Patent EA-003800-B1 (EA)
Title: A device for treating patients suffering from sequels of the central nervous system affection and/of of injury to the locomotorium of the body
Inventor: AVERJANOV ANDREY IGOREVICH
IPC: A61H3/00
Filed: 2001-06-21
Abstract: 1. A device for treating patients suffering from sequels of the central nervous system affection and/or of injury to the locomotorium thereof, comprising a recliner (1) located in an upper region of the patient's body and adapted for abducting the shoulder girdles and adducting the scapulas to the spine; means for correcting the middle region of the patient's body located in the lumbar region thereof; at least one means (16) for correcting the hip and shin with a possibility of fixing the hip and shin in a predetermined position; at least one means (21) for correcting the ankle joint and toes, capable of fixing the foot relative to the ankle joint; a plurality of correcting-rotating elements (33) and a plurality of connecting means (41), characterized in that said elements of the device appear as separate modules (A, B, C, D), which cover certain regions of the patient's body, each of said modules being adapted for independent use; said recliner (1) being in fact a first module (A); said means for correcting the middle region of patient's body is essentially a second module (B) adapted for correcting the spine without applying a vertical load thereon; at least one means for correcting the hip and shin is a third module (C) adapted for fixing the hip and shin in a predetermined position so as to provide freedom of motion for the knee joint; and at least one means for correcting the ankle joint and toes is essentially a fourth module (D) adapted for fixing the foot relative to the ankle joint in the frontal and sagittal planes in order to provide freedom of motion in the ankle joint; an exterior surface of each module is made from a napped material adapted for using the Velcro fasteners; said correcting-rotating elements (33) successively join together said second, third and fourth modules (B, C, D,) with a possibility of their disjoining; each correcting-rotating element (33) appears as a band from elastic material having a percentage elongation of from 5 to 50% so as to provide correction of the patient's motion during his/her displacement and has a number of connecting means (41) adapted to adjust tightening of said correcting-rotating elements (33) at each place of their connection to each of said second, third, and fourth modules (B, C, D), each of said connecting means having an engaging surface adapted for providing a connection of the type of Velcro fastener to the exterior surface of (B, C, D) modules at any place on said surface depending on the pathology the patent is suffering from. 2. A device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that each correcting-rotating element (33) has a means (44) for varying the length thereof. 3. A device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the recliner (1) has a first flexible band (2) and a second flexible band (2), each of them being spatially curved in the form of a loop such that a first strap and a second strap is formed, each embracing the respective patient's shoulder joint and having an interaction means (4) adapted to interconnect the first ends (3) of said first and second flexible bands (2) with a possibility of adjusting the spacing therebetween, said means being disposed on the patient's back, while the second ends (5) of the first and second flexible bands (2) are secured on the respective first and second flexible bands (2) nearby said interaction means (4). 4. A device as defined in claim 3, characterized in that it further comprises an elastic plate (13) covering a portion of the patient's back in the region of the scapulas between the recliner (1) and the patient's back; the exterior surface of said elastic plate (13) is made from a napped material adapted for use in the Velcro-type fastener for connection to the first and second bands (2) of the recliner (1); the inner side of each band has an engaging surface adapted for use in the Velcro-type fastener for connection to the exterior surface of said elastic plate (13) the lower portion of which has a connecting means (14) for connection to the second module (B). 5. A device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the means for correcting the middle portion of the patient's body comprise a corset (6) having a profiled shape that provides spine correction without applying a vertical load thereon, a first portion (7) of said corset (6) embraces the patient's body in the lumbar region and has a means (9) for transversely fixing said portion on the patient's body, while a second portion (8) of the corset (6) covers the patient's back in the region of the scapulas. 6. A device as defined in claim 4, characterized in that the means for correcting the middle portion of said patient's body comprises a corset having a profiled shape to provide spine correction without applying a vertical load thereon, said corset embracing the patient's body in the lumbar region and being provided with a means (12) for its being fixed transversely on the patient's body, and a connecting means (15) adapted to be joined to the connecting means (14) of said elastic plate (13). 7. A device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that a means (16) for correcting the hip joint and the ankle joint comprises a first flexible bandage (17) and a second flexible bandage (18), both embracing the patient's lower extremity over and under the knee joint, respectively, and being fixed there with a possibility of adjusting the spacing therebetween using fasteners (20) provided at one end of each of said flexible bandages (17, 18) which are interconnected in the popliteal region with the opposite longitudinal edges thereof. 8. A device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that a means (21) for correcting the ankle joint and toes comprises a first flexible belt (22) embracing the ankle and having at one of its ends an interaction means (24) adapted for fixing said flexible belt (22) to the ankle with a possibility of adjusting the distance therebetween; a second flexible belt (23) embracing the foot in the region of the longitudinal plantar arch thereof and having its ends attached to the first flexible belt (22) on the opposite lateral ankle surfaces; a cross-shaped toe-plantar element (26) having three ends (27, 28, 29) spatially curved toward one another to embrace the foot in the region of the toe, said ends being interconnected through fasteners (31), while a fourth end (30) thereof is vacant and is disposed beneath the foot along the entire length thereof; provision is also made for two elastic braces (32) which connect the respective first and second flexible belts (22, 23) to said toe-plantar element (26) in the region of the toe with a possibility of adjusting the spacing therebetween. 9. A device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises setting-connecting means (42) for interconnecting the correcting-rotating elements (33) with a corresponding module, each of said means having at least one bolt loop (43) and is made up of two layers, a first of said layers having its exterior surface made from a napped material adapted for use in the Velcro-type fastener, while the exterior surface of the second layer is an engaging one adapted for use in the Velcro-type fastener; each of said connecting means provided in each of the correcting-rotating elements (33) has a napped surface adapted for use in the Velcro-type fastener. 10. A device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a fifth module (E) appearing as at least one means (34) for correcting an upper extremity, adapted for fixing the patient's shoulder and forearm in a preset position in order to provide freedom of motion for the elbow joint, the exterior surface of said module being made from a napped material adapted for use in the Velcro-type fastener; provision being made for at least one correcting-rotating element (33) which connects said fifth module (E) to said first module (A) with a possibility of their being disconnected from each other, said element appearing as a band from an elastic material having a percentage elongation of from 5 to 50% and adapted to correct motion of an upper extremity during its functioning, said correcting-rotating element (33) being provided with a number of connecting means (41) adapted to adjust tightening of said element at the place of its connection to said first module (A) and said fifth module (E), and with an engaging surface adapted for use in the Velcro-type fastener at any place on the exterior surfaces of said first module (A) and said fifth module (E) depending on the pathology the patient suffers from. 11. A device as defined in claim, characterized in that the correcting-rotating element (33) of the means (34) for correcting an upper extremity is provided with a means (44) for varying the length thereof. 12. A device as defined in claim, characterized in that the means (34) for correcting an upper extremity comprises a first spatially curved flexible band (35) and a second spatially curved flexible band (36), both of them embracing the upper extremity over and under the elbow joint, respectively, and being fixed there with a possibility of adjusting the distance therebetween by means of fasteners provided at one end of each of said spatially curved flexible bands (35, 36), said flexible bands (35, 36) being interconnected in the subcubital region by the opposite longitudinal edges thereof; there is also provided a flexible V-shaped carpal element (38) ergonomically adapted for being fixed to the patient's palm and for abducting the thumb, and a means (39) for fixing said flexible carpal element (38) to the patient's hand with a possibility of adjusting the tightening force of said flexible carpal element (38) which is connected to the second flexible band (36) through at least one elastic brace (40) which interconnects said flexible carpal element (38) with said second flexible band (36), provision being made at the ends of said elastic brace (40) for a number of connect