Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Tiltable along a transverse axis
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-26
2001-06-12
Grosz, Alexander (Department: 3628)
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Tiltable along a transverse axis
C005S618000, C005S621000, C005S624000, C482S144000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06243897
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to a therapeutic bed for chiropractic or medical treatment of a human body, or protecting a human body from disease by inversely suspending/standing the human body while holding the human body on the bed not to fall down.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The backbone of a human body is formed of a large number of cylindrically shaped vertebrae where each vertebra is connected to the adjacent vertebra by a disc of cartilage. Hernia may be caused when the disc cartilages are slipped and compressed or injured, resulting in severe back ache and requiring chiropractic or other treatment as well as rehabilitation. To be used in such a situation, in the past, therapeutic tools are known such as health hanging tools for home use and expanding machines for hospital use. Such therapeutic tools, however, are difficult to use for a long period of time or difficult to operate for a person who has diminished physical strength, or who are in poor health or confined to bed.
For such conventional tools, an improvement has been proposed where a motor is employed therein to easily operate the tool. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 6-182000 shows a therapeutic tool for inversely hanging and suspending a human body by a winch. However, such a conventional tool is disadvantageous in that only the inverse suspension mode is available, while it is relatively large and expensive.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic bed which is capable of overcoming the drawbacks in the conventional therapeutic tools, thereby inversely hanging or standing a human body with the maximum angle for expanding the human body.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic bed for stretching abdominal muscles and back muscles while the therapeutic bed is in the substantially horizontal direction by up/down moving a backrest of the therapeutic bed and stretching knees by up/down moving a footrest of the therapeutic bed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic bed for recovering flexibility in intervertebral discs that have been compressed and forming a healthy body, and easily achieving an inverse suspending or inverse standing treatment even for a weak or sick person.
For achieving such objectives, the therapeutic bed of the present invention includes an intermediate member of the therapeutic bed, a backrest of the therapeutic bed rotatably connected to an end of the intermediate member for accommodating an upper body of the patient, a footrest of the therapeutic bed rotatably connected to another end of the intermediate member for accommodating a lower body of the patient, a plurality of frames provided under the intermediate member, the backrest and the footrest and forming a bed angle adjustment mechanism, a drive means for driving the bed angle adjustment mechanism formed of the frames to change the angles and positions of the intermediate member, the backrest and the footrest of the therapeutic bed, shoulder pads provided at an end of the backrest for supporting shoulders of the patient, and a fastening means provided at an end of the footrest for fastening ankles of the patient.
In another aspect, the intermediate member and the footrest are integrally formed to establish an intermediate and lower body support, and the backrest is rotatably connected to the intermediate and lower body support. In a further aspect of the present invention, two hydraulic cylinders are provided, one is used for driving the backrest while the other is used for driving the intermediate and lower body support.
According to the therapeutic bed of the present invention, the plural members of the bed are first extended to form a flat and horizontal bed. A patient lies on the bed with the shoulders contacting the shoulder pads at one end of the bed and the ankles being fastened by the ankle fastening belt at another end of the bed. By rotating the therapeutic bed through the drive mechanism and sustaining in a desired inverse position, the patient can be inversely suspended on the bed.
Then, by controlling the hydraulic cylinder, the therapeutic bed is returned to the flat and horizontal state so that the patient can rest quietly on the bed. Further, in addition to inversely suspending the patient, the therapeutic bed of the present invention can perform various other functions as well. By rotatably moving the headrest, footrest or intermediate and lower support of the bed in an up/down direction, various health improvement actions can be achieved such as stretching and strengthening abdominal muscle and back muscle of the patient.
The therapeutic bed can be used protectively by a healthy person for improving strength of abdominal and back muscle so as to avoid suffering from back pain such as hernia. In addition, since the therapeutic bed of the present invention can be operated with use of keys or switch nearby, it is especially suitable for treatment of a weak and/or sick person or a bedridden person. The therapeutic bed of the present invention is especially effective for healing a back pain such as hernia or gastroptosis by stretching the back.
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Grosz Alexander
Muramatsu & Associates
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