CN113712600A

CN113712600A - Portable self-service throat swab collection system

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Publication number: CN113712600A
Application number: CN202111047757.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 程波
Original assignee: Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University
Current assignee: Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University
Priority date: 2021-09-08
Filing date: 2021-09-08
Publication date: 2021-11-30

Abstract

The invention discloses a portable self-service pharynx swab acquisition device which comprises a base, wherein an occlusion channel matched with a human oral cavity is arranged on the front side of the base and is vertical to the base, the occlusion channel is of a hollow structure, a through hole matched with the occlusion channel is formed in the base, an acquisition channel vertical to the base is arranged in the occlusion channel, and an acquisition mechanism used for acquiring strains in the pharyngeal isthmus in the oral cavity of a human body is arranged in the acquisition channel; the collecting device is self-service and portable, a patient does not need the assistance or participation of medical staff at home, in a hospital or in any place, the pharynx swab collection can be carried out by self, and the collected pharynx swab is sent to the hospital for inspection; thus avoiding the gathering of personnel, reducing the risk of cross infection of infectious diseases and greatly reducing the working intensity of medical personnel; in addition, the burden of a national medical system can be reduced, and the medical insurance expense can be reduced; and the device has simple structure and convenient operation and carrying.

Description

Portable self-service throat swab collection system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a portable self-service throat swab collecting device.

Background

Normal oral flora is present in the isthmus of a normal person without pathogenic bacteria or pathogen growth. The secretions of the isthmus may carry pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, etc. under conditions of reduced systemic or local resistance of the body, infection with some infectious diseases and other external factors. The traditional pharyngeal swab collection process is as follows: the handheld collection cotton swab of medical staff stretches into by the person's of gathering angina portion with gathering the cotton swab, reuses the collection cotton swab and cleans the branch necessity thing, will gather the cotton swab and pack into the test tube after the collection finishes and deposit.

Under epidemic situation prevention and control or some emergency situations, thousands of or even millions of centralized pharynx swab collections need to be completed in a short time, the workload is very large, and professional medical staff is required to complete the collection, so that the burden on a national medical system is heavy. And the collection of a large sample in a short time can cause the people to gather, and the risk of the infection of the gathering transmission exists.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a portable self-service pharynx swab collecting device, which aims to solve the technical problems that the traditional collecting process of a large number of pharynx swabs in a short time is low in efficiency, the working strength of medical staff is high, and the risk of personnel gathering, spreading and infecting exists.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: portable self-service pharynx swab collection system, including the base, the front of base is provided with the interlock passageway that matches with human oral cavity, interlock passageway perpendicular to base, and the interlock passageway is hollow structure, is provided with the through-hole that matches with the interlock passageway on the base, is provided with the collection passageway of perpendicular to base in the interlock passageway, is provided with the collection mechanism who is used for gathering human oral cavity pharynx isthmus bacterial in the collection passageway. The operation flow is as follows: the mouth of the person to be collected bites the occlusion channel, the lips of the person to be collected contact the base, the base has a limiting effect, the situation that the collection channel is placed too deeply is avoided, meanwhile, the collection channel is matched with the oral cavity of a human body, and the mouth opening degree of the collection channel can be stably maintained; the hand-held collection mechanism of the person who is gathered stretches into oral cavity pharynx isthmus through the collection passageway and gathers the unnecessary thing can, take out at last and preserve. The collecting device is self-service and portable, a patient does not need the assistance or participation of medical staff at home, in a hospital or in any place, the pharynx swab collection can be carried out by the patient, and the collected pharynx swab can be sent to the hospital for inspection. Thus avoiding the gathering of personnel, reducing the risk of cross infection of infectious diseases and greatly reducing the working intensity of medical personnel; in addition, the burden of a national medical system can be reduced, and the medical insurance expense can be reduced; and the device has simple structure and convenient operation and carrying.

Further, the collecting mechanism comprises a push rod movably arranged in the collecting channel, and a collecting cotton swab is arranged at the end part of the push rod. The push rod is held by the collector, and the push rod is gradually drawn close to the base, so that the collection cotton swab is driven to stretch into the angina part in the oral cavity, and after the collector feels that the angina part touches the collection cotton swab, the collection cotton swab is taken out again and sealed.

Further, the tip of push rod is provided with the sponge ball, is provided with a plurality of cotton swabs of gathering on the sponge ball. Because the collected object is not a staff of the medical system, some of the collectors may not be able to accurately locate the isthmus, and the collected object may induce nausea if it touches some sensitive parts by mistake with a collection swab. Therefore, in order to solve the technical problems, the invention ingeniously designs a special collecting mechanism, and particularly arranges a sponge ball at the end part of the push rod, and arranges a plurality of collecting cotton swabs on the sponge ball, the collecting channel of the sponge ball is compressed, and the collecting cotton swabs are also extruded in the collecting channel, and expand after the sponge ball is separated from the channel, the collecting cotton swabs on the sponge ball can be scattered to be flower-shaped and face to different directions. This aims to: even if the person to be collected cannot know the accurate position of the angina, the collection cotton swabs in different directions can ensure that at least one collection cotton swab can effectively collect the secretion of the angina; in addition, still can drive the sponge ball and gather the cotton swab and rotate by the rotatory push rod of collection, accomplish a plurality of positions in the twinkling of an eye and gather, efficient, fast guarantees to gather the cotton swab and can effectively gather required secretion, guarantees the accuracy and the validity of collection process. This is also one of the preferred innovation of the present invention.

Furthermore, the end part of the push rod, which is far away from the acquisition channel, is provided with a pull ring, so that the push rod is convenient to hold by an acquirer, and the push rod is prevented from sliding off.

Furthermore, a limiting plate is arranged on one side, close to the pull ring, of the push rod, and the diameter of the limiting plate is larger than that of the acquisition channel. The limiting plate plays a limiting role, and the limiting plate aims to avoid that the push rod is placed into the collection channel too deeply, and the collection cotton swab at the end part of the push rod is also prevented from being placed into the oral cavity of a person to be collected too deeply, so that the collected oral organs are prevented from being damaged, and unnecessary nausea is avoided.

Further, the bite channel includes a straight section connected to the base and an arcuate section connected to the straight section, the arcuate section projecting upwardly. The tongue collecting device is ingenious in design, a small space is formed between the bottom of the upwarping arc-shaped section and the bottom of the flat section, and the space is used for placing the tongue of a collected person after the collected person bites the occlusion channel, so that the situation that the tongue of the collected person extends into the collection channel to influence the visual field is avoided.

Further, an imaging system for displaying the oral pharynx isthmus of the human body is included. Because the collected object is not a staff of the medical system, some of the collectors may not be able to accurately locate the isthmus, and the collected object may induce nausea if it touches some sensitive parts by mistake with a collection swab. Therefore, in order to solve the technical problems, the imaging system is skillfully designed, and a person to be acquired can intuitively know the condition in the oral cavity and the specific position of the pharyngeal isthmus through the imaging system, so that the secretion of the pharyngeal isthmus is accurately acquired through the acquisition mechanism, the acquisition efficiency and the acquisition precision are improved, and the discomfort of the person to be acquired caused by misoperation is avoided. This is also one of the preferred innovation of the present invention.

Further, the imaging system comprises a camera arranged at the end of the acquisition channel and a control box arranged on the back of the base, the camera is electrically connected with the control box, a controller and a wireless communication module are arranged in the control box, the wireless communication module is connected with the video equipment, and a rechargeable storage battery used for providing electric energy is arranged on the back of the base. The battery is used for providing the electric energy to all power consumptive equipment on the collection system, wireless communication module can be bluetooth module, video equipment can be the smart mobile phone, smart mobile phone has been more popularized at present, it links to each other with the controller to be gathered the bluetooth function that the person passes through the smart mobile phone, the controller with the camera gather the image between on real-time transmission to the smart mobile phone, therefore, gather the concrete position of oral cavity pharynx isthmus in real time to be known to the person's accessible smart mobile phone, thereby through the accurate secretion of gathering the pharynx isthmus of gathering the mechanism, improve collection efficiency and collection precision.

Furthermore, a light source is arranged beside the camera, and after the collector bites the occlusion channel, the collector inevitably shields the external light source to cause unclear or fuzzy vision. Therefore, the camera is provided with the light source beside for illuminating the oral cavity, so that the imaging system can shoot clean and bright pictures.

Further, the end of the collecting channel is provided with a concave step, and the light source and the camera are arranged on the step. The inventor of the present application found in a great deal of practice that if the light source and the camera are arranged on the flat end surface of the acquisition channel, the camera and the light source may be blocked by soft tissue falling or mucus secreted from the oral cavity because of the soft tissue structure around the oral cavity inner wall and the pharyngeal isthmus of the human body. Therefore, the light source and the camera are arranged on the step, so that the condition that the camera and the light source are shielded can be avoided. This is also one of the preferred innovation of the present invention.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. the collecting device is self-service and portable, a patient does not need the assistance or participation of medical staff at home, in a hospital or in any place, the pharynx swab collection can be carried out by self, and the collected pharynx swab is sent to the hospital for inspection; thus avoiding the gathering of personnel, reducing the risk of cross infection of infectious diseases and greatly reducing the working intensity of medical personnel; in addition, the burden of a national medical system can be reduced, and the medical insurance expense can be reduced; and the device has simple structure and convenient operation and carrying.

2. According to the invention, the sponge ball is provided with the plurality of collecting cotton swabs, so that even if a person to be collected cannot know the accurate position of the pharyngeal isthmus, the secretion of the pharyngeal isthmus can be effectively collected through the collecting cotton swabs in different directions, and the accuracy and the effectiveness of the collecting process are ensured.

3. The imaging system enables the person to be acquired to know the specific position of the pharyngeal isthmus in the oral cavity in real time through the smart phone, so that the secretion of the pharyngeal isthmus is accurately acquired through the acquisition mechanism, and the acquisition efficiency and the acquisition accuracy are improved.

4. According to the invention, the light source and the camera are arranged on the step, so that the camera and the light source are prevented from being shielded by soft tissues in the oral cavity, and a good visual field is ensured.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a state diagram after the acquisition mechanism is retracted.

Fig. 5 is a state diagram of the acquisition mechanism after it is extended.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a step.

Labeled as:

1. a base; 2. an occlusion channel; 3. a collection channel; 4. a push rod; 5. a sponge ball; 6. collecting cotton swabs; 7. a pull ring; 8. a limiting plate; 9. a camera; 10. a control box; 11. a storage battery; 12. a light source; 13. a step;

101. a through hole; 201. a straight section; 201. an arc segment.

Detailed Description

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "front", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be configured in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example one

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the portable self-service pharynx swab collecting device comprises a base 1, wherein an occlusion channel 2 matched with a human oral cavity is arranged on the front surface of the base 1, the occlusion channel 2 is perpendicular to the base 1, the occlusion channel 2 is of a hollow structure, a through hole 101 matched with the occlusion channel 2 is arranged on the base 1, a collecting channel 3 perpendicular to the base 1 is arranged in the occlusion channel 2, and a collecting mechanism used for collecting strains of the pharynx isthmus in the human oral cavity is arranged in the collecting channel 3. The operation flow is as follows: the mouth of the person to be collected bites the occlusion channel, the lips of the person to be collected contact the base, the base has a limiting effect, the situation that the collection channel is placed too deeply is avoided, meanwhile, the collection channel is matched with the oral cavity of a human body, and the mouth opening degree of the collection channel can be stably maintained; the hand-held collection mechanism of the person who is gathered stretches into oral cavity pharynx isthmus through the collection passageway and gathers the unnecessary thing can, take out at last and preserve. The collecting device is self-service and portable, a patient does not need the assistance or participation of medical staff at home, in a hospital or in any place, the pharynx swab collection can be carried out by the patient, and the collected pharynx swab can be sent to the hospital for inspection. Thus avoiding the gathering of personnel, reducing the risk of cross infection of infectious diseases and greatly reducing the working intensity of medical personnel; in addition, the burden of a national medical system can be reduced, and the medical insurance expense can be reduced; and the device has simple structure and convenient operation and carrying.

This embodiment is provided with soft plastic layer (not shown in the figure) at the outer wall of interlock passageway 2, and aim at makes interlock passageway and human tooth laminating inseparabler, increases frictional force between them, makes by the person's interlock of gathering more firm, also can improve the comfort level of interlock simultaneously.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the collecting mechanism of the present embodiment includes a push rod 4 movably disposed in the collecting channel, and a collecting cotton swab 6 is disposed at an end of the push rod 4. The push rod is held by the collector, and the push rod is gradually drawn close to the base, so that the collection cotton swab is driven to stretch into the angina part in the oral cavity, and after the collector feels that the angina part touches the collection cotton swab, the collection cotton swab is taken out again and sealed.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in the present embodiment, a pull ring 7 is disposed at an end of the push rod far from the collecting channel, so that the collector can hold the push rod conveniently, and the push rod is prevented from sliding down.

Referring to fig. 1, 4 and 5, the bite path 2 of the present embodiment includes a straight section 201 connected to the base 1 and an arcuate section 202 connected to the straight section 201, the arcuate section 202 projecting upward. The tongue collecting device is ingenious in design, a small space is formed between the bottom of the upwarping arc-shaped section and the bottom of the flat section, and the space is used for placing the tongue of a collected person after the collected person bites the occlusion channel, so that the situation that the tongue of the collected person extends into the collection channel to influence the visual field is avoided.

Example two

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, on the basis of the first embodiment, a sponge ball 5 is arranged at the end of the push rod 4, and a plurality of cotton swabs are arranged on the sponge ball. Because the collected object is not a staff of the medical system, some of the collectors may not be able to accurately locate the isthmus, and the collected object may induce nausea if it touches some sensitive parts by mistake with a collection swab. Therefore, in order to solve the technical problems, the invention ingeniously designs a special collecting mechanism, and particularly arranges a sponge ball at the end part of the push rod, and arranges a plurality of collecting cotton swabs on the sponge ball, the collecting channel of the sponge ball is compressed, and the collecting cotton swabs are also extruded in the collecting channel, and expand after the sponge ball is separated from the channel, the collecting cotton swabs on the sponge ball can be scattered to be flower-shaped and face to different directions. This aims to: even if the person to be collected cannot know the accurate position of the angina, the collection cotton swabs in different directions can ensure that at least one collection cotton swab can effectively collect the secretion of the angina; in addition, still can drive the sponge ball and gather the cotton swab and rotate by the rotatory push rod of collection, accomplish a plurality of positions in the twinkling of an eye and gather, efficient, fast guarantees to gather the cotton swab and can effectively gather required secretion, guarantees the accuracy and the validity of collection process. This is also one of the preferred innovation of the present invention.

The collection cotton swab of this embodiment includes cotton swab head and cotton swab pole, the cotton swab pole is the spring, and aim at makes the cotton swab pole have certain elasticity and flexibility. The traditional cotton swab rod is made of a hard wood material, and when the cotton swab is improperly operated by a person to be collected, the situation that the cotton swab stabs the oral mucosa of the person to be collected may occur. Therefore, the traditional cotton swab rod is replaced by the spring, if the cotton swab rod is improperly operated by a collector, the spring also has certain elasticity, and when the external force is greater than the elastic force of the spring, the spring can be compressed or bent, so that the oral mucosa of a human body is protected; on the other hand, the spring and the cotton swab head are fixed more firmly, so that serious complications such as aspiration and even suffocation caused by falling off are avoided.

EXAMPLE III

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, on the basis of the first embodiment, the limiting plate 8 is arranged on one side of the push rod close to the pull ring, and the diameter of the limiting plate 8 is larger than that of the collecting channel 3. The limiting plate plays a limiting role, and the limiting plate aims to avoid that the push rod is placed into the collection channel too deeply, and the collection cotton swab at the end part of the push rod is also prevented from being placed into the oral cavity of a person to be collected too deeply, so that the collected oral organs are prevented from being damaged, and unnecessary nausea is avoided.

Example four

On the basis of the first embodiment, the present embodiment further includes an imaging system for displaying the pharyngeal isthmus in the oral cavity of the human body. Because the collected object is not a staff of the medical system, some of the collectors may not be able to accurately locate the isthmus, and the collected object may induce nausea if it touches some sensitive parts by mistake with a collection swab. Therefore, in order to solve the technical problems, the imaging system is skillfully designed, and a person to be acquired can intuitively know the condition in the oral cavity and the specific position of the pharyngeal isthmus through the imaging system, so that the secretion of the pharyngeal isthmus is accurately acquired through the acquisition mechanism, the acquisition efficiency and the acquisition precision are improved, and the discomfort of the person to be acquired caused by misoperation is avoided. This is also one of the preferred innovation of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the imaging system of the present embodiment includes a camera 9 disposed at an end of the acquisition channel 3 and a control box 10 disposed at a back of the base 1, the camera 9 is electrically connected to the control box 10, a controller (not shown) and a wireless communication module (not shown) are disposed in the control box, the wireless communication module is connected to a video device (not shown), and a rechargeable battery 11 for supplying electric energy is disposed at a back of the base. The battery is used for providing the electric energy to all power consumptive equipment on the collection system, wireless communication module can be bluetooth module, video equipment can be the smart mobile phone, smart mobile phone has been more popularized at present, it links to each other with the controller to be gathered the bluetooth function that the person passes through the smart mobile phone, the controller with the camera gather the image between on real-time transmission to the smart mobile phone, therefore, gather the concrete position of oral cavity pharynx isthmus in real time to be known to the person's accessible smart mobile phone, thereby through the accurate secretion of gathering the pharynx isthmus of gathering the mechanism, improve collection efficiency and collection precision.

Referring to fig. 2, in this embodiment, a light source 12 is disposed beside the camera 9, and after the person being captured bites the occlusion channel, the person may inevitably block the external light source, which may cause an unclear or fuzzy view. Therefore, the camera is provided with the light source beside for illuminating the oral cavity, so that the imaging system can shoot clean and bright pictures.

EXAMPLE five

Referring to fig. 6, on the basis of the fourth embodiment, the present embodiment is provided with a concave step 13 at the end of the acquisition channel, and the light source 12 and the camera 9 are arranged on the step 12. The inventor of the present application found in a great deal of practice that if the light source and the camera are arranged on the flat end surface of the acquisition channel, the camera and the light source may be blocked by soft tissue falling or mucus secreted from the oral cavity because of the soft tissue structure around the oral cavity inner wall and the pharyngeal isthmus of the human body. Therefore, the light source and the camera are arranged on the step, so that the condition that the camera and the light source are shielded can be avoided. This is also one of the preferred innovation of the present invention.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. Portable self-service pharynx swab collection system, a serial communication port, including base (1), the front of base (1) is provided with interlock passageway (2) with human oral cavity matching, interlock passageway (2) perpendicular to base (1), interlock passageway (2) are hollow structure, be provided with through-hole (101) with interlock passageway (2) matching on base (1), be provided with collection passageway (3) of perpendicular to base (1) in interlock passageway (2), be provided with the collection mechanism that is used for gathering human oral cavity pharynx gorge bacterial in collection passageway (3).

2. A portable self-service pharyngeal swab collecting device according to claim 1, characterised in that the collecting mechanism comprises a push rod (4) movably arranged in the collecting channel, the end of the push rod (4) being provided with a collecting swab (6).

3. A portable self-service pharyngeal swab collecting device according to claim 2, characterised in that a sponge ball (5) is arranged at the end of the push rod (4), on which a number of collecting swabs are arranged.

4. A portable self-service pharyngeal swab collecting device according to claim 2, characterised in that the end of the push rod remote from the collecting channel is provided with a pull ring (7).

5. A portable self-service pharyngeal swab collecting device according to claim 4, characterised in that the side of the push rod close to the pull ring is provided with a limiting plate (8), the diameter of the limiting plate (8) being larger than the diameter of the collecting channel (3).

6. The portable self-service pharyngeal swab collection device of claim 1, wherein the bite channel (2) includes a straight section (201) connected to the base (1) and an arcuate section (202) connected to the straight section (201), the arcuate section (202) projecting upwardly.

7. The portable self-service pharyngeal swab collection device of claim 1, further comprising an imaging system for displaying the pharyngeal isthmus within the oral cavity of the human body.

8. A portable self-service pharyngeal swab collecting device according to claim 7, characterised in that the imaging system comprises a camera (9) arranged at the end of the collecting channel (3) and a control box (10) at the back of the base (1), the camera (9) being electrically connected to the control box (10), a controller and a wireless communication module being arranged in the control box, the wireless communication module being connected to the video equipment, the back of the base being provided with a rechargeable accumulator (11) for supplying electrical energy.

9. A portable self-service pharyngeal swab collecting device according to claim 8, characterised in that a light source (12) is provided alongside the camera (9).

10. A portable self-service pharyngeal swab collecting device according to claim 9, characterised in that the end of the collecting channel is provided with a recessed step (13), the light source (12) and the camera (9) being arranged on the step (12).