CN215914834U - Pouring detachable type controllable negative pressure puncture sheath - Google Patents
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The application provides fill controllable negative pressure puncture sheath of dismantlement formula, including the puncture support, still include: the controllable negative pressure pipe is arranged on the outer side wall of the puncture support close to the bottom end, and a negative pressure regulating switch is arranged on one side of the controllable negative pressure pipe far away from the puncture support; the calculus collecting bottle is communicated with the negative pressure interface of the controllable negative pressure tube through a silicone tube; the perfusion part is arranged on the puncture support and connected with the flushing pipe, the perfusion part comprises a fixing ring and a circular perfusion pipe, the fixing ring is connected to the bottom of the flushing pipe, and the circular perfusion pipe is attached to the inner wall of the fixing ring and extends towards the inside and the outside of the puncture support; the puncture sheath component is arranged in the puncture support through a fixing ring; this application simple structure, convenient operation have simplified the requirement to medical negative pressure machine, can be to the washing of operation area simultaneously for doctor's operation field of vision is more clear, accelerates cleaing away of calculus, takes away the heat that the laser rubble produced, reduces the mucosa harm, more convenient accurate operation.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of medical instruments, in particular to a pouring detachable type controllable negative pressure puncture sheath.
Background
The puncture technology is that a puncture point is selected on the skin of an affected part of a patient, the patient is positioned by B-ultrasonic or X-ray, puncture is carried out by using a puncture needle, a guide wire is kept after puncture is successful, a small puncture wound of the skin is cut by taking the guide wire as a middle point, a puncture core is placed by guiding the guide wire, the puncture sheath is gradually expanded to a required size from small to large, and finally the puncture sheath is placed. The puncture outfit is needed to puncture the skin of a patient in the operation, and the puncture sheath is the most main component of the puncture outfit and is used for stably, conveniently and quickly passing in and out a pipeline when an operation mirror is used.
At present, most of negative pressure puncture sheaths used in many clinical operations are integrated, the stability is strong, but some defects exist, and operators need to be familiar with the puncture mode again due to the fact that a holding part and a sheath tube are inconvenient to split. The negative pressure control needs the finger control of the operator, the manual negative pressure adjusting port of the operator is needed in the operation, otherwise, the negative pressure effect is not used, the operation visual field is influenced due to the bleeding after the puncture, and the operation is stopped due to the bleeding sometimes, so that the flexible operation of a doctor is not convenient. The perfusion detachable type controllable negative pressure puncture sheath not only solves the problems, but also can release one hand of an operator for controlling pressure, thereby reducing the risk of secondary operation. We therefore propose a perfusion detachable controlled negative pressure puncture sheath.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to: many people control the negative pressure to the needs that exist at present, and the operation is complicated, seriously influences doctor work efficiency, needs the operation mirror to wash the operation region simultaneously, washes and operates the same lumen of passageway, influences efficiency to influence the field of vision when doctor operates.
In order to achieve the purpose of the utility model, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a pour into controllable negative pressure puncture sheath of dismantlement formula, includes the puncture support, still includes:
the controllable negative pressure tube is arranged on the outer side wall of the puncture support close to the bottom end, and a negative pressure switch is arranged on one side of the controllable negative pressure tube far away from the puncture support;
the calculus collecting bottle is communicated with a negative pressure pipe interface of the controllable negative pressure pipe through a silica gel hose;
the injection part is arranged on the puncture support and comprises a flushing pipe and a circular injection pipe, the flushing pipe is connected to one side of the puncture support and is provided with a circular connecting base, the connecting base is detachably connected with the circular injection pipe in a nested manner, and the circular injection pipe is attached to the inner wall of the fixing ring and extends towards the inside and the outside of the puncture support;
the puncture sheath component is arranged in the puncture support through a fixing ring.
As the preferred technical scheme of this application, controllable negative pressure pipe is including connecting the negative pressure pipe interface at puncture support outer wall, negative pressure pipe interface intercommunication calculus receiving flask or negative pressure device.
As the preferred technical scheme of this application, be equipped with controllable switch and switch opening on the controllable negative pressure pipe, controllable switch is to being close to the switch opening removes and makes the negative pressure grow, controllable switch's length is 12mm, controllable switch's width is 8mm, switch open-ended length is 10mm, switch open-ended width is 3 mm.
As the preferred technical scheme of this application, the upper portion of calculus collecting bottle is equipped with fixed rope, the inside negative pressure pipe and the calculus of connecing of being provided with of calculus collecting bottle are collected the connecting pipe, the one end outer wall that connects the negative pressure pipe to be close to the calculus collecting bottle is provided with first switch, the calculus is collected the connecting pipe and is connected with the negative pressure pipe interface.
As the preferred technical scheme of this application, circular filling pipe is equipped with zonulae occludens the interface that fills of connecting the base, the one end outer wall that circular filling pipe was kept away from to the wash pipe is provided with the bath switch, circular filling pipe detachably with the wash pipe is linked together, circular filling pipe 20 pipe diameter is 5 mm.
As the preferred technical scheme of this application, puncture sheath part is including installing at the inside sheath of puncture support, there is the puncture core sheath inside the sheath, puncture sheath part top is equipped with the solid fixed ring of puncture sheath, the solid fixed ring lower part of puncture sheath the outer wall connection of puncture sheath part is equipped with the sheath and tears the aid, the pipe portion top of puncture core is equipped with the cooperation the solid fixed ring of puncture core of the solid fixed ring of puncture sheath, the solid fixed ring of puncture sheath with the solid fixed ring of puncture core closely cooperates and connects.
As a preferred technical scheme, the inner width of the fixing ring is F18-F24 (the circumference is 18-24 mm).
As a preferable technical scheme of the application, the length of the main body of the puncture support is 50mm, the length of the main body of the puncture sheath component is 160mm and 180mm, the outer width of the puncture sheath fixing ring is F20-F26 (the circumferential diameter is 20-24 mm), the length is 10mm, and the bottom end of the puncture core is an arc-shaped puncture needle with the length of a puncture needle part of 10 mm.
As the preferred technical scheme of this application, puncture support outer wall is provided with fixed bracelet, the contained angle between puncture support and the controllable negative pressure pipe is 60 degrees.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
in the scheme of the application:
1. through being provided with fixed finger ring, fixed finger ring can make operative person's single finger operation, releases operative person's thumb, forefinger and is used for other operations, improves the comfort level of operative person's operation, reduces the operation fatigue, reduces misoperation.
2. Through the controllable switch controlling means of the negative pressure that sets up, realized that the doctor does not stop the operation in the operation and just directly carries out the negative pressure size and switches, simplified the requirement to medical treatment negative pressure machine, effectively improved the device's practicality, solved among the prior art negative pressure control inconvenient, the operation is complicated, seriously influences doctor work efficiency's problem.
3. Through the circular pipe that fills that sets up, realized washing to the operation area, the influence operation field of vision of bleeding in avoiding the art, solved among the prior art be not convenient for to the washing of operation area, influence the problem of doctor's operation field of vision and accurate operation, wash and to take away the heat that the laser rubble produced, reduce the harm to the mucosa, it has rivers to accelerate the calculus to wash, fills to wash and cooperates the negative pressure to attract, has solved increase renal pelvis pressure, has rivers to accelerate the calculus to clear away.
4. The included angle between the puncture support and the controllable negative pressure tube is 60 degrees, so that the calculus can flow out conveniently, the operation is convenient, and the calculus collecting bottle is provided with a fixing rope to facilitate the bottle fixing.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a perfusion detachable controllable negative pressure puncture sheath provided by the present application;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a perfusion-detachable controlled negative pressure puncture sheath provided herein;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a stone collection bottle provided herein;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a puncture core of the perfusion-detachable controllable negative pressure puncture sheath provided by the present application;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a detachable enlarged structure of the perfusion tube at A in FIG. 2;
fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the connection between the perfusion tube and the flush tube provided in the present application.
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10. a puncture support; 110. a controllable negative pressure tube; 111. a controllable switch; 112. a switch opening; 113. a negative pressure pipe interface; 120. a circular perfusion tube; 121. filling the interface; 130. a flush pipe; 131. connecting a base; 132. a flushing switch; 140. fixing a bracelet; 150. a fixing ring; 20. a calculus collecting bottle; 210. connecting a negative pressure pipe; 220. a calculus collecting connecting tube; 230. fixing a rope; 240. a bottle body; 30. a puncture sheath member; 310. the sheath tearing aid; 320. puncturing the core; 330. an outer sheath; 340. a puncture sheath fixing ring; 350. the puncture core fixing ring.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the utility model is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model as claimed, but is merely representative of some embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention and the features and technical solutions thereof may be combined with each other without conflict.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", and the like refer to orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, or orientations or positional relationships that are conventionally arranged when the products of the present invention are used, or orientations or positional relationships that are conventionally understood by those skilled in the art, and such terms are used for convenience of description and simplification of the description, and do not refer to or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the present embodiment provides a perfusion-detachable controllable negative pressure puncture sheath, which includes a puncture support 10, and further includes:
the controllable negative pressure tube 110, the controllable negative pressure tube 110 is arranged on the outer side wall of the puncture support 10 close to the bottom end, and a negative pressure switch is arranged on one side of the controllable negative pressure tube 110 far away from the puncture support 10;
the calculus collecting bottle 20 is communicated with a negative pressure tube interface of the controllable negative pressure tube 110 through a silica gel hose;
the perfusion part is arranged on the puncture support 10 and comprises a flushing pipe 130 and a circular perfusion pipe 120 which are connected to one side of the puncture support 10, the flushing pipe 130 is provided with a circular connecting base 131, the connecting base 131 is detachably connected with the circular perfusion pipe 120 in a nested manner, and the circular perfusion pipe 120 is attached to the inner wall of the fixing ring 150 and extends towards the inside and the outside of the puncture support 10;
the puncture sheath member 30 is mounted in the puncture holder 10 via a fixing ring 150.
Through being provided with controlling means and circular filling tube 120, realized that the doctor does not stop the operation in the operation and just directly carries out the negative pressure size and switches, simplified the requirement to medical negative pressure machine, effectively improved the device's practicality, can be to the washing of operation region simultaneously for the doctor operates the field of vision more clearly, more makes things convenient for accurate operation.
In a preferred embodiment, in addition to the above-mentioned embodiment, the controllable negative pressure tube 110 further includes a negative pressure tube interface 113 connected to the outer wall of the puncture holder 10, and the negative pressure tube interface 113 communicates with the calculus collecting bottle 20 or the negative pressure device.
The controllable negative pressure tube 110 is provided with a controllable switch 111 and a switch opening 112, the controllable switch 111 moves towards the switch opening 112 to enable the negative pressure to be increased, the length of the controllable switch 111 is 12mm, the width of the controllable switch 111 is 8mm, the length of the switch opening 112 is 10mm, and the width of the switch opening 112 is 3 mm.
In a preferred embodiment, in addition to the above-mentioned embodiment, a fixing rope 230 is further provided at the upper portion of the stone collecting bottle 20, a negative pressure connection pipe 210 and a stone collecting connection pipe 220 are provided inside the stone collecting bottle 20, a first switch is provided at the outer wall of one end of the negative pressure connection pipe 210 close to the stone collecting bottle 20, the stone collecting connection pipe 220 is connected to the negative pressure pipe interface 113, and the first switch is provided, so that the start and stop of the negative pressure can be conveniently controlled.
As preferred embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned mode, furthermore, circular filling tube 120 is equipped with the pouring interface 121 that the zonulae occludens connects base 131, the one end outer wall that circular filling tube 120 was kept away from to flush pipe 130 is provided with bath switch 132, circular filling tube 120 detachably is linked together with flush pipe 130, circular filling tube 120 pipe diameter is 5mm, through being provided with circular filling tube 120 and flush pipe 130, and then can be to the washing of operation region, make doctor's operation field of vision clearer, it has rivers to accelerate the calculus to clear away to wash, take away the heat that the laser lithotripsy produced, reduce the harm to the mucosa, more make things convenient for accurate operation.
In addition to the above-described embodiments, the puncture sheath member 30 further includes an outer sheath 330 mounted inside the puncture holder 10, a puncture core 320 is connected inside the outer sheath 330, a puncture sheath fixing ring 340 is provided on the top of the puncture sheath member 30, an outer sheath tearing aid 310 is connected to the outer wall of the puncture sheath member 30 below the puncture sheath fixing ring 340, a puncture core fixing ring 350 fitted to the puncture sheath fixing ring 340 is provided on the top end of the tube portion of the puncture core 320, and the puncture sheath fixing ring 340 is tightly fitted to the puncture core fixing ring 350.
The inner width of the fixing ring 150 is F18 to F24 (circumference 18 to 24 mm).
The main body length of the puncture support 10 is 50mm, the main body length of the puncture sheath component 30 is 160mm and 180mm, the outer width of the puncture sheath fixing ring 340 is F20-F26 (the circumference is 20-26 mm), the length is 10mm, and the bottom end of the puncture core 320 is an arc-shaped puncture needle with a puncture needle part length of 10 mm.
As a preferred embodiment, on the basis of the above manner, further, the outer wall of the puncture support 10 is provided with a fixing bracelet 140, an included angle between the puncture support 10 and the controllable negative pressure tube 110 is 60, and by providing the fixing bracelet 140, a doctor can conveniently hold the puncture support with one finger deeply, which is convenient for operation.
Specifically, this fill controllable negative pressure puncture sheath of dismantlement formula during operation: before an operation, a user can connect the flushing pipe 130 with an external water supply device, a switch of the flushing connecting pipe 130 is started, and then water flow can be flushed to an operation area along the circular perfusion pipe 120, so that the operation vision of a doctor is clearer, the flushing is performed with water flow to accelerate stone removal, heat generated by laser stone breaking is taken away, damage to a mucous membrane is reduced, and the operation is more convenient and accurate, one finger of the doctor can be conveniently and deeply held by the doctor through the fixing bracelet 140, the operation is convenient and light, the practicability of the device is further improved, when the negative pressure is insufficient, the negative pressure is controlled by adjusting the controllable switch 111, so that the negative pressure of the device is improved, the controllable switch 111 is fixed to stabilize the value of the negative pressure within a certain range, the stability of switching operation of the doctor is effectively ensured, if the negative pressure is too high, the controllable switch 111 is opened, so that the value of the negative pressure is reduced, through being provided with controlling means, make things convenient for the doctor to do not stop the operation in the operation and just directly carry out the negative pressure size and switch, simplified the requirement to medical treatment negative pressure machine, effectively improve the device's practicality.
The perfusion detachable type controllable negative pressure puncture sheath has the advantages that the operation space is reduced, the pressure of the renal pelvis is increased, and the defects are avoided by selecting the puncture sheath with the pressure of more than F18, the perfusion switch, the detachable perfusion tube and the negative pressure suction. Generally applied to complex kidney stones, the perfusion tube is detached and can be applied as a negative pressure suction sheath.
The above embodiments are only used for illustrating the utility model and not for limiting the technical solutions described in the utility model, and although the present invention has been described in detail in the present specification with reference to the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and therefore, any modification or equivalent replacement of the present invention is made; all such modifications and variations are intended to be included herein within the scope of this disclosure and the appended claims.
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1. The utility model provides a pour into controllable negative pressure puncture sheath of dismantlement formula, includes puncture support (10), its characterized in that still includes:
the controllable negative pressure pipe (110), the controllable negative pressure pipe (110) is arranged on the outer side wall of the puncture support (10) close to the bottom end, and a negative pressure regulating switch is arranged on one side of the controllable negative pressure pipe (110);
the calculus collecting bottle (20) is communicated with a negative pressure pipe interface of the controllable negative pressure pipe (110) through a silica gel hose;
the infusion part is arranged on the puncture support (10) and comprises a flushing pipe (130) and a circular infusion pipe (120) which are connected to one side of the puncture support (10), the flushing pipe (130) is provided with a circular connecting base (131), the connecting base (131) is detachably connected with the circular infusion pipe (120) in a nested manner, and the circular infusion pipe (120) is attached to the inner wall of the fixing ring (150) and extends towards the inside and the outside of the puncture support (10);
the puncture sheath component (30) is arranged in the puncture support (10) through a fixing ring (150).
2. The perfusion-detachable controllable negative pressure puncture sheath according to claim 1, wherein the controllable negative pressure tube (110) comprises a negative pressure tube interface (113), and the negative pressure tube interface (113) is communicated with the calculus collecting bottle (20) or the negative pressure device.
3. The perfusion-detachable controllable negative-pressure puncture sheath according to claim 2, wherein a controllable switch (111) and a switch opening (112) are arranged on the controllable negative-pressure tube (110), the controllable switch (111) moves towards the switch opening (112) to increase the negative pressure, the length of the controllable switch (111) is 12mm, the width of the controllable switch (111) is 8mm, the length of the switch opening (112) is 10mm, and the width of the switch opening (112) is 3 mm.
4. The perfusion-detachable controllable negative pressure puncture sheath as claimed in claim 1, wherein a fixing rope (230) is arranged at the upper part of the calculus collecting bottle (20), a negative pressure connecting tube (210) and a calculus collecting connecting tube (220) are arranged inside the calculus collecting bottle (20), a first switch is arranged on the outer wall of one end of the negative pressure connecting tube (210) close to the calculus collecting bottle (20), and the calculus collecting connecting tube (220) is connected with the negative pressure tube interface (113).
5. The pouring detachable controllable negative pressure puncture sheath according to claim 1, wherein the circular pouring tube (120) is provided with a pouring interface (121) tightly connected with the connecting base (131), the outer wall of one end of the flushing tube (130) far away from the circular pouring tube (120) is provided with a flushing switch (132), the circular pouring tube (120) is detachably communicated with the flushing tube (130), and the diameter of the circular pouring tube (120) is 5 mm.
6. The perfusion-detachable controllable negative-pressure puncture sheath as claimed in claim 1, wherein the puncture sheath component (30) comprises an outer sheath (330) installed inside the puncture support (10), a puncture core (320) is connected inside the outer sheath (330), a puncture sheath fixing ring (340) is arranged at the top of the puncture sheath component (30), an outer sheath tearing aid (310) is arranged at the outer wall of the puncture sheath component (30) at the lower part of the puncture sheath fixing ring (340), a puncture core fixing ring (350) matched with the puncture sheath fixing ring (340) is arranged at the top end of the tube part of the puncture core (320), and the puncture sheath fixing ring (340) is tightly matched and connected with the puncture core fixing ring (350).
7. The perfusion detachable controllable negative pressure puncture sheath according to claim 1, wherein the inner width of the fixing ring (150) is F18 to F24.
8. The pouring detachable controllable negative pressure puncture sheath according to claim 6, wherein the puncture holder (10) has a main body length of 50mm, the puncture sheath member (30) has main body lengths of 160mm and 180mm, the puncture sheath fixing ring (340) has an outer width of F20 to F26 and a length of 10mm, and the bottom end of the puncture core (320) is a circular arc-shaped puncture needle with a puncture needle part length of 10 mm.
9. The perfusion-detachable controllable negative-pressure puncture sheath according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a fixing bracelet (140) is arranged on the outer wall of the puncture support (10), and an included angle between the puncture support (10) and the controllable negative-pressure tube (110) is 60 degrees.
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