Apparatus for evaluating standing-aid training

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11116682-B2
Application number	US-201816118188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2018
Priority date	Jun 21, 2016
Publication date	Sep 14, 2021
Grant date	Sep 14, 2021

Abstract

A medical apparatus for standing aid includes a backrest (4) that has at least one side thereof provided with a crank rocker mechanism that includes a crank mechanism (1), a triangle linkage mechanism (2), and a rocker mechanism (3), the crank mechanism (1) is rotatably connected to the triangle linkage mechanism (2) such that an included angle between a second driven link (BE) of the triangle linkage mechanism (2) and the crank mechanism (1) is always smaller than 90°, and the crank mechanism (1) driving the triangle linkage mechanism (2), the rocker mechanism (3) and the backrest (4) connected to the triangle linkage mechanism to perform interactive movement repeatedly along a predetermined curve trajectory in response to a driving force from a drive effect of a driving unit (100), so that the backrest (4) connected to the second driven link (BE) assists a trainee in standing up repeatedly by obliquely supporting the trainee's waist.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medical apparatus for evaluating standing-aid training, comprising: a driving unit ( 100 ); a linkage unit ( 200 ); a seat unit ( 300 ); a data harvesting unit ( 400 ), an assessment unit ( 502 ), a control unit ( 503 ), and a backrest ( 4 ), wherein the linkage unit ( 200 ) assists a trainee sitting on the seat unit ( 300 ) in sitting and rising movements by interaction between a crank mechanism ( 1 ) and a rocker mechanism ( 3 ) driven by the driving unit ( 100 ), the assessment unit ( 502 ) assesses a physical condition of the trainee according to a set of data collected by the data harvesting unit ( 400 ), and the control unit ( 503 ) performs real-time adjustments on a training frequency and training duration of the trainee,
wherein a crank rocker mechanism comprises the crank mechanism ( 1 ), a triangular-shaped linkage mechanism ( 2 ), and the rocker mechanism ( 3 ), and
wherein a first apex (B) and a second apex (C) of the triangular linkage mechanism ( 2 ) are connected to the crank mechanism ( 1 ) and the rocker mechanism ( 3 ), respectively, and a third apex (E) of the triangular-shaped linkage mechanism ( 2 ) is connected to a backrest ( 4 ), which is adapted to hold a trainee's shoulders in position so as to assist the trainee's shoulders to move following a shoulder motion curve during the trainee's sitting and rising movements.

2. The medical apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the medical apparatus has at least two crank rocker mechanisms, wherein the two crank rocker mechanisms are symmetrically provided at two ends of the backrest ( 4 ), and further wherein the backrest ( 4 ) is fixedly connected to the third apex (E) of each of the triangular-shaped linkage mechanisms ( 2 ).

3. The medical apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the backrest ( 4 ) is a rectangular backrest fixedly connected to the third apex (E) of each of the triangular-shaped linkage mechanisms ( 2 ), and the backrest is fixedly connected to corresponding fixing points on a second driven link (BE) of each triangular-shaped linkage mechanism between the third apex (E) and the first apex (B) of each of the triangular-shaped linkage mechanisms ( 2 ).

4. The medical apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the data harvesting unit ( 400 ) collects a trainee's exercise data including a trainee's training frequency, training duration, a pressure that the trainee exerts on a footrest ( 17 ) and/or a trainee's biological information that includes a trainee's body height, body weight, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate and/or body temperature.

5. The medical apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the backrest ( 4 ) is provided with at least two shoulder straps for fastening the trainee's shoulders and at least one waist band for fixing a trainee's trunk, in which the shoulder straps and/or the waist band are equipped with at least one of the biological information sensor and/or the shoulder motion curve sensor.

6. The medical apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driving unit ( 100 ) comprises a motor ( 7 ), a long axle ( 9 ), an intermediate axle ( 18 ), and a secondary chain drive low-speed wheel ( 19 ),
the motor ( 7 ) being connected to the long axle ( 9 ) through a primary chain drive mechanism ( 8 ), the long axle ( 9 ) having two ends each connected to a secondary chain drive low-speed wheel ( 19 ), respectively, through a secondary chain drive mechanism ( 10 ), and
each secondary chain drive low-speed wheel ( 19 ) being rotatably connected to one end of the crank mechanism ( 1 ) through the intermediate axle ( 18 ), so that the linkage unit ( 200 ) provides aid based on a drive force of the driving unit ( 100 ).

7. The medical apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the seat unit ( 300 ) comprises a back cushion ( 20 ), a fastening mechanism ( 21 ), a seat support ( 22 ), and a seat cushion ( 23 ),
the seat support ( 22 ) comprising a U-shaped structure and a bar-shaped structure vertically connected to the U-shaped structure,
the bar-shaped structure of the seat support ( 22 ) being adjustably positioned to a vertical tube ( 11 ) of the frame ( 5 ) through the fastening mechanism ( 21 ),
the U-shaped structure having two ends each provided with at least one through hole for fixing and adjusting the seat cushion ( 23 ), and
the back cushion ( 20 ) is attached to one end of the bar-shaped structure.

Assignees

• Univ Hefei Technology

Inventors

• An Ning
• Jin Liuqi

Classifications

• A61H2230/065

  used as a control parameter for the apparatus · CPC title

• A61H2201/1623

  Back · CPC title

• A61H2201/123

  Linear drive · CPC title

• A61H1/0229 Primary

  by reducing gravity forces normally applied to the body, e.g. by lifting or hanging the body or part of it (suspension devices for supporting the patient in upright walking or standing position A61H3/008) · CPC title

• A61H2201/5097

  wireless · CPC title