CN107648009B

CN107648009B - Lower jaw dyskinesia treatment device with buffer mechanism

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Publication number: CN107648009B
Application number: CN201710794038.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王晓云; 赵臣臣
Original assignee: Anhui Institute of Information Engineering
Current assignee: Anhui Institute of Information Engineering
Priority date: 2017-09-06
Filing date: 2017-09-06
Publication date: 2020-07-21
Anticipated expiration: 2037-09-06
Also published as: CN107648009A

Abstract

The invention discloses a device for treating dyskinesia of lower jaw with a buffer mechanism, which comprises: the device comprises a support frame, a driving motor, a transmission mechanism, a double-rocker, a fixer, a track changer, a locomotory apparatus, a mandible fixing rod and a buffer mechanism; the driving motor is fixed at the top of the supporting frame, the top parts of two sides of the supporting frame are provided with the fixers, the locomotory apparatus is connected with the fixers sequentially through the double-rocker and the track changer, the driving motor is connected with the double-rocker through the transmission mechanism, the driving motor can drive the locomotory apparatus to move up and down, and two ends of the locomotory apparatus are respectively connected with the lower jaw fixing rod through the buffer mechanism; the problem of inconvenient operation of treatment instrument among the prior art, and the auxiliary force to the chin is too direct in the use, easily causes the mechanical type of patient's chin to pull is overcome.

Description

Lower jaw dyskinesia treatment device with buffer mechanism

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of a therapeutic device for mandibular movement disorder, in particular to a therapeutic device for mandibular movement disorder with a buffer mechanism.

Background

In the current stage, for rehabilitation training with limited opening caused by temporomandibular joint disorder syndrome, passive jaw opening is mostly carried out by inserting fingers or an elastic bite plate. The method has poor operability, firstly, the requirement on a physical therapist is higher, the physical therapist needs to have enough experience in the treatment process, and the injury caused by overexertion is avoided, or the exercise effect cannot be achieved by underexertion; and secondly, continuous exercise needs to be ensured, the required period and single training time are completed, otherwise, the mouth opening degree cannot be gradually increased, and the implementation of the physical treatment course is not facilitated.

In order to solve such problems, there are many studies for increasing the degree of opening and exercising oral muscles worldwide, and instruments for exercising oral muscles are less common, and there are only a few devices that actually enable patients to use in clinic, most known as the dental robots of TherabIte and japanese WY series. The two instruments are used for attaching the lower jaw to a movable occlusion piece and passively stretching the chewing muscle by driving the occlusion movement to promote the lower jaw to move so as to achieve the exercise effect of opening and closing the lower jaw. However, the device has the disadvantages that the device is large and complex to operate, a patient needs to train under the guidance of a doctor, the requirement of daily training is difficult to meet, and the existing treatment tool has too direct auxiliary acting force on the lower jaw when in use, so that the mechanical strain of the lower jaw of the patient is easily caused.

Therefore, the invention provides a mandible dyskinesia treatment device with a buffer mechanism, which is simple and convenient to operate in the using process, can help a patient to perform self-help mouth opening training treatment so as to facilitate daily training and use of the patient, and can buffer acting force of the mandible auxiliary movement treatment so as to protect the mandible movement of the patient under the condition of not influencing the treatment effect and prevent the mandible of the patient from being pulled, and the mandible dyskinesia treatment device is a problem to be solved urgently.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the technical problems, the invention aims to overcome the defects that the treatment tool in the prior art is too complex and inconvenient to operate, a patient needs to train under the guidance of a doctor and is difficult to meet the daily training requirement, but also the auxiliary acting force to the lower jaw is too direct in the using process, which easily causes the problem of mechanical strain of the lower jaw of a patient, thereby providing a device which can buffer the acting force of the auxiliary motion treatment of the lower jaw during the use process, thereby providing a self-help mouth-opening training device which is simple and convenient to operate in the using process, can help the patient to carry out self-help mouth-opening training treatment, thereby facilitating the daily training and use of the patient, and can buffer the acting force of the jaw auxiliary exercise treatment, therefore, the lower jaw movement of the patient can be protected under the condition of not influencing the treatment effect, and the lower jaw of the patient is prevented from being pulled.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mandibular movement disorder treating device with a cushioning mechanism, comprising: the device comprises a support frame, a driving motor, a transmission mechanism, a double-rocker, a fixer, a track changer, a locomotory apparatus, a mandible fixing rod and a buffer mechanism; the driving motor is fixed on the top of the supporting frame, the top parts of two sides of the supporting frame are provided with the fixers, the locomotory apparatus is connected with the fixers sequentially through the double-rocker and the track changer, the driving motor is connected with the double-rocker through the transmission mechanism, the driving motor can drive the locomotory apparatus to move up and down, and two ends of the locomotory apparatus are respectively connected with the lower jaw fixing rod through the buffer mechanism; wherein, buffer gear includes: the main body plate is fixedly connected with the movement device through the fixing plate, the first buffer springs are arranged on two sides of the main body plate respectively, the second buffer springs are arranged at the lower end of the main body plate, and the first buffer springs and the second buffer springs are fixed on the side faces of the lower jaw fixing rods.

Preferably, a spring holder is further disposed between the second buffer spring and the main body plate, and the second buffer spring is at least partially disposed inside the spring holder.

Preferably, the number of the first buffer springs is at least four, and the first buffer springs are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the main body plate, and the number of the second buffer springs is at least two.

Preferably, the transmission mechanism comprises: the double-rocker type supporting frame comprises a first driving wheel, a transmission rod, a belt and a second driving wheel, wherein the first driving wheel is connected with an output shaft of a driving motor, the transmission rod is erected on a frame plate at the top of the supporting frame, the first driving wheel is meshed with the transmission rod, the double rockers are respectively provided with the second driving wheels, two ends of the transmission rod are respectively connected with the second driving wheels at two sides of the supporting frame through the belt, and the second driving wheels are further connected with the fixing device through fixing sliding blocks.

Preferably, a speed reducing mechanism is further arranged between the driving motor and the first transmission wheel.

Preferably, the two double-rocking bars are arranged, one ends of the two double-rocking bars are hinged with each other, the other end of one double-rocking bar is connected with the exerciser, and the other double-rocking bar is further connected with the track changer.

Preferably, the support frame comprises: first support body, second support body and roof, first support body with the second support body is vertical setting respectively is in the lower surface of roof, driving motor sets up the upper surface of roof.

Preferably, the lower surface of the top plate is detachably connected with a hat, the hat is located between the first frame body and the second frame body, and two sides of the hat are further connected with the first frame body and the second frame body respectively.

According to the technical scheme, the lower jaw dyskinesia treatment device with the buffer mechanism provided by the invention needs to be operated by matching with a control program when in use, a controller is installed on the device, when in use, the driving motor is a power output mechanism, the output power is transmitted to the double rocking bars at the bottom of the support frame through the transmission mechanism, the double rocking bars drive the locomotor to move so as to drive the lower jaw fixing rod to move, a track changer is also connected between the double rocking bars and the fixer and is used for assisting the double rocking bars to move, when in use, a patient wears the device on the head, the lower jaw of the patient is fixed on the lower jaw fixing rod, and the controller controls the movement of the driving motor and the track changer so as to be transmitted to the lower jaw fixing rod to indirectly drive the lower jaw of the patient to move, therefore, the lower jaw rehabilitation exercise is assisted for the patient, the buffer mechanism arranged between the exerciser and the lower jaw fixing rod can buffer the acting force of the exerciser, so that the exercise of the lower jaw fixing rod has the characteristic of time delay, the lower jaw of the patient can be protected, and the phenomenon of mechanical strain is prevented. The invention provides a device for treating dyskinesia of lower jaw with a buffer mechanism, which solves the problems that the treatment tool in the prior art is too complex and inconvenient to operate, a patient needs to train under the guidance of a doctor, the requirement of daily training is difficult to meet, and the mechanical strain on the lower jaw of the patient is easily caused by too direct auxiliary acting force on the lower jaw in the using process.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a mandibular movement disorder treating device with a cushioning mechanism provided in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a buffering mechanism of a mandibular movement disorder treating device with a buffering mechanism in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a top view of a mandibular movement disorder treatment device with a cushioning mechanism provided in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is an assembly view of an upper mover and a double rocker of the mandibular movement disorder treating device with a cushioning mechanism provided in a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the reference numerals

1 drive motor 2 reduction gears

3 top plate of support frame 31

32 first frame 33 second frame

4 second driving wheel 5 double rocking bar

6-motion device 7-track changer

8 holder 9 first drive wheel

10 frame plate 11 driving rod

12 belt 13 buffer mechanism

14 lower jaw fixing rod 15 fixing slide block

18 fixed plate 19 main body plate

20 first buffer spring 21 spring fixer

22 second buffer spring

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of embodiments of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present invention, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present invention, unless otherwise specified, the directional words "upper, lower, inner, outer" and the like included in the terms merely represent the orientation of the terms in a conventional use state or are colloquially understood by those skilled in the art, and should not be construed as limiting the terms.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the present invention provides a mandibular movement disorder treating device with a buffering mechanism, including: the device comprises a support frame 3, a driving motor 1, a transmission mechanism, a double-rocker 5, a fixer 8, a track changer 7, a locomotor 6, a lower jaw fixing rod 14 and a buffer mechanism 13; the driving motor 1 is fixed on the top of the supporting frame 3, the top parts of two sides of the supporting frame 3 are respectively provided with a fixer 8, the mover 6 is connected with the fixer 8 through the double-rocker 5 and the track changer 7 in sequence, the driving motor 1 is connected with the double-rocker 5 through the transmission mechanism, the driving motor 1 can drive the mover 6 to move up and down, and two ends of the mover 6 are respectively connected with the lower jaw fixing rod 14 through the buffer mechanism 13; wherein the buffer mechanism 13 includes: the main body plate 19 is fixedly connected with the mover 6 through the fixing plate 18, the first buffer springs 20 are respectively arranged on two sides of the main body plate 19, the second buffer springs 22 are arranged at the lower end of the main body plate 19, and the first buffer springs 20 and the second buffer springs 22 are both fixed on the side surface of the lower jaw fixing rod 14.

According to the technical scheme, the therapeutic device for treating the dyskinesia of the lower jaw with the buffer mechanism needs to be operated by matching with a control program when in use, a controller is installed on the device, when in use, the driving motor 1 is a power output mechanism, the output power is transmitted to the double-rocker 5 positioned at the bottom of the support frame 3 through a transmission mechanism, the double-rocker 5 drives the locomotor 6 to move so as to drive the lower jaw fixing rod 14 to move, the trajectory changer 7 is also connected between the double-rocker 5 and the fixer 8 and used for assisting the double-rocker 5 to move, when in use, a patient wears the device on the head, the lower jaw of the patient is fixed on the lower jaw fixing rod 14, the controller controls the movement of the driving motor 1 and the trajectory changer 7 so as to be transmitted to the lower jaw fixing rod 14, indirectly driving the jaw of the patient to move, thereby assisting the patient in jaw rehabilitation movement; the buffer mechanism arranged between the mover 6 and the lower jaw fixing rod 14 can buffer the acting force of the mover 6, so that the movement of the lower jaw fixing rod 14 has a time-delay characteristic, and thus the lower jaw of a patient can be protected, and the phenomenon of mechanical strain can be prevented. The invention provides a device for treating dyskinesia of lower jaw with a buffer mechanism, which solves the problems that the treatment tool in the prior art is too complex and inconvenient to operate, a patient needs to train under the guidance of a doctor, the requirement of daily training is difficult to meet, and the mechanical strain on the lower jaw of the patient is easily caused by too direct auxiliary acting force on the lower jaw in the using process.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a spring holder 21 is further provided between the second buffer spring 22 and the main body plate 19, the second buffer spring 22 is at least partially arranged inside the spring holder 21, the second buffer spring 22 and the spring holder 21 constituting a buffer, when the mover 6 moves up and down, the mover 6 acts on the main body plate 19 on the buffer mechanism 13, the downward movement of the main body plate 19 compresses the second buffer spring 22, until the second buffer spring 22 is compressed to the shortest, the body plate 19 acts on the lower jaw fixing lever 14, so that the lower jaw fixing lever 14 moves downward, therefore, the time delay is provided, the jaw of the patient can be protected by buffering, and the working principle of the first buffering spring 20 is similar to that of the second buffering spring 22.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first buffer springs 20 are at least four and symmetrically disposed on both sides of the main body plate 19, and the second buffer springs 22 are at least two, so that the buffering effect is more desirable, and the symmetrical design also makes the movement of the lower jaw fixing rod 14 more smooth.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the transmission mechanism includes: first drive wheel 9, transfer line 11, belt 12 and second drive wheel 4, first drive wheel 9 with driving motor 1's output shaft links to each other, transfer line 11 erects on the frame plate 10 at support frame 3 top, first drive wheel 9 with mesh between the transfer line 11, two double-rocker 5 is provided with second drive wheel 4 respectively, the both ends of transfer line 11 are passed through belt 12 respectively and are linked to each other with the second drive wheel 4 of support frame 3 both sides, second drive wheel 4 still through solid fixed sliding block 15 with fixer 8 links to each other. The driving force of the driving motor acts on one of the double rockers 5 through a series of transmissions.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a speed reduction mechanism 2 is further disposed between the driving motor 1 and the first transmission wheel 9, because the driving force of the driving motor 1 is still too large relative to the resultant force of the patient's jaw opening, and the provision of the speed reduction mechanism 2 can effectively reduce the driving force of the driving motor, so that the driving force is suitable for the rehabilitation treatment of the patient.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, two double rockers 5 are provided, and one ends of the double rockers are hinged to each other, wherein one double rocker 5 is connected to the mover 6 at the other end thereof, and the other double rocker 5 is further connected to the trajectory changer 7. Because the jaw of the patient does not move up and down in the vertical direction in a simple sense, the two double-rocking bars 5 enable the movement of the mover 6 to be more diversified and the direction to be richer, so that the mover 6 can be conveniently adjusted to be in line with the movement track of the jaw of the patient, and the patient can be conveniently and effectively treated.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the support frame 3 includes: first support body 32, second support body 33 and roof 31, first support body 32 with second support body 33 is vertical setting respectively is in the lower surface of roof 31, driving motor sets up the upper surface of roof 31, when using, first support body 32 with second support body 33 is located the both sides of patient's head respectively.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a cap is detachably connected to a lower surface of the top plate 31, the cap is located between the first frame 32 and the second frame 33, two sides of the cap are further connected to the first frame 32 and the second frame 33, respectively, when the cap is worn on the head of a patient, the entire device is fixed by using a supporting force of the head, and then the lower jaw is fixed to the lower jaw fixing rod 14.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present invention is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the present invention within the technical idea of the present invention, and these simple modifications are within the protective scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the various technical features described in the above embodiments can be combined in any suitable manner without contradiction, and the invention is not described in any way for the possible combinations in order to avoid unnecessary repetition.

In addition, any combination of the various embodiments of the present invention is also possible, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present invention as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A mandibular movement disorder treatment device with a cushioning mechanism, the device comprising: the device comprises a support frame (3), a driving motor (1), a transmission mechanism, a double-rocker (5), a fixer (8), a track changer (7), a locomotor (6), a lower jaw fixing rod (14) and a buffer mechanism (13);

the driving motor (1) is fixed to the top of the supporting frame (3), the top of each of two sides of the supporting frame (3) is provided with a fixer (8), the mover (6) is connected with the fixer (8) sequentially through the double-rocker (5) and the track changer (7), the driving motor (1) is connected with the double-rocker (5) through the transmission mechanism, the driving motor (1) can drive the mover (6) to move up and down, and two ends of the mover (6) are connected with the lower jaw fixing rod (14) through the buffer mechanisms (13) respectively; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the buffer mechanism (13) includes: the jaw fixing device comprises a main body plate (19), a first buffer spring (20), a second buffer spring (22) and a fixing plate (18), wherein the main body plate (19) is fixedly connected with the mover (6) through the fixing plate (18), the first buffer spring (20) is arranged on each of two sides of the main body plate (19), the second buffer spring (22) is arranged at the lower end of the main body plate (19), and the first buffer spring (20) and the second buffer spring (22) are fixed on the side face of the lower jaw fixing rod (14).

2. The device for treating dyskinesia of the lower jaw with a cushioning mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein a spring holder (21) is further provided between the second cushioning spring (22) and the main body plate (19), and the second cushioning spring (22) is at least partially arranged inside the spring holder (21).

3. The device for treating dyskinesia of the lower jaw with a damping mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first damping springs (20) are at least four and symmetrically arranged at both sides of the main body plate (19), and the second damping springs (22) are at least two.

4. The mandibular movement disorder treatment device with cushioning mechanism of claim 1, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises: first drive wheel (9), transfer line (11), belt (12) and second drive wheel (4), first drive wheel (9) with the output shaft of driving motor (1) links to each other, transfer line (11) erect on frame board (10) at support frame (3) top, first drive wheel (9) with mesh, two between transfer line (11) two double-rocker (5) are provided with second drive wheel (4) respectively, the both ends of transfer line (11) link to each other with second drive wheel (4) of support frame (3) both sides through belt (12) respectively, second drive wheel (4) still through fixed slider (15) with fixer (8) link to each other.

5. The device for treating mandibular movement disorder with a cushioning mechanism according to claim 4, wherein a speed reducing mechanism (2) is further provided between the drive motor (1) and the first drive wheel (9).

6. The device for treating dyskinesia of the lower jaw with a damping mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein said double rocking levers (5) are provided in two and hinged at one end, wherein one double rocking lever (5) is connected at the other end to said mover (6) and the other double rocking lever (5) is further connected to said trajectory changer (7).

7. The device with a cushioning mechanism for treating dyskinesia of the lower jaw according to claim 1, wherein said support frame (3) comprises: first support body (32), second support body (33) and roof (31), first support body (32) with second support body (33) respectively vertical setting is in the lower surface of roof (31), driving motor sets up the upper surface of roof (31).

8. The device for treating the mandibular movement disorder with the buffering mechanism according to claim 7, wherein a hat is detachably attached to a lower surface of the top plate (31), the hat is located between the first frame (32) and the second frame (33), and both sides of the hat are further connected to the first frame (32) and the second frame (33), respectively.