it can be stably fixed.

The shoulder orthosis includes the orthosis body 10, the fixed foam 20, and the arm support 30.

The orthosis body 10 is mounted on the waist and shoulder of the patient to secure the shoulder and support the anchoring foam 20 and the arm support 30.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the orthosis body 10 includes a waistband 11 and a shoulder strap 15.

The waistband 11 is secured to the waist of the patient in the form of a belt and has a body 12 of relatively large area at approximately the center. The fixing foam 20 may be fixed to the body plate 12. [ The body plate 12 has a relatively large area as compared with the waistband 11 so as to stably support the fixed foam 20. The body plate 12 may be formed of a material having a predetermined cushion. The body plate 12 becomes an arm velcro for easy attachment of the fixing foam 20.

The waistband (11) is detachable via Velcro. That is, the arm velcro 13 and the male velcro 14 are provided at both ends of the waist strap 11 and can be attached to each other and can be tightly fitted to the waist of the patient.

In the present embodiment, the waist strap 11 can be attached to or detached from the waist strap 11 via the Velcro but is not limited thereto. The waist strap 11 may be detachable via a fastening buckle. That is, the waist strap 11 can be fastened to both ends with the female fastening buckle and the water fastening buckle, and can be fastened tightly to the waist of the patient.

The shoulder strap 15 is connected to the waist strap 11 and is hooked on the shoulder in a sling manner, and a shoulder cushion 16 is provided. The shoulder strap 15 is mounted in such a way that it crosses the shoulder across the neck of the patient and has a length adjuster 17 to adjust the length. The shoulder cushion 16 is intended to minimize the fatigue of the shoulder portion due to long-term mounting.

The structure of the orthosis body 10 composed of the waist strap 11 and the shoulder strap 15 is installed only on the waist and the shoulder so that it is easy to wear and light and ventilation is possible. Also, since the shape of the body plate 12 is formed considering the iliac crest line of the patient, the wearing comfort is excellent.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed foam 20 is attached and fixed to the waist portion of the orthosis body 10. Specifically, the fixed foam 20 is disposed between the body plate 12 of the orthosis body 10 and the arm support 30 to prevent the arm from flowing.

The upper and lower surfaces of the stationary foam 20 are wide and flat and have lateral support portions 21 and 22 corresponding to the patient's waist line and linear support portions 22 and 23 to which the arm support 30 is attached and fixed .

After shoulder surgery, the arm should be held 45-65 degrees forward from the shoulder joints and the elbow 90 degrees flexed. This posture is an attitude that helps to prevent re-rupture by pulling the tendon that is sutured at the time of shoulder surgery and to help the blood supply to be improved because the blood supply is not enough.

A fixed foam 20 is provided to maintain this posture. Fixed foam (20) is designed to size and shape by calculating the direction of force using vector value. It minimizes arm swing and keeps arms open 45 ~ 65 degrees from the shoulder joint.

For this purpose, the straight support portions 22 and 23 of the fixed foam 20 are used to position the shoulder joint of the patient in two positions, 45 and 65 degrees, when the fixed foam 20 is turned upside down. Therefore, the stationary foam 20 can be used upside down and two different angles can be selected and used.

The fixed foam 20 may be attached by Velcro to the body plate 12 of the waistband 11 worn on the patient's waist and attached by the Velcro to the arm support 30 to fix the arm support 30 without flow.

To this end, a Velcro 24 is attached to the concave attachment portion 21 of the fixed foam 20 so as to correspond to the arm velcro of the body plate 12, and the linear support portions 22, (32), that is, the velcro fasteners (25, 26) corresponding to the arm velcro.

The fixed foam 20 is preferably made of a synthetic resin material which is light in weight and capable of maintaining its shape.

As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the arm support 30 is for securing the operated shoulder arm. After shoulder surgery, it is easy for the shoulder to be tilted unconsciously for the pain relief. At first, it is a one-sided problem, but if it continues continuously, it gives tension to the shoulder and gives the crowd and increases the pain to prevent the recovery of the shoulder surgery area and cause re-injury. Therefore, the arm is fixed to reduce the tension on the shoulder operation site and allow for recovery without recurrence.

When the arm is fixed with the arm support (30), the tension on the shoulder operation site is reduced and it is possible to recover without recurrence. The arm support 30 is attached and fixed to the stationary foam 20 so that the arm can be fixed by inserting the arm and can be fixed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the arm support 30 has a sore shoulder arm inserted therein and presses the inserted arm by using air.

The arm support 30 includes a main body 31, a support cover 33, an air bag 41, and an operation mechanism 43.

The main body 31 has an elongated plate shape and is formed with an attaching portion 32 for attaching the arm to the front surface and attaching to the fixing foam 20 on the rear surface. The length of the main body 31 corresponds approximately to the length from the elbow to the finger of an adult patient. The attachment portion 32 corresponds to an arm velcro.

The support cover (33) cooperates with the main body (31) to wrap and secure the arm. The support cover 33 is coupled to one side in the width direction of the main body 31 and the other side is detachably coupled to the main body 31 on the opposite side in the width direction via a coupling member 35, (39).

The support cover 33 may be made of a plastic material having an approximately semicircular cross section and being resilient. The shape and material of the support cover 33 can be easily positioned in the penetration 39 by inserting the arm through the space between the support cover 33 and the main body 31 when the patient is lowering or raising the arm .

The elasticity of the support cover 33 prevents the arm from falling down easily even when the engagement member 35 for fixing the main body 31 and the support cover 33 is detached.

The engaging member 35 may be a one-touch buckle. That is, it may be an arm one-touch buckle 37 provided on the main body 31 corresponding to the water-operated one-touch buckle 36 provided on the other side of the support cover 33. When the male one-touch buckle 36 of the support cover 33 is fastened to the female one-touch buckle 37 of the main body 31, the state in which the patient's arm is arranged on the penetrating portion 39 is supported by the support cover 33 .

The air bladder 41 is provided inside the support cover 33 and expanded in the direction of the penetration 39 when pressed. The air bag 41 serves to press the arm disposed in the penetrating portion 39 in close contact with the main body 31.

The air bladder 41 may be provided on the cuff 42 attached to the inside of the support cover 33. The cuff 42 is made of a fabric material and has an air bag 41 on the inner side so that the air bag 41 is expanded when the air bag 41 is inflated to press the arm disposed in the penetrating portion 39 and fix it tightly to the main body 31 . In this embodiment, the cuff 42 having the air bag 41 is attached to the inside of the support cover 33 so that the size of the penetration portion 39 can be adjusted when air is injected.

The operating mechanism 43 is for pressurizing or depressurizing the air bladder 41. The operating mechanism 43 includes a pressing portion 44 and a depressurizing portion 46. The pressing portion 44 is fixed to the main body 31 and connected to the air bag 41 by a tube 45 to inject air into the air bag 41. The pressurizing portion 44 can supply air to the bladder 41 through the tube 45 by repeating the operation of grasping the patient by hand.

The decompression unit 46 is provided at one side of the tube 45 and serves to remove air from the air bag 41. The depressurizing unit 46 is a regulating valve provided in the tube 45. The depressurizing unit 46 may rotate the regulating valve to discharge the air in the air bag 41 to the outside.

The pressurizing portion 44 and the pressure-reducing portion 46 are provided at positions corresponding to the portion where the patient's hand is located, so that the patient can operate the patient directly by hand. This improves the wearing convenience by allowing the patient to operate the operating mechanism 43 while helping the hand motion of the patient.

The arm support 30 further includes a support body 47. The support main body 47 is connected to the main body 31 at a predetermined angle so as to be wrapped around a part of the forearm of the patient. The support body 47 supports the forearm region of the patient to stably support the patient's arm and allows the elbow to be fixed in a 90 degree flexion posture.

The support body 47 includes a support portion 48 to which one side of the forearm is supported and a fixing belt 49 that extends from both sides of the support portion 48 and can be mutually attached by Velcro at both ends. The fixing band 49 closely fixes the support portion 48 to the forearm of the patient.

The operation of the present invention will be described below.

The process of wearing the shoulder brace of the present invention will be described.

First, the orthosis body 10 is fixed to the patient's waist and shoulder, and then the fixing foam 20 is attached to the body plate 12 of the orthosis body 10.

At this time, the waist strap 11 is fixed to the waist of the patient in the form of a belt, and the shoulder strap 15 is attached to the shoulder in a sling manner, and the length of the shoulder strap 15 is adjusted by the length adjuster 17, The waist strap 11 can be positioned so that the body plate 12 is positioned at the side of the patient's sore shoulder side and the fixing foam 20 is attached to the body plate 12 in a Velcro manner.

The fixed foam 20 can attach the back surface of the arm support 30 to the straight support portions 22 and 23 while the concave tight fitting portion 21 is attached to the body plate 12 by Velcro. At this time, since the back surface attachment portion 32 of the arm support 30 is arm velcro and the straight support portions 22 and 23 are provided with male velcro, attachment is easy.

In addition, the fixed foam 20 can be turned upside down so that the straight support portions 22 and 23 can be positioned at either of the 45 and 65 degrees of the patient's shoulder joints. For example, the fixed foam 20 has a structure in which an arm support is attached to the straight support portions 22 and 23 having a large angle with respect to the concave attachment portion 21, and the arm is supported. .

In contrast, in the case where the arm support 30 is attached to the opposite straight support portions 22 and 23 by pushing the stationary foam 20 up and down, and the arm is supported, the straight support portions 22 and 23 supporting the arm support 30 The shoulder joint of the patient can be positioned at 45 degrees by positioning the patient at a small angle with respect to the concave attachment portion 21.

The angles of the shoulder joints in the drawing are not shown, but the fixed foam 20 is designed in size and shape by calculating the direction of the force using vector values.

With the above-described fixed foam 20, after the shoulder surgery, the arm can be held at 45 degrees or 65 degrees forward of the shoulder joint and the elbow can be fixed at the 90 degree flexion posture. As a result, the tendon that was sutured during shoulder surgery can be pulled less, preventing re-rupture, and blood vessels can not be pulled so that blood supply is sufficient and can be restored quickly.

The process of fixing the arm to the arm support 30 places the arm through the space between the main body 31 and the support cover 33 and from below to the penetration 39. [ At this time, since the support cover 33 has a predetermined elasticity, the insertion of the arm into the penetration portion 39 is easy, and the arm does not easily fall down in the inserted state.

Next, the male one-touch buckle 36 of the support cover 33 is engaged with the female one-touch buckle 37 of the main body 31 to fix the main body 31 and the support cover 33, 39).

When the arm is stably positioned in the penetration portion 39, the forearm of the patient is wound and fixed with the support main body 47. [ In this state, the elbow is bent 90 degrees.

The process of fixing the arm to the arm support 30 may be performed after attaching the arm support 30 to the fixed foam 20 or may be performed after the arm is fixed to the arm support 30 in advance An arm support 30 may be attached.

Next, the operating mechanism 43 is operated so that the arm support 30 is optimized to the body shape of the patient.

As shown in Fig. 6, since the patient's hand is located at the position corresponding to the operation mechanism 43, the operation of the operation mechanism 43 by the patient himself is possible.

The patient inflates the air bladder 41 by injecting air into the air bladder 41 by repeatedly grasping and pressing the pressing portion 44 by hand so that the arm disposed in the penetrating portion 39 is inflated in the air bag 41 41 so as to be tightly fixed to the main body 31.

At this time, since the patient can easily operate the pressing portion 44, the degree of expansion of the air bladder 41 can be adjusted so that the arm can be stably fixed in the penetrating portion 39 without flowing.

 7, the air in the air bag 41 is discharged to the outside by rotating the pressure reducing portion 46, that is, the control valve, 39 can be released.

As described above, the size of the penetration portion 39 of the arm support 30 can be adjusted according to the body shape of the patient, so that the wearer can easily adjust the size of the penetration portion 39 and the ease of use is increased.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but may be defined by the scope of the claims, and those skilled in the art may make various modifications and alterations within the scope of the claims It is self-evident.

10: orthosis body 11: waistband
12: body plate 13: arm velcro
14: Shoulder Velcro 15: Shoulder strap
16: shoulder cushion 17: length adjuster
20: Fixed foam 21: Concave part
22, 23: Straight line support 24, 25, 26:
30: arm support 31: main body
32: attaching portion 33: support cover
35: coupling member 36: male one-touch buckle
37: one-touch female buckle 39:
41: air bag 42: calf
43: operating mechanism 44:
45: tube 46: decompression section
47: Support body 48: Support
49: Fixing strip

Claims (8)

An orthosis body mounted to the patient's waist and shoulder;
A fixed foam attached and fixed to a waist portion of the orthosis body; And
And an arm support fixedly attached to the stationary foam and having an arm on a sore shoulder side and adapted to support the inserted arm by air,
The arm support
A main body in which an arm is in close contact with a front surface and an attaching portion for attaching to the fixed foam is formed on a rear surface,
A support cover having one side connected to one side in the width direction of the main body and the other side detachably coupled to the opposite main body in the width direction to form a penetration portion into which the arm is inserted;
An air bag provided inside the support cover and expanding in the direction of the penetration when pressurized,
And an operating mechanism that pressurizes or decompresses the air bag,
The coupling member for fixing the main body and the support cover is a one-touch buckle
A shoulder brace featuring. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the air bladder is provided on a cuff attached to the inside of the support cover. The method according to claim 1,
The operating mechanism
A pressure unit provided in the main body and connected to the air bag by a tube to inject air into the air bag,
And a depressurizing portion provided on the tube for depressurizing the air bag. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the pressing portion and the pressure-reducing portion are provided at positions corresponding to portions where a patient's hand is located, so that the patient can operate the shoulder brace. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a support body connected to the main body so as to be bent at a predetermined angle so as to surround a part of the forearm of the patient. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the upper and lower surfaces of the stationary foam are wide and flat and have a concave attachment portion corresponding to the waist line of the patient on the side and a linear support portion to which the arm support is attached and fixed. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the rectilinear support portion is positioned at 45 degrees and 65 degrees in the shoulder joint of the patient when the fixed foam is used upside down.

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