CN211985544U - Wound closer - Google Patents
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The embodiment of the utility model provides a wound closer, this wound closer includes holder, it includes first body, second body and transmission, wherein, first body and second body can be kept away from relatively or be close to through the transmission; and the needle holders are respectively arranged on one sides of the first body and the second body which are relatively close to each other, and each needle holder comprises an automatic injection needle. The utility model discloses an integration structural design, the automatic syringe needle cooperation through the needle holder of relative setting acts on the wound and makes its closure to reach quick hemostatic purpose, be applicable to open-air environment or other environment that are difficult to in time seek medical treatment, the user only one-hand operation can carry out mutual rescue and save oneself, makes patient's wound can quick closed hemostasis, in order to reach the purpose of saving patient's life, promoting follow-up rescue effect.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of medical equipment, especially, relate to a wound closer.
Background
Skin tissue is the most important natural barrier between the interior of the human body and the external environment, and is used to protect human tissue from external elements. However, in reality, especially in field work, the skin tissue of the human body is often injured by external factors, such as open wounds like sharp object puncture, cut, scratch, etc. In the environment of lacking medical guarantee conditions, such as a battlefield, a field or a remote area, once open wounds occur, if the treatment and cure measures cannot be implemented as soon as possible, the wounds are sutured in time, and the lives of the wounded are often threatened due to excessive blood loss. At present, the superficial wound of skin tissue can be bandaged and stopped by adopting hemostatic powder or medical dressing, the deep wound can be stopped by adopting medical hemostatic powder and hemostatic sponge under pressure, and then the wound is closed by medical suture.
However, for non-professional and untrained personnel, the using rule of professional medical equipment is not easy to master, and sometimes even side effects are generated, such as the necrosis of limb tissues caused by the long time of the tourniquet. Most of wound closers in the prior art are only suitable for operating room environments, are not suitable for self-rescue and mutual rescue in field environments after hemostasis treatment, are not portable, and are difficult for non-professionals to use the wound closers by adopting correct operation methods in a short time.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
To the above-mentioned technical problem that exists among the prior art, the utility model provides a wound closer, it not only convenient to carry and the operation of user, can also close the wound fast and stanch for the patient.
An embodiment of the utility model provides a wound closer, it includes:
a holder comprising a first body, a second body and a transmission, wherein the first body and the second body are relatively far away or close to each other by the transmission;
the needle holders are respectively arranged on one side, close to the first body and the second body, of the first body and the second body, and each needle holder comprises an automatic injection needle.
In some embodiments, the transmission device includes a rack and a rack catch for limiting the rack, and the rack catch are respectively provided at the ends of the first body and the second body.
In some embodiments, a first rack is fixedly arranged at the first end of the first body, a first rack buckle is arranged at the corresponding first end of the second body, and the first rack passes through the first end of the second body and is fixed by the first rack buckle; and a second rack is fixedly arranged at the second end part of the first body, a second rack buckle is arranged at the corresponding second end part of the second body, and the second rack passes through the second end part of the second body and is fixed through the second rack buckle.
In some embodiments, a plurality of the needle holders are arranged in a row on a side of the first body and the second body that is relatively close.
In some embodiments, the automatic injection needle includes a barrel, a needle and an injection tube disposed in the barrel, wherein one end of the needle is disposed against the injection tube, and the other end of the needle extends out of the first end of the barrel.
In some embodiments, the needle head of the automatic injection needle provided on the first body and the needle head of the automatic injection needle provided on the second body are disposed obliquely in a direction approaching each other.
In some embodiments, the automatic injection needle further includes a piston member disposed in the barrel and an outer sleeve abutting against the piston member, the second end of the barrel is open, the outer sleeve is sleeved on the second end of the barrel, and the piston member abuts against a side of the injection tube away from the needle.
In some embodiments, the needle holder includes a hub removably mounted to the first body or the second body, the automatic injection needle being secured to the hub.
In some embodiments, the first body and the second body are provided with a first clamping groove at a side close to each other, and the needle base is provided with a second clamping groove slidably mounted on the first clamping groove.
In some embodiments, the outer surfaces of the first body and the second body are curved surfaces conforming to the physiological curvature of a human hand.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses beneficial effect lies in: the utility model discloses a user can directly hand the holder that operates to and set up the needle holder on the holder, make the user when holding this holder tightly, can drive the autoinjector needle that pierces to the subcutaneous tissue of wound both sides and be close to relatively, realize carrying out the rapid closure for the wound through the autoinjector needle, thereby reach hemostatic purpose. This wound closer adopts integrated structure design, is applicable to open-air environment or other environment that are difficult to in time seek medical advice and treatment, and the user only one-hand operation can be rescued each other and save oneself for patient's wound can be closed fast and stanch, in order to reach the purpose of saving patient's life, promoting follow-up treatment effect.
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In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like reference numerals may describe similar components in different views. Like reference numerals having letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The drawings illustrate various embodiments generally by way of example and not by way of limitation, and together with the description and claims serve to explain the disclosed embodiments. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts, where appropriate. Such embodiments are illustrative, and are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive embodiments of the present apparatus or method.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a wound closure device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a first cross-sectional view of a wound closure according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a second cross-sectional view of a wound closure according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a needle holder of a wound closure device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic partial structural view of a wound closure device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a needle holder of a wound closure device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The members denoted by reference numerals in the drawings:
1-a holder; 11-a first body; 12-a second body; 2-needle holder; 21-a needle seat; 3-automatic injection needle; 31-syringe; 32-a needle head; 33-injection tube; 34-a piston member; 35-outer sleeve; 36-a needle stop; 4-a rack; 5, a rack fastener; 6-a first clamping groove; 7-second snap groove.
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In order to make the technical solution of the present invention better understood by those skilled in the art, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description. The following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings and the specific embodiments, but not to be construed as limiting the invention.
The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in the description herein do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather the terms are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element preceding the word covers the element listed after the word, and does not exclude the possibility that other elements are also covered. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.
In the present invention, when it is described that a specific device is located between a first device and a second device, an intervening device may or may not be present between the specific device and the first device or the second device. When a particular device is described as being coupled to other devices, that particular device may be directly coupled to the other devices without intervening devices or may be directly coupled to the other devices with intervening devices.
All terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs unless specifically defined otherwise. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a wound closure device, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the wound closure device includes a holder 1 and a plurality of needle holders 2, wherein the holder 1 includes a first body 11, a second body 12 and a transmission device, wherein the first body 11 and the second body 12 can be relatively far away or close to each other through the transmission device, specifically, a user can move the first body 11 and the second body 12 to a relatively close direction through the transmission device by holding the first body 11 and the second body 12. For the convenience of use of the user, the outer surfaces of the first body 11 and the second body 12 are curved surfaces conforming to the physiological curvature of the human hand, so that the comfort level of the user holding the holder 1 is increased, and the use experience of the user is improved. The first body 11 and the second body 12 can be relatively far away or close to each other through a transmission device without limitation, and the operation can be performed without influencing the holding of human hands. A plurality of needle holders 2 are respectively provided on the first body 11 and the second body 12 on the relatively close sides, each needle holder 2 including an automatic injection needle 3.
In some embodiments, continuing to fig. 1, the transmission comprises a rack 4 and a rack catch 5 that retains the rack 4, the rack 4 and the rack catch 5 being provided at the ends of the first body 11 and the second body 12, respectively.
When the combination of the rack 4 and the rack catch 5 is adopted to enable the first body 11 and the second body 12 to be relatively close to or far away from each other, in some embodiments, two racks 4 are provided, a first rack is fixedly arranged at the first end of the first body 11, a first rack catch is arranged at the corresponding first end of the second body 12, the first rack passes through the first end of the second body 12 and is fixed by the first rack catch, for example, a slot may be arranged at the first end of the second body 12 to enable the first rack to pass through; similarly, a second rack is fixedly arranged at the second end of the first body 11, a second rack snap is arranged at the corresponding second end of the second body 12, the second rack passes through the second end of the second body 12 and is fixed by the second rack snap, for example, a slot may be arranged at the second end of the second body 12 so that the second rack passes through, where the first end of the first body 11 and the first end of the second body 12 are located on the same side, and the second end of the first body 11 and the second end of the second body 12 are located on the same side, so that the first body 11 and the second body 12 can be close to or away from each other through the cooperation of the two racks and the corresponding rack snaps, and the above structure can stabilize the wound closure structure, and effectively ensure the relative position relationship between the first body 11 and the second body 12.
When the closer of the present embodiment is placed on a wound of a user, when the user holds the first body 11 and the second body 12 to perform a squeezing operation, the rack 5 passes through the rack catch 5 and is fixed by the rack catch 5, so that the first body 11 and the second body 12 can be relatively close to each other, and the needle holders 2 on the first body 11 and the second body 12 on both sides are close to each other, so that the skin on both sides of the wound of the user is squeezed by the needle holders 5 to close the wound.
Further, the rack fastener 5 can adjust the length of the rack 4 passing through the rack fastener 5, that is, the distance between the first body 11 and the second body 12 can be adjusted, and the position of the rack 4 is defined, and at the same time, the rack 4 can only move in one direction close to the rack fastener 5, so that when the user releases the holder 1, the needle holder 2 on the holder 1 can maintain the effect on the wound, and the wound can be maintained in a closed state. The locking between the rack 4 and the rack buckle 5 is reliable, the operation by a user is convenient, and the cost of the rack 4 and the rack buckle is low, so that the installation is convenient.
Continuing with fig. 1, the needle holder 2 includes a plurality of automatic injection needles 3, it should be noted that, a person skilled in the art can select the automatic injection needle 3 according to the requirement, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the automatic injection needle 3 includes a barrel 31, a needle 32 and an injection tube 33 disposed in the barrel 31, the injection tube 33 contains a liquid medicine for alleviating pain or resisting infection, both ends of the needle 32 have a needle-piercing portion, one end of the needle 32 is disposed against the injection tube 33, and the other end of the needle extends out of the first end of the barrel 31, so that both ends of the needle 32 can pierce the skin and the injection tube 33 respectively, when the needle 32 of the automatic injection needle 3 pierces the subcutaneous tissue of the patient, one end of the needle 32 abutting against the injection tube 33 will simultaneously pierce the injection tube 33, so that the liquid medicine in the injection tube 33 can flow from the needle 32 to the patient, thus, the automatic injection needle 3 is capable of automatically injecting a liquid medicine required for treatment from the needle 32 when the needle 32 is inserted into the subcutaneous tissue of the human body, that is, the purpose of outputting the liquid medicine can be achieved without the need for a user to perform other operations, so that the wound closer can not only close the wound in time, but also provide a treatment measure for relieving pain and resisting infection for the wound of the patient.
Further, as mentioned above, a plurality of needle holders 2 are respectively disposed on the side of the first body 11 and the second body 12 that are relatively close to each other, each needle holder 2 includes an automatic injection needle 3, and when the first body 11 and the second body 12 are relatively close to each other, that is, when a user holds the holder 1 to make the first body 11 and the second body 12 perform a close movement, the needle holder 2 disposed on the first body 11 and the needle holder 2 disposed on the second body 12 are brought into relatively close proximity, so that the wound is closed by the automatic injection needle 3 of the needle holder 2 that is relatively disposed.
In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of needle holders 2 are arranged in sequence on the side of the first body 11 and the second body 12 that is relatively close to each other. In addition, the user can select the number of needle holders 2 required to be used according to the size of the wound so as to avoid the redundant needle holders 2 from stabbing the patient, thereby achieving the optimal treatment effect.
Further, the needle head 32 of the automatic injection needle 3 disposed on the first body 11 and the needle head 32 of the automatic injection needle 3 disposed on the second body 12 are disposed in an inclined manner in the approaching direction, and the needle head 32 disposed in the inclined manner in the approaching direction facilitates the wound closure by the needle head 32, which is more suitable for the user to operate. It can be understood that, the user supports automatic injection needle 3 in the subcutaneous tissue of wound both sides, exert the pressure that makes the two be close to relatively through the hand to first body 11 and the second body 12 of holder 1 then, automatic injection needle 3 pierces the subcutaneous tissue of patient when exerting pressure, thereby drive automatic injection needle 3 on the first body 11 and the automatic injection needle 3 on the second body 12 and move to the direction that is close to relatively, make the wound can make the wound closure under the cooperation of the automatic injection needle 3 of relative setting, thereby reach timely hemostatic effect.
The utility model discloses a user can directly hand the holder 1 that operates to and set up the needle holder 2 on holder 1, make the user when holding this holder 1 tightly, can drive the autoinjector needle 3 that pierces to the subcutaneous tissue of wound both sides and be close to relatively, realize carrying out the quick closure for the wound through autoinjector needle 3, thereby reach hemostatic purpose. This wound closer adopts integrated structure design, is applicable to open-air environment or other environment that are difficult to in time seek medical advice and treatment, and the user only one-hand operation can be rescued each other and save oneself for patient's wound can be closed fast and stanch, in order to reach the purpose of saving patient's life, promoting follow-up treatment effect.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the automatic injection needle 3 further includes a piston member 34 disposed inside the barrel 31 and an outer sleeve 35 abutting against the piston member 34, the second end of the barrel 31 is disposed to be open, the second end of the barrel 31 is disposed opposite to the first end of the barrel 31, the outer sleeve 35 is sleeved on the second end of the barrel 31 to act on the piston member 34 inside the barrel 31, and the piston member 34 abuts against a side of the injection tube 33 away from the needle 32. It is understood that the outer sleeve 35 may be adhered to the barrel 31 or clamped to the barrel, and the application is not limited thereto.
In some embodiments, the automatic injection needle 3 further includes a needle stopper 36 disposed in the barrel 31, and the needle stopper 36 is used to limit the depth of the needle 32 extending into the barrel 31, so as to facilitate the user to insert the needle 32 into the needle barrel 31 at a designated position when replacing the needle 32. It is understood that the needle position-limiting element 36 and the barrel 31 may be in interference fit to limit the position of the needle position-limiting element 36 in the barrel 31, and the needle position-limiting element 36 may also have an inclined slot abutting against the needle-piercing part of the needle 32 to effectively limit the needle 32.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the needle holder 2 further comprises a needle seat 21 for fixing the automatic injection needle 3, and the needle seat 21 is detachably mounted on the first body 11 or the second body 12, so that the automatic injection needle 3 can be modularly assembled on the holder 1 through the needle seat 21. It can be understood that, due to the different sizes of the wounds caused by different degrees of injuries, the user can select the appropriate number of needle holders 2 to cure the patient based on the size of the wound by the above-mentioned detachably mounted needle seat 21. The modularized detachable installation mode is convenient for a user to detach and install the needle holder 2.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the first engaging groove 6 is disposed on one side of the first body 11 opposite to the second body 12, the second engaging groove 7 is disposed on the needle seat 21, and the needle seat 21 is slidably mounted on the first engaging groove 6 through the second engaging groove 7, which is stable in structure, and can provide a sufficient accommodating space for the automatic injection needle 3, and can enable the needle seat 21 to be easily detached and replaced, but the above description is only one of the embodiments shown in the present application, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto, and it is sufficient to facilitate the needle seat 21 to be stably mounted on the first body 11 or the second body 12.
In some embodiments, the outer surfaces of the first body 11 and the second body 12 are curved surfaces that conform to the physiological curvature of a human hand (as shown in fig. 1), and further, although exemplary embodiments have been described herein, the scope thereof includes any and all embodiments based on the present invention with equivalent elements, modifications, omissions, combinations (e.g., schemes where various embodiments intersect), adaptations or changes. The elements of the claims are to be interpreted broadly based on the language employed in the claims and not limited to examples described in the present specification or during the prosecution of the application, which examples are to be construed as non-exclusive. It is intended, therefore, that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims and their full scope of equivalents.
The above description is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive. For example, the above-described examples (or one or more versions thereof) may be used in combination with each other. For example, other embodiments may be used by those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the above description. Additionally, in the foregoing detailed description, various features may be grouped together to streamline the disclosure. This should not be interpreted as an intention that a disclosed feature not claimed is essential to any claim. Rather, inventive subject matter may lie in less than all features of a particular disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the detailed description as examples or embodiments, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment, and it is contemplated that these embodiments may be combined with each other in various combinations or permutations. The scope of the invention should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is defined by the claims. Various modifications and equivalents of the invention can be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the invention, and such modifications and equivalents should also be considered as falling within the scope of the invention.
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1. A wound closure device, comprising:
a holder comprising a first body, a second body and a transmission, wherein the first body and the second body are relatively far away or close to each other by the transmission;
the needle holders are respectively arranged on one side, close to the first body and the second body, of the first body and the second body, and each needle holder comprises an automatic injection needle.
2. The wound closure of claim 1, wherein the transmission comprises a rack and a rack catch that retains the rack, the rack and the rack catch being disposed at ends of the first body and the second body, respectively.
3. The wound closure of claim 2, wherein a first rack is fixedly disposed at the first end of the first body, and a first rack catch is disposed at the corresponding first end of the second body, the first rack passing through the first end of the second body and being secured by the first rack catch; and a second rack is fixedly arranged at the second end part of the first body, a second rack buckle is arranged at the corresponding second end part of the second body, and the second rack passes through the second end part of the second body and is fixed through the second rack buckle.
4. The wound closure device of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the needle holders are arranged in a series on a side of the first body and the second body that is relatively close together.
5. The wound closure device of claim 1, wherein the automatic injection needle comprises a barrel, a needle and an injection tube disposed in the barrel, one end of the needle is disposed against the injection tube, and the other end of the needle extends out of the first end of the barrel.
6. The wound closure device of claim 5, wherein the needle tip of the automatic injection needle disposed on the first body and the needle tip of the automatic injection needle disposed on the second body are disposed obliquely in a direction toward each other.
7. The wound closure device of claim 6, wherein the automatic injection needle further comprises a piston member disposed in the syringe and an outer sleeve abutting against the piston member, the second end of the syringe is open, the outer sleeve is disposed at the second end of the syringe, and the piston member abuts against a side of the injection tube away from the needle.
8. The wound closure of claim 1, wherein the needle holder comprises a hub removably mounted to the first body or the second body, the automatic injection needle being secured to the hub.
9. The wound closure device of claim 8, wherein a first engagement groove is formed in each of the first body and the second body at a side thereof that is relatively close to the first body, and a second engagement groove slidably mounted on the first engagement groove is formed in the needle base.
10. The wound closure of any one of claims 1-9, wherein the outer surfaces of the first body and the second body are curved surfaces that conform to the physiological curvature of a human hand.
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