CN212281406U

CN212281406U - Musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device and musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assembly

Info

Publication number: CN212281406U
Application number: CN202020570457.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 武杜杜; 吕发勤
Original assignee: General Hospital of Chinese PLA Hainan Branch
Current assignee: General Hospital of Chinese PLA Hainan Branch
Priority date: 2020-04-16
Filing date: 2020-04-16
Publication date: 2021-01-05
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-16

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device and a musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assembly. This flesh bone ultrasonic examination auxiliary device includes: the outer wall comprises a top surface, two side surfaces respectively positioned at two sides of the top surface, a front end surface positioned at the front end of the top surface and a rear end surface positioned at the rear end of the top surface, and the top surface is a plane; the inner wall comprises an arc surface, and the radian of the arc surface is more than 180 degrees; the inner wall is arranged at the inner side of the outer wall and is connected with the outer wall, and the outer wall and the inner wall form a sealed inner cavity and form a circular arc opening with a downward opening; and the coupling agent inlet is arranged on the outer wall. The auxiliary device for the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination is simple to detect, and improves the quality and efficiency of the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination.

Description

Musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device and musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assembly

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the ultrasonic testing equipment field, concretely relates to flesh bone ultrasonic examination auxiliary device and flesh bone ultrasonic examination subassembly.

Background

The musculoskeletal ultrasound refers to an ultrasonic diagnosis technology applied to a musculoskeletal system, and has the advantages of real-time performance, no radioactive damage, applicability to bedside and the like. The musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination can display the anatomical positions, adjacent relations, morphological changes and mutual effects of joints, bones, muscles and tendons in real time in the active, passive or anti-resistance movement state of a patient, and is beneficial to diagnosing movement diseases such as strain, laceration, hematoma, muscle hernia and the like.

During the application of the musculoskeletal ultrasound, the examiner is often required to carefully identify the anatomical structure and locate the lesion, which makes the examination time often long. In the examination process, an examiner holds the probe and the operation instrument for a long time, and the elbow of the examiner is mostly in a suspended state, which often causes discomfort. Because the joint surface is arc-shaped, the probe is difficult to completely and stably contact the joint surface, the examination time and the examination difficulty are increased, meanwhile, the ultrasonic waves have echo dropouts on both sides of a contact point, and an ultrasonic sound image is difficult to completely present on the same tangent plane.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present disclosure is directed to a musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device and a musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assembly, which can fix a joint of a patient, change a contact plane of a probe, and improve stability of the probe when the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination joint is examined.

One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device including: the outer wall comprises a top surface, two side surfaces, a front end surface and a rear end surface, wherein the two side surfaces are respectively positioned on two sides of the top surface; the inner wall comprises an arc surface, and the radian of the arc surface is greater than 180 degrees; the inner wall is arranged on the inner side of the outer wall and is connected with the outer wall, the outer wall and the inner wall form a sealed inner cavity, and the inner side of the inner wall forms a circular arc opening with a downward opening; a couplant inlet disposed on the outer wall.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, both sides of the outer wall are rounded.

According to some embodiments of this disclosure, the inner wall still includes two and connects the face, two connect two tip that the arc surface is connected respectively to the top of face, two the homonymy is connected respectively to the bottom of connecting the face the bottom of side, two connect the face form with the horn mouth of arc mouth intercommunication.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the dimension of the edge of the top surface perpendicular to the arc surface axis is 10cm to 25cm, and the dimension of the edge of the top surface parallel to the arc surface axis is 12cm to 18 cm.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device further comprises: the pressure sensor is arranged on the arc surface; the pressure sensor is connected with the prompter, and when the pressure detected by the pressure sensor reaches a preset value, the prompter gives out a prompt.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device further comprises: and the heating sheet is arranged on the arc surface.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the outer wall is an acoustically transparent flexible material.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the inner wall is of an acoustically transparent flexible material.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the edge portion thickness of each face is greater than the non-edge portion thickness.

One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assembly comprising: the musculoskeletal ultrasonography aid as described above; and the probe of the ultrasonic detector is contacted with the top surface of the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device when the ultrasonic detector is used for carrying out musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination.

The musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device disclosed by the invention adopts an ergonomic design, is convenient for ultrasonically examining the uneven part of the joint by utilizing the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device, and increases the flexibility of the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination; aligning the top surface of the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device to an examination part as required, enhancing the imaging effect of the examination part, and completely displaying the form and structure of the examination part; the inspection accuracy and the operation efficiency are improved, and the discomfort caused by long-time operation of an inspector is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an ultrasonic examination assisting apparatus for musculoskeletal examination according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a front view of an ultrasonic examination assistant device for musculoskeletal bones according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a top view of an apparatus for assisting in the ultrasonic examination of musculoskeletal bones in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a front view of another musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a pressure sensor and a heat patch according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

figure 7 is a schematic view of a musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

In the following, only certain exemplary embodiments are briefly described. As those skilled in the art can appreciate, the described embodiments can be modified in various different ways, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.

In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "straight", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the present disclosure. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present disclosure, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Throughout the description of the present disclosure, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection, either mechanically, electrically, or otherwise in communication with one another; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise the first and second features being in direct contact, or may comprise the first and second features being in contact, not directly, but via another feature in between. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser level than the second feature.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the disclosure. To simplify the disclosure of the present disclosure, specific example components and arrangements are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Moreover, the present disclosure may repeat reference numerals and/or reference letters in the various examples, which have been repeated for purposes of simplicity and clarity and do not in themselves dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or arrangements discussed. In addition, the present disclosure provides examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the preferred embodiments described herein are merely for purposes of illustrating and explaining the present disclosure and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1, 2, and 3, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a musculoskeletal ultrasonography assistance device 100. The musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assisting device 100 is used for assisting and fixing joints during musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination of the joints, and meanwhile, examination accuracy and operation efficiency are improved. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device 100 is approximately C-shaped and includes an outer wall 110 and an inner wall 120.

The outer wall 110 includes: a top surface 111, two side surfaces, a front face 114 and a rear face 115. The top surface 111 is planar and is located at the top of the outer wall 110. The two side surfaces are a first side surface 112 and a second side surface 113 respectively, the first side surface 112 and the second side surface 113 are respectively positioned at two sides of the top surface 111, and the top ends of the first side surface 112 and the second side surface 113 are respectively connected with the edges at two sides of the top surface 111. The front end surface 114 is located at the front end of the top surface 111, the top end of the front end surface 114 is connected with the front end edge of the top surface 111, and two sides of the front end surface 114 are respectively connected with the first side surface 112 and the second side surface 113. The rear end surface 115 is located at the rear end of the top surface 111, the top end of the rear end surface 115 is connected with the rear end edge of the top surface 111, and two sides of the rear end surface 115 are respectively connected with the first side surface 112 and the second side surface 113.

The inner wall 120 includes a circular arc surface 121. The arc of the arc surface 121 is greater than 180 °. The shape of the inner edges of the front 114 and rear 115 faces corresponds to the shape of the inner wall 120. The inner wall 120 is disposed inside the outer wall 110 and connected to the outer wall 110 to form a sealed inner cavity. The inner side of the arc surface 121 forms a downward opening arc 130. When ultrasonic examination is carried out, the joint to be examined is positioned in the arc opening 130, and the arc surface 121 can clamp the joint.

In one scheme, the arc surface 121 is connected to the front end surface 114 and the rear end surface 115, respectively, one end of the arc surface 121 is connected to the bottom end of the first side surface 112, and the other end of the arc surface is connected to the bottom end of the second side surface 113, so as to form a sealed inner cavity and an arc opening 130.

A couplant inlet 140 is disposed on outer wall 110. In this embodiment, the couplant inlet 140 is disposed on the second side 113. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device 100 is used to carry a coupling agent for ultrasound examination. The couplant can be injected into the lumen through the couplant inlet 140 or can be discharged from the lumen. The couplant inlet port 140 may be sealed by a rubber stopper. The coupling agent can be water, and can also be other coupling agents suitable for ultrasonic examination.

The step of assisting the ultrasonic examination of the joint using the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assistance device 100 includes:

1. the arc opening 130 of the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assisting device 100 is sleeved on a joint to be examined, the top surface 111 serves as an examination surface, and the top surface 111 is aligned to the direction to be examined.

2. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device 100 is placed against the skin at the joint by injecting a couplant into the lumen through the couplant inlet 140.

3. The probe of the ultrasonic detector is pressed against the top surface 111 to perform ultrasonic examination of the joint.

4. When the examination direction needs to be adjusted, the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assisting device 100 is rotated to align the top surface 111 with the part to be scanned.

The musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device 100 of this embodiment, simple structure, the joint ultrasonic sound image is more complete at same tangent plane when carrying out ultrasonic examination to the joint, makes the joint cambered surface can the panorama formation of image. Meanwhile, the operation of the inspector is facilitated, the discomfort caused by long-time operation of the inspector is reduced, and the inspection efficiency is improved.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, two sides of the outer wall: the first side surface 112 and the second side surface 113 are both arc-shaped. The two side surfaces of the circular arc shape saves the manufacturing materials of the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assisting device 100.

According to an optional technical solution of the present disclosure, the inner wall further includes two connection surfaces 122, and the connection surfaces 122 are flat surfaces. In this embodiment, the two connection surfaces 122 are a first connection surface 122a and a second connection surface 122b, respectively. The tip of the first connection surface 122a is connected to one end of the arc surface 121, and the tip of the second connection surface 122b is connected to the other end of the arc surface 121. The bottom ends of the two connecting surfaces 122 are respectively connected to the bottom ends of the same side surface, in this embodiment, the bottom end of the first connecting surface 122a is connected to the bottom end of the first side surface 112, and the bottom end of the second connecting surface 122b is connected to the bottom end of the second side surface 113. The first connection surface 122a and the second connection surface 122b are connected to the front end surface 114 and the rear end surface 115, respectively. A bell mouth 150 is formed between the two connecting surfaces, and one end of the bell mouth 150 with smaller size is communicated with the circular arc opening 130. The flared mouth 150 is provided to facilitate nesting of the joint in the circular arc mouth 130.

Optionally, when the first side surface 112 and the second side surface 113 are circular arc-shaped, a circle where the circular arc surface 121 is located and a circle where the first side surface 112 and the second side surface 113 are located are concentric circles.

According to an optional technical scheme of the present disclosure, the size of the edge (X direction) of the top surface 111 perpendicular to the axis of the arc surface is 10cm to 25cm, and the size of the edge (Y direction) of the top surface 111 parallel to the axis of the arc surface is 12cm to 18 cm. For example, the top surface 111 is set to have a dimension in the Y direction of 15cm and a dimension in the X direction of 10cm, 15cm, 20cm, and 25cm, and an appropriate musculoskeletal ultrasound examination aid can be selected according to the difference in examination site and the individual difference of the examinee.

As shown in fig. 6, according to an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device 100 further includes a pressure sensor 160 and an indicator (not shown). The pressure sensor 160 is disposed on the arc surface 121. The pressure sensor 160 may be plural. When the couplant is injected into the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assisting device 100, the pressure sensor 160 can feed back whether the arc surface 121 is close to the skin of the joint. When the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 160 reaches the set value, the circular arc surface 121 is considered to be attached to the skin, and the injection of the couplant is stopped. If the number of the pressure sensors 160 is multiple, the pressures detected by the compression sensors 160 all need to reach preset values, and the circular arc surface 121 is considered to be attached to the skin. The pressure sensor 160 is connected to a reminder, which may be a speaker or a display screen. Taking the speaker as an example, if the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 160 reaches a preset value, the prompter sends out a prompt sound to prompt the operator that the arc surface 121 is attached to the skin.

According to an optional technical scheme of the present disclosure, the musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device 100 further comprises a heating sheet 170. The heating plates 170 are disposed on the arc surface 121, and the number of the heating plates may be multiple. When the ambient temperature is low, the heating sheet 170 can be opened, so that the skin contact surface temperature of the examined person is increased, and the comfort is improved.

In the present embodiment, both the pressure sensor 160 and the heating plate 170 are made of a sound-transparent material or are disposed at positions that do not affect the observation of sound images.

According to an optional technical scheme of the present disclosure, the outer wall 110 is made of an acoustically transparent flexible material, such as a PVC material, and has the advantages of skid resistance, leakage resistance, pressure resistance, durability, skin friendliness, no toxicity, harmlessness, dust prevention and dirt resistance. Optionally, the inner wall 120 is made of an acoustically transparent flexible material, such as an acoustically transparent elastic mold, which has good plasticity and good ductility and can be closely attached to the examination site. When the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device 100 is not used, the couplant in the inner cavity is discharged, and the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device 100 is convenient to store and carry. Optionally, the outer wall 110 and the inner wall 120 are both made of transparent materials.

According to an optional technical scheme of the present disclosure, the thickness of the edge part of each surface of the outer wall 110 and the inner wall 120 is greater than that of the non-edge part, so that the safety of the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination assisting device 100 is improved. Taking the top surface 111 as an example, the edge of the top surface 111 is used for connecting with other surfaces, so as to increase the thickness of the edge and avoid the crack of the connecting part. The connecting edges of the respective faces may be connected by adhesive glue or by hot pressing. Optionally, the outer wall 110 and the inner wall 120 of the musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device 100 are integrally formed.

Example 2

As shown in fig. 7, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assembly comprising: the musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device 100 and the ultrasound probe 200 as above. When the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination is performed, the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device 100 is sleeved on a joint to be examined, the top surface 111 is used as an examination surface, and the probe 210 of the ultrasonic detector is in contact with the top surface 111 of the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device, so that the joint is subjected to ultrasonic examination.

This disclosed flesh bone ultrasonic examination auxiliary device adopts the ergonomic design, has avoided the incomplete problem of the sonogram that the unevenness position of joint arouses, improves the quality of flesh bone ultrasonic examination. Shorten the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination time and improve the examination efficiency.

Finally, it should be noted that: although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the embodiments and/or equivalents thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. An ultrasonic examination assistance device for a musculoskeletal instrument, comprising:

the outer wall comprises a top surface, two side surfaces, a front end surface and a rear end surface, wherein the two side surfaces are respectively positioned on two sides of the top surface;

the inner wall comprises an arc surface, and the radian of the arc surface is greater than 180 degrees;

the inner wall is arranged on the inner side of the outer wall and is connected with the outer wall, the outer wall and the inner wall form a sealed inner cavity, and the inner side of the inner wall forms a circular arc opening with a downward opening;

a couplant inlet disposed on the outer wall.

2. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device of claim 1, wherein both sides of the outer wall are radiused.

3. The musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device of claim 1, wherein the inner wall further comprises two connecting surfaces, the top ends of the two connecting surfaces are respectively connected with the two end portions of the arc surface, the bottom ends of the two connecting surfaces are respectively connected with the bottom ends of the side surfaces at the same side, and the two connecting surfaces form a horn mouth communicated with the arc mouth.

4. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device of claim 1, wherein the dimension of the edge of the top surface perpendicular to the arc surface axis is between 10cm and 25cm, and the dimension of the edge of the top surface parallel to the arc surface axis is between 12cm and 18 cm.

5. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device of claim 1, further comprising:

the pressure sensor is arranged on the arc surface;

the pressure sensor is connected with the prompter, and when the pressure detected by the pressure sensor reaches a preset value, the prompter gives out a prompt.

6. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device of claim 1, further comprising: and the heating sheet is arranged on the arc surface.

7. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device of claim 1, wherein the outer wall is of an acoustically transparent flexible material.

8. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device of claim 1, wherein the inner wall is of acoustically transparent flexible material.

9. The musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assistance device of claim 1, wherein the edge portion thickness of each face is greater than the non-edge portion thickness.

10. A musculoskeletal ultrasound examination assembly, comprising:

the musculoskeletal ultrasonography aid of any one of claims 1 to 9;

and the probe of the ultrasonic detector is contacted with the top surface of the musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination auxiliary device when the ultrasonic detector is used for carrying out musculoskeletal ultrasonic examination.