KR100430880B1 - Self-supportable sinus irrigator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sinus washer. The sinus washing method using a conventional washing tube has a problem inconvenient and cause time loss of doctors and nurses. According to the present invention, the washing tube is self-supporting while being inserted into the sinus inlet through the nasal cavity of the patient, thereby simplifying the washing procedure, greatly reducing the discomfort or pain of the patient, and properly distributing the roles of doctors and nurses. This is to reduce the time loss.

Description

Self-Supporting Sinus Washer {SELF-SUPPORTABLE SINUS IRRIGATOR}

The present invention relates to a sinus washer, and more particularly to a self-supporting sinus washer that can inject a wash solution and / or a chemical solution while the wash tube is self-supported in the patient's nose. .

In the human body, there are paranasal sinuses, which are called maxillary sinus, ethmoid sinus, sinus sinus, and sphenoid sinus. Inflammation of the sinuses is called sinusitis, commonly called sinusitis.

Drug treatment and surgery are widely used as a treatment method.

In the case of pharmacotherapy, sinus lavage is performed when medication alone does not work well.

Sinus cleaning includes the Proetz method, the maxillary sinus puncture method, and the sinus cleaning method using a washing tube. Of these, the PROETS method is difficult to implement because the patient complains of discomfort, and the maxillary sinus puncture may cause damage to the mucous membranes and puncture of the puncture into the eye, causing air coloration. Because it is not widely used. In addition, the sinus lavage using the washing tube is difficult to perform the procedure, the patient complains a lot of discomfort, and all procedures are performed by the doctor, which is not actually used due to the time limit.

In particular, the sinus washing method using a washing tube should be carried out by the doctor with the washing tube inserted in the patient's nose, which prevents the doctor from inserting the washing tube in the correct position due to the doctor's movement or the patient's reflex movement. There was a problem such as feeling the pain.

In addition, since the nurse has to hold the washing tube, the nurse should connect the washing liquid and the medicine injection equipment to the washing tube to inject the washing liquid and the medicine, so that the role of the doctor and the nurse cannot be properly distributed, resulting in time loss. There was this.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to shorten the time without side effects and discomfort and to effectively wash the sinuses, through which it is possible to inject drugs such as antibiotics to reduce the side effects of using antibiotics in oral administration or injection form. It is to provide a self supporting sinus washer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-supporting sinus washer that can be performed without the doctor all the procedures of the procedure to significantly reduce the time loss.

1 to 6 show a first embodiment of a self-supporting sinus washer according to the present invention,

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the self-support means is opened;

2 is a perspective view showing a closed state of the self-support means;

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1;

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 1;

5 to 7 shows a procedure of washing the sinuses by the self-supporting sinus washer of the present invention,

Figure 5 is a longitudinal side view showing a state in which the self-supporting sinus washer is inserted into the patient's nose with the movable arm retracted;

Figure 6 shows the state in which the washing tube is supported by the self-support means by opening the movable arm after inserting the self-supporting sinus washer in the patient's nose

Longitudinal side view.

Figure 7 is a longitudinal front view showing a state in which the washing tube is supported by the self-support means by opening the movable arm after inserting the self-supporting sinus washer in the patient's nose,

8 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of a self-supporting sinus washer according to the present invention,

9 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of a self-supporting sinus washer according to the present invention.

** Description of symbols for the main parts of the drawing **

10: washing tube 11: tube

12: nozzle 13: connector

20 self-support means 21: fixed arm

22: movable arm 23,23 ': connection portion

24: fixed tube 25: soft coating

30: locking means 31: fixing part

32: locking part 33: extension part

34: locking part

The present invention is a thin elongated tube to achieve the above object, a connector formed at the rear end of the tube connecting the tube to the washing liquid injection equipment, and a nozzle formed at the front end of the tube formed with at least one injection hole Branched washing tube; And a self-support means having a fixed arm fixed to the washing tube, a movable arm having a force to elastically open with respect to the fixed arm, and a connecting portion connecting the fixed arm and the movable arm. It provides a self-supporting sinus washer.

And locking means for maintaining the movable arm in a state where the gap between the fixed arm and the movable arm is narrowed.

Hereinafter, a self-supporting sinus washer according to the present invention will be described in detail according to the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a self-supporting sinus washer according to the present invention, Figure 1 shows a self-support means open, Figure 2 shows a self-supporting means retracted .

1 and 2, 10 is a washing tube, which is provided with a thin and long tubular body 11, a nozzle 12 coupled to the front end of the tubular body 11, and a rear end portion of the tubular body 11, and the tubular body 11 ) Is composed of a connector 13 for connecting to the washing liquid injection equipment (not shown).

The tubular body 11 is formed of a material resistant to corrosion (for example, stainless steel) without harming the human body, and the nozzle 12 is made of soft ceramic rubber or the like without harming the human body.

A tip injection hole 14a is formed at the tip side of the nozzle 12. Here, the injection hole 14a may be formed only at the tip of the nozzle 12, but even when the tip injection hole 14a is blocked by the wall of the sinus or nasal turbines during the procedure, the cleaning liquid or the chemical liquid may be injected. In order to ensure that the front injection hole (14b) is preferably formed.

The tubular body 11 is bent at an obtuse angle upward near the tip nozzle 12 so that the nozzle 12 can be accurately positioned at the desired sinus inlet when inserted into the patient's nose, and the rear end thereof is connected to the connector. (13) It is preferable to bend at an obtuse angle toward the side to facilitate handling of the washing machine during the procedure.

1 and 2 in Figure 20 is a self-support means, is formed of a spring steel (spring 하는) used for a conventional spring, and a fixed arm (21) fixedly coupled to the tubular body 11 of the washing tube (10) ), A movable arm 22 having a force to elastically open with respect to the fixed arm 21, and a connecting portion 23 connecting the fixed arm 21 and the movable arm 22.

The connecting portion 23 is formed in a 1/2 turn wound form.

In the illustrated example, the fixing arm 21 is fixed to the tubular body 11 of the washing tube 10 by covering the fixing tube 24, but a method such as welding, bonding, or bonding may be used.

Since the movable arm 22 is a part which is in contact with the nasal cavity of the patient at the time of the procedure, it is preferable to cover the soft coating 25 made of soft synthetic resin or synthetic rubber which is harmless to the human body to reduce pain.

1 and 2, 30 is a locking means, a fixing part 31 fixed to the tubular body 11 of the washing tube 10, and a locking part to which the movable arm 22 of the self supporting means 20 is caught. It consists of 32.

In the figure, A is the nasal cavity, B is the nasal concha, C is the globule, D is the sinus inlet, E is the nasal concha, F is the ethmoid sinus, and G is the maxillary sinus.

Hereinafter, a process of performing a sinus washing procedure using the self-supporting sinus washer according to the present embodiment will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the movable arm 22 of the self supporting means 20 is pushed against the stationary arm 21 and the tubular body 11 by pressing the movable arm 22 to hold the stationary arm 21 and In the state in which the gap between the movable arm 22 with respect to the tubular body 11 is narrowed, the tubular body 11 of the washing tube 10 is removed from the nozzle 12 region as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. Inserted through the nasal cavity (A) of the nozzle 12 of the washing tube 10 to be located in the sinus inlet (D) between the nasal concha (B) and the bulbous projection (C).

At this time, the cleaning tube 10 is inserted through the nasal cavity A while the movable arm 22 is pressed while the movable arm 22 is not caught by the locking portion 32 of the locking means 30. 10 may be positioned at the sinus inlet D, but the movable arm 22 is caught by the locking portion 32 of the locking means 30 while the movable arm 22 is pressed. More convenient procedure can be performed by performing in a state.

Since the tubular body 11 is bent upward in the vicinity of the nozzle 12, it is easy to position the nozzle 12 portion at the sinus inlet D.

When the movable arm 22 of the self supporting means 20 is opened by its own elastic force when the nozzle 12 portion is positioned at the sinus inlet D, as shown in FIG. It is elastically in close contact with the inner wall surface, whereby the washing tube 20 is supported not to move arbitrarily.

Here, when the movable arm 22 of the self supporting means 20 is inserted without being caught by the locking portion 32 of the locking means 30, the movable arm 22 is removed by removing the force that pushed the movable arm 22. 22) can be opened, and when the movable arm 22 is inserted into the locking portion 32 of the locking means 30, the movable arm 22 is pressed again and then the locking means 30 The movable arm 22 may be opened by allowing the movable arm 22 to be released by removing the force that pushes the movable arm 22 after being released from the locking portion 32.

At this time, since the soft covering portion 25 is coated on the movable arm 22 of the self supporting means 20, even if the movable arm 22 is in close contact with the inner wall of the nasal cavity of the patient, the patient does not feel pain.

In the state in which the washing tube 10 is supported, the washing liquid and the chemical liquid injection device (not shown) are connected to the connector 13 and the washing liquid and the chemical liquid are injected.

Here, the procedure is directly performed by the doctor until the insertion and self-supporting of the washing tube 10, and then the process of connecting the washing liquid and the chemical injection equipment (not shown) to the connector 13 and injecting the washing liquid and the chemical liquid is performed by a nurse or the like. Because the procedure can be performed, the roles of doctors and nurses are appropriately distributed, which can greatly reduce time loss.

When the procedure is over, the washing machine is pushed out of the patient's nose in the locked state by pressing the movable arm 22 of the self supporting means 20 to be caught by the locking portion 32 of the locking means 30.

FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the connecting portion 23 'connecting the fixed arm 21 and the movable arm 22 of the self supporting means 20 is one or more times. It is formed in a wound state, and the other components and actions are the same as in the above-described first embodiment, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same parts, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

8 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the locking means 30 is an extension part 33 formed integrally with the fixing arm 21 of the self-supporting means 20. It is composed of the engaging portion 34 bent at the end of the extension portion 33, and the other configuration and operation is the same as in the above-described first and second embodiments, the same reference numerals are given to the same parts and specific Description is omitted.

As described above, according to the self-supporting sinus washer according to the present invention, it is possible to self-support without washing the sinus without inserting the washing tube in the state of the patient's nose, so that it is possible to wash the sinuses without side effects or discomfort. There is.

In addition, since the washing tube inserted into the patient's nose is washed and infused with the medicine solution while being self-supported by the self-supporting means, the patient may not feel pain or discomfort as well as the insertion and self-supporting stage of the washing tube. Since the doctor is to perform the procedure and the subsequent injection of the washing solution and the medicine can be performed by the nurse, so the role of the doctor and nurse is appropriately distributed to reduce the time loss.

Claims (9)

A washing tube having a thin and elongated tube, a connector formed at a rear end of the tube and connecting the tube to a washing liquid injection device, and a nozzle formed at the tip of the tube to form at least one injection hole; And a self-support means having a fixed arm fixed to the washing tube, a movable arm having a force to be elastically opened with respect to the fixed arm, and a connecting portion connecting the fixed arm and the movable arm. Self-supporting sinus washer. The self-supporting sinus washer according to claim 1, wherein a tip end of the tubular body is bent at an obtuse angle upward near the nozzle. The self-supporting sinus washer according to claim 1, wherein the rear end of the tubular body is bent at an obtuse angle toward the side near the connector. The self-supporting sinus washer according to claim 1, wherein the injection hole formed in the nozzle is a tip injection hole and a forward injection hole. The self-supporting sinus cleaner of claim 1, wherein the nozzle is formed of a soft material. 2. The self-supporting sinus washer according to claim 1, wherein the movable arm of the self supporting means is covered by a soft coating. The self-supporting sinus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a locking means for holding the movable arm in a state where the gap between the fixed arm and the movable arm is narrowed. syringe. 8. The self-supporting sinus washer according to claim 7, wherein the locking means comprises a fixing part fixed to the tubular body of the washing tube, and a locking part bent at the fixing part to hold the movable arm of the self supporting means. 8. The self-supporting sinus washer according to claim 7, wherein the locking means comprises an extension part extending from the fixed arm of the self supporting means, and a locking part bent from the extension part to hold the movable arm.