CN111449816A

CN111449816A - Nipple inversion corrector

Info

Publication number: CN111449816A
Application number: CN202010273025.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陶渝
Original assignee: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Current assignee: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Priority date: 2020-04-09
Filing date: 2020-04-09
Publication date: 2020-07-28

Abstract

A nipple inversion appliance comprises an air extraction structure and a nipple cover, and is characterized in that an air delivery pipe is arranged between the air extraction structure and the nipple cover, one end of the air delivery pipe is fixedly connected with the air extraction pipe, and the other end of the air delivery pipe is connected with the nipple cover in a combined manner; an air outlet one-way valve is arranged in the nipple cover. Negative pressure environment is formed in the nipple shield through the air exhaust structure, and the sunken nipple is gradually corrected under the negative pressure environment. The invention solves the problems that the injector with a cut-off head is used for correcting the sunken nipple in the prior art, the risk of scratching the skin of a patient is caused, the operation is carried out by hands, and the demonstration is carried out by a nursing staff, so that the workload of the nursing staff is increased.

Description

Nipple inversion corrector

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and particularly relates to a nipple depression corrector.

Background

The nipple is not protruded but depressed inwards, which is called nipple invagination. The degree of crater nipple varies from person to person, and mild persons only show a low or retracted nipple of different degree, which may bulge or squeeze out the nipple after stimulation. The severe cases show that the nipple is completely trapped in the areola, can not be pulled out, and is in the shape of volcano-mouth with secretion or peculiar smell. The inverted nipple is generally thin even when squeezed out, often without a distinct nipple neck, and is split. The incidence of female crater nipple is 1% -2%, usually on both sides, and can also occur only on one side, the crater nipple degree can be inconsistent, crater nipple influences the breast appearance beautifully, in addition, because crater nipple can accumulate dirt or grease, causes infection or peculiar smell, and more seriously, crater nipple makes the baby difficult to suck milk, loses the function of suckling.

The method for treating crater nipple comprises the following steps: 1. and (3) manual drawing: adolescence is an important stage of breast development and also an important stage of correcting crater nipple. If the nipple is pulled frequently, the nipple is protruded, the mammary duct, the fiber cord and the smooth muscle are stretched and prolonged, and the nipple is naturally and gradually protruded outwards. However, it takes a long time to perform the above steps gradually to obtain a good effect; 2. suction therapy: the invaginated nipple is drawn by the negative pressure suction device, so that the aim of prolonging the mammary duct and the fiber cord is fulfilled; 3. and (3) surgical treatment: bracket-method crater nipple correction, incision-method crater nipple correction.

The current clinical treatment method comprises the following steps: the syringe is cut off the head, and is stretched with the needle tubing part, thereby hold the nipple through the negative pressure and carry out the correction of nipple sunken, nevertheless untidy after the artifical cutting of needle tubing part, has the risk of scratch patient's skin, and needs bimanualness to the nursing staff demonstration has been increased nursing staff work load.

The invention provides a nipple depression corrector, aiming at the problems that in the prior art, a syringe with a cut-off head is used for correcting a depressed nipple, the risk of scratching the skin of a patient exists, the syringe needs to be operated by two hands, and a nursing staff is required to demonstrate, so that the workload of the nursing staff is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problems in the background art, the invention provides a nipple depression corrector.

A nipple inversion appliance comprises an air extraction structure and a nipple cover, and is characterized in that an air delivery pipe is arranged between the air extraction structure and the nipple cover, one end of the air delivery pipe is fixedly connected with the air extraction pipe, and the other end of the air delivery pipe is connected with the nipple cover in a combined manner; an air outlet one-way valve is arranged in the nipple cover. Negative pressure environment is formed in the nipple shield through the air exhaust structure, and the sunken nipple is gradually corrected under the negative pressure environment.

Further, the air exhaust structure comprises a sleeve, a piston rod arranged in the sleeve and a piston integrally connected with the piston rod; the tail end of the piston rod is provided with a pressing rod which extends out and is used for controlling the piston rod, and the pressing rod is integrally connected with the tail end of the piston rod. The arrangement realizes air suction in the nipple cover by moving the position of the piston rod through the pressure rod.

Further, the pressure lever is arranged in an 'L' shape, and the free end of the pressure lever is close to one side of the patient.

Furthermore, a handheld tube convenient to hold by hand is arranged on the periphery of the air exhaust structure, one end, close to a patient, of the handheld tube is integrally connected with the sleeve, and an extending hole allowing the pressing rod to extend out is formed in the handheld tube. Such an arrangement is convenient for the patient or nurse to use.

Furthermore, one end of the pressure rod, which extends out of the extending hole, is provided with a pressing button, the pressing button is integrally connected with the pressure rod, and the size of the pressing button is smaller than that of the extending hole. The pressure of the pressure rod on the hand can be reduced when the hand pressing device is used, and the safety of the hand is guaranteed.

Furthermore, an elastic structure is arranged at one end, far away from the patient, of the pressing rod, one end of the elastic structure is integrally connected with the pressing rod, and the other end of the elastic structure is integrally connected with the inner wall of the handheld barrel. The arrangement can enable the pressure lever to have resilience through the elastic structure, thereby circularly performing air extraction work.

Further, the elastic structure is provided as a spring. The spring has simple structure and low cost.

Further, a connecting port connected with the gas conveying pipe is arranged on the sleeve, the connecting port is an external thread connecting port, and corresponding internal threads are arranged on the gas conveying pipe. The threaded connection mode is simple and firm to operate.

Further, the both ends of gas-supply pipe all set up to the internal thread opening, and the gas-supply pipe both ends all adopt the rigid plastic material preparation. The gas pipe of this kind of setting is convenient to be dismantled and firm in connection.

Furthermore, the nipple cover is a horn-shaped nipple cover, and one end of the nipple cover is provided with an external thread connecting port connected with the gas conveying pipe.

Furthermore, the opening end of the nipple shield, which is in contact with the skin of the patient, is made of soft silica gel material. This kind of setting guarantees patient's travelling comfort, avoids haring skin.

Furthermore, the opening end of the nipple cover is provided with a circular arc notch capable of accommodating the top end of a thumb or an index finger. When the nipple protector is used, a thumb, a forefinger or other fingers are placed at the arc-shaped notch and pressed downwards, so that air can enter the nipple shield, and the negative pressure suction to the sunken nipple is stopped.

Further, the nipple covers with different sizes are arranged, and the external thread connecting ports of the nipple covers with different sizes are the same in size; the nipple covers with different specifications can be adopted according to different patients, the air delivery pipe does not need to be replaced, and resources are saved.

Furthermore, a side branch connecting port is arranged on one side of the nipple shield external thread connecting port, and the side branch connecting port is connected with a negative pressure meter used for measuring the negative pressure value in the nipple shield in a combined mode. This arrangement allows measurement of the negative pressure in the nipple shield and provides a reference for the nurse or patient to perform the next suction.

Furthermore, a sealing cover is arranged on the side branch connecting port and is connected with the side branch connecting port in a combined mode, and the side branch connecting port is sealed through the sealing cover when the negative pressure meter is not required to be connected.

When the nipple shield is used, the nipple shield is aligned with the nipple of a patient, the pressing rod is pressed through the pressing button, the pressing rod drives the piston rod to move, so that air in the nipple shield is pumped out, a negative pressure state is formed in the nipple shield, the sunken nipple is sucked out gradually, when a proper negative pressure state is formed in the nipple shield, the air delivery pipe is taken down from the nipple shield, and only the nipple shield is left on the breast of the patient to continuously correct the nipple.

Compared with the nipple depression correction instrument in the prior art, the nipple depression correction instrument is convenient to use, and after a nurse teaches that a patient uses the nipple depression correction instrument, the patient can operate the nipple depression correction instrument with one hand, hands are liberated, and the working time of the nurse is saved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a nipple inversion appliance according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an overall perspective structure of a crater nipple corrector according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an air suction structure of the correction device for nipple inversion of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the air suction structure of the nipple inversion appliance of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a nipple shield of the nipple inversion appliance of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a nipple shield of the nipple inversion appliance of the present invention;

in the figure, 1, a sleeve; 11. a piston rod; 12. a piston; 13. a pressure lever; 14. pressing the button; 15. an external thread connecting port; 16. a spring; 2. a hand-held cartridge; 3. a gas delivery pipe; 4. a nipple shield; 41. a bypass connector; 42. a circular arc-shaped notch; 43. an air outlet one-way valve; 5. and a negative pressure gauge.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described below by specific embodiments, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all embodiments, and other advantages and effects of the present invention can be easily understood by those skilled in the art from the disclosure of the present specification. The present invention can be implemented or applied by other different specific embodiments, and the features in the following embodiments and embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict, and all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts based on the embodiments of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

EXAMPLE 1 Nipple inversion corrector

A nipple inversion appliance comprises an air extraction structure and a nipple shield 4, and is characterized in that an air delivery pipe 3 is arranged between the air extraction structure and the nipple shield 4, one end of the air delivery pipe 3 is fixedly connected with an air extraction pipe, and the other end of the air delivery pipe is connected with the nipple shield 4 in a combined manner; an air outlet one-way valve 43 is provided in the nipple shield 4. Negative pressure environment is formed in the nipple shield 4 through the air exhaust structure, and the sunken nipple is gradually corrected under the negative pressure environment.

The air extraction structure comprises a sleeve 1, a piston rod 11 arranged in the sleeve 1 and a piston 12 integrally connected with the piston rod 11; a pressing rod 13 for controlling the piston rod 11 is arranged at the tail end of the piston rod 11 in an extending mode, and the pressing rod 13 is integrally connected with the tail end of the piston rod 11. This arrangement allows air to be drawn into the teat cup 4 by displacing the position of the piston rod 11 via the plunger 13.

One end of the pressure rod 13, which is far away from the patient, is provided with an elastic structure, one end of the elastic structure is integrally connected with the pressure rod 13, and the other end of the elastic structure is integrally connected with the inner wall of the handheld barrel 2. The arrangement can enable the compression bar 13 to have resilience through an elastic structure, so that air suction work can be performed circularly.

The sleeve 1 is provided with a connecting port connected with the gas pipe 3, the connecting port is an external thread connecting port 15, and the gas pipe 3 is provided with corresponding internal threads. The threaded connection mode is simple and firm to operate.

Both ends of the gas pipe 3 are both set to be internal thread openings, and both ends of the gas pipe 3 are made of hard plastic materials. The gas pipe 3 with the arrangement is convenient to disassemble and firm in connection.

EXAMPLE 2 Nipple inversion corrector

The pressure lever 13 is arranged in an 'L' shape, and the free end of the pressure lever 13 is close to one side of the patient.

The periphery of the air exhaust structure is provided with a handheld barrel 2 convenient to hold by hand, one end of the handheld barrel 2, which is close to a patient, is integrally connected with the sleeve 1, and an extending hole allowing the pressing rod 13 to extend out is formed. Such an arrangement is convenient for the patient or nurse to use.

One end of the pressure lever 13 extending out of the extending hole is provided with a press button 14, the press button 14 is integrally connected with the pressure lever 13, and the size of the press button 14 is smaller than that of the extending hole. When the device is used, the pressure of the pressure lever 13 on the hand can be reduced, and the safety of the hand is ensured.

The resilient structure is provided as a spring 16. The spring 16 is simple in construction and low in cost.

EXAMPLE 3 Nipple inversion corrector

The nipple cover 4 is a horn-shaped nipple cover 4, and one end of the nipple cover 4 is provided with an external thread connecting port 15 connected with the air delivery pipe 3.

The opening end of the nipple shield 4 contacting with the skin of the patient is made of soft silica gel material. This kind of setting guarantees patient's travelling comfort, avoids haring skin.

EXAMPLE 4 Nipple inversion corrector

An arc-shaped notch 42 capable of accommodating the top end of a thumb or an index finger is arranged at the opening end of the nipple 4. When the nipple protector is used, a thumb, an index finger or other fingers are placed at the arc-shaped notch 42 and pressed downwards, so that air can enter the nipple shield 4, and the negative pressure suction on the sunken nipple is stopped.

Different sizes of the nipples 4 are arranged, and the external thread connecting ports 15 of the nipples 4 with different sizes are the same in size; the nipple shield 4 with different specifications can be adopted according to different patients, the air delivery pipe 3 does not need to be replaced, and resources are saved.

EXAMPLE 5 Nipple inversion corrector

A side branch connecting port 41 is arranged at one side of the nipple 4 external thread connecting port 15, and the side branch connecting port 41 is combined and connected with a negative pressure meter 5. This arrangement allows measurement of the negative pressure within the nipple 4 and provides a reference for the nurse or patient to perform the next suction.

A sealing cover is arranged on the side branch connecting port 41, the sealing cover is combined and connected with the side branch connecting port 41, and the side branch connecting port 41 is sealed through the sealing cover when the negative pressure meter 5 is not required to be connected.

The above description of the embodiments is only for the understanding of the present invention. It should be noted that modifications could be made to the invention without departing from the principle of the invention, which would also fall within the scope of the claims of the invention.

Claims

1. A nipple inversion appliance comprises an air extraction structure and a nipple cover, and is characterized in that an air delivery pipe is arranged between the air extraction structure and the nipple cover, one end of the air delivery pipe is fixedly connected with the air extraction pipe, and the other end of the air delivery pipe is connected with the nipple cover in a combined manner; an air outlet one-way valve is arranged in the nipple cover.

2. The nipple inversion appliance of claim 1, wherein said suction structure includes a sleeve, a piston rod disposed within the sleeve and a piston integrally connected to the piston rod; the tail end of the piston rod is provided with a pressing rod which extends out and is used for controlling the piston rod, and the pressing rod is integrally connected with the tail end of the piston rod.

3. The nipple inversion appliance of claim 2, wherein said pressure bar is provided in the shape of "L", the free end of the pressure bar being located near the patient's side.

4. The nipple inversion appliance of claim 3, wherein a hand-held cylinder is provided at the periphery of said suction structure, and one end of the hand-held cylinder close to the patient is integrally connected to said sleeve, and an extension hole is provided to allow said pressing rod to extend.

5. The nipple inversion appliance of claim 4, wherein a pressing button is provided at an end of the pressing rod protruding from the protruding hole, the pressing button being integrally connected to the pressing rod, and the pressing button having a size smaller than that of the protruding hole.

6. The nipple inversion appliance of claim 4, wherein an elastic structure is provided at an end of the pressing rod away from the patient, and one end of the elastic structure is integrally connected to the pressing rod and the other end is integrally connected to an inner wall of the hand-held cylinder.

7. The nipple inversion appliance of claim 2, wherein the sleeve is provided with a connecting port connected with the air pipe, the connecting port is an external thread connecting port, and the air pipe is provided with a corresponding internal thread.

8. The nipple inversion appliance of claim 7, wherein both ends of the air pipe are provided with internal thread openings, and both ends of the air pipe are made of hard plastic materials.

9. The nipple inversion appliance of claim 1, wherein said nipple shield is a trumpet-shaped nipple shield, and one end of said nipple shield is provided with an external threaded connection port connected with said air delivery pipe.

10. The nipple inversion appliance of claim 9, wherein a side branch connection port is provided at one side of said external nipple connection port, and said side branch connection port is combined with a negative pressure gauge for measuring a negative pressure value in the nipple.