CN107347701B

CN107347701B - Animal tongue muscle training device and method

Info

Publication number: CN107347701B
Application number: CN201710560340.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王玮; 李文扬; 康健; 周成广; 秦铮; 祁维一; 申慧
Original assignee: Shenyang Rms Medical Tech Co ltd; First Hospital of China Medical University
Current assignee: Shenyang Rms Medical Tech Co ltd; First Hospital of China Medical University
Priority date: 2017-07-11
Filing date: 2017-07-11
Publication date: 2022-11-15
Anticipated expiration: 2037-07-11
Also published as: CN107347701A

Abstract

The invention provides an animal tongue muscle training device, which is used for realizing animal tongue stretching and water taking based on a conditioned reflex mechanism and comprises a water supply device (1), a pressure sensor (2), a central processing unit (3) and a micro-injection pump (4), wherein the central processing unit (3) comprises an analog-to-digital conversion module (5), the analog-to-digital conversion module (5) is connected with the pressure sensor (2), the water supply device (1) comprises a base plate (11), a straight rod (12) extends out of the upper end of the base plate (11), a food tray (13) is fixed on the top of the straight rod (12), the food tray (13) is connected with the pressure sensor (2), the food tray (13) is arranged in an inclined horizontal direction, and the lower end of the food tray (13) in the vertical direction is provided with a hole (14). The invention overcomes the defect that the water injection quantity cannot be controlled after the injection pump is triggered by the animal stretching the tongue each time, prevents the accumulated water weight from falsely triggering the injection pump due to the deposition of the residual water on the food tray, and has simple structure and high commercial value.

Description

Animal tongue muscle training device and method

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of rehabilitation medicine, and particularly relates to an animal tongue muscle training device and a corresponding training method.

Background

Fowler SC professor of the university of Mississippi USA utilizes the conditioned reflex instinct of animals and realizes the tongue stretching movement of rats by adopting a 'hunger thirst-resistance tongue stretching-water supply reward' mode. The model rewards water supply after stretching the tongue of the hunger-thirst animal according to the preset resistance, the stretching tongue of the rat presses a disc connected with a pressure sensor under the hunger-thirst state, and the water can be rewarded after the force reaches the preset standard pressure, namely the water is pumped into a food tray by a water pump.

However, the design has the defects that the water quantity injected into the food tray by the water pumping pool is not well controlled every time, so that the water in the food tray is silted up and overflows, the water quantity is insufficient, great interference is caused to an actual test, test data is not accurate enough, and the water pumping system pumps water repeatedly and continuously to influence the tongue extending training process of animals because the water tray is connected with the pressure sensor, so that the water pumping program is triggered mistakenly next time when the water quantity is too much (the food tray is too heavy).

At present, a control device for controlling water quantity and preventing water siltation does not exist, and particularly, an animal tongue muscle training device does not exist.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the technical defects in the prior art, the invention aims to provide an animal tongue muscle training device which is used for realizing the purpose of stretching the tongue of an animal and getting water based on a conditioned reflex mechanism, and comprises a water supply device 1, a pressure sensor 2, a central processing unit 3 and a micro-injection pump 4, wherein the water supply device 1 is connected with the pressure sensor 2, the pressure sensor 2 is connected with the central processing unit 3, the central processing unit 3 is connected with the micro-injection pump 4, the micro-injection pump 4 is connected with the water supply device 1, wherein,

the central processing unit 3 comprises an analog-to-digital conversion module 5, the analog-to-digital conversion module 5 is connected with the pressure sensor 2, wherein,

the water supply device 1 comprises a base plate 11, a straight rod 12 extends out of the upper end of the base plate 11, a food tray 13 is fixed to the top of the straight rod 12, the food tray 13 is connected with the pressure sensor 2, the food tray 13 is arranged in the inclined horizontal direction, and a hole 14 is formed in the lower end of the food tray 13 in the vertical direction.

Preferably, the angle of inclination of the service plate 13 is 10 ° to 30 °.

Preferably, a display screen 6 is further included, and the display screen 6 is connected to the central processing unit 3.

Preferably, the micro syringe further comprises a manual control board 7, and the manual control board 7 is respectively connected with the central processing unit 3 and the micro syringe pump 4.

Preferably, the micro-syringe pump 4 is connected to the water supply device 1 through a water supply pipe 8.

Preferably, the micro syringe pump 4 injects a micro amount of water each time until the target amount of water is injected.

Preferably, the micro-injection pump 4 injects water in an amount of 0.05 to 1.0ml per time.

Preferably, the plate 13 is circular, rectangular, diamond-shaped or triangular in shape.

Preferably, the number of holes 14 is 1, 3, 5 or 10.

Preferably, the diameter of the hole 14 is 0.5mm to 2mm.

Preferably, the holes 14 are arranged to open at the bottom end of the plate or at the side of the plate.

Preferably, the animal used for training is a rat.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for training a tongue muscle of an animal, comprising the steps of:

a. judging whether a first threshold value is exceeded or not according to the pressure information of the pressure sensor, and if so, executing the step b;

b. controlling the micro-injection pump to inject water;

c. judging whether a first threshold value is exceeded or not according to the pressure information of the pressure sensor every time t, if so, executing the step b, and if not, executing the step d;

d. and judging whether the pressure information of the pressure sensor exceeds a second threshold value, and if so, generating an alarm instruction.

Preferably, step b is preceded by: and adjusting the single injection amount and the target total injection amount according to the manual control panel.

The invention realizes the tongue stretching movement of the rat by utilizing the conditioned reflex instinct of animals and adopting a mode of hunger and thirst, resistance to stretch tongue and water supply reward. The training device comprises a pressure sensor, a central processing unit, a micro-injection pump and a water supply device. The water supply device is pressed by water taken by the animal tongue, a pressure signal is obtained by the pressure sensor and transmitted to the central processing unit, and the central processing unit controls the micro-injection pump to supply water. The device not only overcomes the defect that the water injection quantity cannot be controlled after the water pumping system is triggered by the animal stretching the tongue each time in the original method, but also can prevent the accumulated water from being triggered by the weight of the accumulated water caused by accumulating the residual water on the pressure induction tray by mistake. The invention has simple structure, convenient use and extremely high commercial value.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent upon reading of the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments with reference to the following drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the topology of an animal tongue training device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows a schematic structural view of the water supply device in the animal tongue muscle training device according to the first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the topology of an animal tongue training device according to a second embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 4 shows a schematic flow chart of a method for training the tongue muscles of an animal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to better and clearly show the technical scheme of the invention, the invention is further described with reference to the attached drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic topology of an animal tongue muscle training device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and those skilled in the art understand that fig. 1 only shows a preferred drawing method of the present invention, but this does not mean that the animal tongue muscle training device only has the components shown in the drawing, for example, fig. 3 shows a schematic topology of another animal tongue muscle training device, which is not described herein again.

Specifically, the present invention provides an animal tongue muscle training device, which preferably uses a rat as a research object, and the rat is used as a description object of the present invention, while in other embodiments, animals such as rabbits, cats and the like can also be used as a research object, and details thereof are not repeated herein.

Further, the tongue muscle training device realizes the water getting by stretching the tongue of the animal based on the conditioned reflex mechanism, namely, by ' hunger and thirst-resistance and stretching the tongue- ' water supply reward ', when the rat is hunger and thirsty, the rat can be in the instinct state to stretch the tongue, and when the rat stretches the tongue, the tongue muscle training device can be pressed, and the tongue muscle training device can further supply water reward, so that the tongue stretching movement of the rat is realized.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, the tongue muscle training device comprises a water supply device 1, a pressure sensor 2, a central processing unit 3 and a micro-injection pump 4, wherein the water supply device 1 is used for providing water for rats, and comprises a supporting part and a water supply part, which will be further described in the following specific embodiments, the pressure sensor 2 is used for detecting the pressure when the rats touch the water supply device when stretching the tongue, the central processing unit 3 is used for processing signals in coordination with the transceiving of the signals of the pressure sensor 2 and the micro-injection pump 4, and the micro-injection pump 4 is used for supplying micro water to the water supply device 1 under the control of the central processing unit.

Further, the water supply device 1 is connected to the pressure sensor 2, when a rat touches the water supply device, the pressure sensor detects real-time pressure, the pressure sensor 2 is connected to the central processing unit 3, the pressure sensor 2 transmits a touch signal to the central processing unit, in such an embodiment, the central processing unit detects the pressure condition of the pressure sensor 2 and preferably sets a threshold value, when the pressure exceeds the threshold value range, the central processing unit sends a processing signal to the micro-injection pump, and when the pressure does not exceed the threshold value range, the central processing unit does not send a processing signal to the micro-injection pump. The central processing unit 3 is connected to the micro-injection pump 4, the central processing unit controls the injection of the micro-injection pump 4, the micro-injection pump 4 is connected to the water supply device 1, and the micro-injection pump 4 is connected to the water supply device through a water supply pipeline, which will be further described in the following detailed description, and will not be repeated herein.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural view of the water supply device in the animal tongue muscle training device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and those skilled in the art understand that, in order to better describe the core technical solution of the present invention, the core water supply device is preferably specifically described.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the water supply device 1 includes a chassis 11, as shown in fig. 2, the chassis is conical for providing ground support, and there are many embodiments for providing ground support, and the embodiments are not limited to the shapes described above, for example, in a preferred embodiment, four support legs are disposed below the chassis 11, and in other embodiments, the chassis may also be a cylindrical object, a square object, or the like, and may also be three support legs, five support legs, or the like, which is not described herein again.

Further, a straight rod 12 extends from the upper end of the chassis 11, the straight rod 12 may be connected to the chassis 11 in many ways, for example, in a preferred embodiment, a circular hole is disposed above the chassis 11, the size and shape of the hole are adapted to the size and shape of the diameter of the straight rod 12, the inner wall of the hole is provided with a thread, the straight rod 12 is provided with a thread, the straight rod penetrates into the hole and is connected to the chassis 11 by the thread, while in other embodiments, the connection between the straight rod and the chassis may be a snap fit, a welding, or the like, which is not described herein again.

Further, a plate 13 is fixed on top of the straight bar 12, and it is understood by those skilled in the art that the straight bar 12 also plays a supporting role in the present invention, the plate 13 is used for containing water, and the connection between the straight bar 12 and the plate 13 is a threaded connection, a snap connection, a bayonet lock, an adhesive, etc.

Further, the food tray 13 is connected to the pressure sensor 2, preferably, the pressure sensor 2 is disposed below the food tray 13, while in other embodiments, the pressure sensor 2 is disposed near the food tray 13, and the pressure sensor 2 detects the pressure of the food tray 13 in real time.

Further, the tray 13 is disposed in an inclined horizontal direction, and those skilled in the art will understand that the tray 13 is not disposed horizontally, but is inclined at a certain angle, and in such an embodiment, when the tray is filled with water, the water will be located downstream of the tray 13 inclined to the horizontal direction according to the gravity in physics.

Further, a hole 14 is formed in the lower end of the food tray 13 in the vertical direction, the hole 14 is arranged in a hollow mode, and the hole is used for draining water deposited in the food tray 13.

Further, the angle of inclination of the tray 13 is 10 ° to 30 °, and those skilled in the art understand that the angle of inclination of the tray 13 may not be too large or too small, which may result in a reduction in the overall water storage capacity of the tray and increase in the drainage of water from the tray 13. In a particular embodiment, the rat does not start drinking water and the water is drained, while too small an angle may result in too slow drainage of water from the tray, and when too small an angle may still result in water accumulation in the tray, it is preferable to select the angle of inclination of 10 ° to 30 °.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the shape of the plate 13 is circular, but in other embodiments, the plate may also be rectangular, rhombic or triangular, for example, when the plate is triangular, a hole is provided at a corner of the triangle when one side of the triangle is inclined downwards, and a hole is provided at each corner of the triangle when two sides of the triangle are inclined downwards.

Further, the number of the holes 14 is 1, and in other embodiments, the number of the holes may be specifically analyzed according to the shape, the inclination degree and the specific situation of the food tray, for example, in other embodiments, the number of the holes may also be 3, 5 or 10 or more, which is not repeated herein.

Further, the diameter of the holes 14 is 0.5mm to 2mm, and those skilled in the art understand that the size of the holes can be 0.5mm, 2mm, or 1mm, and the speed of the water drainage is affected by the size of the holes, specifically, when the holes are small, the speed of the water drainage is slow, and when the holes are large, the speed of the water drainage is fast.

Further, the holes 14 are arranged to form holes at the bottom end of the plate, and in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the holes are formed at the side of the plate, which do not affect the specific embodiment of the present invention and are not described herein.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic view of a topology structure of an animal tongue muscle training device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and it is understood by those skilled in the art that this embodiment describes a schematic view of a structural connection of a more complete tongue muscle training device, specifically, the central processing unit 3 includes an analog-to-digital conversion module 5, the analog-to-digital conversion module 5 is connected to the pressure sensor 2, the analog-to-digital conversion module 5 is configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal, the pressure sensor 2 receives pressure from a water supply device and forms an analog signal, and the analog signal is converted into a digital signal by the analog-to-digital conversion module 5 and sent to the central processing unit.

Further, the animal tongue muscle training device further comprises a display screen 6, the display screen 6 is connected with the central processing unit 3, and the display screen 6 preferably reflects the pressure in the food tray, the amount of water in the food tray, a display interface for adjusting the micro-injection pump, various emergency alarms and the like.

Further, the animal tongue muscle training device further comprises a manual control plate 7, the manual control plate is used for adjusting the water supply amount in unit times and the total amount of water to be supplied in the micro-injection pump, and the manual control plate 7 is respectively connected with the central processing unit 3 and the micro-injection pump 4.

Further, the micro-injection pump 4 is connected with the water supply device 1 through a water supply pipeline 8, the water supply pipeline 8 is a hose, one end of the water supply pipeline is connected with one end of the water outlet of the micro-injection pump, one end of the water outlet is connected with the food tray 13, the food tray 13 is in a semi-open arrangement, and the hose is close to the inner wall of the food tray 13 or penetrates through the inner wall of the food tray 13.

Further, the micro syringe pump 4 injects a micro amount of water each time until the injection of the target amount of water is completed, and further, the required water is adjusted to 1ml by the hand control panel, and the amount of water injected each time is 0.2ml, a total of 5 injections are required.

Further, the amount of water injected by the micro injection pump 4 per time is 0.05-1.0 ml, and further, the amount of water injected by the micro injection pump 4 per time may be 0.05ml, 0.2ml, 1ml, and the like.

Further, as understood by those skilled in the art, after the water supply amount per unit time and the total amount of water to be supplied in the micro-injection pump are manually adjusted, when the rat is hunger and thirsty, the tongue is stretched and the food tray is pressed, the pressure of the food tray is reflected to the pressure sensor, the pressure sensor calculates the pressure, when a certain threshold is reached, the pressure signal is converted into a digital signal through an analog-to-digital converter and transmitted to the central processing unit, the central processing unit further controls the micro-injection pump to supply water, the water is output to the food tray through the water supply pipeline, the rat stretches the tongue to take water, and further, after the rat takes water, the water in the food tray flows out through the holes, and the food tray returns to the original pressure state again.

Fig. 4 shows a detailed flow chart of a tongue muscle training method for animals according to another embodiment of the present invention, and specifically, it is understood by those skilled in the art that the method will be further described with reference to the preferred embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 3, and includes the following steps:

firstly, step S101 is entered, and a judgment is made as to whether a first threshold value is exceeded or not according to the pressure information of the pressure sensor, and it is understood by those skilled in the art that the first threshold value is an average value of pressure values reached when the rat touches the pressure sensor with the tongue in a general case, and is an optimal solution obtained through a large number of experiments, when the rat is thirsty, the pressure sensor touches the food tray with the tongue, the pressure sensor obtains the pressure information, and makes a judgment as to whether there is a pressure value exceeding the first threshold value or not, further, if so, step S102 is executed, and in another embodiment, if not, the subsequent steps are not executed.

Then, step S102 is entered to control the micro-syringe pump to inject water, and those skilled in the art understand that this step is after step S101, preferably exceeding the first threshold, further, the central processing unit receives the pressure signal from the pressure sensor through the analog-to-digital converter, and generates a water supply command, and transmits the water supply command to the micro-syringe pump.

In such an embodiment, the manner of injection and the amount of injection in the micro-syringe pump are adjusted according to the manual control panel, and in particular, the single injection amount and the target total injection amount are adjusted by the manual control panel, and when the central processing unit transmits a water supply command to the micro-syringe pump, the micro-syringe pump injects an appropriate amount of water each time and injects a plurality of times to reach the target amount of water.

And then, step S103 is performed, and whether the first threshold is exceeded or not is determined according to the pressure information of the pressure sensor at a time interval t, as understood by those skilled in the art, the time interval t is a certain time after the injection of the target water amount is completed, and the pressure determination is performed again, where the time may be 2S, 5S, 10S, or 1min, and the like, specifically, after the rat stretches the tongue to take water and obtains the corresponding water, it is preferable to perform a further determination on the stretching tongue of the rat to see whether water needs to be taken again, if the rat stretches the tongue again and touches the food tray to make the pressure thereof exceed the first threshold again, step S102 is performed again, and after step S102 is performed, step S103 is performed again, and the cycle is performed in turn, and if the pressure is not exceeded, it is determined that the rat is not taking water, step S104 is performed.

After step S103, step S104 is preferably executed, and whether a second threshold value is exceeded is determined according to the pressure information of the pressure sensor, and it is understood by those skilled in the art that the second threshold value is to detect whether water in the tray is silted up after water is taken out, further, according to the preferred embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 3, after the micro-injection pump injects water, the tray is inclined at a certain angle, and holes are provided below the tray to facilitate the outflow of water, in a preferred embodiment, after a certain time, the pressure state of the tray returns to the initial state after the water is discharged, and due to objective reasons, such as blockage of dust, sand and hair, the normal drainage is affected to some extent, so that silting up is caused, at this time, the pressure state of the tray needs to be detected again, specifically, whether the pressure information exceeds the second threshold value is determined, if the step S105 is executed, and if the step is not exceeded, the step S is ended.

Finally, step S105 is performed to generate an alarm instruction, in such an embodiment, if the pressure information exceeds the second threshold, it indicates that water is deposited on the food tray, and the food tray needs to be cleaned, the central processing unit preferably generates the alarm instruction, and reflects the alarm information through the display screen, and in other embodiments, the alarm may be implemented through a ring, an indicator light, and the like, which is not described herein again.

The foregoing description of specific embodiments of the present invention has been presented. It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and that various changes and modifications may be made by one skilled in the art within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Claims

1. An animal tongue muscle training device based on a conditioned reflex mechanism to realize animal tongue stretching and water taking is characterized by comprising a water supply device (1), a pressure sensor (2), a central processing unit (3) and a micro-injection pump (4), wherein the water supply device (1) is connected with the pressure sensor (2), the pressure sensor (2) is connected with the central processing unit (3), the central processing unit (3) is connected with the micro-injection pump (4), the micro-injection pump (4) is connected with the water supply device (1), wherein,

the central processing unit (3) comprises an analog-to-digital conversion module (5), the analog-to-digital conversion module (5) is connected with the pressure sensor (2), wherein,

the water supply device (1) comprises a base plate (11), a straight rod (12) extends out of the upper end of the base plate (11), a food tray (13) is fixed to the top of the straight rod (12), the food tray (13) is connected with the pressure sensor (2), the food tray (13) is arranged in the inclined horizontal direction, and a hole (14) is formed in the lower end of the food tray (13) in the vertical direction.

2. Training device according to claim 1, wherein the angle of inclination of the eating plate (13) is between 10 ° and 30 °.

3. Training device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a display screen (6), said display screen (6) being connected to said central processing unit (3).

4. The training device according to claim 3, further comprising a hand control board (7), said hand control board (7) being connected to said central processing unit (3) and to said micro-syringe pump (4), respectively.

5. Training device according to claim 1 or 2 or 4, wherein the micro-injection pump (4) is connected to the water supply device (1) by a water supply line (8).

6. The training device according to claim 5, wherein the micro injection pump (4) injects a micro amount of water each time until a target amount of water is injected.

7. The training device according to claim 6, wherein the micro-syringe pump (4) injects a volume of water of 0.05-1.0 ml per injection.

8. Training device according to claim 1 or 2 or 4 or 6 or 7, wherein the shape of the plate (13) is any of the following:

a circular shape;

a rectangle shape;

a rhombus shape; or

And (4) a triangle.

9. Training device according to claim 8, wherein the number of holes (14) is 1, 3, 5 or 10.

10. Training device according to claim 8, wherein the holes (14) have a diameter of 0.5-2 mm.

11. Training device according to claim 8, wherein the holes (14) are provided by:

opening a hole at the bottom end of the food tray;

the side of the food tray is provided with a hole.

12. Training device according to claim 8, wherein the animal used for training is a rat.

13. A method of training the muscles of the tongue of an animal, comprising a training device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, comprising the steps of:

b. controlling the micro-injection pump to inject water;

14. Training method according to claim 13, characterized in that said step b is preceded by the further step of: the single injection amount and the target total injection amount are adjusted according to a manual control board (7), and the manual control board is respectively connected with the central processing unit (3) and the micro-injection pump (4).