DEVICE FOR THE FORCE-ASSISTED LIFTING OF AN INCLINED UPPER BODY OF A PERSON

• Main Authors: SCHWARZ, Oliver, HOCHBERG, Conrad, DAUB, Urban
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.05.2018
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; OUTERWEAR; PROSTHESES; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; WEARING APPAREL

The invention relates to a device for the force-assisted lifting of an inclined upper body of a person (P), comprising a shoulder part (1) that can be removably fixed in a secure manner to the shoulder area of the person as well as a hip part (2) which can be removably fixed in a secure manner to the hip area of the person, both being connected by an arrangement (4) comprising a plurality of serially arranged vertebral bodies (5) which are guided along at least a strand-like, elastic or elastically mounted traction element (6) which is connected at each end to the shoulder part (1) and the hip part (2). At least two adjacent vertebral bodies (5) have each at least one surface area (53, 54) which is designed to have a matching contour. The invention is characterized in that, for the purpose of mutual contacting, the at least two vertebral bodies (5) are assembled directly by the surface areas (53, 54), which have a matching contour, and exclusively by means of the at least one traction element (6) while being mutually subjected to an elastic force, in a loose and a self-centering manner relative to one another, and in that the surface areas (53, 54) having a matching contour are spherical and the traction element (6) has an elastic configuration or is mechanically coupled to at least one elastic element.