CN113117251B - Adjustable treatment head of semiconductor laser therapeutic instrument - Google Patents

Adjustable treatment head of semiconductor laser therapeutic instrument Download PDF

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CN113117251B
CN113117251B CN201911426034.6A CN201911426034A CN113117251B CN 113117251 B CN113117251 B CN 113117251B CN 201911426034 A CN201911426034 A CN 201911426034A CN 113117251 B CN113117251 B CN 113117251B
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Abstract

The invention discloses an adjustable treatment head of a semiconductor laser treatment instrument, which comprises a treatment instrument body and a treatment head, wherein the top of the treatment instrument body is provided with an adjusting column and a stabilizing column, a first through groove is arranged in the stabilizing column, an installation rod is arranged in the first through groove in a sliding manner, an installation cavity is arranged in the adjusting column, the top end of the adjusting column is provided with a driving motor, the output shaft of the driving motor is connected with a lead screw, the lead screw is arranged in the installation cavity, and a screw block is connected onto the lead screw in a threaded manner. According to the invention, the driving motor is started, the screw rod rotates, the screw block is in threaded connection with the screw rod, the screw block is driven to move, the mounting rod is driven to move in the second through groove, and meanwhile, the mounting rod is driven to move in the first through groove, so that the stability of the mounting rod is improved, and the height adjustment of the treatment head is realized.

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Adjustable treatment head of semiconductor laser therapeutic instrument
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of semiconductor laser therapeutic instruments, in particular to an adjustable therapeutic head of a semiconductor laser therapeutic instrument.
Background
The laser therapeutic apparatus can generate a series of response reactions on human tissues through laser irradiation with specific intensity, simultaneously cause wide biological effects, change the rheological property of blood, and reduce the viscosity of whole blood and the platelet aggregation capability; promoting the generation of ATP enzyme, and increasing the deformability and fluidity of red blood cells; simultaneously, the oxygen carrying capacity of the red blood cells is improved, and the utilization of the tissues to oxygen is enhanced; promoting metabolism, improving microcirculation, reducing molecular substances in vivo, and enhancing activity of Superoxide (SOD) in vivo, so as to purify blood and remove toxin and free radicals in blood; decomposing, dissolving, removing thrombi and arteriosclerosis plaque, and regulating immunity. Fundamentally recovering the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It is mainly used for treating brain diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, malignant tumor, leukemia, psychiatric diseases, psoriasis, rhinitis, etc.
The treatment head of the semiconductor laser treatment instrument in the prior art does not have the functions of installation and disassembly, and can not be adjusted according to the height of a person, so that the treatment needs to be further improved.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an adjustable therapeutic head of a semiconductor laser therapeutic apparatus, which solves the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
an adjustable treatment head of a semiconductor laser treatment instrument comprises a treatment instrument body and a treatment head, wherein an adjusting column and a stabilizing column are arranged at the top of the treatment instrument body, a first through groove is formed in the stabilizing column, an installation rod is arranged in the first through groove in a sliding mode, an installation cavity is formed in the adjusting column, a driving motor is arranged at the top end of the adjusting column, an output shaft of the driving motor is connected with a lead screw, the lead screw is arranged in the installation cavity, a screw block is connected to the lead screw in a threaded mode, and the installation rod penetrates through a second through groove formed in the adjusting column to be connected with the screw block;
the mounting rod is fixedly provided with a vertical column, the top end of the vertical column is fixedly connected with a transverse column, a fixing column is arranged on one side of the vertical column of the mounting rod, a sliding groove is formed in the fixing column, a sliding block is arranged in the sliding groove in a sliding manner, the sliding block is connected with a connecting block, the connecting block is connected with a diagonal draw bar, the two diagonal draw bars are jointly connected with a pulling plate, the pulling plate is connected with the top end of the sliding groove through a reset spring, and positioning rods are symmetrically arranged on the top of the pulling plate and on two sides of the fixing column;
the treatment head is connected with the fixed mounting column, the fixed mounting column is provided with a fixed port, the transverse column is provided with a positioning port, the positioning rod passes through the fixed port and the positioning port, and the transverse column is internally provided with a propping mechanism.
Preferably, the connecting block is connected with the pulling block, and the pulling block is provided with a limiting groove.
Preferably, one end of the mounting rod is further connected with a limiting mechanism, and the limiting mechanism is matched with the limiting groove.
Preferably, stop gear includes spacing post, and spacing capital portion pull formula is equipped with the pull rod, and the pull rod is connected with the stopper, and stopper and spacing setting in spacing groove.
Preferably, the pull rod is connected with the power block.
Preferably, the power block is connected with the pull rod through an extension spring, and the extension spring is sleeved on the pull rod.
Preferably, one side of the fixed mounting column is provided with a clamping block, the vertical column is provided with a clamping groove, and the clamping block is fixedly connected with the clamping groove.
Preferably, the propping mechanism comprises a propping motor, the propping motor is arranged in a cavity of the transverse column, a propping shaft is connected with an output shaft of the propping motor, a first thread area and a second thread area are arranged on the propping shaft, a screw block is arranged on the first thread area and the second thread area in a threaded manner, a propping rod is arranged at the top end of the screw block, and the propping rod penetrates through the third through groove.
Preferably, the third through groove length is within the range of the first thread area and the second thread area.
Preferably, the threads of the first and second threaded regions are opposite.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) according to the invention, the treatment head is firstly and preliminarily mounted through the clamping and fixing arrangement of the clamping block and the clamping groove, then the power block is pulled, the extension spring is extended, and the limiting block is separated from the limiting groove, so that the fixing of the pull block is released, and then under the reset of the reset spring, the pull plate drives the positioning rod to pass through the fixing opening and the positioning opening to fix the transverse column; the start supports the motor, supports the axle and rotates, and then drives first screw thread region, the regional rotation of second screw thread, and the spiral shell piece moves to both sides on first screw thread region, second screw thread region, and then supports the pole and supports the locating lever spacing, has improved treatment head installation stability.
(2) Through starting driving motor, the lead screw rotates, and threaded connection has the silk piece on the lead screw, drives the silk piece and removes, and then the installation pole removes in the second logical inslot, drives the installation pole simultaneously and removes in first logical inslot, and then has improved installation pole stability, has realized the altitude mixture control of treatment head.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the power structure for moving the mounting rod of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at A in FIG. 1 according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the principle structure of the movement of the positioning rod of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a spacing mechanism of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the abutting mechanism of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a therapeutic apparatus body; 2. an adjustment column; 3. stabilizing the column; 4. a first through groove; 5. mounting a rod; 6. a mounting cavity; 7. a drive motor; 8. a screw rod; 9. silk block; 10. a second through groove; 11. a vertical post; 12. a cross post; 13. fixing the column; 14. a chute; 15. a slider; 16. connecting blocks; 17. a diagonal member; 18. pulling a plate; 19. a return spring; 20. pulling the block; 21. a limiting groove; 22. a limiting mechanism; 221. a limiting column; 222. a pull rod; 223. a limiting block; 224. a power block; 225. an extension spring; 23. a treatment head; 24. positioning a rod; 25. fixing the mounting post; 26. a fixed port; 27. positioning the opening; 28. a resisting mechanism; 281. abutting against the motor; 282. abutting against the shaft; 283. a first threaded region; 284. a second threaded region; 285. a screw block; 286. a resisting rod; 287. a third through groove; 29. a clamping block; 30. a clamping groove.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without making any creative effort based on the embodiments in the present invention, belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-6, the adjustable therapeutic head of a semiconductor laser therapeutic apparatus comprises a therapeutic apparatus body 1 and a therapeutic head 23, wherein an adjusting column 2 and a stabilizing column 3 are arranged at the top of the therapeutic apparatus body 1, a first through groove 4 is arranged in the stabilizing column 3, a mounting rod 5 is slidably arranged in the first through groove 4, a mounting cavity 6 is arranged in the adjusting column 2, a driving motor 7 is arranged at the top end of the adjusting column 2, an output shaft of the driving motor 7 is connected with a screw rod 8, the screw rod 8 is arranged in the mounting cavity 6, a thread block 9 is connected onto the screw rod 8, and the mounting rod 5 penetrates through a second through groove 10 arranged on the adjusting column 2 to be connected with the thread block 9;
a vertical column 11 is fixedly mounted on the mounting rod 5, a transverse column 12 is fixedly connected to the top end of the vertical column 11, a fixing column 13 is arranged on one side of the vertical column 11 of the mounting rod 5, a sliding groove 14 is formed in the fixing column 13, a sliding block 15 is arranged in the sliding groove 14 in a sliding manner, the sliding block 15 is connected with a connecting block 16, the connecting block 16 is connected with an inclined pull rod 17, the two inclined pull rods 17 are jointly connected with a pulling plate 18, the pulling plate 18 is connected with the top end of the sliding groove 14 through a reset spring 19, and positioning rods 24 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the fixing column 13 at the top of the pulling plate 18;
the treatment head 23 is connected with a fixed mounting column 25, a fixing opening 26 is formed in the fixed mounting column 25, a positioning opening 27 is formed in the transverse column 12, the positioning rod 24 penetrates through the fixing opening 26 and the positioning opening 27, and a propping mechanism 28 is arranged in the transverse column 12;
by starting the driving motor 7, the screw rod 8 rotates, the screw block 9 is in threaded connection with the screw rod 8, the screw block 9 is driven to move, the mounting rod 5 is driven to move in the second through groove 10, and meanwhile, the mounting rod 5 is driven to move in the first through groove 4, so that the stability of the mounting rod 5 is improved, and the height adjustment of the treatment head 23 is realized;
the connecting block 16 of the embodiment is connected with a pulling block 20, and a limiting groove 21 is arranged on the pulling block 20.
One end of the mounting rod 5 of this embodiment is further connected with a limiting mechanism 22, and the limiting mechanism 22 is matched with the limiting groove 21.
The limiting mechanism 22 of this embodiment includes a limiting column 221, a pull rod 222 is arranged on the top of the limiting column 221 in a drawing manner, the pull rod 222 is connected with a limiting block 223, and the limiting block 223 is limited by a limiting groove 21.
The pull rod 222 of this embodiment is connected to a power block 224.
The power block 224 and the pull rod 222 of the embodiment are connected through an extension spring 225, and the extension spring 225 is sleeved on the pull rod 222;
the treatment head 23 is firstly preliminarily mounted through the clamping and fixing arrangement of the clamping block 29 and the clamping groove 30, then the power block 224 is pulled, the extension spring 225 is extended, the limiting block 223 is separated from the limiting groove 21, the fixing of the pull block 20 is released, and then under the resetting of the return spring 19, the pull plate 18 drives the positioning rod 24 to penetrate through the fixing opening 26 and the positioning opening 27 to fix the transverse column 12;
in this embodiment, a clamping block 29 is disposed on one side of the fixed mounting post 25, a clamping groove 30 is disposed on the vertical post 11, and the clamping block 29 and the clamping groove 30 are clamped and fixed.
The abutting mechanism 28 of this embodiment includes an abutting motor 281, the abutting motor 281 is disposed in the cavity of the cross-post 12, an abutting shaft 282 is connected to an output shaft of the abutting motor 281, a first threaded region 283 and a second threaded region 284 are disposed on the abutting shaft 282, a screw 285 is disposed on the first threaded region 283 and the second threaded region 284 in a threaded manner, an abutting rod 286 is disposed at a top end of the screw 285, and the abutting rod 286 is disposed through a third through groove 287.
The third through-groove 287 of this embodiment has a length that is within the confines of the first and second threaded regions 283, 284.
The first threaded region 283 and the second threaded region 284 of the present embodiment have opposite threads;
the start supports motor 281, supports axle 282 and rotates, and then drives first screw thread region 283, the rotation of second screw thread region 284, and spiral shell 285 moves to both sides on first screw thread region 283, second screw thread region 284, and then supports pole 286 and supports locating lever 24 and spacing with locating lever 24, has improved treatment head 23 installation stability.
The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

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1. An adjustable treatment head of a semiconductor laser treatment instrument comprises a treatment instrument body (1) and a treatment head (23), and is characterized in that an adjusting column (2) and a stabilizing column (3) are arranged at the top of the treatment instrument body (1), a first through groove (4) is formed in the stabilizing column (3), a mounting rod (5) is arranged in the first through groove (4) in a sliding manner, a mounting cavity (6) is formed in the adjusting column (2), a driving motor (7) is arranged at the top end of the adjusting column (2), an output shaft of the driving motor (7) is connected with a lead screw (8), the lead screw (8) is arranged in the mounting cavity (6), a screw block (9) is in threaded connection with the lead screw (8), and the mounting rod (5) penetrates through a second through groove (10) formed in the adjusting column (2) to be connected with the screw block (9);
a vertical column (11) is fixedly mounted on the mounting rod (5), a transverse column (12) is fixedly connected to the top end of the vertical column (11), a fixing column (13) is arranged on one side of the vertical column (11) of the mounting rod (5), a sliding chute (14) is arranged on the fixing column (13), a sliding block (15) is arranged in the sliding chute (14) in a sliding mode, the sliding block (15) is connected with a connecting block (16), the connecting block (16) is connected with diagonal draw bars (17), the two diagonal draw bars (17) are jointly connected with a pull plate (18), the pull plate (18) is connected with the top end of the sliding chute (14) through a reset spring (19), and positioning rods (24) are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the fixing column (13) at the top of the pull plate (18);
the treatment head (23) is connected with a fixed mounting column (25), a fixing opening (26) is formed in the fixed mounting column (25), a positioning opening (27) is formed in the transverse column (12), the positioning rod (24) penetrates through the fixing opening (26) and the positioning opening (27), and a propping mechanism (28) is arranged in the transverse column (12);
the connecting block (16) is connected with the pulling block (20), and the pulling block (20) is provided with a limiting groove (21);
one end of the mounting rod (5) is also connected with a limiting mechanism (22), and the limiting mechanism (22) is matched with the limiting groove (21);
the limiting mechanism (22) comprises a limiting column (221), a pull rod (222) is arranged at the top of the limiting column (221) in a drawing mode, the pull rod (222) is connected with a limiting block (223), and the limiting block (223) is limited with a limiting groove (21);
the pull rod (222) is connected with a power block (224);
the power block (224) is connected with the pull rod (222) through an extension spring (225), and the extension spring (225) is sleeved on the pull rod (222);
a clamping block (29) is arranged on one side of the fixed mounting column (25), a clamping groove (30) is arranged on the vertical column (11), and the clamping block (29) is fixedly clamped with the clamping groove (30);
the abutting mechanism (28) comprises an abutting motor (281), the abutting motor (281) is arranged in a cavity of the cross column (12), an output shaft of the abutting motor (281) is connected with an abutting shaft (282), the abutting shaft (282) is provided with a first threaded area (283) and a second threaded area (284), the first threaded area (283) and the second threaded area (284) are provided with screw blocks (285) in a threaded manner, the top end of each screw block (285) is provided with an abutting rod (286), and the abutting rod (286) penetrates through the third through groove (287);
the third through groove (287) length is within the range of the first thread region (283) and the second thread region (284);
the threads of the first threaded region (283) and the second threaded region (284) are opposite.
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