CN211535710U

CN211535710U - Feeding auxiliary device

Info

Publication number: CN211535710U
Application number: CN201921910425.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 翁瑛丽; 张景翔
Original assignee: Second Military Medical University SMMU
Current assignee: Second Military Medical University SMMU
Priority date: 2019-11-07
Filing date: 2019-11-07
Publication date: 2020-09-22
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-07

Abstract

The utility model relates to a feeding auxiliary device, which comprises a square plate for storing liquid food, an injector for extruding the liquid food into the square plate, and tableware for containing the liquid food into the injector; a partition plate for separating the space of the square plate from the size of one bite of liquid food is arranged in the length direction and the width direction in the square plate; the injector nipple is communicated with the hose; one end of the tableware is a spoon for containing the liquid food, and the other end of the tableware is a fork for stirring and smashing the liquid food. The beneficial effects of the utility model are that preparation and manufacturing cost are lower for its use value can improve by bigger degree. The problem of controlling one bite of a patient with dysphagia is effectively solved by multiple doses in the food processing process rather than the feeding process; meanwhile, through the introduction of dividing the square plate with the partition plate, the bite volumes of different foods are separated, the volume of the bite volumes is accurately controlled, and the phenomena of aspiration or cough and the like can be effectively avoided.

Description

Feeding auxiliary device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the field of medical equipment, concretely relates to "a bite volume" supplementary suit of feed.

Background

Dysphagia, which is caused by structural and/or functional impairment of the organs of the mandible, lips, tongue, soft palate, throat, esophagus, etc., can be caused by a variety of diseases, manifested by the inability of food to be smoothly transported from the mouth into the stomach. Dysphagia causes food which should be swallowed to be sucked into the trachea by mistake, which is easy to cause aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, suffocation and even death, and causes wide clinical attention. The elderly have high probability of oral and pharyngeal dysphagia caused by diseases such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, and the elderly have increased number of patients suffering from dysphagia due to physiological function deterioration. It is estimated that about 8% of the world's population has been plagued by swallowing disorders. In addition, it has been reported that the incidence of dysphagia after stroke is about 35% to 85%, the incidence in parkinson patients is 30% to 82%, and the incidence in alzheimer patients is about 52.5%. Therefore, the problem of solving the huge group is urgent.

At present, the diet problem of dysphagia patients is clinically solved, and the food rheological property is generally adjusted by adopting a thickener method and then the food is eaten by the patients. For example, adding a certain amount of thickener into water, fruit juice, milk, and soup, stirring, or crushing the food, grinding the medicine, adding water and thickener, mixing to obtain food with different viscosities and shapes, and taking food. If no thickener is present, infant rice flour or lotus root starch is added to the water or food to increase the consistency of the food. Furthermore, when a patient with dysphagia eats or drinks water, it is usually necessary to set a different number of bite, i.e., an intake amount for each ingestion which is optimum for swallowing, and when the number of bite is too large, it is likely that food is sucked by mistake, and when the number is too small, it is difficult to induce reflexes. Therefore, different bite sizes are required for foods with different properties to ensure safe eating. The rheological property of the food has different division standards set by the countries such as the United kingdom, Australia, the United states and the like, and the lack of unification makes the clinical setting of scientific diet difficult. The latest dietary standards set by the international dietary standardization committee (IDDSI) 2015 provide scientific basis for food adjustment in terms of food properties and bite size. Products that assist patients in adjusting processed foods according to international standards are lacking in the clinic. When each mouth is fed, the spoon is used for approximately controlling the quantity of one mouth or measuring the milliliter number of the food, which is inconvenient and lacks scientific basis; it is also not scientific to change the way of eating only, such as drinking a straw, without taking measurements of the food properties.

Therefore, in order to benefit more patients with dysphagia, the food properties of the patients need to be ensured in the food processing process, the food intake per mouth does not exceed the set capacity, and the situations of aspiration, choking and even asphyxia are avoided, so that the nursing level and efficiency of clinical medical care personnel and family members of the patients are improved.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to overcome the defects of the prior art, solve the problem that the food property and the 'bite amount' of the dysphagia patient are difficult to be accurately grasped, and the problem of mistaken suction and choking cough is easy to occur during the feeding.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides a food-taking auxiliary device, which comprises a square plate for storing liquid food, an injector for extruding the liquid food into the square plate, and tableware for containing the liquid food into the injector; a partition plate for separating the space of the square plate from the size of one bite of liquid food is arranged in the length direction and the width direction in the square plate; the injector nipple is communicated with the hose; one end of the tableware is a spoon for containing the liquid food, and the other end of the tableware is a fork for stirring and smashing the liquid food.

Liquid food as referred to herein is a broad range of liquid foods, i.e., both liquid foods and liquid-like foods (chy and wet solid foods).

The square plate is a cuboid with an unclosed upper part. The term "bite size" as used herein refers to the volume in the small space isolated by the partition, and "bite size" refers to the amount of a swallowed by a patient at one time.

Preferably, marks indicating the types of food in the partition board space are drawn on the side edges of the square plate respectively, and a corresponding food taking cup is inserted into each partition board space.

The side edges of the square plate referred to herein refer to the edges of the square plate, and the side edges of the square plate refer to the two adjacent edges of the square plate in the length and width directions. The space of the partition boards referred to herein is the smallest checkered space formed between the partition boards. The food taking cups are designed to be conveniently inserted into partition spaces with corresponding sizes.

Preferably, the feeding cups are respectively set to four specifications of 2ml, 3ml, 5ml and 10 ml.

The four food taking cups of the specification can be respectively inserted into the space of the partition board.

Preferably, the food taking cup is made of transparent materials.

Preferably, a hinge for bending the tableware is arranged in the middle of the tableware.

Preferably, the two sides of the square plate are respectively provided with a clamping seat I for clamping the injector and a clamping seat II for clamping the tableware.

Preferably, the clamping seat I is in the form of an elastic clamp.

The elastic clamp is used for clamping the syringe cylinder in the elastic clamp by means of elasticity, so that fixation is realized.

Preferably, the gap between every two adjacent teeth of the fork of the tableware is 4 mm.

Preferably, the hose is a 5.3mm hose or a 6.9mm hose.

The square plate can design the volume of the space of the partition plate through the arrangement of the height of the partition plate, so that the square plate can be adapted to the requirements of different patients. The injector is used for judging the food properties according to the latest dietary standard formulated by IDDSI, and providing convenience for the dysphagia patients to swallow food by pushing the liquid diet or the liquid diet made of solid food to the pharyngeal portion of the dysphagia patients by using medical care personnel or family members of the patients; and the injector can judge the liquid food property through the scale of the injector, and can conveniently check the storage capacity of food in the injector and conveniently control the pushing quantity of the food. The design of the tableware is convenient for containing different kinds of liquid foods. The use of the hose reduces the irritative reaction to the pharynx and prevents the occurrence of conditioned reflex actions such as nausea or vomiting by the patient.

The marks of the volume and the food types are convenient for the user to identify through marking the column and row space information in the square plate; the design of the side wall is convenient for a user to observe during taking or injecting.

The food taking cups with four specifications are inserted into different partition board spaces, so that the food taking cups are convenient for a user to identify and use.

The design of the hinge on the tableware reduces the volume of the dual-purpose tableware of fork/spoon, and is convenient to carry.

The design of cassette I, cassette II is convenient for taking and carrying the syringe and tableware, and the pollution caused by mutual contact between the syringe and the tableware is avoided by the arrangement position of the device, and the device is easy to detach and clean.

The applicability of different types of injectors is guaranteed by the elastic clamp form of the clamp seat I, and the clamp seat I is used for adapting to different patient requirements.

The gap between every two adjacent teeth of the fork of the tableware is 4mm, which is beneficial to determining the liquid food shape after solid food is crushed and added with thickening agent, and determining that the diameter of solid particles is less than 4m, thereby meeting the standard specified by the international dysphagia person diet standardization committee.

In use, 5.3mm flexible pipe is adopted to thick type liquid a little of 1 level, and thick type liquid adopts 6.9mm flexible pipe to feed in 2 levels for the liquid food is convenient for derive, is difficult to block.

The utility model has the advantages that:

(1) the manufacturing and production cost is low, so that the use value of the composite material is improved to a greater extent. Multiple serving size effectively solves the problem of "bite size" control in dysphagia patients during food processing rather than feeding.

(2) Through the introduction of dividing the square plate with the partition plate, the square plate with the partition plate divides the sizes of different foods, accurately controls the size of the sizes, and is more favorable for avoiding the problem that the size of a patient is changed and further causes discomfort to the patient due to the switching of the solid/liquid state in the eating process of the patient with dysphagia. The quantitative diet mode can effectively promote the control ability of dysphagia patients to oral cavity and tongue muscles, and promote the exercise of the motor ability of the two parts. Can effectively avoid the phenomena of aspiration or choking cough, etc.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an overall schematic view of a feeding aid of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the feeding aid injector of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the tableware of the feeding assisting device of the present invention;

wherein:

1-injector 11-push rod 12-conical rubber head

13-injection tube 14-hose 2-square plate

21-clapboard 22-mark 23-clamping seat I

24-clamping seat II 25-food taking cup 3-tableware

31-spoon 32-fork 33-hinge

Detailed Description

The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

A feeding aid according to fig. 1-3, comprising a square plate 2 for storing liquid food, an injector 1 for extruding liquid food into the square plate 2, and a utensil 3 for taking liquid food into the injector 1; a partition plate 21 for separating the space of the square plate from the size of one bite of liquid food is arranged in the length direction and the width direction in the square plate 2; the injector 1 is provided with a nipple conducting hose 14; one end of the tableware 3 is a spoon 31 for containing the liquid food, the other end of the tableware is a fork 32 for stirring the liquid food, and a hinge 33 for bending the tableware is arranged in the middle of the tableware 3.

Marks 22 for indicating the types of food in the partition space are respectively drawn on the side edges of the square plate 2, and a corresponding food taking cup 25 is inserted into each partition space. The feeding cups 25 are respectively set to four specifications of 2ml, 3ml, 5ml and 10ml (although not directly shown in the drawings, the simple cup structure can be obtained by the skilled person according to the description).

Two sides of the square plate 2 are respectively provided with a clamping seat I23 for clamping the injector 1 and a clamping seat II24 for clamping the tableware 3. The clamping seat I23 is in the form of an elastic clamp.

The gap between every two adjacent teeth of the fork 32 of the tableware 3 is 4 mm.

The hose 14 is a 5.3mm hose or a 6.9mm hose.

The following is an example of a use process:

when not containing food, the liquid diet injector push rod 11 containing the conical rubber head 12 is positioned inside the liquid diet injector injection tube 13. When food is filled, firstly, the liquid food (liquid) is processed and fed.

Step 1: and (4) taking the food. Food of a type suitable for the patient's diet, such as rice paste, determined by a professional such as a dietician or a language therapist, is poured into a flexible tube-less liquid diet syringe injection tube 13 (which may be temporarily sealed with fingers via a paper towel so that the liquid does not flow downward). A10 ml serving cup 25 in the square dish 2 is placed under the syringe 1 and serves as a receiving container.

Step 2: and determining the character. According to the IDDSI standard, the liquid food viscosity grade is judged according to the time of the downward flow of the food and the character grading standard: 10mL of liquid to be measured is injected into the 10mL syringe 1, the liquid is vertically downward, the residual liquid amount is recorded after 10s, and finally the liquid grade is divided according to the residual liquid amount. Grading standard (grade 0-4): level 0 thin liquid (remaining liquid < 1 mL); 1-level slightly-thick liquid (1mL is less than or equal to the rest liquid and less than 4 mL); 2-level medium-thick liquid (4mL is less than or equal to the rest liquid and less than 8 mL); 3-grade high-consistency liquid (or called flowable solid) (8mL is less than or equal to the rest liquid and less than 10 mL); grade 4 very thick liquid (otherwise known as a mud-like solid) (10 mL of liquid remaining).

And step 3: subpackaging and feeding. According to the IDDSI standard and the amount of each mouth of a normal person, liquid is respectively filled in a square plate 2 'one mouth amount' taking cup 25 for corresponding kinds of food; when the food is a slightly thick liquid or a medium thick liquid, the volume is generally quantified to be 1-20ml, and the volume of the highly thick liquid or the extremely high thick liquid is generally quantified to be 3-7 ml; about 2ml when the food is solid; the specific quantification is made from a small amount to a large amount according to the condition of the patient. After filling the serving cup 25 with food to reach "bite size", the bite size of food in the serving cup 25 may be poured into the spoon 31 of 3 dishes for serving. In addition, the feed can be directly fed after the characters are determined, and at the moment, the feed does not need to be subpackaged to one bite to separate a space; feeding after directly installing the hose 14: a spoon 31 is used for filling quantitative 'one-bite-size' food, a push rod 11 is filled into an injection tube 13, and then the push rod 11 is pushed to push the food from a head hose 14 to the pharynx of a dysphagia patient; the 1-grade slightly-thick liquid adopts a 5.3mm hose, and the 2-grade medium-thick liquid adopts a 6.9mm hose for feeding.

Secondly, liquid (solid) like processing and feeding are carried out.

Step 1: whether the food is solid-liquid overlapped is distinguished. According to the IDDSI standard, the stirred and crushed edible solid food determined by a professional such as a dietician or a speech therapist can be scooped with the spoon 31, and the solid-liquid overlapped solid can be regarded as if the spoon surface is poured without flowing downward. The IDDSI standard classifies solids into grades 3-7: grade 3 is a flowable solid (or high consistency liquid); class 4 is a muddy solid (or very thick liquid); grade 5 is a finely divided solid; grade 6 is soft food; grade 7 is a conventional food. Grades 3 and 4 are solid-liquid coincident foods (the dietary grade most suitable for dysphagia patients at present).

Step 2: food particle size was confirmed. In the case of a liquid diet in which a thickener is added after pulverizing solid food, the food is poured into the square plate 2, and it is confirmed whether the diameter of the granules therein is less than 4mm using the forks 32 of the tableware 3. The food is pressed by using the fork 32, and if the food can pass through the gap, the solid food is judged to be a finely divided solid in 5 grades.

And step 3: and judging whether the food can be cut off. The solid food is cut off with the tableware 3 in an attempt, and if it can be divided, the solid food is a soft food of grade 6, otherwise it is a regular food of grade 7.

And 4, step 4: subpackaging and feeding quantitatively. The classified food is put into the square plate 2 for separating the space by one bite after corresponding to the mark 22. About 2ml per mouth when the food is solid according to IDDSI standard and normal person; the specific quantification is made from a small amount to a large amount according to the condition of the patient. After the dosing, the feeding is carried out by using the spoon 31 of the tableware 3.

The utility model discloses a feed auxiliary device simple structure makes things convenient for dismouting, washing and disinfection, is applicable to the dysphagia patient who suffers from diseases such as apoplexy, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's syndrome or cause because physiological degeneration itself, is particularly useful for eating the liquid food or the liquid food of solid food after smashing and then adding the thickener.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed, and that various changes and modifications may be made, which are within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A feeding assisting device is characterized by comprising a square plate for storing liquid food, an injector for extruding the liquid food into the square plate, and tableware for containing the liquid food into the injector;

a partition plate for separating the space of the square plate from the size of one bite of liquid food is arranged in the length direction and the width direction in the square plate;

the injector nipple is communicated with the hose;

one end of the tableware is a spoon for containing the liquid food, and the other end of the tableware is a fork for stirring and smashing the liquid food.

2. A feeding aid according to claim 1 wherein the sides of the square plate are also marked with indicia indicating the type of food in the compartment of the row of compartments into which a respective serving cup is inserted.

3. A feeding aid according to claim 2 wherein the serving cups are provided in four sizes, 2ml, 3ml, 5ml and 10ml respectively.

4. A feeding aid according to claim 1 wherein a hinge is provided in the middle of the utensil for folding the utensil.

5. A feeding aid according to claim 1 wherein two sides of the square plate are provided with a first clamp for clamping the syringe and a second clamp for clamping the tableware respectively.

6. A feeding aid according to claim 5 wherein the cartridge I is in the form of a resilient clip.

7. A feeding aid according to claim 1 wherein the gap between each adjacent pair of teeth of the prongs of the utensil is 4 mm.

8. A feeding aid according to claim 1 wherein the hose is a 5.3mm hose or a 6.9mm hose.