CN215128589U

CN215128589U - Nasal leakage measuring instrument

Info

Publication number: CN215128589U
Application number: CN202022651947.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 何玲; 顾凤仪
Original assignee: Beijing Aibaifen Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Aibaifen Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-16
Filing date: 2020-11-16
Publication date: 2021-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-16

Abstract

The utility model discloses a nasal leakage measuring instrument, which comprises an air duct, a measuring tube and a floating ball; one end of the air duct is a nostril end which is communicated with the nostril, and the other end of the air duct is communicated with the measuring tube; the floating ball is movably arranged in the measuring tube and floats along the measuring tube under the blowing of the intranasal airflow; the measuring tube is further provided with a distance detection device for detecting or indicating the floating distance of the floating ball. The method realizes accurate detection of the intranasal air leakage degree when the cleft palate pronunciation patient pronounces, overcomes the defect of inaccurate nasal air leakage measurement in the prior art, provides effective quantitative reference basis for clinicians and professional voice therapists, and has higher practical value and clinical significance.

Description

Nasal leakage measuring instrument

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical equipment, especially, relate to a nasal leakage measuring instrument.

Background

The cleft palate speech is one of the main symptoms of cleft palate, and the cleft palate speech is generated because the cleft palate is not closed completely, so that the insufficient air flow in the oral cavity cannot meet the requirement of clearing certain consonants, the definition of all non-nasal consonants and vowels is influenced, and the consonants are represented as high nasal sounds or nasal leakage of different degrees, so that the cleft palate speech has very important significance for detecting the nasal leakage degree of a cleft palate speech patient, and is a key index for measuring the speech training and correcting effects.

However, currently, there is no relevant device for qualitatively and quantitatively evaluating the nasal leakage degree, which is not beneficial to the speech rehabilitation training of patients with cleft palate.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the present invention provides a nasal leakage measuring instrument to accurately detect the degree of nasal leakage in the rehabilitation training of patients with cleft palate after operation, and provide an accurate reference for the rehabilitation training of patients with cleft palate.

Based on the above purpose, the utility model provides a nasal leakage measuring instrument, which comprises an air duct, a measuring tube and a floating ball; one end of the air duct is a nostril end which is communicated with the nostril, and the other end of the air duct is communicated with the measuring tube; the floating ball is movably arranged in the measuring tube and floats along the measuring tube under the blowing of the intranasal airflow; the measuring tube is further provided with a distance detection device for detecting or indicating the floating distance of the floating ball.

In some embodiments, the distance detection device is a distance measuring sensor disposed at one end of the measurement pipe.

In some embodiments, the nasal leak measurement instrument further comprises a controller in signal connection with the ranging sensor, the controller recording the detection of the ranging sensor.

In some embodiments, the nasal leakage measurement instrument further comprises a sound sensor in signal connection with the controller, and the controller records the detection result of the ranging sensor after the sound sensor detects a sound signal.

In some embodiments, the nasal leak detector further comprises a button connected to the controller, the controller controlling operation of the nasal leak detector in response to operation of the button.

In some embodiments, the nasal leakage measurement instrument further comprises a display screen connected to the controller, and the controller controls the display screen to display operational information of the nasal leakage measurement instrument.

In some embodiments, the nasal leakage measuring instrument further includes a base, the measuring tube is vertically erected on the top surface of the base, and the distance measuring sensor is disposed at one end of the measuring tube away from the base.

In some embodiments, the base is further provided with a connecting piece connected with the air duct, and the connecting piece is arranged on the side surface of the base; the base further comprises a connecting pipe inside the base connecting the connecting piece with the measuring pipe.

In some embodiments, there are two air ducts, the connecting member is a tee joint, and the two air ducts are connected with two input ends of the tee joint.

In some embodiments, the measuring tube is made of transparent material, and the measuring tube is further provided with distance scales along the moving direction of the floating ball.

From the above, it can be seen that the utility model provides a pair of nasal leakage measuring instrument, include: an air duct, a measuring tube and a floating ball; one end of the air duct is a nostril end which is communicated with the nostril, and the other end of the air duct is communicated with the measuring tube; the floating ball is movably arranged in the measuring tube and floats along the measuring tube under the blowing of the intranasal airflow; the measuring tube is further provided with a distance detection device for detecting or indicating the floating distance of the floating ball. When in use, the floating ball in the measuring tube floats under the blowing of the intranasal airflow, and the floating distance is positively correlated with the airflow; the distance detection device can detect the air leakage degree in the nose when the cleft palate pronunciation patient pronounces by detecting or representing the floating distance of the floating ball and the detection or representation result of the distance detection device, thereby providing effective reference for clinicians and professional voice therapists and being beneficial to the voice rehabilitation training of the cleft palate patient.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a nasal leakage measuring instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of a nasal leakage measurement instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 apart from detection device, 2 survey burets, 3 floating balls, 4 connecting pipes, 5 connecting pieces, 6 air ducts, 7 sound sensor, 8 buttons, 9 display screens, 10 pilot lamps, 11 bases.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used in the embodiments of the present invention should have the ordinary meaning as understood by those having ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in this disclosure is not intended to indicate any order, quantity, or importance, but rather is used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "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.

The reason for the generation of cleft palate speech is that the patient has incomplete palatopharyngeal closure, so that the insufficient airflow in the oral cavity cannot meet the requirement of clearing certain consonants, the definition of all non-nasal consonants and vowels is influenced, and the consonants are represented as high nasal sounds or nasal leakage in different degrees, however, related equipment for qualitatively and quantitatively evaluating the degree of nasal leakage is not available at present, and the speech rehabilitation training of the cleft palate patient is not facilitated.

Based on this, the embodiment of the present invention provides a nasal leakage measuring instrument, as shown in fig. 1 to 2, including: air duct 6, measuring tube 2 and floating ball 3.

One end of the air duct 6 is a nostril end which is communicated with the nostril, and the other end of the air duct 6 is communicated with the measuring tube 2; the measuring tube 2 is a tubular structure having a length with a floating cavity extending in the length direction, e.g. the measuring tube 2 may be a cylindrical tube with a floating cavity extending diametrically. The air duct 6 is communicated with the floating cavity.

The floating ball 3 is freely arranged in the floating cavity of the measuring tube 2, the floating ball 3 is a light ball, for example, the light ball can be a ball body made of plastics, and also can be made of foam materials, and the light ball can float in the floating cavity along the length direction of the measuring tube 2 under the blowing of airflow.

The distance detection device 1 is arranged in the measuring tube 2 for detecting or representing the floating distance of the floating ball 3 in the measuring tube 2 under the blowing of the airflow, and in a possible embodiment, the distance detection device is a distance measurement sensor arranged at one end of the measuring tube 2, and the distance measurement sensor is used for detecting the floating distance of the floating ball 3 under the action of the airflow.

When the nasal air leakage measuring instrument is used, the nostril end of the air duct 6 is inserted into the nostril of a measured person, the air flow in the nose of the measured person enters the floating cavity in the measuring tube 2 through the air duct 6, the floating ball 3 in the floating cavity floats under the blowing of the air flow, and the distance measuring sensor detects the floating distance of the floating ball. The larger the airflow strength is, the larger the floating distance of the floating ball 3 is, and the smaller the airflow length is, the smaller the floating distance of the floating ball 3 is, so that the strength of the airflow in the nose of the measured person can be known through the detection result of the distance detection device, the measurement of the nasal air leakage degree of the measured person can be realized, and the voice rehabilitation training of the measured person is facilitated.

The nasal leakage measuring instrument further comprises a controller in signal connection with the distance measuring sensor, and the controller is used for converting the result detected by the distance measuring sensor into readable information and recording the detection result of the distance measuring sensor. The controller can also output the effective time length of the training and the data of the maximum floating height, the minimum floating height, the average floating height and the like of the floating ball 3 after the training of each time is finished.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the nasal leakage measuring instrument further comprises a base 11, wherein the base 11 is of a cuboid structure, the cuboid structure comprises a top surface and a bottom surface which are oppositely arranged from top to bottom, and side surfaces which surround the periphery of the top surface and the bottom surface and are connected with the top surface and the bottom surface, the top surface and the bottom surface horizontally extend, and the side edges vertically extend.

Survey buret 2 and locate immediately along vertical direction the top surface of base 11, range finding sensor set up in survey buret 2 is kept away from the one end of base 11, namely survey the top of buret 2.

A side surface of the base 11 is provided with a connecting piece 5, one end of the connecting piece is connected with the air duct 6, and the other end of the connecting piece 5 is connected with the bottom end of the measuring pipe 2 through a connecting pipe 4 inside the base 11. The connecting pipe 4 is soft hollow pipe, and the material can be rubber or plastics etc., just connecting piece 5 with survey buret 2 with the connection of connecting piece 5 is all in go on in the base 11, make the exterior structure of nose gas leakage measuring apparatu is more succinct, pleasing to the eye.

In this embodiment, the airway tube 6 is generally provided with two corresponding to two nostrils of the tested person, and accordingly, the connecting member is a three-way structure, two input ends of the three-way structure are used for connecting the airway tube 6, and the other output end of the three-way structure is connected with the connecting tube.

In order to facilitate replacement or cleaning of the air duct 6, the air duct 6 is detachably connected with the tee joint, and the detachable connection can be realized by sleeving the tee joint through interference fit or by using a quick connector and the tee joint.

Survey buret 2 and make for transparent material, survey buret 2 and follow 3 directions of motion of floating ball still are provided with the distance scale, so can directly judge the degree of floating ball 3 through the scale, be convenient for read the test result, in a possible embodiment, nose gas leakage measurement appearance does not set up range sensor, only remains the transparent survey buret that has the scale, also can realize the measurement to surveyed person's nose gas leakage degree, that is to say, the transparent survey buret that has the scale can be regarded as simultaneously and is represented the floating ball distance's apart from detection device.

Optionally, the controller is further connected with a key 8, a display screen 9 and an indicator light 10, the controller controls the display screen 9 to display the detection result and the working state information of the nasal leakage measuring instrument, the key 8 is used for operation input of a user, and the user can realize operation of the nasal leakage measuring instrument by pressing the key 8, such as startup and shutdown, parameter setting and the like. The pilot lamp 10 is used for instructing the operating condition of nose gas leakage measuring apparatu, and for the convenience of operation and use to nose gas leakage measuring apparatu, the user is used for button 8, display screen 9 and pilot lamp 10 of operation and use to set up in the same side of base 11 usually, and is further, can also select to set up in same side with connecting piece 5, so convenient to use person's operation and practicality.

In order to facilitate the operation and the practicability of the nasal leakage measuring instrument, the operation and practical key 8, the display screen 9 and the indicator light 10 of a user are usually arranged on the same side face of the base 11, and further, the operation and the practicability of the user can be conveniently realized by arranging the operation and the practical key on the same side face with the connecting piece.

To sum up, the utility model provides a pair of nasal leakage gas measurement appearance when carrying out nasal leakage gas measurement to cleft palate patient, at first will the air duct inserts in patient's the nostril to wear sound sensor, after carrying out relevant parameter's settlement through button 8, start the training, when the surveyed person pronounces, if there is the nasal leakage gas condition to send, the intranasal air current then can be through air duct 6, connecting piece 5, connecting pipe 4 reachs survey buret 2, survey the impact that the internal floating ball 3 of buret 2 received intranasal air current and can come up, and sound sensor 7 detects sound signal this moment, and the controller reads the floating ball 3 floating height's data among the distance detection device 1, and records, and display screen 9 gives final measuring result, formulates more suitable treatment for the patient according to the test result.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the discussion of any embodiment above is meant to be exemplary only, and is not intended to intimate that the scope of the disclosure, including the claims, is limited to these examples; within the idea of the invention, also technical features in the above embodiments or in different embodiments can be combined, steps can be implemented in any order, and there are many other variations of the different aspects of the invention as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity.

The present embodiments are intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variances which fall within the broad scope of the appended claims. Therefore, any omission, modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A nasal leakage measuring instrument is characterized by comprising an air duct, a measuring tube and a floating ball; one end of the air duct is a nostril end which is communicated with the nostril, and the other end of the air duct is communicated with the measuring tube; the floating ball is movably arranged in the measuring tube and floats along the measuring tube under the blowing of the intranasal airflow; the measuring tube is further provided with a distance detection device for detecting or indicating the floating distance of the floating ball.

2. A nasal leak measurement instrument according to claim 1, wherein the distance detection means is a distance measuring sensor provided at one end of the measurement tube.

3. The nasal leakage measurement instrument of claim 2, further comprising a controller in signal connection with the ranging sensor, the controller recording the detection of the ranging sensor.

4. The nasal leakage measurement instrument of claim 3, further comprising an acoustic sensor in signal communication with the controller, the controller recording the detection of the ranging sensor after the acoustic sensor detects an acoustic signal.

5. The nasal leak measurement instrument of claim 3, further comprising a button connected to the controller, the controller controlling operation of the nasal leak measurement instrument in response to operation of the button.

6. The nasal air leak measurement instrument of claim 3, further comprising a display screen connected to the controller, the controller controlling the display screen to display operational information of the nasal air leak measurement instrument.

7. A nasal leakage measurement instrument according to any one of claims 2-6, comprising a base, the measurement tube standing vertically on a top surface of the base, the distance measurement sensor being arranged at an end of the measurement tube remote from the base.

8. The nasal leakage measurement instrument of claim 7, wherein the base is further provided with a connector connected to the airway tube, the connector being provided on a side of the base; the base further comprises a connecting pipe inside the base connecting the connecting piece with the measuring pipe.

9. The nasal leakage measurement instrument of claim 8, wherein there are two of the gas conduits, the connector is a tee, and the two gas conduits are connected to two inputs of the tee.

10. A nasal leakage measurement instrument according to claim 1, wherein the measurement tube is made of a transparent material, and the measurement tube is further provided with distance scales uniformly along the moving direction of the floating ball.