| CPC A61H 1/0222 (2013.01) [A61H 1/0237 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1215 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1418 (2013.01); A61H 2201/149 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1621 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1642 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A pendular joint decompression device comprising:
a table configured to support a person lying on his or her back, the table having a head end and a leg end, the table having first and second longitudinal edges extending between the head end and the leg end, and
a traction system positioned at the leg end of the table, elevated from the plane of the table,
the traction system including cabling, leg-receiving means secured to the cabling and configured to link the cabling to the person's legs,
traction means configured to act on the cabling to make traction on the legs,
oscillation means configured to act on the cabling to obtain lateral oscillation movements of the legs on either side of the axis of the person's spine, and
a control unit adapted to control the traction means and the oscillation means to combine lateral oscillation movements and traction movements on the person's raised legs,
the leg-receiving means comprising two interconnected chutes, each chute having an open top, each chute being adapted to receive one of the person's legs and being adapted to close, to block the person's legs, each chute having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge extending along the open top of each chute, the first longitudinal edges of the two chutes being adjacent to each other where the chutes are closest to each other, the second longitudinal edges of the two chutes being remote from each other where the chutes are farthest from each other, with the second longitudinal edges of the chutes being respectively adjacent the first and second longitudinal edges of the table,
wherein each chute is connected to the cabling at two distinct first and second application points, spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the chutes such that the first application point is nearer the leg end of the table and the second application point is nearer the head end of the table,
the first application point being on the first longitudinal edge of the open top of each chute and the second application point being at the second edge of the open top of each chute, such that when the cabling applies a traction, a force is applied at the two corresponding separate first and second application points on each chute, the cabling being configured to clamp the chutes around the legs, above the foot, at the ankle and calf of the person, the leg-receiving means thus being configured to apply, for each of the person's legs, a force on the back of the calf and a force on the front of the ankle, simultaneously, when the traction means act on the cabling, and
wherein the leg-receiving means is configured to receive the person's legs lying on the table, allow a force to be applied on the person's legs at the calves as well as a force to be applied on the person's legs at the ankles when the cabling is tensioned, such that the leg-receiving means allows for a bearing/counter-bearing on the person's legs to make a leg flexing movement, in addition to the lateral oscillation and traction movements on the person's raised legs, to thereby reproduce a walking movement with the bearing/counter-bearing generated by the leg-receiving means enabling the person's legs to flex relative to each other.
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