METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED CORRECTION OF THE POSTURE AND MOVEMENTS OF THE UPPER LIMB IN THE ELBOW JOINT Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC A61N1/36 A61N1/08 A61B5/11 

FIELD: medical equipment.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to medicine, namely, to a method and apparatus for automated correction of the posture and movements of the upper limb in the elbow joint. Apparatus comprises the shoulder and forearm enveloping shells, a portable electrical stimulation tool, and an LED bracelet. The shoulder and forearm shells are configured to be secured on the limb of the patient and are mechanically interconnected via a joint equipped with an integrated angular position sensor. The electrical stimulation tool is secured on the shoulder shell and includes an autonomous power source, as well as a microprocessor control unit, a sound indication unit, and a power amplifier electrically connected with said power source, wherein the output of the amplifier is connected to the applicator impact electrodes by a first conductive cable. The portable electrical stimulation tool is equipped with a light indication unit, the output whereof is connected to the LED bracelet by a second conductive cable. The joint consists of a flat link, an enveloping and an enveloped links, as well as a cylindrical rod. The flat link at one end is secured on the shoulder enveloping shell, configured for the mutual position thereof to be adjusted, and at the other end the link is connected with the first end of the enveloping link, forming a first rotary kinematic pair. The second end of the enveloping link forms a second rotary kinematic pair with the first end of the enveloped link. The second end of the enveloped link is rigidly connected with the first end of the cylindrical rod secured at the second end thereof in the forearm enveloping shell, configured for mutual axial and rotational movement thereof. The angular position sensor is formed by mutually perpendicular magnetic field meters secured on the enveloping link and a permanent magnet secured on the enveloped link. The axes of rotation of the first and second kinematic pairs are mutually perpendicular.

EFFECT: expanded volume of passive and active movements in the elbow joint.

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