CN113712725A - Device for improving sleep respiratory obstruction - Google Patents

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CN113712725A
CN113712725A CN202110237436.2A CN202110237436A CN113712725A CN 113712725 A CN113712725 A CN 113712725A CN 202110237436 A CN202110237436 A CN 202110237436A CN 113712725 A CN113712725 A CN 113712725A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a device for improving sleep respiratory obstruction, which comprises: a base seat, which is used for matching and fixing with the head of a user and is provided with a channel part; an adjusting member extending into the passage portion and being capable of relative displacement in the passage portion; the locking piece is arranged on the channel part, and a user fixes the adjusting piece through the locking piece so as to limit the relative displacement of the adjusting piece; the absorbing piece is relatively displaced relative to the channel part along with the adjusting piece, the absorbing piece is provided with a flow channel, the flow channel extends into the adjusting piece and can relatively displace in the adjusting piece, the flow channel is connected with a tongue fixing part, and the tongue fixing part is arranged at the front end of the tongue of a user; the negative pressure source is an electrical module and comprises a negative pressure pump and a power supply, the negative pressure source is erected on the base, and the flow passage is communicated with the negative pressure pump.

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Device for improving sleep respiratory obstruction
[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device
The present invention relates to a device for improving sleep breathing obstruction, and more particularly, to a device for pulling the tongue of a user outward.
[ background of the invention ]
Sleep apnea (Obstructive sleep apnea) is a symptom that when a patient sleeps, especially lies down, his respiratory tract is blocked by his own tongue and soft jaw, and thus the patient cannot breathe smoothly. The immediate cause of this condition is that when the patient sleeps, the tongue collapses rearward of the body due to gravity and relaxation of the body tissue, blocking the passage of the mouth and trachea, and the collapsing tongue also presses the patient's soft jaw, causing it to block the passage of the nasal and trachea. Obviously, the patient is difficult to breathe due to the obstruction of sleeping breathing, snoring easily occurs, and the life safety of the patient is even threatened.
Obviously, sleep breathing obstruction can be addressed by pulling the patient's tongue away from the collapsed position by an external force. One of the traction schemes is to fix the tongue of the patient by negative pressure adsorption and pull the tongue outwards. The problem with this type of solution is that the related fittings are mass produced, the stroke of the patient's tongue being pulled cannot be freely adjusted, while the physiology and severity of symptoms vary for each patient, and a single non-adjustable pull stroke is not necessarily suitable for all patients: the same pulling stroke, which may be too large for some patients, causes discomfort; and too small for some patients to completely dislodge the tongue from the collapsed position. Of course, customizing the fitting for each individual patient may solve the above problem, but the cost may significantly increase.
In addition, in the existing negative pressure traction scheme, the negative pressure source is placed at the bedside of the patient, a sufficiently long pipeline is required to be configured to connect the patient and the negative pressure source, and during the sleeping process of the patient, the long pipeline can be pressed, entangled or tightened due to the unconscious activity of the patient, so that the negative pressure is interrupted or leaked, and the use effect is influenced.
Therefore, there is a need for an improved device for improving sleep respiratory obstruction that overcomes the above problems.
[ summary of the invention ]
In view of the problems of the background art, the present invention provides a device for pulling a tongue outward by applying negative pressure, in which the pulling stroke of the tongue of a user can be freely adjusted, and a locking member is provided to fix the adjusted stroke, and the entire device including a negative pressure source is worn on the head of the user.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical means:
an apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction, comprising: a base, which is used for matching and fixing with the head of a user and is provided with a channel part; an adjustment member extending into said channel portion and being relatively displaceable within said channel portion; the locking piece is arranged on the channel part, and a user fixes the adjusting piece through the locking piece so as to limit the relative displacement of the adjusting piece; the absorbing piece is provided with a flow passage which extends into the adjusting piece and can perform relative displacement in the adjusting piece, and the flow passage is connected with a tongue fixing part which is used for being arranged at the front end of the tongue of a user; the negative pressure source is communicated with the flow channel and provides negative pressure for the tongue of a user contacted with the tongue fixing part, the negative pressure source is an electrical module and comprises a negative pressure pump and a power supply, the negative pressure source is erected on the base, and the flow channel is communicated with the negative pressure pump.
Further, the passage portion extends in a front-rear direction, the adjusting member is displaceable in the front-rear direction along the passage portion, and the locking member is provided with a locking portion that protrudes into the passage portion in a first direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction to lock the adjusting member and restrict a displacement amount of the adjusting member in the front-rear direction.
Further, an outer surface of the adjuster is recessed inward to form a positioning groove, and the locking portion blocks displacement of the adjuster in the front-rear direction by entering the positioning groove.
Further, the locking member has a holding portion fixed to the base and an elastic arm movable in the first direction with respect to the holding portion, the elastic arm being provided with the locking portion.
Furthermore, the locking piece is in elastic arm department sets up an unblock cooperation portion, unblock cooperation portion is used for cooperateing with a trip piece, one of unblock cooperation portion with trip piece both is equipped with an unblock recess, and the other sets up an unblock convex part, the unblock convex part accept in unblock recess, the trip piece has and is located a splenium of unblock cooperation portion rear, splenium for the surface of passageway portion is outside to be protruding, the user makes by pressing the splenium, the trip piece drives the sticking portion breaks away from the constant head tank.
Furthermore, the holding part comprises a plurality of clamping arms which are separated, each clamping arm extends forwards and backwards, and the rear end of each clamping arm is provided with a clamping convex block which is clamped with the base.
Furthermore, the channel part is provided with a slot for accommodating the locking piece, the slot penetrates through the channel part outwards in the first direction, the slot is provided with a limiting section, the limiting section is arranged corresponding to the elastic arm and defines a second direction, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the front-back direction, the limiting section limits the elastic arm in the first direction, and the minimum size of the limiting section in the second direction is smaller than the maximum size of the elastic arm in the second direction.
Further, the outer surface of the adjusting member and the inner surface of the passage portion are provided with threads which are engaged with each other, the adjusting member is rotated along the threads to achieve the front-rear displacement, the positioning groove is located in a region where the outer surface of the adjusting member is provided with the threads, and the locking portion blocks the adjusting member from rotating along the threads by entering the positioning groove.
Further, the positioning groove extends lengthwise in the front-rear direction.
Furthermore, the adsorption piece is provided with a stopping part which is matched with the adjusting piece and used for limiting the forward displacement of the tongue fixing part.
Furthermore, the adsorption piece is provided with a joint, the joint is connected with the other end of the flow channel relative to the tongue fixing part and communicated with the negative pressure source and the flow channel, and the stopping part is arranged on the joint.
Furthermore, the negative pressure source is communicated with the joint through a guide pipe, two ends of the joint are respectively provided with a sealing element, the two sealing elements are respectively sleeved on the peripheries of the flow channel and the guide pipe so as to tightly press the flow channel and the guide pipe on the joint, and the stopping part is arranged on one of the sealing elements.
Further, the joint comprises a shaft body part and two interfaces respectively positioned at the front end and the rear end of the shaft body part, the sealing element is connected to the shaft body part through threads, the two interfaces are correspondingly inserted into the guide pipe and the flow channel, a radial convex bulge is arranged on the outer surface of each interface, the bulge surrounds the interfaces, the pipe diameter of the guide pipe sleeved outside the interfaces and the pipe diameter of the flow channel are expanded, and any one of the expanded guide pipe and the flow channel is radially clamped by the corresponding bulge and the sealing element.
Furthermore, the device also comprises an elastic part for providing elastic force for the tongue fixing part to approach towards the base, wherein the elastic force is smaller than the adsorption force between the adsorption part and the tongue of the user and is also smaller than the pulling force of the tongue of the user during the movement of the tongue.
Further, the adjusting member includes a front cover and a cylinder, which are screwed together, the suction member abuts against the front cover, the elastic member is a spring, and is accommodated in the cylinder, one end of the spring abuts against the rear end of the cylinder, the other end of the spring abuts against the suction member, and the amount of expansion of the elastic member is adjusted by the forward and backward displacement of the front cover relative to the cylinder.
Further, the negative pressure source comprises a shell, the shell accommodates the negative pressure pump and the power supply, the shell is provided with a through hole, and the channel part is accommodated in the through hole.
Further, a guide rail is concavely provided on one of an outer surface of the channel portion and an inner surface of the through hole, and the other has a positioning protrusion portion engaged with the guide rail, the guide rail including a guide groove extending from the rear to the front and a fixing groove extending at an angle with respect to the guide groove, and when the channel portion is assembled with the housing, the positioning protrusion portion moves along the guide groove, then along the fixing groove, and finally is fixed to the fixing groove.
Further, the fixing groove comprises a fixing section extending forwards or backwards, the guide rail further comprises a fixture block, and when the shell is fixed to the base, the positioning convex part is located on the fixing section and blocks the fixture block, so that the positioning convex part is prevented from separating from the fixing groove and entering the guide groove.
Furthermore, the device is also provided with an actuating piece which is arranged between the shell and the base and can enable the shell to move in the front-back direction relative to the base and be clamped and fixed.
Furthermore, the actuating element is an elastic rubber ring, when the positioning convex part advances along the guide groove, the shell and the base extrude the actuating element, and after the positioning convex part enters the fixing groove, the actuating element enables the shell and the base to move in the front-back direction through the elasticity of the actuating element, so that the positioning convex part finally enters the fixing section.
Further, the guide rail is formed by being concavely arranged from the inner surface of the through hole, the shell comprises a front shell and a rear shell which are assembled with each other, the guide rail is formed on the front shell and the rear shell, the fixing section and the fixture block are located on one side where the rear shell is located, and the rest of the fixing groove is located on one side where the front shell is located.
Furthermore, the tongue fixing part at least covers the front end of the tongue of the user, and thickened parts are convexly arranged on the upper outer surface and the lower outer surface of the tongue fixing part and used for bearing teeth of the user.
Further, two thickening portions of upper and lower both sides are in surface in upper and lower direction is in the front end of tongue fixed part is close to each other, forms the inclined plane, and when user's upper and lower tooth contacted thickening portion, user's upper and lower tooth is followed the inclined plane is close to each other, thickening portion moves backward for user's tooth, drives tongue fixed part and user's tongue move backward for user's tooth.
Further, the base comprises a mask portion, a user can bear the whole device through the mask portion, a gap is formed between the mask portion and the negative pressure source, and a plurality of air holes communicated with the gap are formed in the mask portion.
Further, the negative pressure pump with be equipped with a negative pressure sensor and a check valve between the tongue fixed part, the check valve is located negative pressure sensor with between the negative pressure pump, negative pressure sensor measures the check valve with negative pressure size between the tongue fixed part, the device is according to measuring numerical control the negative pressure pump, the check valve only allows gaseous follow the tongue fixed part to negative pressure pump unidirectional flow avoids the negative pressure that the negative pressure pump revealed passes to negative pressure sensor with the tongue fixed part.
Further, the locking piece is a screw, the base is provided with a threaded hole, and the locking piece is in threaded connection with the threaded hole.
Further, the negative pressure source further comprises an active noise reduction unit, a negative pressure sensor and a controller, wherein the active noise reduction unit is used for reducing noise generated by the negative pressure pump, the negative pressure sensor monitors the negative pressure generated by the negative pressure pump, and the controller simultaneously starts or closes the active noise reduction unit and the negative pressure pump according to a negative pressure value provided by the negative pressure sensor.
Furthermore, a noise model corresponding to the negative pressure pump is preset in the active noise reduction unit, when the negative pressure pump is started, the active noise reduction unit sends a first noise reduction sound wave opposite to the preset noise model, the sound wave obtained by superimposing actual noise generated by the negative pressure pump and the first noise reduction sound wave is received by the active noise reduction unit, and the active noise reduction unit sends a second noise reduction sound wave opposite to the actual noise reduction unit according to the actually received sound wave.
Further, the negative pressure source comprises a controller, the power supply is a rechargeable battery, and when the power supply is charged, the controller stops the negative pressure pump according to the received signal that the power supply is charged.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: the user can operate the adjusting piece independently, so that the adsorption piece can move relative to the channel part along with the adjusting piece, the tongue traction stroke of the user is changed, and the discomfort of the user is reduced as much as possible while the sleep respiratory obstruction is treated; the stroke of the adjusting piece is fixed through the locking piece, so that the adjusting piece is prevented from loosening in the using process and is convenient to reuse in the future; the negative pressure source erects on the base, make include whole including the negative pressure source the device is worn in user's head, has shortened the length of connecting the pipeline of patient and negative pressure source, can not take place the pipeline and be oppressed, entangle or the circumstances of tightening, shortens the length of pipeline between patient and the negative pressure source in addition, still is favorable to reducing the operating power of negative pressure source, and then is favorable to reducing the weight and the noise size of negative pressure source.
In view of the problems encountered in the background art, the present invention provides a device for pulling a tongue outward by applying negative pressure, in which a pulling stroke of a user's tongue can be freely adjusted.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical means:
an apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction, comprising: a base, which is used for matching and fixing with the head of a user and is provided with a channel part; an adjustment member extending into said channel portion and being relatively displaceable within said channel portion; the absorbing piece is provided with a flow passage which extends into the adjusting piece and can perform relative displacement in the adjusting piece, and the flow passage is connected with a tongue fixing part which is used for being arranged at the front end of the tongue of a user; and the negative pressure source is communicated with the flow channel and provides negative pressure for the tongue of the user contacted with the tongue fixing part.
Further, the base further comprises a locking member, and a user fixes the adjusting member through the locking member to limit the relative displacement of the adjusting member.
Further, the channel part extends along a front-back direction, the adjusting piece can move back and forth along the channel part, and the locking piece is provided with a locking part which protrudes into the channel part along a first direction perpendicular to the front-back direction so as to lock the adjusting piece and limit the front-back displacement of the adjusting piece.
Further, a positioning groove is concavely formed in the outer surface of the adjusting member, and the locking portion blocks the forward and backward displacement of the adjusting member by entering the positioning groove.
Further, the locking member has a holding portion fixed to the base and an elastic arm movable in the first direction with respect to the holding portion, the elastic arm being provided with the locking portion.
Furthermore, the locking piece is in elastic arm department sets up an unblock cooperation portion, unblock cooperation portion is used for cooperateing with a trip piece, one of unblock cooperation portion with trip piece both is equipped with an unblock recess, and the other sets up an unblock convex part, the unblock convex part accept in unblock recess, the trip piece has and is located a splenium of unblock cooperation portion rear, splenium for the surface of passageway portion is outside to be protruding, the user makes by pressing the splenium, the trip piece drives the sticking portion breaks away from the constant head tank.
Furthermore, the holding part comprises a plurality of clamping arms which are separated, each clamping arm extends forwards and backwards, and the rear end of each clamping arm is provided with a clamping convex block which is clamped with the base.
Furthermore, the channel part is provided with a slot for accommodating the locking piece, the slot penetrates through the channel part outwards in the first direction, the slot is provided with a limiting section, the limiting section is arranged corresponding to the elastic arm and defines a second direction, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the front-back direction, the limiting section limits the elastic arm in the first direction, and the minimum size of the limiting section in the second direction is smaller than the maximum size of the elastic arm in the second direction.
Further, the outer surface of adjusting part with the internal surface of passageway portion is equipped with the screw thread of mutually supporting, the adjusting part is through rotating in order to realize displacement from beginning to end along the screw thread, the constant head tank is located the region that the outer surface of adjusting part has the screw thread.
Further, the positioning groove extends lengthwise in the front-rear direction.
Further, the locking piece is a screw, the base is provided with a threaded hole, and the locking piece is in threaded connection with the threaded hole.
Further, the negative pressure source includes a housing, the housing is provided with a through hole, the channel portion is accommodated in the through hole, a positioning protrusion is convexly provided on an outer surface of the channel portion, a guide rail is concavely provided on an inner surface of the through hole, the guide rail includes a guide groove and a fixing groove, the guide groove extends from back to front, the fixing groove is formed by extending from one side of the guide groove in the circumferential direction of the through hole, and when the channel portion is assembled with the housing, the positioning protrusion moves along the guide groove, then moves along the fixing groove, and is finally fixed to the fixing groove.
Further, the fixing groove has a fixing section extending rearward, and the positioning protrusion is located at the fixing section when the housing is fixed to the base.
Furthermore, the device also comprises an actuating piece, wherein the actuating piece is arranged between the shell and the base and can push the shell to move forwards relative to the base so as to enable the positioning convex part to enter the fixed section.
Further, the negative pressure source is erected on the base, the negative pressure source is an electrical module and comprises a negative pressure pump and a power supply, and the flow channel is communicated with the negative pressure pump.
Furthermore, the adsorption piece is provided with a stopping part which is matched with the adjusting piece and used for limiting the forward displacement of the tongue fixing part.
Furthermore, the device also comprises an elastic part for providing elastic force for the tongue fixing part to approach towards the base, wherein the elastic force is smaller than the adsorption force between the adsorption part and the tongue of the user and is also smaller than the pulling force of the tongue of the user during the movement of the tongue.
Further, the adjusting member includes a front cover and a cylinder, which are screwed together, the suction member abuts against the front cover, the elastic member is a spring, and is accommodated in the cylinder, one end of the spring abuts against the rear end of the cylinder, the other end of the spring abuts against the suction member, and the amount of expansion of the elastic member is adjusted by the forward and backward displacement of the front cover relative to the cylinder.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: the user can operate the adjusting piece independently, makes the absorption piece follow the adjusting piece carries out relative displacement for the passageway portion, and then changes the stroke that user's tongue was pull, and convenience of customers reduces uncomfortable as far as possible when treating sleep breathing obstruction.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of an apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of FIG. 1 rotated 90 degrees horizontally;
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a partially exploded view of the negative pressure source of FIG. 1 shown hidden;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of FIG. 4 after being rotated 90 degrees horizontally;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the assembled locking member of FIG. 4 shown in an unmated position with a trigger;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the locking member and the trip member of FIG. 6 after engagement;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 7 taken along the front-to-rear direction;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the trigger being pressed and the locking member being unlocked in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the locking member and the trigger in an unlocked state, taken perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction;
FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a user's teeth abutting thickened portions of a tongue securing portion;
FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the relative sliding movement between the teeth and the tongue securing portion in FIG. 12;
FIG. 14 is an exploded view of the housing of the negative pressure source of FIG. 1;
FIG. 15 is a schematic view of the combination of the negative pressure source and the base of FIG. 1;
FIG. 16 is a sectional view of FIG. 15 taken along the front-rear direction;
FIG. 17 is a schematic view of the locating tab of FIG. 16 entering a guide slot of a guide rail;
FIG. 18 is the view of FIG. 17 showing the locating protrusion entering the retaining groove of the guide rail and the actuator being depressed;
FIG. 19 is the view of FIG. 18 with the locating boss entering the stationary section and the actuator released;
FIG. 20 is a schematic view of the internal components of the negative pressure source;
FIG. 21 is a schematic view of the tongue fixation portion, negative pressure sensor, one-way valve and negative pressure pump communicating;
FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of the connections of the active noise reduction unit, controller, negative pressure pump and power supply;
FIG. 23 is an exploded view of a negative pressure source and base in a second embodiment of the apparatus for improving sleep breathing obstruction of the present invention;
FIG. 24 is a schematic view of components of FIG. 23 other than the newly added negative pressure source;
fig. 25 is a front-rear sectional view of the combination of fig. 23.
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base 1 face cover 11 air hole 111 channel part 12
Positioning convex part 122 cushion 13 of limiting section 1211 of slot 121
Connecting piece 14, fastener 15, locking piece 2 holding part 21
Snap arm 211 snap projection 2111 resilient arm 22 locking portion 221
Unlocking the mating part 222 unlocks the groove 2221 and the barrel 31 of the adjuster 3
Positioning slot 311 rear cover 32 front stop 33 rear stop 34
Front cover 35 elastic piece 4 adsorption piece 5 tongue fixing part 51
Junction 53 of flow passage 52 with increased thickness 511 and inclined surface 5111
Shaft body 531 hub 532 boss 5321 seal 533
Narrowing portion 5331 expanding portion 5332 stopping portion 5333 negative pressure source 6
Front shell 61A and rear shell 61B perforations 611 of housing 61
Entrance 612 exit 613 relief recess 614 guide rail 615
Guide slot 6151 fixing slot 6152 fixing section 6152A fixture block 6153
Joint 616 negative pressure pump 62 electric connector 63 negative pressure sensor 64
One-way valve 65 active noise reduction unit 66 power supply 67 controller 68
U-shaped body part U0 of driving part 8 of guide tube 7
Unlocking U1 unlocking protrusion U11 pressing U2 gap G
Tooth D tongue T
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For a better understanding of the objects, structure, features, and functions of the invention, reference should be made to the drawings and detailed description that follow.
Referring to fig. 1 to 22, an embodiment of the device for improving sleep breathing obstruction of the present invention mainly comprises a base 1 fixed to the head of a user, an adjusting member 3 movable relative to the base 1, a locking member 2 for limiting the movement of the adjusting member 3, an elastic member 4 received in the adjusting member 3, a suction member 5 engaged with the tongue T of the user, and a negative pressure source 6 for providing negative pressure suction to the suction member 5.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the base 1 includes a mask portion 11 in the shape of a mask and a channel portion 12 protruding forward from the mask portion 11. The mask portion 11 is formed in an arc shape to cover the face of the user, and a gap G is formed between the arc-shaped mask portion 11 and the negative pressure source 6 in the front-rear direction and is opened outward in a direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The side of the mask portion 11 facing the face of the user is provided with a soft pad 13 to increase the comfort of the user wearing the device, and the soft pad 13 may be made of soft material such as sponge, silica gel, etc. according to the conventional means. The mask portion 11 is further provided with a plurality of air holes 111 communicating the gap G with the mouth of the user, and the air holes 111 ensure that the mask portion 11 does not seal the mouth of the user.
As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, the base 1 further includes a plurality of connecting members 14 and a plurality of fastening members 15, the plurality of connecting members 14 are provided at four corners of the mask portion 11, and one end of each connecting member 14 is fixed to one of the fastening members 15 by screw-fastening, so that the connecting members 14 are connected to the mask portion 11, the connecting members 14 are rotatable with respect to the mask portion 11, and the entire base 1 is fixed to the head of the user by a common means such as a plurality of straps (not shown) connected to the other ends of the connecting members 14.
As shown in fig. 3 to 5, the channel portion 12 is cylindrical and extends in the front-rear direction, and has a hollow interior for receiving the adjustment member 3, and the inner surface of the channel portion 12 is provided with threads for engaging with the threads on the outer surface of the adjustment member 3. The outer surface of the channel portion 12 has an inwardly recessed slot 121, and the slot 121 extends in the front-rear direction and receives the locking member 2. The front end of the slot 121 is connected to the inner space of the channel 12 along a first direction, i.e. a radial direction of the channel 12, in this embodiment, the vertical direction, and the rear end of the slot 121 extends through the mask 11 backwards. The middle portion of the slot 121 is a limiting section 1211 for preventing the locking member 2 from completely separating from the channel portion 12, and both side walls of the limiting section 1211 are inclined with respect to the first direction and move upward to define a second direction, which is a left-right direction in this embodiment, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the front-back direction. In this embodiment, the outer surface of the channel portion 12 is further provided with two positioning protrusions 122 protruding for matching with the negative pressure source 6 during the assembling process, and the two positioning protrusions 122 are disposed on the left and right sides of the channel portion 12.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the locking member 2 is assembled into the groove 121 from the front end of the passage portion 12 rearward, and the locking member 2 includes a holding portion 21 fixed to the base 1 and a resilient arm 22 locking the adjusting member 3. The retaining portion 21 is located at the rear portion of the locking member 2, in this embodiment, the front end portion of the retaining portion 21 is in interference fit with the groove walls of the two opposite sides of the slot 121, the rear end portion of the retaining portion 21 is composed of two snap arms 211, each snap arm 211 is elastic and has a snap projection 2111 protruding perpendicular to the front-rear direction at the end, the snap arm 211 protrudes rearward beyond the slot 121, and the snap projection 2111 is snapped on the rear surface (i.e. the surface facing the user) of the mask portion 11. The elastic arm 22 is connected to the front end of the holding portion 21, the front end of the elastic arm 22 has a protruding locking portion 221, and the locking portion 221 protrudes toward the interior of the channel portion 12 along the first direction and protrudes into the interior of the channel portion 12 to stop the displacement of the adjusting member 3. The entire elastic arm 22 can swing in the first direction, in which the portion of the elastic arm 22 near the locking portion 221 is thinner than the portion near the holding portion 21 (see fig. 8 for assistance), so that the portion near the locking portion 221 can be bent more easily, and the locking portion 221 can be disengaged from the adjuster 3 in the first direction to unlock the adjuster 3.
As shown in fig. 6 to 9, the elastic arm 22 has an unlocking engagement portion 222 for engaging with a trigger U, and in this embodiment, the locking member 2 is unlocked by the trigger U. The unlocking matching part 222 is provided with an unlocking groove 2221 formed by recessing backwards from the front end surface of the elastic arm 22, and the trip unit U comprises a main body part U0 extending straightly, an unlocking part U1 bent downwards from the front end of the main body part U0, and a pressing part U2 tilted upwards from the rear end of the main body part U0. The unlocking part U1 is provided with an unlocking convex part U11 protruding backwards and matched with the unlocking matching part 222, when the locking piece 2 is unlocked by the wrench U, the wrench U needs to be assembled backwards on the unlocking matching part 222, the unlocking convex part U11 enters the unlocking groove 2221, the connecting part between the main body part U0 and the pressing part U2 abuts against the outer surface of the channel part 12 to serve as a fulcrum, the pressing part U2 protrudes outwards relative to the outer surface of the channel part 12, an operator presses the pressing part U2 to enable the wrench U to rotate relative to the fulcrum, the unlocking part U1 is tilted, and then the locking part 221 is driven to be separated from the adjusting piece 3 in the first direction. After unlocking is completed, the adjusting member 3 can be displaced back and forth relative to the base 1. When the operator stops pressing the pressing portion U2, the elastic arm 22 is elastically restored to drive the locking portion 221 to pass through the slot 121, so as to lock the adjusting member 3 again. In other embodiments, the unlocking protrusion U11 may be provided on the unlocking fitting 222, and the unlocking groove 2221 may be provided on the unlocking portion U1.
As shown in fig. 10 and 11, the position-limiting section 1211 of the slot 121 is shown in a cross-sectional view in the second direction when the locking member 2 is in the unlocked state. For the convenience of the following description, a portion of the locking member 2 close to the adjuster 3 is referred to as a bottom portion, and a portion far from the adjuster 3 is referred to as a top portion. The width of the top of the elastic arm 22 is smaller than the width of the top of the position-limiting section 1211, the width of the bottom of the elastic arm 22 is larger than the width of the top of the position-limiting section 1211, so that the elastic arm 22 cannot be completely separated from the slot 121 along the first direction at the position-limiting section 1211, that is, the position-limiting section 1211 limits the elastic arm 22 in the first direction, and the minimum dimension of the position-limiting section 1211 in the second direction is smaller than the maximum dimension of the elastic arm 22 in the second direction, so as to limit the bending degree of the elastic arm 22, further delay the fatigue of the elastic arm 22, and prolong the service life of the locking member 2.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the adjusting member 3 is accommodated in the channel portion 12, and is hollow and cylindrical as a whole, and in this embodiment, includes a cylindrical body 31 and a rear cover 32, the outer surface of the cylindrical body 31 has external threads, and the adjusting member 3 is rotated along the threads by matching with the internal threads of the channel portion 12, so that the adjusting member 3 is displaced back and forth along the channel portion 12, and the rear cover 32 is connected to the rear end of the cylindrical body 31 by the threads. The outer surface of the cylinder 31 further has an inwardly recessed positioning groove 311, and the positioning groove 311 extends forward and backward to receive the locking member 2 inserted into the passage portion 12. After the locking member 2 is received in the positioning slot 311, the side wall of the positioning slot 311 and the locking member 2 are blocked, so as to limit the adjustment member 3 from screwing in and out along the thread.
As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the elastic member 4 and a part of the suction member 5 are accommodated in the adjuster 3. The front end of the inner part of the cylinder 31 has a front stopper 33 for limiting the forward displacement of the suction member 5. The rear cover 32 has a rear stopper 34 on the inside thereof for preventing the elastic member 4 from protruding rearward beyond the adjusting member 3.
As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the elastic member 4 connects the adjusting member 3 and the suction member 5, so that the suction member 5 moves back and forth along with the adjusting member 3. The absorbing member 5 can also move back and forth relative to the adjusting member 3 under the action of the tongue T of the user, the elastic member 4 provides a restoring elastic force for the absorbing member 5 moving relative to the adjusting member 3, and the rear cover 32 and the cylinder 31 rotate through threads, so that the expansion amount of the elastic member 4 can be adjusted, that is, the elastic force of the elastic member 4 can be adjusted. In this embodiment, the elastic member 4 is a spring, and is sleeved on the periphery of the absorbing member 5, one end of the elastic member 4 abuts against the absorbing member 5, and the other end abuts against the rear stopper 34.
As shown in fig. 2 and 8, the adsorbing member 5 includes a tongue fixing portion 51, a flow passage 52 connected to the tongue fixing portion 51, and a joint 53 connected to the flow passage 52. The tongue fixing part 51 is bag-shaped and covers the front end of the tongue T of a user, negative pressure is transmitted to the tongue fixing part 51 when the device is used, suction force is formed between the inner surface of the tongue fixing part 51 and the tongue T of the user, and the tongue T of the user is fixed on the tongue fixing part 51. The flow passage 52 extends into the interior of the adjusting member 3 to transmit negative pressure to the tongue fixing portion 51. The joint 53 is held at the front end of the adjuster 3 by the front stopper 33 and the elastic member 4.
As shown in fig. 12 and 13, the tongue fixing portion 51 is a schematic view of fixing the tongue T of the user by using a negative pressure, and the tongue fixing portion 51 is made of a flexible material (e.g., silicone) so as to be attached to the surface of the tongue T of the user to maintain the negative pressure. The tongue fixing part 51 is characterized in that thickened parts 511 are arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the front end of the tongue fixing part 51, the using positions of the thickened parts 511 are located between the upper teeth D and the lower teeth D of a user, the thickness of the thickened parts 511 is larger than other parts of the tongue fixing part 51, and therefore when the teeth D of the user are accidentally abutted to the thickened parts 511, the biting force transmitted to the tongue T of the user can be weakened and dispersed through thickened materials. The surface of thickening portion 511 towards user's tooth D is smooth inclined plane 5111, two of tongue fixed part 51 upper and lower both sides inclined plane 5111 is close to each other from the back forward, when upper and lower tooth D butt in unexpected when inclined plane 5111, tongue fixed part 51 is pushed by upper and lower tooth D and is moved backward relatively, and user's tooth D can be followed inclined plane 5111 is for tongue fixed part 51 slides forward, until tongue fixed part 51 breaks away from the interlock of user's tooth D from the back.
As shown in fig. 1, 8 and 9, the negative pressure source 6 is connected to the joint 53 through a conduit 7, the suction member 5 sucks the tongue T of the user by the negative pressure generated by the negative pressure source 6 when in use, and the joint 53 is connected to the flow passage 52 and the conduit 7. In this embodiment, the conduit 7 is U-shaped, and the flow passage 52 and the conduit 7 are both flexible tubes. The joint 53 comprises a shaft body part 531 and two interfaces 532 respectively positioned at the front end and the rear end of the shaft body part 531, the interface 532 positioned at the front end is inserted into the conduit 7, the interface 532 positioned at the rear end is inserted into the flow passage 52, the outer surface of each interface 532 is provided with a protrusion 5321 protruding in the radial direction, the protrusion 5321 surrounds the interface 532 for a circle, so that the pipe diameter of the conduit 7 sleeved outside the interface 532 and the pipe diameter of the flow passage 52 are expanded; the front end and the rear end of the joint 53 are respectively provided with a movable sealing member 533, the sealing member 533 is positioned at the periphery of the interface 532, and is provided with a narrowing portion 5331 protruding inwards in the radial direction, the narrowing portion 5331 abuts against the corresponding flow passage 52 or the corresponding conduit 7 to press the flow passage 52 or the corresponding conduit 7 to the interface 532, and any one of the expanded conduit 7 and the expanded flow passage 52 is clamped by the corresponding protrusion 5321 and the sealing member 533 in the radial direction. In this embodiment, the sealing member 533 is formed separately from the shaft portion 531 and is connected to each other by a screw. In other embodiments, the sealing member 533 may be integrally formed with the shaft portion 531, for example, the sealing member 533 may be configured as a snap that can be pressed open.
As shown in fig. 8 and 9, in the present embodiment, the sealing member 533 which is pressed against the flow passage 52 has a size smaller than the inner diameter of the elastic member 4, and is accommodated inside the elastic member 4; the sealing member 533 for pressing the catheter 7 has an enlarged portion 5332, and the enlarged portion 5332 is larger than the inner diameter of the elastic member 4, and abuts against one end of the elastic member 4 to bear the elastic force provided by the elastic member 4, so as to drive the whole absorbing member 5 to reset. The front end of the enlarged portion 5332 is used as a stop portion 5333 abutting against the front stop 33 forward to limit the forward displacement of the tongue fixing portion 51 located at the rear end of the suction member 5.
As shown in fig. 8 and 9, in the present embodiment, the joint 53 is formed separately from the flow passage 52, and in other embodiments, the joint 53 and the flow passage 52 may be formed integrally.
As shown in fig. 1 and 14, the negative pressure source 6 is mounted to the base 1 such that the entire device for improving sleep breathing obstruction is a one-piece wearable device. The negative pressure source 6 is communicated with the flow passage 52 through the conduit 7 and provides negative pressure for the tongue fixing part 51. The negative pressure source 6 is an electrical module comprising functional components surrounded by an outer housing 61. The housing 61 has a through hole 611 in the middle thereof for receiving the channel 12. The front side of the housing 61 is provided with an inlet 612 for the conduit 7 to enter the interior of the housing 61 and an outlet 613 for the extracted gas to exit. The upper side of the housing 61 has a recessed relief recess 614 to provide relief for the user's nose when using the device.
As shown in fig. 14 to 19, two guide rails 615 are concavely provided on the surface of the through hole 611, the two guide rails 615 are provided on the left and right sides of the through hole 611, the housing 61 is composed of a front shell 61A and a rear shell 61B, and a joint 616 between the front shell 61A and the rear shell 61B passes through the guide rails 615. Each guide rail 615 includes a guide groove 6151 extending back and forth across the seam 616 and a fixing groove 6152 connecting the guide groove 6151, the fixing groove 6152 extending at an angle relative to the guide groove 6151, in this embodiment, the guide groove 6151 extends in the axial direction (i.e., back and forth direction) of the through hole 611, the fixing groove 6152 extends perpendicular to the guide groove 6151 and in the circumferential direction of the through hole 611, and the fixing groove 6152 extends in the circumferential direction of the through hole 611 relative to the guide groove 6151. When the channel portion 12 is assembled with the housing 61, the positioning protrusion 122 moves along the guiding groove 6151, moves along the fixing groove 6152, and is finally fixed to the fixing groove 6152. In other embodiments, the securing slot 6152 may extend at an angle other than 90 degrees relative to the guide slot 6151 at the inner surface of the perforation 611.
As shown in fig. 16-19, in this embodiment, a portion of the securing slot 6152 extends rearward, forming a securing segment 6152A across the seam 616. The device further includes an actuating element 8, in this embodiment, the actuating element 8 is an elastic rubber ring, and is disposed between the rear shell 61B and the mask portion 11, during the assembly process, an external force is applied to the negative pressure source 6 to move toward the mask portion 11, so that the actuating element 8 is pressed by the rear shell 61B and the mask portion 11, when the positioning protrusion 122 enters the fixing groove 6152, the external force applied to the negative pressure source 6 and the base 1 can be released, the actuating element 8 applies an elastic force to the rear shell 61B and the mask portion 11, so that the positioning protrusion 122 and the fixing groove 6152 are relatively displaced in the front-back direction until the positioning protrusion 122 enters the fixing section 6152A, the guide rail 615 further includes a block 6153, and the block 6153 is located between the fixing section 6152A and the guide groove 6151, because the actuating element 8 continuously applies force in the front-back direction, and the fixture block 6153 blocks the positioning protrusion 122 in the circumferential direction of the through hole 611, the positioning protrusion 122 cannot exit from the fixing groove 6152 along the original path, thereby realizing the mutual fixation of the negative pressure source 6 and the base 1.
As shown in fig. 14 and 16, in this embodiment, the fixing segment 6152A extends oppositely relative to the guiding slot 6151 and crosses the seam 616, or the fixing slot 6152 is formed by jointly splicing the front shell 61A and the rear shell 61B, wherein the fixing segment 6152A and the fixture block 6153 are located on the side where the rear shell 61B is located, and the rest of the fixing slot 6152 is located on the side where the front shell 61A is located, so that the difficulty of injection molding the fixing slot 6152 can be simplified.
In other embodiments, the fixing section 6152A may extend in the same direction relative to the guiding slot 6151 and cross over the seam 616, the fixing section 6152A and the latch 6153 are located in the front shell 61A, the other portion of the fixing slot 6152 is located in the rear shell 61B, the positioning protrusion 122 also enters the fixing section 6152A and blocks the latch 6153, in order to prevent the positioning protrusion 122 from disengaging, the actuating element 8 is correspondingly arranged to apply a force approaching the rear shell 61B and the mask portion 11, and specifically, the actuating element 8 may be a clamp. In further embodiments, the guide 615 may be disposed on an outer surface of the channel portion 12, while the positioning protrusion 122 is disposed on an inner surface of the through hole 611.
In the embodiment, the housing 61 and the base 1 are respectively manufactured and molded independently and are detachably assembled with each other; in other embodiments, a portion of the housing 61, such as the front shell 61A or the rear shell 61B, may be integrally formed with the base 1.
As shown in fig. 20, 21 and 22, the components inside the negative pressure source 6 mainly include a negative pressure pump 62, a power supply 67 for supplying power to the negative pressure pump 62 and other components, an electrical connector 63 for external connection, a negative pressure sensor 64, a one-way valve 65 located between the negative pressure pump 62 and the negative pressure sensor 64, and a controller 68 for transmitting and receiving control signals. The negative pressure pump 62 can be an existing small-sized suction pump, and according to common knowledge, the negative pressure pump 62 forms negative pressure by extracting gas during operation, the target region for air extraction is located on the tongue fixing part 51, and the extracted gas enters the negative pressure source 6 through the flow passage 52, the joint 53 and the conduit 7 in sequence. In the negative pressure source 6, the extracted gas firstly passes through the negative pressure sensor 64, the negative pressure sensor 64 can be an existing electronic type air pressure sensor, the negative pressure sensor 64 is communicated with the tongue fixing part 51 and is used for monitoring the negative pressure at the tongue fixing part 51, the measured value of the negative pressure sensor 64 is transmitted to the controller 68, if the measured value is smaller than the preset value, the controller 68 can improve the operation power of the negative pressure pump 62, otherwise, the operation power of the negative pressure pump 62 is reduced. After passing the negative pressure sensor 64, the gas to be pumped passes the one-way valve 65, the one-way valve 65 may be an existing one-way ball valve suitable for medical use, and the one-way valve 65 allows only one-way flow of gas from the tongue fixation portion 51 to the negative pressure pump 62. Finally, the negative pressure pump 62 discharges the pumped gas out of the negative pressure source 6 through the outlet 613.
In an ideal state, even if the negative pressure pump 62 stops working, a closed space for maintaining negative pressure is formed between the tongue T of the user and the check valve 65, so when the negative pressure sensor 64 detects that the negative pressure between the tongue T of the user and the check valve 65 is sufficient to keep the tongue T of the user fixed to the tongue fixing portion 51, the controller 68 can control the negative pressure pump 62 to stop working, so as to reduce power consumption. When the tongue T of the user moves or the negative pressure cannot be maintained between the tongue T of the user and the check valve 65 due to other reasons, the controller 68 may restart the negative pressure pump 62 according to the monitoring data of the negative pressure sensor 64.
As shown in fig. 20 and 21, in the present embodiment, before the negative pressure sensor 64 is disposed on the one-way valve 65, the magnitude of the negative pressure at the tongue fixing portion 51 can be measured relatively directly, and the one-way valve 65 can be used to isolate the negative pressure sensor 64 from the negative pressure pump 62.
In this embodiment, the power source 67 is a rechargeable battery, optionally a lithium battery, built into the housing 61 and charged via the electrical connector 63. In order to reduce the risk of using the rechargeable battery during the charging process, when the power supply 67 is charged, the controller 68 stops the operation of the negative pressure pump 62 according to the received signal that the power supply 67 is in the charging state, that is, the device cannot be used during the charging process, so that the user is prevented from using the device being charged by the power supply 67.
As shown in fig. 22, in the present embodiment, an active noise reduction unit 66 is further provided inside the negative pressure source 6, and since each component in the active noise reduction unit 66 is dispersed in each place inside the negative pressure source 6, the connection relationship between the active noise reduction unit 66, the negative pressure pump 62, and the controller 68 is shown in a block diagram shown in fig. 22. The active noise reduction unit 66 is powered by the power source 67 and is electrically connected to the controller 68 to transmit signals. The active noise reduction unit 66 is used to reduce noise generated when the negative pressure pump 62 operates, and the active noise reduction unit 66 includes a plurality of microphones for receiving noise sound waves, a noise reduction circuit, and a plurality of speakers (none of which are shown) for emitting reverse sound waves. A plurality of said microphones may be arranged around said negative pressure pump 62 to receive noise sound waves at different angles, said microphones converting the received noise sound waves into corresponding noise signals. The noise reduction circuit comprises an arithmetic unit, a register, a rectifier, an amplifier and other sub-circuits, the arithmetic unit generates corresponding actual inverse sound wave signals according to received noise signals, a noise signal model of the negative pressure pump 62 is prestored in the register, the arithmetic unit receives the noise signals generated by the microphone, the register stores the noise signal model in advance and transmits the noise signal model to the arithmetic unit, and the arithmetic unit can generate preset inverse sound wave signals before producing the actual inverse sound wave signals. A plurality of said loudspeakers may be arranged around said negative pressure pump 62 to emit sound waves in antiphase at different angles, said loudspeakers generating sound waves in antiphase, according to the received sound wave signal in antiphase, whether actual or preset, to cancel out the noise of said negative pressure source 6.
Since the preset reverse sound wave signal occurs prior to the actual reverse sound wave signal, the preset reverse sound wave (i.e., the first noise reduction sound wave) also occurs prior to the actual reverse sound wave (i.e., the second noise reduction sound wave). And because the first noise reduction sound wave and the actual noise are not in strict phase opposition, the first noise reduction sound wave and the actual noise cannot be completely offset after being superposed, residual noise sound waves are left, the residual noise sound waves are also superposed with the actual noise sound waves and received by the microphone, the active noise reduction of the next round is carried out, and second noise reduction sound waves are generated.
In this embodiment, the negative pressure pump 62 and the active noise reduction unit 66 are both powered by the power supply 67, and the power supplies of the negative pressure pump 62 and the active noise reduction unit 66 are simultaneously controlled by the controller 68, and according to the control signal of the controller 68, the active noise reduction unit 66 and the negative pressure pump 62 are simultaneously started and simultaneously closed, so that the active noise reduction unit 66 is only powered on and operated when the negative pressure pump 62 works, the energy consumption of the active noise reduction unit 66 is reduced, and the service life of the power supply 67 after each charging is prolonged.
As shown in fig. 23 and fig. 24, in another embodiment of the device for improving sleep breathing obstruction of the present invention, in this embodiment, the locking element 2 is a screw, the outer surface of the channel portion 12 has only one radially protruding positioning protrusion 122, the positioning protrusion 122 has a threaded hole communicating the inside and the outside of the channel portion 12, the locking element 2 is in threaded connection with the threaded hole, the bottom of the screw of the locking element 2 is used as the locking portion 221, and enters the positioning groove 311 to fix the adjusting element 3, obviously, in this embodiment, a commonly adapted screwdriver can be used to unlock and lock the locking element 2.
As shown in fig. 24, the negative pressure pump 62, the negative pressure sensor 64, the check valve 65, the power supply 67, and the like are housed in the casing 61.
As shown in fig. 24 and 25, the difference from the first embodiment is: the adjuster 3 is not provided with the rear cover 32, but the adjuster 3 includes a front cover 35 provided at the front end of the cylinder 31, the front stopper 33 is provided at the front cover 35 to prevent the suction member 5 from coming out of the front opening of the adjuster 3, and the rear stopper 34 is provided at the rear end of the cylinder 31. In the present embodiment, the front cover 35 is received at the front end of the adjuster 3 by screw coupling; in other embodiments, the front cover 35 may be attached to the inside or outside of the adjuster 3 by other means.
The device for improving the sleep breathing obstruction has the following beneficial effects:
(1) the user can operate the adjusting piece 3 independently, so that the adsorption piece 5 can move relative to the channel part 12 along with the adjusting piece 3, the tongue T of the user is further changed by the traction stroke, and the discomfort is reduced as far as possible while the user treats the sleep breathing obstruction.
(2) The negative pressure source 6 erects on the base 1, make include whole including the negative pressure source 6 the device is worn in user's head, has shortened the connection patient with the negative pressure source 6 the length of pipe 7 can not take place the pipe 7 is oppressed, entangles or the condition of tightening, shorten the patient in addition with between the negative pressure source 6 the length of pipe 7 can also reduce the air current and pass through the resistance that pipe 7 experienced is favorable to reducing the necessary operating power of negative pressure source 6, and then is favorable to reducing the weight and the noise size of negative pressure source 6.
(3) The stroke of the adjusting piece 3 is fixed through the locking piece 2, so that the adjusting piece 3 is convenient to be repeatedly used in the future, and the adjusting piece 3 does not need to be repeatedly arranged for each use.
(4) Before the negative pressure sensor 64 is arranged on the one-way valve 65, the negative pressure at the tongue fixing part 51 can be relatively directly measured, and the influence of the negative pressure pump 62 on the negative pressure sensor 64 can be isolated by using the one-way valve 65.
(5) The noise signal model of the negative pressure pump 62 is prestored in the active noise reduction unit 66, and is received before the noise signal generated by the microphone, the register is used for prestoring the noise signal model and transmitting the noise signal model to the arithmetic unit, the arithmetic unit can generate a preset inverse sound wave signal before producing an actual inverse sound wave signal, and the preliminary noise reduction is carried out, so that the use experience is improved.
(6) The negative pressure pump 62 and the active noise reduction unit 66 are both powered by the power supply 67, the power supply of the negative pressure pump 62 and the active noise reduction unit 66 is controlled by the controller 68 at the same time, and the controller 68 enables the active noise reduction unit 66 and the negative pressure pump 62 to be started or closed at the same time according to the monitoring data of the negative pressure sensor 64, so that the active noise reduction unit 66 is powered on and operated only when the negative pressure pump 62 works, the energy consumption of the active noise reduction unit 66 is reduced, and the service life of the power supply 67 after each charging is prolonged.
(7) The adjusting member 3 is composed of the cylinder 31 and the rear cover 32, or the cylinder 31 and the front cover 35, the rear cover 32 or the front cover 35 is in threaded connection with the cylinder 31, and can move back and forth relative to the cylinder 31, so that one end of the elastic member 4 abuts against the cylinder 31, and the other end abuts against the rear cover 32 or the front cover 35, and the elastic force of the elastic member 4 accommodated in the adjusting member 3 can be adjusted by moving the rear cover 32 or the front cover 35 back and forth relative to the cylinder 31.
The above detailed description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not for the purpose of limiting the scope of the present invention, therefore, all technical changes that can be made by applying the equivalent contents of the present specification and drawings are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. An apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction, comprising:
a base, which is used for matching and fixing with the head of a user and is provided with a channel part;
an adjustment member extending into said channel portion and being relatively displaceable within said channel portion;
the locking piece is arranged on the channel part, and a user fixes the adjusting piece through the locking piece so as to limit the relative displacement of the adjusting piece;
the absorbing piece is provided with a flow passage which extends into the adjusting piece and can perform relative displacement in the adjusting piece, and the flow passage is connected with a tongue fixing part which is used for being arranged at the front end of the tongue of a user;
the negative pressure source is communicated with the flow channel and provides negative pressure for the tongue of a user contacted with the tongue fixing part, the negative pressure source is an electrical module and comprises a negative pressure pump and a power supply, the negative pressure source is erected on the base, and the flow channel is communicated with the negative pressure pump.
2. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: the channel part extends along a front-back direction, the adjusting piece can move back and forth along the channel part, the locking piece is provided with a locking part, and the locking part protrudes into the channel part along a first direction perpendicular to the front-back direction so as to lock the adjusting piece and limit the displacement of the adjusting piece in the front-back direction.
3. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 2, wherein: the outer surface of the adjusting piece is inwards recessed to form a positioning groove, and the locking part blocks the adjusting piece from displacing in the front-back direction by entering the positioning groove.
4. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 3, wherein: the locking piece is provided with a holding part and an elastic arm, the holding part is fixed with the base, the elastic arm can move in the first direction relative to the holding part, and the elastic arm is provided with the locking part.
5. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 4, wherein: the locking piece is in elastic arm department sets up an unblock cooperation portion, unblock cooperation portion is used for cooperateing with a trip piece, unblock cooperation portion with one of them unblock recess that one of them is equipped with of trip piece, another sets up an unblock convex part, the unblock convex part accept in unblock recess, the trip piece has and is located one of unblock cooperation portion rear presses the splenium, press the splenium for the surface of passageway portion is outside protrusion, the user makes through pressing the splenium, the trip piece drives the sticking portion breaks away from the constant head tank.
6. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 4, wherein: the fixing part comprises a plurality of clamping arms which are separated, each clamping arm extends forwards and backwards, and the rear end of each clamping arm is provided with a clamping convex block which is clamped with the base.
7. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 4, wherein: the channel part is provided with a slot for accommodating the locking piece, the slot penetrates through the channel part outwards in the first direction, the slot is provided with a limiting section, the limiting section is arranged corresponding to the elastic arm and defines a second direction, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the front-back direction, the limiting section limits the elastic arm in the first direction, and the minimum size of the limiting section in the second direction is smaller than the maximum size of the elastic arm in the second direction.
8. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 3, wherein: the outer surface of adjusting part with the internal surface of passageway portion is equipped with the screw thread of mutually supporting, the adjusting part is through rotating in order to realize displacement around following the screw thread, the constant head tank is located the region that the outer surface of adjusting part is threaded, the locking part is through getting into the constant head tank stops the adjusting part rotates along the screw thread.
9. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 8, wherein: the positioning groove extends lengthwise along the front-back direction.
10. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: the adsorption piece is provided with a stopping part which is matched with the adjusting piece and used for limiting the forward displacement of the tongue fixing part.
11. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 10, wherein: the adsorption piece is provided with a joint, the joint is connected with the other end of the flow channel relative to the tongue fixing part and communicated with the negative pressure source and the flow channel, and the stopping part is arranged on the joint.
12. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 11, wherein: the negative pressure source is communicated with the joint through a guide pipe, two ends of the joint are respectively provided with a sealing element, the two sealing elements are respectively sleeved on the peripheries of the flow channel and the guide pipe so as to tightly press the flow channel and the guide pipe on the joint, and the stopping part is arranged on one of the sealing elements.
13. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 12, wherein: the joint comprises a shaft body part and two interfaces which are respectively positioned at the front end and the rear end of the shaft body part, the sealing element is connected to the shaft body part through threads, the two interfaces are correspondingly inserted into the guide pipe and the flow channel, a radial convex bulge is arranged on the outer surface of each interface, the bulge surrounds the interfaces, the pipe diameter of the guide pipe sleeved outside the interfaces and the pipe diameter of the flow channel are expanded, and any one of the expanded guide pipe and the flow channel is clamped by the corresponding bulge and the sealing element in the radial direction.
14. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: the device also comprises an elastic part for providing elastic force for the tongue fixing part to approach the base, wherein the elastic force is smaller than the adsorption force between the adsorption part and the tongue of the user and is also smaller than the pulling force of the tongue of the user when the tongue moves.
15. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 14, wherein: the adjusting piece comprises a front cover and a barrel body which are in threaded connection, the adsorbing piece is abutted to the front cover, the elastic piece is a spring and contained in the barrel body, one end of the elastic piece is abutted to the rear end of the barrel body, the other end of the elastic piece is abutted to the adsorbing piece, and the telescopic amount of the elastic piece is adjusted through the front cover relative to the front-back displacement of the barrel body.
16. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: the negative pressure source comprises a shell, the shell accommodates the negative pressure pump and the power supply, the shell is provided with a through hole, and the channel part is accommodated in the through hole.
17. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 16, wherein: one of the outer surface of the channel part and the inner surface of the through hole is concavely provided with a guide rail, the other one is provided with a positioning convex part matched with the guide rail, the guide rail comprises a guide groove and a fixed groove, the guide groove extends forwards from the back, the fixed groove extends at an angle relative to the guide groove, and when the channel part is assembled with the shell, the positioning convex part firstly moves along the guide groove, then moves along the fixed groove and is finally fixed on the fixed groove.
18. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 17, wherein: the fixing groove comprises a fixing section extending forwards or backwards, the guide rail further comprises a clamping block, and when the shell is fixed with the base, the positioning convex part is located on the fixing section and is blocked by the clamping block, so that the positioning convex part is prevented from separating from the fixing groove and entering the guide groove.
19. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 18, wherein: the device also comprises an actuating piece which is arranged between the shell and the base and can enable the shell to move in the front-back direction relative to the base and be clamped and fixed.
20. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 19, wherein: the actuating piece is an elastic rubber ring, when the positioning convex part advances along the guide groove, the shell and the base extrude the actuating piece, after the positioning convex part enters the fixing groove, the actuating piece enables the shell and the base to move along the front and back directions through the elasticity of the actuating piece, and the positioning convex part finally enters the fixing section.
21. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 18, wherein: the guide rail is formed by the inner surface of the through hole in a concave mode, the shell comprises a front shell and a rear shell which are assembled with each other, the guide rail is formed on the front shell and the rear shell, the fixing section and the clamping block are located on one side where the rear shell is located, and the rest of the fixing groove is located on one side where the front shell is located.
22. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: the tongue fixing part at least covers the front end of the tongue of a user, and thickened parts are convexly arranged on the upper outer surface and the lower outer surface of the tongue fixing part and used for bearing teeth of the user.
23. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 22, wherein: two of upper and lower both sides the thickening portion is in surface in the upper and lower direction is in the front end of tongue fixed part is close to each other, forms the inclined plane, and when user's upper and lower tooth contact during the thickening portion, user's upper and lower tooth is followed the inclined plane is close to each other, thickening portion moves backward for user's tooth, drives tongue fixed part and user's tongue move backward for user's tooth.
24. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: the base comprises a face cover part, a user can bear the whole device through the face cover part, a gap is formed between the face cover part and the negative pressure source, and a plurality of air holes communicated with the gap are formed in the face cover part.
25. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: negative pressure pump with be equipped with a negative pressure sensor and a check valve between the tongue fixed part, the check valve is located negative pressure sensor with between the negative pressure pump, negative pressure sensor measures the check valve with negative pressure size between the tongue fixed part, the device is according to measuring numerical control negative pressure pump, the check valve only allows gaseous follow the tongue fixed part to negative pressure pump one-way flow avoids negative pressure that negative pressure pump revealed transmits to negative pressure sensor with the tongue fixed part.
26. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: the locking piece is a screw, the base is provided with a threaded hole, and the locking piece is in threaded connection with the threaded hole.
27. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: the negative pressure source further comprises an active noise reduction unit, a negative pressure sensor and a controller, wherein the active noise reduction unit is used for reducing noise generated by the negative pressure pump, the negative pressure sensor monitors the size of negative pressure generated by the negative pressure pump, and the controller simultaneously starts or closes the active noise reduction unit and the negative pressure pump according to a negative pressure value provided by the negative pressure sensor.
28. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 27, wherein: the active noise reduction unit is internally preset with a noise model corresponding to the negative pressure pump, when the negative pressure pump is started, the active noise reduction unit sends a first noise reduction sound wave opposite to the preset noise model, the sound wave obtained by superposing the actual noise generated by the negative pressure pump and the first noise reduction sound wave is received by the active noise reduction unit, and the active noise reduction unit sends a second noise reduction sound wave opposite to the actual noise according to the actually received sound wave.
29. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 1, wherein: the negative pressure source comprises a controller, the power supply is a rechargeable battery, and when the power supply is charged, the controller stops the negative pressure pump according to the received signal that the power supply is charged.
30. An apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction, comprising:
a base, which is used for matching and fixing with the head of a user and is provided with a channel part;
an adjustment member extending into said channel portion and being relatively displaceable within said channel portion;
the absorbing piece is provided with a flow passage which extends into the adjusting piece and can perform relative displacement in the adjusting piece, and the flow passage is connected with a tongue fixing part which is used for being arranged at the front end of the tongue of a user;
and the negative pressure source is communicated with the flow channel and provides negative pressure for the tongue of the user contacted with the tongue fixing part.
31. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 30, wherein: the base further comprises a locking piece, and a user fixes the adjusting piece through the locking piece so as to limit the relative displacement of the adjusting piece.
32. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 31, wherein: the channel part extends along a front-back direction, the adjusting piece can move back and forth along the channel part, the locking piece is provided with a locking part, and the locking part protrudes into the channel part along a first direction perpendicular to the front-back direction so as to lock the adjusting piece and limit the front-back displacement of the adjusting piece.
33. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 32, wherein: the outer surface of the adjusting piece is concavely provided with a positioning groove, and the locking part blocks the front and back displacement of the adjusting piece by entering the positioning groove.
34. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 33, wherein: the locking piece is provided with a holding part and an elastic arm, the holding part is fixed with the base, the elastic arm can move in the first direction relative to the holding part, and the elastic arm is provided with the locking part.
35. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 34, wherein: the locking piece is in elastic arm department sets up an unblock cooperation portion, unblock cooperation portion is used for cooperateing with a trip piece, unblock cooperation portion with one of them unblock recess that one of them is equipped with of trip piece, another sets up an unblock convex part, the unblock convex part accept in unblock recess, the trip piece has and is located one of unblock cooperation portion rear presses the splenium, press the splenium for the surface of passageway portion is outside protrusion, the user makes through pressing the splenium, the trip piece drives the sticking portion breaks away from the constant head tank.
36. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 34, wherein: the fixing part comprises a plurality of clamping arms which are separated, each clamping arm extends forwards and backwards, and the rear end of each clamping arm is provided with a clamping convex block which is clamped with the base.
37. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 34, wherein: the channel part is provided with a slot for accommodating the locking piece, the slot penetrates through the channel part outwards in the first direction, the slot is provided with a limiting section, the limiting section is arranged corresponding to the elastic arm and defines a second direction, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the front-back direction, the limiting section limits the elastic arm in the first direction, and the minimum size of the limiting section in the second direction is smaller than the maximum size of the elastic arm in the second direction.
38. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 33, wherein: the surface of adjusting part with the internal surface of passageway portion is equipped with the screw thread of mutually supporting, the adjusting part is through rotating in order to realize displacement around following the screw thread, the constant head tank is located the surface of adjusting part has the region of screw thread.
39. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 38, wherein: the positioning groove extends lengthwise along the front-back direction.
40. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 31, wherein: the locking piece is a screw, the base is provided with a threaded hole, and the locking piece is in threaded connection with the threaded hole.
41. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 30, wherein: the negative pressure source comprises a shell, a through hole is formed in the shell, the channel portion is contained in the through hole, a positioning convex portion is convexly arranged on the outer surface of the channel portion, a guide rail is concavely arranged on the inner surface of the through hole and comprises a guide groove and a fixing groove, the guide groove extends forwards from the back, the fixing groove is formed by extending from one side of the guide groove in the circumferential direction of the through hole, and when the channel portion is assembled with the shell, the positioning convex portion moves along the guide groove firstly, then moves along the fixing groove and is finally fixed on the fixing groove.
42. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 41, wherein: the fixing groove is provided with a fixing section extending backwards, and the positioning convex part is positioned in the fixing section when the shell is fixed with the base.
43. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 42, wherein: the device also comprises an actuating piece, wherein the pushing piece is arranged between the shell and the base and can push the shell to move forwards relative to the base so as to enable the positioning convex part to enter the fixed section.
44. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 30, wherein: the negative pressure source is erected on the base and is an electrical module comprising a negative pressure pump and a power supply, and the flow channel is communicated with the negative pressure pump.
45. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 30, wherein: the adsorption piece is provided with a stopping part which is matched with the adjusting piece and used for limiting the forward displacement of the tongue fixing part.
46. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 30, wherein: the device also comprises an elastic part for providing elastic force for the tongue fixing part to approach the base, wherein the elastic force is smaller than the adsorption force between the adsorption part and the tongue of the user and is also smaller than the pulling force of the tongue of the user when the tongue moves.
47. The apparatus for improving sleep respiratory obstruction of claim 46, wherein: the adjusting piece comprises a front cover and a barrel body which are in threaded connection, the adsorbing piece is abutted to the front cover, the elastic piece is a spring and contained in the barrel body, one end of the elastic piece is abutted to the rear end of the barrel body, the other end of the elastic piece is abutted to the adsorbing piece, and the telescopic amount of the elastic piece is adjusted through the front cover relative to the front-back displacement of the barrel body.
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