DEVICE FOR RESTORATION OF MOTOR ACTIVITY OF PATIENTS WITH SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN DAMAGE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A61H1/00 A61H3/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: device for restoration of the motor activity of patients with spinal cord and brain damage consists of a metal frame on a rack, a stationary metal u-shaped rod fixed at its top with a rotating roller block of a hand winch, where a suspension system is located. The suspension system consists of a seat, executed as a parachute suspension and connected by straps with a wide belt, to which four metal cables are attached, connected with the ends of a transverse transition bar from the center of which one metal cable extends via two roller blocks through the pad to winch rack and further to the mechanical reduction gear with a rotating handle. Two movable metal bars are secured on the frame by rotating anchor mechanisms on ball bearings, with the top parts made as handles, where the patient's hands are fixed by straps, and splints for knee joint fixation are secured in the middle and feet platforms (pedals) are secured in the bottom, as well as a mechanical reduction gear for patient establishment in an upright position, a dynamometer to control the degree of load on the limbs. The metal frame basis also contains a gear-eccentric system engine, coupled by handles with two moving metal thrust transfer bars secured to the pedals. The electronic converter and the computer provide a programmable algorithm for reciprocating movements of limbs in the horizontal plane. Six-channel electrostimulator, by means of which the three groups of muscles on each limb are stimulated, participates in the simulated motion. Three channels on one limb work in antiphase with the three channels of the other limb. Piezosensors are installed on the feet platforms, they synchronize the work of the engine and the electrostimulator by means of software.

EFFECT: invention allows to provide the earliest possible physiological verticalization of the patient with fine dosage of orthostatic load on the lower limbs, to improve results and reduce the time of rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord and brain damages, and prepare a patient for independent walking on two legs.

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