公开(公告)号：US4669302A

公开(公告)日：1987-06-02

申请号：US726485

申请日：1985-04-24

申请人： Robert F. Wagner ,  Jack L. Lewis

发明人： Robert F. Wagner ,  Jack L. Lewis

IPC分类号： A61G7/00 ,  A47C31/12 ,  A61B5/103 ,  G01B5/00 ,  G01B5/20 ,  G01B7/287 ,  G01B21/00 ,  G01B21/20 ,  G09B23/32 ,  G01N19/00

CPC分类号： A47C31/123 ,  A61B5/103 ,  G01B7/287 ,  G09B23/32 ,  A61B2562/046 ,  A61B5/4528 ,  A61B5/4561

摘要： An apparatus particularly suited for measuring the shape or contour of a surface under load, such as a mattress, is comprised of a humanoid having body limb extremities which are movable in a manner similar to the movement of comparable human extremities. Sensors are placed at joints, such as the knees and hips, to measure the amount of relative movement, i.e. deflection, that occurs at these joints when the humanoid is placed upon a mattress surface. The sensors provide an indication of the shape or contour of the mattress surface by correlation of the relative movement that occurs at these joints caused by the underlying mattress shape. In its preferred form, a movable frame is provided to raise and lower the humanoid in relation to the mattress surface to be tested. A "spine" is also advantageously provided with associated sensors to measure deflection, and thus surface contour, in the lower torso/abdominal region.

摘要翻译： 特别适用于测量诸如床垫之类的负载下的表面的形状或轮廓的装置包括具有肢体肢体的类人动物，其可以以类似于人类四肢的运动的方式移动。 将传感器放置在诸如膝盖和臀部的关节处，以测量当类人体放置在床垫表面上时在这些关节处发生的相对运动量（即偏转）的量。 传感器通过与由下面的床垫形状引起的在这些关节处发生的相对运动的相关性来提供床垫表面的形状或轮廓的指示。 在其优选形式中，提供可移动框架以相对于待测试的床垫表面升高和降低类人动物。 “脊椎”也有利地设置有相关联的传感器，以测量下躯干/腹部区域中的偏转，从而测量表面轮廓。

公开(公告)号：US4950271A

公开(公告)日：1990-08-21

申请号：US307662

申请日：1989-02-06

申请人： Jack L. Lewis ,  William D. Lew ,  Curtis W. Kowalczyk ,  Robert E. Hunter

发明人： Jack L. Lewis ,  William D. Lew ,  Curtis W. Kowalczyk ,  Robert E. Hunter

IPC分类号： A61B19/00 ,  A61F2/08

CPC分类号： A61F2/0805 ,  A61B90/06

摘要： A knee reconstruction apparatus and method provides for controlling and adjusting the point of fixation of a ligament graft, for example a replacement for the anterior cruciate ligament, which permits precisely and repeatably adjusting the length of the ligament graft or graft components with the joint under a prescribed load prior to fixation. A fixture is fixed on the tibia and includes an adjustable clamp that holds a ligament graft anchored or held in the femur. The clamp can be moved for adjusting the length of the ligament graft, or individual segments of a composite ligament graft while the joint is under a prescribed load. The load carried by one or more individual graft components also can be measured prior to fixation to ensure that each of the segments of a composite ligament graft will carry the desired or selected load for a joint under a prescribed load.

摘要翻译： 膝盖重建装置和方法提供控制和调节韧带移植物的固定点，例如替代前交叉韧带，其允许精确地和可重复地调整韧带移植物或移植物组件的长度与接头在一个 固定前规定的负荷。 夹具固定在胫骨上，并包括一个可调整的夹具，其夹持固定在股骨上的韧带移植物。 当接头处于规定的负荷下时，夹具可以移动以调节韧带移植物的长度或复合韧带移植物的单个节段。 一个或多个单独的移植物组分携载的载荷也可以在固定之前测量，以确保复合韧带移植物的每个段将在规定的负荷下承载关节的期望或选择的载荷。

公开(公告)号：US4361142A

公开(公告)日：1982-11-30

申请号：US294445

申请日：1981-08-20

申请人： Jack L. Lewis ,  Carl M. Patrnchak ,  William D. Lew ,  George T. Shybut

发明人： Jack L. Lewis ,  Carl M. Patrnchak ,  William D. Lew ,  George T. Shybut

IPC分类号： A61F3/00 ,  A61F5/01

CPC分类号： A61F5/0123

摘要： An orthotic joint, and the orthosis with which it is used, for the protective treatment of ligamentous injuries or deficiencies, or as a supplement to total joint replacement. The joint includes coacting guide members that are both slidable and pivotal with respect to each other and, when assembled and supported in pairs on opposite sides of a patient's knee, allow freedom of movement of the knee except for those movements that would normally be controlled by the ligament or ligaments requiring protection. An arrangement of straps connect each pair of guide members and are tensioned (and untensioned) in sequence to perform operations in conjunction with the articulating surfaces of the members that would otherwise be demanded from the protected ligament(s). The orthosis includes a system of interfacial elements and suspension elements that engage the upper and lower leg portions and effectively maintain the orthotic joints in proper positions to restrain abnormal knee movements or, in the case of prosthetic joint replacement, to prevent movements that do not conform with the prescribed action of the replaced joint.

摘要翻译： 矫形关节及其使用的矫形器用于保护性治疗韧带损伤或缺陷，或作为全关节置换的补充。 该关节包括可相对于彼此滑动和枢转的共同引导构件，并且当组装并且成对地支撑在患者膝盖的相对侧时允许膝盖的移动自由，除了通常由 韧带或韧带需要保护。 带的布置连接每对引导构件并且被顺序拉紧（和未张紧），以与否则将从受保护的韧带要求的构件的关节表面一起执行操作。 矫形器包括界面元件和悬挂元件的系统，其接合上部和下部腿部并且有效地将矫正关节保持在适当的位置以抑制异常膝关节运动，或者在假体关节置换的情况下，以防止不符合的运动 具有替代接头的规定动作。