CN116269307A

CN116269307A - Integral electrode tie

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Publication number: CN116269307A
Application number: CN202310270876.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王雄生; 李军; 周文波; 夏溢; 时喜林; 冯建军; 姚芬
Original assignee: Shenzhen Mai Dean Medical Equipment Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Mai Dean Medical Equipment Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-03-20
Filing date: 2023-03-20
Publication date: 2023-06-23

Abstract

The application discloses integral electrode tie, including the tie body, be equipped with a plurality of electrodes in the tie body, the electrode with the spacing connection of tie body, the lower terminal surface of electrode is protruding respectively the lower surface of tie body, be equipped with on the tie body and inhale connector and circuit board, the electrode with inhale the connector respectively with the circuit board electrical property links to each other; the two ends of the belt body are respectively provided with a first fixing mechanism and a second fixing mechanism, and the first fixing mechanism can be detachably connected with the second fixing mechanism. The electrode strap is made into an integral structure, so that the electrode installation process can be effectively simplified, and the installation time is shortened; through the connection cooperation of first fixed establishment and second mechanism, the electrode tie of being convenient for on the one hand, on the other hand also is convenient for demolish the electrode tie for this electrode tie can used repeatedly, thereby reduce use cost.

Description

Integral electrode tie

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electrical impedance tomography data acquisition devices, and more particularly relates to an integral electrode strap.

Background

The Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) technology is a method for attaching a plurality of electrodes to human skin, wherein human tissues show different physiological characteristics, tissues with different physiological characteristics have different conductive properties, the same tissue also has different conductive properties under different physiological environments, the electrodes are applied with tiny safe currents which are injected and determined, potential signals are measured at different positions of the body surface, and an internal structure of the human body is constructed by performing an image reconstruction algorithm on the measured voltage values. EIT was first used in 1983 to monitor respiratory function and to maintain a unique bedside method that allows continuous, non-invasive detection of regional changes in lung volume, blood flow, and heart activity.

The lung ventilation impedance tomography system mainly comprises an imaging host, an electrode and a wire for communicating the electrode and the imaging host; the reliability of its operation varies greatly depending on the stability and convenience of the connection between the plurality of wires and the electrodes. At present, the existing lung ventilation impedance tomography system is usually connected with an electrode by a wire, and then the wire is concentrated and connected with an imaging host, namely, the existing electrode is of a scattered structure, when the lung ventilation impedance tomography system is used, medical staff needs to attach a plurality of electrodes around a patient body in sequence, and in order to prevent the electrodes from falling off, a bandage can be used for assisting in binding the electrodes or applying conductive gel or glue around the electrodes. Obviously, the electrode pasting process in the mode is very tedious, time-consuming and labor-consuming; moreover, after using glue or conductive gel, the electrode is difficult to clean, which easily causes electrode damage and increases the use cost.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the application provides an integral electrode strap, which comprises a strap body, wherein a plurality of electrodes are arranged in the strap body, the electrodes are in limit connection with the strap body, the lower end faces of the electrodes respectively protrude out of the lower surface of the strap body, a magnetic attraction connector and a circuit board are arranged on the strap body, and the electrodes and the magnetic attraction connector are respectively electrically connected with the circuit board; the two ends of the belt body are respectively provided with a first fixing mechanism and a second fixing mechanism, and the first fixing mechanism can be detachably connected with the second fixing mechanism.

As the further improvement of this application, the tie body includes outer area body and inlayer area body, outer area body with inlayer area body coupling, equidistance distributes on the up end of inlayer area body has a plurality of mounting grooves, the quantity of mounting groove with the quantity of electrode is the same, all is equipped with the via hole in every mounting groove, the electrode respectively with corresponding mounting groove spacing connection, just the lower terminal surface protrusion of electrode the lower terminal surface of via hole, the up end of electrode with the lower terminal surface butt of outer area body.

As a further improvement of the application, limit grooves are respectively arranged at the corresponding positions of the electrodes on the lower end face of the outer layer belt body, and the electrodes are respectively abutted with the corresponding limit grooves.

As a further improvement of the application, the first fixing mechanism comprises a fixing piece and a buckle, wherein the fixing piece is limited between the outer layer belt body and the inner layer belt body, the buckle is connected with the fixing piece, and the buckle protrudes upwards after penetrating through the outer layer belt body; the second fixing mechanism comprises a clamping part, the clamping part and the outer layer belt body are integrally formed, a plurality of clamping holes matched with the buckles are formed in the clamping part, and the buckles are detachably clamped with the clamping holes.

As the further improvement of this application, the quantity of buckle has 4, and 4 buckles are two rows and distribute on the tie body, the quantity of joint hole is greater than the quantity of buckle, just the joint hole is two rows and distributes on the joint portion.

As a further improvement of the magnetic attraction connecting head, the clamping part is provided with a strip-shaped avoidance hole, the strip-shaped avoidance hole is used for the magnetic attraction connecting head to slide through, and the width of the strip-shaped avoidance hole is larger than or equal to the width of the magnetic attraction connecting head.

As a further improvement of the application, the magnetic connector comprises a connector body, the connector body is connected with the strap body, a plurality of probes are arranged in the connector body and respectively connected with the circuit board, and magnetic pieces are respectively arranged at two ends of the connector body.

As a further improvement of the present application, a positioning angle is provided on the connector body, and the positioning angle is used for positioning the installation direction of the magnetic connector.

As a further improvement of the application, the number of the magnetic connection heads and the number of the circuit boards are two respectively, the magnetic connection heads and the circuit boards are arranged in one-to-one correspondence, one magnetic connection head is arranged on the strap body and at the corresponding position of the first fixing mechanism, and the other magnetic connection head is arranged between the electrode and the second fixing mechanism; the outer layer belt body is provided with mounting holes at corresponding positions of the magnetic connection heads, and the magnetic connection heads protrude out of the upper end face of the outer layer belt body after penetrating through the corresponding mounting holes.

As a further improvement of the application, the electrodes are connected with the corresponding circuit boards through wires, and the wires are limited between the outer layer belt body and the inner layer belt body.

Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects:

1. according to the electrode fixing structure, the plurality of electrodes are fixedly installed in the strap body, so that the plurality of electrodes form an integral structure, the electrode installation flow can be effectively simplified, and the installation time is shortened.

2. According to the lung ventilation impedance tomography system, the magnetic suction connector is arranged on the belt body, and the magnetic suction connector is connected with a lead wire of the lung ventilation impedance tomography system in a magnetic suction mode and then connected with the imaging host; the stability of connection is good to the magnetism, and is convenient for install and dismantle, can improve efficiency by a wide margin.

3. This application is through setting up first fixed establishment and second fixed establishment on the tie body, and first fixed establishment can be dismantled with second fixed establishment and be connected, through the connection cooperation of first fixed establishment and second mechanism, can be with whole electrode tie fixed mounting to the appointed position of patient's health on the one hand, on the other hand also is convenient for demolish the electrode tie for this electrode tie can used repeatedly, thereby reduces use cost.

Drawings

For a clearer description of the present application or of the solutions of the prior art, a brief introduction will be given below to the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or of the prior art, it being apparent that the drawings in the description below are some embodiments of the present application, from which other drawings can be obtained, without the inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a magnetic connector in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used in the description of the applications herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description and claims of the present application and in the description of the figures above are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims or in the above-described figures, are used for distinguishing between different objects and not necessarily for describing a sequential or chronological order.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

In order to better understand the technical solutions of the present application, the following description will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1-4, an integral electrode cuff is used on a pulmonary ventilation impedance tomography system, which includes an imaging host and a magnetic attraction type lead wire, both ends of which are respectively connected with the electrode cuff and the imaging host, so that the electrode cuff is connected with the imaging host. The integral electrode belt comprises a belt body 1, a plurality of electrodes 2 are fixedly arranged in the belt body 1, the lower end faces of the electrodes 2 respectively protrude out of the lower surface of the belt body 1, the electrodes 2 can be in direct contact with the skin of a patient when the belt is convenient to use, a magnetic attraction connector 3 and a circuit board 4 are arranged on the belt body 1, the electrodes 2 and the magnetic attraction connector 3 are respectively and electrically connected with the circuit board 4, and the belt body 1 and the magnetic attraction lead wire are conveniently connected and fixed through the magnetic attraction connector 3; the two ends of the belt body 1 are respectively provided with a first fixing mechanism and a second fixing mechanism, the first fixing mechanism can be detachably connected with the second fixing mechanism, and the belt body 1 can be conveniently and fixedly installed on a designated position through the first fixing mechanism and the second fixing mechanism.

Specifically, when the integral electrode cuff is required to be used, the cuff body 1 is first wound around a designated part of the patient's body so that each electrode 2 is respectively in contact with the patient's skin; after winding is completed, the first fixing mechanism is connected with the second fixing mechanism, so that the strap body 1 is limited and fixed at a specified position; then, the magnetic connection head 3 is connected with a magnetic lead wire in a magnetic way, and the other end of the magnetic lead wire is connected with an imaging host; so that the magnetic connector 3 is electrically connected with the lead wire, and the electrode 2 is electrically connected with the imaging host through the circuit board 4, thereby completing the subsequent imaging work. After the use is completed, the magnetic attraction connector 3 is separated from the magnetic attraction lead wire, and then the first fixing mechanism is separated from the second fixing mechanism, so that the integral electrode strap can be taken down from the body of a patient.

According to the integral electrode belt, a plurality of electrodes 2 are fixedly arranged in the belt body 1, so that the electrodes 2 form an integral structure, and compared with the electrode belt in a splicing mode, the risk of stretching and breaking is avoided, and the replacement frequency and the replacement cost of the electrode belt are reduced intangibly; meanwhile, the installation process of the electrode 2 can be effectively simplified, so that the installation time is shortened. And through setting up first fixed establishment and second fixed establishment, on the one hand can be with whole electrode tie fixed mounting to the appointed position of patient's health, on the other hand also be convenient for demolish the electrode tie for this integral electrode tie can used repeatedly, thereby reduce use cost.

In the embodiment, the electrode 2 is a button-shaped metal button made of conductive metal, and a silver chloride coating is electroplated on the surface of the metal button; the structural stability of the electrode 2 is improved, the service life of the electrode 2 can be prolonged, and the accuracy and stability of acquiring human body bioimpedance data can be improved. Compared with the conductive gel electrode 2 connected by snap fasteners, the silver chloride plated metal button electrode 2 has the advantages of reusability, convenient operation, easy cleaning and the like. The height of the snap-button type electrode 2 is larger than that of the silver chloride plated metal button electrode 2; therefore, the pain caused by the patient lying on the sickbed with the electrode belt can be effectively relieved, the pain caused by pressing the electrode 2 buckle to the patient is avoided, and skin irritation or infection can not be caused.

In this embodiment, there are two circuit boards 4 and magnetic connector 3 respectively, and the magnetic connector 3 welds on circuit board 4, and the magnetic connector 3 and circuit board 4 one-to-one setting are inhaled to the magnetism, and one of them magnetism is inhaled connector 3 and is set up on tie body 1 with first fixed establishment's relevant position department, and another magnetism is inhaled connector 3 and is set up between electrode 2 and second fixed establishment. The number of the electrodes 2 is 16, each circuit board 4 is connected with 8 electrodes 2 through wires, the wires are packaged in the strap body 1, and the wires are packaged in the strap body 1, so that the wires cannot be touched during connection and installation operations, the problems of mess, knotting and the like on line are avoided, and the operation is convenient and tidy. Through setting up two circuit boards 4 and magnetism and inhale connector 3, can reduce the wiring degree of difficulty of electrode 2 in the tie body 1, reduce wire length to promote the efficiency of equipment tie body 1. It is clear that in other embodiments the number of electrodes 2 may be any other number.

The belt body 1 comprises an outer layer belt body 11 and an inner layer belt body 12, the outer layer belt body 11 is fixedly and hermetically connected with the inner layer belt body 12, and the outer layer belt body 11 and the inner layer belt body 12 are made of elastic silica gel materials, so that the belt body 1 has certain stretching ductility and can be suitable for use in different shapes and positions; and simultaneously, the situation that the belt body 1 is broken when being stretched can be prevented. A plurality of mounting grooves 121 are equidistantly distributed on the upper end face of the inner layer belt body 12, the number of the mounting grooves 121 is the same as that of the electrodes 2, through holes 122 are formed in each mounting groove 121, one electrode 2 is mounted in each mounting groove 121 in a limiting mode, the lower end face of each electrode 2 protrudes out of the lower end face of the corresponding through hole 122, and the upper end face of each electrode 2 is abutted to the lower end face of the outer layer belt body 11. Limiting grooves 111 are respectively arranged on the lower end face of the outer layer belt body 11 and at the corresponding positions of the electrodes 2, and the electrodes 2 are respectively abutted with the corresponding limiting grooves 111. Through the mounting groove 121 and the limiting groove 111, the electrode 2 can be firmly limited between the outer layer belt body 11 and the inner layer belt body 12, so that the electrode 2 is not easy to move in the use process of the electrode belt, and the stability is improved; through setting up via hole 122, and electrode 2's terminal surface protrusion via hole 122 to ensure when electrode tie uses, electrode 2 can with patient's skin direct contact, ensure the degree of accuracy of gathering data.

The corresponding positions of the outer layer belt body 11 and the magnetic attraction connectors 3 are respectively provided with mounting holes 112, the lower end surfaces of the two magnetic attraction connectors 3 are respectively welded and fixed with the circuit board 4, and the upper ends of the two magnetic attraction connectors 3 respectively penetrate through the corresponding mounting holes 112 and then protrude out of the upper end surface of the outer layer belt body 11. Make the magnetic connector 3 bulge tie body 1, be convenient for the magnetic connector 3 and the magnetic lead wire link to each other of inhaling to promote the efficiency of equipment.

The first fixing mechanism comprises a fixing piece 5 and a buckle 6, wherein the fixing piece 5 is made of a metal sheet, the fixing piece 5 is fixed between the outer layer belt body 11 and the inner layer belt body 12 in a packaging mode, the buckle 6 is fixedly arranged on the fixing piece 5, and the buckle 6 protrudes upwards after penetrating through the outer layer belt body 11; the second fixing mechanism comprises a clamping part 7, the clamping part 7 is an extension section of the outer layer belt body 11, the clamping part and the outer layer belt body 11 are integrally formed, a plurality of clamping holes 71 matched with the buckles 6 are formed in the clamping part 7, and the buckles 6 are detachably clamped with the clamping holes 71. When the belt body 1 is used, after being wound on a designated part of a patient, the belt body 1 can be integrally fixed on the designated position by clamping the buckle 6 with the matched clamping hole 71; when the strap body 1 is taken down, the buckle 6 is taken out from the clamping hole 71.

In order to improve the installation stability of the strap body 1, in this embodiment, the number of the buckles 6 is 4, the 4 buckles 6 are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the magnetic attraction connector 3 in two rows, the number of the clamping holes 71 is 10, and the 10 clamping holes 71 are symmetrically distributed on the clamping part 7 in two rows; when the fixing device is used, the 4 buckles 6 are respectively clamped with the corresponding 4 clamping holes 71, so that the stability of the installation of the strap body 1 can be improved. In the use, in the different joint holes 71 are gone into to buckle 6 card, can adjust the length of encircleing of tie body 1 to satisfy the user demand of different stature, different health positions, promote the commonality. Compared with the fixing mode of the buckle 6 and the clamping hole 71, the magic tape has the advantages that the magic tape cannot be adhered to hair, cannot fail and cannot be attached after being used for a long time, and the service life of the electrode strap can be prolonged.

In other embodiments, the number of the buckles 6 and the clamping holes 71 can be any number, and only the number of the clamping holes 71 is required to be not less than the number of the buckles 6.

The buckles 6 are arranged on two sides of the magnetic connector 3, and the magnetic connector 3 protrudes out of the upper end surface of the strap body 1; therefore, in order to avoid interference of the magnetic attraction connector 3 to the surrounding of the strap body 1, the clamping portion 7 is provided with a strip-shaped avoidance hole 72, the strip-shaped avoidance hole 72 is arranged between the two rows of clamping holes 71, the strip-shaped avoidance hole 72 is used for the magnetic attraction connector 3 to slide through, and the width of the strip-shaped avoidance hole 72 is larger than or equal to the width of the magnetic attraction connector 3. When the strap body 1 is surrounded, the magnetic connector 3 near one side of the buckle 6 passes through the strip-shaped avoidance hole 72, so that the buckle 6 can be clamped and fixed with the clamping hole 71; when the surrounding length of the strap body 1 needs to be adjusted, the buckle 6 is separated from the clamping hole 71, the magnetic attraction connector 3 slides in the strip-shaped avoidance hole 72, and after being adjusted to a proper position, the buckle 6 is clamped and fixed with the corresponding clamping hole 71. By arranging the long strip-shaped avoidance holes 72, the end part of the electrode strap is prevented from tilting after surrounding and fixing; meanwhile, the magnetic attraction connector 3 is not shielded by the long-strip-shaped avoidance hole 72, and the belt body 1 is convenient to be connected with the magnetic attraction lead wire.

As shown in fig. 4, the magnetic connector 3 includes a connector body 31, the lower end of the connector body 31 is welded on the circuit board 4, and the upper end of the connector body 31 protrudes out of the outer layer belt 11, so that the connector body 31 and the belt body 1 are limited and fixed, 10 probes 32 are arranged on the connector body 31, the 10 probes 32 are distributed in 5 rows and 2 columns, the probes 32 are electrically connected with the circuit board 4, two ends of the connector body 31 are fixedly provided with magnetic pieces 33 respectively, in this example, the magnetic pieces 33 are special-shaped magnets, and the special-shaped magnets are positioned when being convenient for connection, so that the purpose of quick connection is achieved. In the use process, after the belt body 1 is installed and fixed at the appointed position of the patient body, namely after the clamping buckle 6 is clamped with the clamping hole 71, the magnetic piece 33 in the magnetic connector 3 and the magnetic piece 33 of the magnetic lead wire are aligned, and the two magnetic pieces 33 are mutually adsorbed, so that the magnetic connector 3 is electrically conducted with the lead wire, and the electrode belt is electrically conducted with the imaging host. The magnetic connection mode is adopted, so that the wearing can be more rapid and simple and firm in connection compared with the plugging mode, time and labor are saved, and the working efficiency is improved.

In order to improve the assembly efficiency of the electrode strap and the lead wire, the connector body 31 is provided with positioning angles 34, namely three angles of the connector body 31 are all in a rounded shape, and the other angle is not rounded; when assembling the lead wire and the electrode strap, a user can position the plugging direction of the magnetic connector 3 by observing the position angle 34, thereby rapidly completing the assembly. In other embodiments, the positioning angle 34 may be replaced with other structures, such as: positioning convex strips, positioning grooves or making the connector body 31 into an asymmetric special shape, etc.

In this embodiment, the positioning angles 34 of the two magnetic connectors 3 are not in the same direction, so that the situation that the magnetic connectors 3 are misplaced during assembly can be avoided, and the assembly efficiency is further improved.

It is apparent that the embodiments described above are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments, the preferred embodiments of the present application are given in the drawings, but not limiting the patent scope of the present application. This application may be embodied in many different forms, but rather, embodiments are provided in order that the present disclosure may be more fully understood. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the embodiments described in the foregoing, or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof. All equivalent structures made by the specification and the drawings of the application are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, and are also within the protection scope of the application.

Claims

1. An integral electrode tie, characterized in that: the belt comprises a belt body, wherein a plurality of electrodes are arranged in the belt body and are in limiting connection with the belt body, the lower end faces of the electrodes protrude out of the lower surface of the belt body respectively, a magnetic attraction connector and a circuit board are arranged on the belt body, and the electrodes and the magnetic attraction connector are electrically connected with the circuit board respectively;

the two ends of the belt body are respectively provided with a first fixing mechanism and a second fixing mechanism, and the first fixing mechanism can be detachably connected with the second fixing mechanism.

2. The monolithic electrode holder of claim 1, wherein: the belt body comprises an outer layer belt body and an inner layer belt body, the outer layer belt body is connected with the inner layer belt body, a plurality of mounting grooves are distributed on the upper end face of the inner layer belt body at equal intervals, the number of the mounting grooves is the same as that of the electrodes, a through hole is formed in each mounting groove, the electrodes are respectively in limiting connection with the corresponding mounting grooves, the lower end faces of the electrodes protrude out of the lower end faces of the through holes, and the upper end faces of the electrodes are in butt joint with the lower end faces of the outer layer belt body.

3. The monolithic electrode holder of claim 2, wherein: and limiting grooves are respectively arranged on the lower end surface of the outer layer belt body and at corresponding positions of the electrodes, and the electrodes are respectively abutted with the corresponding limiting grooves.

4. The monolithic electrode holder of claim 2, wherein: the first fixing mechanism comprises a fixing piece and a buckle, the fixing piece is limited between the outer layer belt body and the inner layer belt body, the buckle is connected with the fixing piece, and the buckle protrudes upwards after penetrating through the outer layer belt body;

the second fixing mechanism comprises a clamping part, the clamping part and the outer layer belt body are integrally formed, a plurality of clamping holes matched with the buckles are formed in the clamping part, and the buckles are detachably clamped with the clamping holes.

5. The monolithic electrode holder of claim 4, wherein: the number of the buckles is 4, the 4 buckles are distributed on the strap body in two rows, the number of the clamping holes is larger than the number of the buckles, and the clamping holes are distributed on the clamping portions in two rows.

6. The monolithic electrode holder of claim 4, wherein: the clamping part is provided with a strip-shaped avoidance hole, the strip-shaped avoidance hole is used for the magnetic attraction connector to slide through, and the width of the strip-shaped avoidance hole is larger than or equal to the width of the magnetic attraction connector.

7. The monolithic electrode holder of any one of claims 1-6 wherein: the magnetic connector comprises a connector body, the connector body is connected with the strap body, a plurality of probes are arranged in the connector body, the probes are respectively connected with the circuit board, and magnetic pieces are respectively arranged at two ends of the connector body.

8. The monolithic electrode holder of claim 7, wherein: the connector body is provided with a locating angle, and the locating angle is used for locating the installation direction of the magnetic connector.

9. The monolithic electrode holder of any one of claims 2-6 wherein: the number of the magnetic attraction connectors and the number of the circuit boards are two respectively, the magnetic attraction connectors and the circuit boards are arranged in one-to-one correspondence, one magnetic attraction connector is arranged on the strap body at the corresponding position of the first fixing mechanism, and the other magnetic attraction connector is arranged between the electrode and the second fixing mechanism;

the outer layer belt body is provided with mounting holes at corresponding positions of the magnetic connection heads, and the magnetic connection heads protrude out of the upper end face of the outer layer belt body after penetrating through the corresponding mounting holes.

10. The monolithic electrode holder of claim 9, wherein: the electrodes are connected with the corresponding circuit boards through wires, and the wires are limited between the outer layer belt body and the inner layer belt body.