JP3476096B2 - O-ring test equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Table of Contents] The present invention will be described in the following order. Industrial applications Conventional technology Problems to be Solved by the Invention Means for Solving the Problems (FIG. 1) Action (Fig. 1) Example (FIGS. 1 to 4) The invention's effect

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an O-ring test device, and in particular, it can be applied to an O-ring test for measuring various physical information such as physical compatibility determination, abnormal site determination, and information identification.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in medical diagnosis, a method called a bi-digital O-ring test (hereinafter referred to as an O-ring test) has been known as a method for diagnosing an abnormal part of a subject as a patient (US Pat. 5,188,107). This is the first finger (thumb) of one hand of the subject and the other second, third, fourth,
One of the 5 fingers that meets the conditions is opposed, and this 2
Make a ring (O-ring) with your fingers and let it continue to exert force. Whereas the examiner tries to open his two fingers from both sides,
Determine the strength of the subject's finger strength to maintain it as it is.

This O-ring test is a biosensor test utilizing the muscle tonus state, and when the subject's finger is pointing at an arbitrary organ representative point, the O-ring opens when the muscle strength of the finger weakens and the organ is abnormal. It means that there is, and when it does not open strongly, it means that it is normal. In the case of the thymus, it means the opposite. This will allow you to discover abnormal parts of your body.

When the subject is inspected by holding a sample of a specific substance in his / her hand by the same procedure, if the same substance is present in the living body of the subject, the muscle strength of the finger becomes weak and the O-ring opens. This is interpreted as a phenomenon that occurs when substances resonate with each other, and is called a resonance test. Using this method, bacteria, viruses, cancer, in vivo metabolites, hormones,
The distribution of neurotransmitters, heavy metals, drugs, etc. in the body can be judged, and diseases can be diagnosed. The O-ring test is an auxiliary diagnostic method performed as a medical examination before the diagnosis by the usual medical latest inspection equipment.

In fact, the O-ring test shows the cure for this disease. In terms of treatment, it is possible to determine the effective drug and determine the optimal dose, the in vivo part of the drug and changes over time, the determination of side effects, and the efficacy and side effects associated with multiple drug combination. Thus, the O-ring test gives useful guidelines for diagnosis and treatment in medical treatment. In practice, it is possible to judge the compatibility of the drug with the body, to judge the abnormal part of the body, and arbitrary and specific objects. It is applied to judge whether and have the same information.

[0007]

By the way, such an O-ring test is formed by fingers of a hand, which is a voluntary muscle that can be controlled by a human being, and there is a possibility that an uncertain factor may enter. For example, a subject who forms an O-ring with two fingers or an examiner who attempts to remove the O-ring may perform an O-ring test with uneven force depending on his or her intention.

[0008] Further, such voluntary muscles tend to cause fatigue, and the force may be adjusted in consciousness, or even if the examinee intends to pull evenly, there is no objective index, so there is a hint effect or other Consciousness may be involved. Therefore, the test results of the O-ring test may not be objectively reliable.

Further, as an apparatus for carrying out this O-ring test objectively, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-136136 (Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-4
The bi-digital O-ring tester disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 4525) is known. In this bi-digital O-ring tester, the subject can perform the O-ring test independently, so that the O-ring test can be performed objectively and reliably.

By the way, in the O-ring test as described above, the examiner tries to open the O-ring formed by the thumb and other fingers of the subject with two fingers from both sides.
The strength of the finger of the subject who is trying to maintain the strength is judged. However, in the O-ring tester disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-136136, an O-ring is opened by mounting an expandable air bag inside the O-ring and pressurizing gas. That is, there is a problem that the means for opening the O-ring of the subject is different from the original O-ring test and the function as the O-ring test cannot be sufficiently exhibited.

Also, the force required to open the O-ring is taken as the pressure inside the air bladder, which is converted into an electric quantity and displayed on the display, but it is difficult to understand even if the electric quantity is vaguely displayed. It was still inadequate as an O-ring test device to substitute the original O-ring test.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to propose an O-ring test apparatus by which a subject can accurately perform an O-ring test independently.

[0013]

In order to solve such a problem, according to the present invention, an O-ring is formed by the thumb and other fingers of the subject's voluntary muscles, and an external force for opening the O-ring and O In an O-ring test device (1) that measures physical information according to changes in the muscle strength of the voluntary muscles in a state in which the muscle strength of the voluntary muscles of the subject who wants to maintain the ring is antagonized, two fingers of the O-ring formed by the subject are used. Engage with each other and move in the direction according to the external force applied to the O-ring 2
One finger guide means (10A, 10B), an external force generating means (2) for applying an external force to at least one of the finger guide means (10A, 10B), and the external force generating means (2) are applied to the O-ring. External force detection means for detecting external force (1
1) and after the external force for opening the O-ring is generated by the external force generating means (2), the external force is applied to the thumb and the other finger immediately before the separation of the thumb and the other finger is detected. The external force is measured based on the output of the external force detecting means (11), and the measurement result and the thumb and the other finger immediately before detecting that the thumb and the other finger measured for the subject before the O-ring test are separated. Measuring means (15) for comparing the measurement result of the external force given to
I decided to set and.

[0014]

After the external force is applied to at least one of the finger guide means (10A, 10B), the external force applied to the thumb and the other finger immediately before the separation of the thumb and the other finger is detected is detected by the external force detecting means ( Measured based on the output of 11), and the measurement result and the external force applied to the thumb and other fingers immediately before detecting that the thumb and the other finger measured for the subject before the O-ring test are separated. Results and measuring means (15)
By performing the comparison calculation in (1), it is possible to realize an O-ring test device in which the subject can independently perform the O-ring test and obtain accurate O-ring test results.

Further, since the calculation result obtained by the comparison calculation by the measuring means (15) is converted into a numerical value and displayed, the subject can easily make a diagnosis based on the numerical value.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 generally indicates an embodiment of an O-ring test apparatus according to the present invention. This O
In the ring test apparatus 1, the motor 2 applies an external force to open the O-ring formed by the thumb and other fingers of the subject.
It is designed to be generated by In practice, the motor 2 has a speed reducing mechanism incorporated therein, and the wing 3 is attached to the rotary shaft that is decelerated by the speed reducing mechanism.

Both ends of the wing 3 are springs 4A, 4 respectively.
B and the connecting portions 5A and 5B, the two rotating arms 6
It is connected to one end of A and 6B. The rotating arms 6A and 6B rotate around the fulcrums 7A and 7B in accordance with the rotation of the motor 2, and at the other end thereof are connected to the finger guides through connecting portions 8A and 8B and connecting wires 9A and 9B such as piano wires. Ring 10
A and 10B are connected. As a result, the rotating arms 6A and 6B are rotated according to the rotation of the motor 2, and the distance between the two rings 10A and 10B can be controlled to be widened or narrowed.

The subject forms O-rings by passing the thumb and other fingers on the rings 10A and 10B, respectively. A pressure sensor 11 is incorporated in a portion of the inner circumference of one of the rings 10B with which the finger abuts, and the muscular force of the finger applied to the rings 10A and 10B according to the external force applied by the motor 2 is measured as a pressure value.

A contact / separation detection sensor 12 is arranged near the rings 10A and 10B, and the subject can detect the contact / separation detection sensor 12 with his / her thumb and other fingers forming the O-ring during the O-ring test. Sandwich. The contact / separation detection sensor 12 is provided with an adjusting screw 13 for adjusting the position of the contact / separation detection sensor 12 above the contact / separation detection sensor 12. That is, by operating the adjusting screw 13, the contact / separation detection sensor 12 can be moved in the vertical direction with respect to the connection lines 9A and 9B, so that the contact / separation detection sensor 12 is located at a position corresponding to the O-ring formed by the subject. Can be moved.

An adjusting screw 14 is provided on the connecting line 9B, and the ring 10B is moved by the adjusting screw 14 to adjust the distance between the ring 10A and the ring 10B. Accordingly, by adjusting the adjusting screw 13 and the adjusting screw 14, the size can be adjusted to the size of the subject's finger or hand, so that the subject can easily form the O-ring.

A circuit board 15 is provided in the O-ring test apparatus 1, and a power switch 16 turns on the power of each component and the entire apparatus provided on the circuit board 15. Turn on. An analog output signal of the pressure sensor 11 is converted into digital pressure data by an analog digital conversion circuit (A / D converter) 17, and is supplied to a micro computer (hereinafter abbreviated as a microcomputer) 18. The output signal of the contact / separation detection sensor 12 is supplied to the microcomputer 18 as it is, and the microcomputer 18 detects that the thumb and other fingers are separated.

This microcomputer 18 is a central processing unit (CP
U) 19, a read only memory (ROM) 20 in which programs used by the CPU 19 are stored in advance,
A random access memory (RAM) 21 used as a work area in the process of various processes, the outside and the CPU 19
It is composed of an I / O interface 22 for exchanging various data with the I / O interface. Further, a motor driver 23 is arranged on the circuit board 15, and the start switch 2
When 4 is pressed, the motor driver 23 drives the motor 2 based on a command from the microcomputer 18.

The circuit board 15 is provided with a liquid crystal driver 25, and the liquid crystal driver 25 has a microcomputer 1
Display data is supplied from 8. As a result, the liquid crystal driver 25 drives the LCD (liquid crystal display) 26 based on this display data, and as a result, the result of the O-ring test is displayed on the LCD 26.

In the case of this embodiment, the set switch 27 is pressed before the O-ring test is performed, and the ring 1 immediately before it is detected that the thumb and the other finger in the control state are separated from each other.
The pressure value due to the muscle force of the finger added to 0B (hereinafter referred to as the normal value) is measured by the pressure sensor 11 and the microcomputer 18
It is taken into the RAM 21 of. The CPU 18 calculates based on this normal value and the measured value that is actually taken in the RAM 21 by performing the O-ring test, and the quantitative data is converted into a numerical value and displayed on the LCD 26.

As a result of the calculation, when the measured value and the normal value are the same, the numerical value is "0", and when the measured value is larger than the normal value, the numerical value is "+4" to "+1" as the difference value, and the measured value. Is smaller than the normal value, the difference value is a numerical value "-4".
~ "-1" is displayed on the LCD 26. Therefore, when the O-ring test device 1 is used, the result of the O-ring test is displayed as a numerical value, so that the subject can visually judge and easily diagnose from this numerical value.
The objectivity of the O-ring test can be secured, and the reliability of the test itself can be significantly improved.

O-ring test apparatus 1 having such a configuration
Is covered with a cover 28 that covers the O-ring test apparatus 1 except for the rings 10A and 10B, the contact / separation detection sensor 12, and the adjusting screws 13 and 14, and the surface of the cover 28 has a power switch 16 and a start switch 24. , An LCD 26 and a set switch 27 are provided. In this case, if the O-ring test apparatus 1 is entirely covered with a cover provided with an insertion portion through which a hand or a finger is inserted in a portion corresponding to a position where the rings 10A and 10B are provided, the O-ring test device 1 Since the influence on consciousness can be reduced, the O-ring test can be performed more accurately.

In the above-mentioned configuration, the processing procedure for actually performing the O-ring test will be described below. First, the test subject turns on the power switch 16 and turns on the step S in FIG.
Start from P1 and proceed to step SP2
Determines whether the start switch 24 is turned on. If a negative result is obtained, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP.
In step 3, it is determined whether the set switch 27 is turned on. When a negative result is obtained in step SP3, the microcomputer 18 returns to step SP2. If a positive result is obtained in step SP3, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP4 and a setting processing routine for setting a normal value (FIG. 3).
I do.

First, starting from the normal value setting processing routine of step SP5 of FIG. 3, the process proceeds to step SP6, the thumb is passed through the ring 10A, and the other finger, for example the index finger, is ring 1.
The O-ring is formed through 0B, and the microcomputer 18 determines whether or not the contact / separation detection sensor 12 has been touched by these fingertips with the thumb and forefinger touching the subject. If a positive result is obtained, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step S
Proceeding to P7, the pressure values of the muscle strength of the thumb and forefinger obtained by the pressure sensor 11 are loaded into the RAM 21 as sample values.

Next, in step SP8, the microcomputer 18
Drives the motor driver 23 to drive the motor 2 and the spring 4
A and 4B are driven in a direction in which they approach each other (the direction of the arrow in the figure, hereinafter referred to as the forward direction), and until the negative result is obtained in step SP6, that is, the output from the contact / separation detection sensor 12 causes the thumb and forefinger to separate. The processing loop from step SP6 to step SP8 is executed until it is detected that the failure is detected.

If a negative result is obtained at step SP6,
The microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP9 and fetches the pressure value added to the ring 10B immediately before it is detected that the thumb and the index finger are separated from each other, into the RAM 21 as a normal value. Next, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP10 to drive the motor driver 23 to drive the motor 2 in a direction in which the springs 4A and 4B move away from each other (hereinafter, referred to as opposite directions) to set the rings 10A and 10B to the initial positions. return. After that, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP11 and proceeds to step SP11 of FIG.
Return to 2. When a positive result is obtained in step SP2, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP12 and measures the O-ring test.

The measurement processing routine of the O-ring test is shown in FIG.
It is performed based on the processing procedure shown in. That is, the measurement processing procedure is started from step SP13 and then step SP14.
Then, the subject holds a sample of a certain specific substance in his hand and puts his thumb of the same hand on the ring 10
The microcomputer 18 determines whether or not the contact / separation detection sensor 12 is touched by these fingertips in a state where the O-ring is formed by passing the index finger through A and the ring 10B through the ring 10B. To do.

When an affirmative result is obtained, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP15, and the RAM 21 using the pressure values of the muscle force of the thumb and forefinger obtained by the pressure sensor 11 as sample values.
Take in. Next, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP15 to drive the motor driver 23 to drive the motor 2 in the forward direction, until a negative result is obtained at step SP14.
That is, until the output from the contact / separation detection sensor 12 can detect that the thumb and forefinger are separated, step SP
The processing loop from step 14 to step SP16 is executed.

When a negative result is obtained at step SP14, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP17, where the normal value stored in the RAM 21 obtained by the setting processing routine of FIG. 3 and the processing loop from step SP14 to step SP16 are executed. The difference between the normal value and the measured value is calculated based on the obtained pressure value applied to the ring 10B immediately before it was detected that the thumb and forefinger were separated. Next, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP18 and proceeds to step SP17.
The difference value obtained in step 5 is converted into a numerical value of 5 levels and the LCD 26
Display on top.

Next, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP19 to drive the motor driver 23 to drive the motor 2 in the reverse direction to return the rings 10A and 10B to the initial positions. Next, the microcomputer 18 proceeds to step SP20 and returns to step SP12 of FIG. 2 to complete the O-ring test at step SP21. LCD after O-ring test
Based on the numerical value displayed on 26, the subject's physical compatibility, abnormal site, information identification, etc. are judged.

According to the above configuration, before the O-ring test is performed, the normal value setting process routine detects the distance between the thumb and the index finger, and the pressure value (normal value) of the muscle strength of the finger immediately before it is detected. Is measured and stored in the RAM 21,
The ring measurement processing routine measures the pressure value (measured value) of the muscle strength of the finger immediately before the separation of the thumb and forefinger when the subject was given a specific substance, and measured the normal value and the measured value. Based on and, the difference value is converted into a numerical value and LC
By displaying on the D26, it is possible to realize the O-ring test apparatus 1 in which the subject can independently perform the O-ring test and obtain accurate O-ring test results.

Further, according to the above configuration, the objective quantitative data as the result of the O-ring test is converted into a numerical value and displayed on the LCD 26, so that the subject can easily make a diagnosis based on the numerical value. can do.

In the above embodiment, the ring 10 is used.
Although the case where the pressure sensor 11 is provided in B has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the pressure sensor 11 may be provided in the ring 10A. Further, the pressure sensor 11 is provided on both the ring 10A and the ring 10B, and the difference value for each pressure sensor 11 is calculated based on the normal value and the measured value obtained by the pressure sensor 11 provided on each of the rings 10A and 10B. With this, it is possible to obtain a more accurate result of the O-ring test.

In the above embodiment, the difference value is 5
Although the case where the numerical value is converted to a numerical value and displayed on the LCD 26 has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and if the differential value is converted to a numerical value of 6 steps or more and displayed on the LCD 26, the O-ring is more accurate. You can test.

In the above embodiment, the connecting line 9B is used.
The case where the adjusting screw 14 is provided to adjust the distance between the rings 10A and 10B has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the adjusting screw 14 is provided to the connecting line 9A, or both the connecting lines 9A and 9B are provided. Adjusting screw 14 on the ring 10
The distance between A and 10B may be adjusted.

In the above embodiment, the case where the O-ring is formed by the thumb and the index finger has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the O-ring may be formed by fingers other than the thumb and the index finger. It is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the above-mentioned embodiment.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the O-ring test apparatus 1 is configured to apply an external force to both the rings 10A and 10B has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the ring 10A or the ring 10B is not limited thereto. One of them may be fixed and the other may be applied with an external force.

In the above embodiment, the connecting line 9A
Rings 10A and 10B are provided at the tips of 9 and 9B to form O-rings through the thumb and other fingers, respectively.
The case where an external force for opening the O-ring is applied to A and 10B has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the ring 10
Axes are provided at the tips of the connecting wires 9A and 9B instead of A and 10B, and an O-ring is formed by the thumb and other fingers so as to surround these two axes, and external force is applied to the two axes to open the O-rings. You may allow it.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the difference value between the normal value and the measured value is displayed on the LCD 26 as a numerical value is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to display it in a bar graph or the like. A display method and display means may be used.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, an external force is applied to at least one of the finger guide means and then applied to the thumb and the other finger immediately before it is detected that the thumb and the other finger are separated. Measured external force based on the output of the external force detection means,
The measurement result is compared with the measurement result of the external force applied to the thumb and the other finger immediately before it is detected that the thumb and the other finger are separated from each other before the O-ring test. By doing so, it is possible to realize an O-ring test device in which the subject can independently perform the O-ring test and obtain accurate O-ring test results.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an O-ring test apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure of an O-ring test.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure for setting a normal value.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a measurement processing procedure of an O-ring test.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... O-ring test device, 2 ... Motor, 3 ... Wing, 4A, 4B ... Spring, 5A, 5B, 8A, 8B ...
... Connecting part, 6A, 6B ... Rotating arm, 7A, 7B ...
Support point, 9A, 9B ... Connection line, 10A, 10B ... Ring, 11 ... Pressure sensor, 12 ... Contact / separation detection sensor, 1
3, 14 ... Adjusting screw, 15 ... Circuit board, 16 ... Power switch, 17 ... A / D converter, 18 ... Microcomputer, 19 ... CPU, 20 ... ROM,
21 ... RAM, 22 ... I / O interface, 23
...... Motor driver, 24 …… Start switch, 25
... LCD driver, 26 ... LCD, 27 ... set switch, 28 ... cover.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Yoichiro Sako 6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation (72) Hiroyuki Hanatani 6-35 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo No. Sony Corporation (56) Reference JP-A-2-136136 (JP, A) JP-A-7-289541 (JP, A) Actually open 63-133208 (JP, U) Actually open 4-37407 (JP, U) Actual Kaihei 5-70505 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61B 5/22

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A thumb and other fingers, which are the voluntary muscles of the subject,
A physical information according to a change in muscle force of the voluntary muscle in a state where an external force that forms a ring and tries to open the O-ring and a muscle force of the voluntary muscle of the subject who tries to maintain the O-ring are antagonized. In an O-ring test device for measuring the above, two finger guide means that engage with two fingers of the O-ring formed by the subject and move in a direction according to an external force applied to the O-ring, and the finger guide means. An external force generating means for applying the external force to at least one of the two, an external force detecting means for detecting the external force applied to the O-ring by the external force generating means, and an external force for opening the O-ring by the external force generating means. After the generation, the external force applied to the thumb and the other finger immediately before detecting that the thumb and the other finger are separated is based on the output of the external force detecting means. Based on the
The measurement result is compared with the measurement result of the external force applied to the thumb and the other finger immediately before detecting that the thumb and the other finger are separated from each other, which is measured for the subject before the O-ring test , And an O-ring test device comprising a measuring means for converting into a numerical value in a predetermined stage . 2. Arranged in the vicinity of the two finger guide means.
Is, O-ring test apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in that it comprises a contact and separation detecting means for detecting the contact and separation of the thumb and fingers to form the O-ring. 3. A covering means is provided which covers at least the two finger guide means and is provided with an insertion portion for inserting the hand or fingers of the subject, and after inserting the hand or fingers of the subject into the insertion portion, 2. The O-ring test device according to claim 1, wherein the O-ring is formed by passing the thumb and other fingers through a finger guide means.