MECHANOTHERAPEUTIC MASSAGE AND GRAVITATION SPINE TRACTION APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61H1/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: mechanotherapeutic massage and gravitation spine traction apparatus comprises a solid frame; a table with a horizontal axis rigidly connected thereto, and pivotally connected to the frame; a couch placed on the table; a table inclination tilt group comprising an electric drive attached to the frame and kinematically connected through a pressing reducing valve to the horizontal axis; a massage assembly with massage rollers; an electrically driven displacement assembly for the massage rollers; a pressure assembly for the massage rollers; a traction force sensor; thermal elements; patient's flexlink fasteners; a program control unit with its outputs connected to the electric drive of the table inclination tilt group, the electric drive of the displacement assembly for the massage rollers and the thermal elements. The table inclination tilt group is presented in the form of a hall element with its semiconductor converter attached to the body, and a permanent magnet - mounted on a shaft of the electric drive of the table inclination tilt group. A shutoff pressure force sensor is presented in the form of a strain gage sensor placed on a vertical platform attached to a foot portion of the table. A limit stop for the massage rollers is presented in the form of a supporting bracket rigidly connected to the displacement assembly, and two indicator units of extreme position. A remote-position control is connected to a program control unit. The couch is multi-section; each section is provided with rollers to advance the sections along guides attached to an upper surface of the table, and section position regulator, while one of the sections of the couch comprises a rectangular long slot matched with the patient's spine position on the couch and enclosed with a cape from above. The displacement assembly for the massage rollers has a horizontal frame movable on the rollers along the guides attached to a lower surface of the table and having a C-section, an inclined frame one side of which is pivotally connected to the horizontal frame, and the other side - pivotally connected to the massage assembly, and a toothed belt on two rollers and providing a flexible kinematic link between the electric drive of the displacement assembly for the massage rollers and the horizontal frame. The pressure assembly for the massage rollers has a tongue piece and a screw nut welded to the inclined and horizontal frames respectively of the displacement assembly for the massage rollers, a fork with its threaded portion being engaged with a screw nut thread, and interacting with the tongue piece, and a thrust shaft engaged with the fork and having a recoil spring and a handle. The traction force sensor is presented in the form of a strain gage sensor placed on a vertical platform attached to a head portion of the table. The indicator units of extreme position are configured with a position adjustable along the table, while the outputs of the program control unit are connected to the outputs of the inclination tilt group, the traction sensor and the shutoff pressure force sensor and the two indicator units of extreme position.

EFFECT: invention enables giving a fuller complex of manual and mechanical massage and gravitation spine and joint traction, as well as creating more comfortable conditions for the patients when performing therapeutic procedures, reducing a risk of injuries.

7 cl, 20 dwg