KR102285455B1 - A portable hemorrhoid treatment device of having thermal therapy funtion - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hemorrhoid treatment device that causes negative pressure in the anal canal, which is the inside, by pressurizing surroundings of the anus of a patient to apply positive pressure around the anus, wherein the portable hemorrhoid treatment device is convenient to carry to be used alone, not only on a toilet seat, but also on a chair or on the ground, and can be attached to or detached from the rail of an existing hemorrhoid treatment seat to provide a thermal function to the existing hemorrhoid treatment seat.

Description

A portable hemorrhoid treatment device with a thermal function {A PORTABLE HEMORRHOID TREATMENT DEVICE OF HAVING THERMAL THERAPY FUNTION}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating hemorrhoids, and in particular, by applying positive pressure to the patient's anus around the patient's anus, either alone or attached to a seat adapter for a toilet seat, to generate negative pressure therein, (否) relates to a portable hemorrhoids treatment device having a heating function that can pull the hemorrhoids (or hemorrhoids) protruding outside the anus into the body to recover.

In general, hemorrhoids (or hemorrhoids) is the most common disease among anal diseases, and it occurs most often in adults after 50 years of age or women after pregnancy or childbirth. In a normal anal canal, there is a special cushioning tissue, which is a vascular tissue composed of submucosal smooth muscle and a separate mass of elastic connective tissue. This tissue is usually present in three directions, left, right, and right, and when this tissue is abnormal or shows symptoms, it is called hemorrhoids (or hemorrhoids).

The cause of hemorrhoids (or hemorrhoids) is not known for certain, but it is often caused by the receding of the anal cushion due to gravity, continuous use of force, and irregular bowel habits. In addition, when the intra-abdominal pressure is increased due to frequent enemas due to genetic factors such as congenitally weak anal canal mucosa, prolonged diarrhea, severe coughing, and constipation, it may also occur due to an increase in intra-abdominal pressure during pregnancy and childbirth.

Common folk remedies to treat hemorrhoids include hot water sitz bathing in which hot water heated to around 40°C is placed in a basin and then the buttocks are sufficiently soaked in hot water to tighten and stretch the anal muscles, and a rubber ring using a special rubber ring to bind and release internal hemorrhoids. The ligation method and the laser surgery method in which the hemorrhoids are cut out or burned with a laser beam such as carbon dioxide-argon are mainly used.

In particular, in the case of treatment using the hot water sitz bath method, it is very cumbersome and inconvenient to use it after exposing the body. It could not be used outside the home away from home, so he had to endure the pain caused by hemorrhoids.

In consideration of this point, various thermal hemorrhoids treatment devices have appeared, but most of them are configured to hold the rod-type body by hand and insert the heating element formed therein into the anus to heat it. Inconveniences such as recognizing the gaze of people around when using it are exposed, and there is a problem that there are many restrictions on the place of use, and there is a risk of causing disgust and discomfort to the people around. Due to the factors, it showed various problems in use, such as almost impossible to use in the case of women.

Therefore, Patent Document 1 (Korea Utility Model Publication No. 20-0267768) has a heating element having a curved surface corresponding to the deep curved surface between the left and right buttocks of the buttocks and a protrusion formed in close contact with the anal area, built into the cushion. We propose a thermal treatment method that can provide continuous therapeutic effect by simply and easily applying heat to the anus and its surroundings even in daily sitting life.

On the other hand, as a medical treatment method for treating hemorrhoids or hemorrhoids, surgical therapy, that is, thrombectomy, submucosal hemorrhoidectomy, ultrasound or controlled electric energy and pain relief surgery are mainly used. However, these medical treatment methods are being hesitant due to problems such as patients' fear of surgery, postoperative pain, and recurrence.

Accordingly, in response to the request to develop a medical device that can treat hemorrhoids or hemorrhoids without using surgical therapy, Patent Document 2 (US Patent Publication US 7,677,250 B2), Patent Document 3 (Korea Patent Publication No. 10-1370148) No.) and Patent Document 4 (Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1370155) apply positive pressure to the area surrounding the hemorrhoids in order to induce negative pressure inside the human body (ie, the anal canal). A hemorrhoid treatment seat (or toilet seat adapter) designed to do so has been proposed.

US 20-0268868 Y1 US 7677250 B2 US 10-1370148 B1 US 10-1370155 B1

The hemorrhoid treatment sheet 10 of Patent Documents 2 to 4 is provided with a rail 13 protruding from the seat body 11 so that it can be used by being mounted on the toilet seat as shown in FIG. 7 , and when the patient is seated, the rail 13 ) by applying positive pressure around the anus, it causes negative pressure inside, and the negative pressure pulls the hemorrhoids (or hemorrhoids) protruding from the anus into the body to restore the original shape. let it recover

However, the hemorrhoid treatment sheet 10 of Patent Documents 2 to 4 has a seat body 13 having a shape corresponding to the toilet seat in order to be stably seated in the toilet seat. Due to the presence of the sheet body 13, the entire volume of the hemorrhoids treatment sheet 10 is increased, which is inconvenient to carry and increases the production cost.

Therefore, the first technical object of the present invention is to provide a hemorrhoids treatment device that is convenient to carry so that it can be used anytime, anywhere, not only on a toilet seat, but also on a chair or on the ground.

In addition, the present invention provides a hemorrhoids treatment device that can be attached to and detached from the rail 11 of the hemorrhoid treatment sheet 10 of Patent Documents 2 to 4 to impart a thermal function to the conventional hemorrhoid treatment sheet 10. It is the second technical task to provide.

A portable hemorrhoids treatment device with a heating function according to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is for treating hemorrhoids in which a penetration portion corresponding to the buttocks of the human body is formed in the center of a rail having a constant height and width As a closed loop, the rail includes: a clad rail whose cross section has a door shape made of left and right side walls and a roof, and is made of a relatively flexible material; a core rail made of a relatively hard material that is detachably and attachably coupled to the inside of the clad rail; When the patient's buttocks are placed on the rail by fitting the core rail to the clad rail, the core rail supports the load in the direction of gravity, thereby pressing the patient's anus placed on the rail and providing a positive fit around the anus. ) is characterized in that the negative pressure is generated in the anal canal, which is the inside, by adding the pressure.

A portable hemorrhoids treatment device having a heating function according to another second aspect of the present invention comprises: a heating means disposed on the roof of the clad rail; It characterized in that it comprises a power supply means for applying power to the heating means.

The heating means is preferably a hot wire or a semiconductor heating element.

The penetrating portion of the portable hemorrhoids treatment device having a heating function according to another third aspect of the present invention has a first penetrating portion corresponding to the left buttock of the human body and a second penetrating portion corresponding to the right hip corresponding to the anal region. They are interconnected by a third penetrating portion, and the third penetrating portion is formed relatively narrow compared to the first and second penetrating portions so that the rail formed around the third penetrating portion presses around the anus. characterized.

In a portable hemorrhoids treatment device having a heating function according to another fourth aspect of the present invention, the core rail and the clad rail are detachably coupled to each other by a Velcro tape.

In addition, in the portable hemorrhoids treatment device having a heating function according to another fifth aspect of the present invention, the core rail has any one of a solid rectangular parallelepiped shape, a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a door shape corresponding to the clad rail. characterized by having.

In the portable hemorrhoids treatment device with a heating function according to another sixth aspect of the present invention, the upper surface of the rail is characterized in that it is inclined at a constant angle toward the central penetrating portion.

According to the device for treating hemorrhoids of the present invention, it is possible to spread and use it anytime, anywhere in the state that the patient usually carries. That is, when the patient is seated on a toilet seat, chair, or flat ground while carrying the device for treating hemorrhoids according to the present invention, positive pressure is added around the anus, causing negative pressure inside the anus, , the negative pressure pulls the hemorrhoids (or hemorrhoids) protruding outside the anus into the body to restore it to its original state.

In particular, the conventional hemorrhoid treatment sheet (the hemorrhoid treatment sheet in Patent Documents 2 to 3) is limited to a toilet seat or a chair, but the hemorrhoid treatment device according to the present invention can be spread out and seated in any place or situation. All can be used in

In addition, in the hemorrhoids treatment apparatus of the present invention, a heating means is installed in a portion in contact with the patient's buttocks to provide a heating function around the anus of the patient, so that the thermal treatment effect can be added in addition to the original therapeutic effect.

In addition, since the hemorrhoids treatment device of the present invention can be easily attached to the conventional hemorrhoid treatment sheet, it is possible to additionally provide a heating function to the conventional hemorrhoid treatment sheet.

The following drawings attached to this specification illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, and serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention together with the detailed description of the present invention to be described later, so the present invention is described in such drawings should not be construed as being limited only to
1 is a perspective view of a portable hemorrhoids treatment apparatus 100 having a heating function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view taken along line AA of the rail 112 of FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the rail 112 of FIG. 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view taken along line AA of the rail 112 of FIG. 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing another modification of the first embodiment according to the present invention.
6 is a state diagram of coupling the portable hemorrhoids treatment device 100 to the conventional hemorrhoid treatment sheet 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a perspective view of a conventional hemorrhoids treatment sheet 10 in which the seat body 13 and the rail 11 are coupled.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the following embodiments. This example is provided to more completely explain the present invention to those of ordinary skill in the art. In addition, although specific terms have been used in the drawings and the specification of the present invention, these are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the meaning or the scope of the present invention described in the claims. Therefore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings are not drawn to scale, and like reference numbers in each drawing refer to like elements.

1 is a perspective view of a portable hemorrhoids treatment device having a heating function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the portable hemorrhoids treatment apparatus 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention has a constant height (h) and width (w ₁ , w ₂ ) of approximately '8'-shaped rail 112 having a constant height (h) and width (w 1 , w 2 ) It consists of a closed loop 110 and a power supply 150 for hemorrhoids treatment in which a through portion 111 corresponding to the buttocks of the human body is formed in the center of the .

The rail 112 has an approximately '8' shape corresponding to the circumference of the patient's anus, so that the patient does not feel discomfort when seating the buttocks on the rail 112 . Accordingly, in the center of the closed loop 110 , the first penetrating portion 111c corresponding to the left buttock of the human body and the second penetrating portion 111a corresponding to the right buttock of the human body are located at the center of the closed loop 110 , and the third penetrating portion 111b corresponding to the anal region. It has a through part 111 integrally formed by being interconnected by the .

Therefore, when the patient is seated on the rail 112 so that the anus is located at the third penetration portion 111b of the closed loop 110, the patient's anus is pressed to apply positive pressure around the anus. By adding it, it causes negative pressure in the anal canal, which is the inside, and the negative pressure pulls the hemorrhoids (or hemorrhoids) protruding outside the anus into the anal canal to restore it to its original state.

In addition, the power supply 150 includes a plug 155 connected to an outlet of an external commercial power source, a wire 153 , and a temperature controller 152 . Accordingly, the upper surface 110a of the rail 112 may be heated to a desired temperature by supplying power to the heating means 125 such as a heating wire disposed on the rail 112 through the power supply 150 . In this case, the plug 155 of the power supply 150 may be replaced with a USB terminal or a cigar jack for a vehicle. If the plug 155 is replaced with a USB terminal or a cigar jack for a vehicle in this way, necessary power can be supplied from the vehicle or other electronic device having a USB terminal. In addition, the power supply 150 of the present embodiment may include all of the plug 155, the USB terminal, and a vehicle cigar jack at the same time.

The height (h) of the rail 112 is such that, according to the principle described in hydrostatics, the normal force acting against gravity when the muscles around the anus are pressed by the rail 112 can sufficiently act. should be high That is, when the patient is seated on the rail 112 and the buttocks are placed, the height (h) must be greater than or equal to the level that the anus does not touch the floor.

In addition, the width w ₁ , w ₂ of the rail 112 may be the same as or different from each other, and it is preferable to have a width greater than or equal to the extent that local pressure does not excessively act when the patient is seated, and if the width is unnecessarily large, the cost could be a factor in the rise.

2 to 4 are longitudinal sectional views taken along line AA of the rail 112 of FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the first embodiment, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of another second embodiment, and FIG. 4 is another A longitudinal cross-sectional view of the third embodiment.

First, referring to Figure 2, the rail 112 of this embodiment is a relatively rigid material disposed inside the clad rail 120 and the clad rail 120 made of a relatively flexible material (rigid material) of the core rail 130 . For example, the clad rail 120 may be made of a flexible material such as silicon or rubber, and the core rail 130 may be made of a hard material such as a hard synthetic resin, germanium, wood, ceramics, or metal.

The clad rail 120 and the core rail 130 may be coupled to each other by an interference fit so that they can be detached or attached to each other, or may be coupled with a Velcro tape. Of course, various other magnetic, physical, or chemical coupling methods may be applied to the clad rail 120 and the core rail 130 so that they can be detached and attached to each other.

The clad rail 120 has a 'C' shape (ie, a door shape) that is erected with a roof 120a on the left and right sidewalls 120b and 120c. A heating means 125 is planted on the roof 120a of the clad rail 120 . The heating means 125 includes a PVC heating wire, a planar heating element, a carbon heating wire or a semiconductor heating element.

Therefore, as the heating means 125 supplied with electric energy from the power supply 150 is heated, the upper surface 110a of the roof 120a of the clad rail 120 is warmly heated, and the upper surface 110a is in contact with the heating means 125 . You can treat the hip of the patient with heat.

The core rail 130 is a relatively rigid central support disposed at the center of the clad rail 120 , and is detachably and detachably coupled to the clad rail 120 . The core rail 130 may have a solid rectangular parallelepiped shape as shown in FIG. 2 , the same door shape as the clad rail 120 as shown in FIG. 3 , or a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape as shown in FIG. 4 . That is, as the patient sits on the closed loop 110 of the hemorrhoids treatment apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, the core rail 130 is the clad rail 130 when gravity acts on the clad rail 120 for the patient. It is a gravity support that supports to withstand the load of Accordingly, if the clad rail 130 can be supported so that the height h does not change despite the patient's load, the core rail 130 may have various shapes other than those of FIGS. 2 to 4 of course. .

The clad rail 120 is made of a flexible material having a degree of freedom in the three-axis (x, y, z) direction, and since the inner center thereof is empty, when a load is applied to the clad rail 120 , the clad rail 120 ) can be easily transformed. In this case, when the patient's buttocks are placed on the clad rail 120, the clad rail 120 is deformed by the load, which makes it impossible to apply a desired degree of positive pressure around the anus. It becomes impossible to induce negative pressure in the anal canal.

Therefore, in the case of using the hemorrhoids treatment apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment alone, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 , the inside of the clad rail 120 must have enough strength to withstand the patient's load. The core rail 130 made of a hard material should be coupled.

When the core rail 130 of FIGS. 2 to 4 is coupled to the inside of the clad rail 120 in this way, even if a load is applied to the clad rail 120 , the core rail 130 endures and supports the load, so the clad rail As 120 is not deformed, hemorrhoids (or hemorrhoids) that protrude outside the anus by pressing the patient's anus around the anus and adding positive pressure around the anus to generate negative pressure in the anal canal, which is the inside thereof. can be pulled into the anal canal to restore it to its original state.

Meanwhile, FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing another modified example of the first embodiment according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the roof 120a of the clad rail 120 of the hemorrhoids treatment apparatus 100 of the present modification is inclined with a constant inclination toward the center of the closed loop 110 . Accordingly, the corresponding core rail 130 also has a solid rectangular parallelepiped shape in which the upper surface is inclined with the same inclination. According to this modified example, when the hip of the patient touches the roof of the clad rail 120 , since the roof is inclined toward the center, the hip of the patient can be more stably accommodated.

The portable hemorrhoids treatment device 100 of this embodiment presses around the anus of the patient while supporting the load of the patient by fixing and coupling the core rail 130 made of a hard material to the inside of the clad rail 120 made of a flexible material as described above. Thus, by applying positive pressure around the anus, it can be applied to hemorrhoid treatment alone by generating negative pressure in the anal canal, which is the inside.

In addition, the portable hemorrhoids treatment device 100 of this embodiment is coupled to the rail 13 of the conventional hemorrhoids treatment sheet 10 or the toilet seat hemorrhoids adapter 10 as shown in FIG. 6 to the existing hemorrhoids treatment sheet 10 A heating function can be added.

6 is a state diagram of coupling the portable hemorrhoids treatment device 100 to the existing hemorrhoids treatment sheet 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The portable hemorrhoids treatment device 100 according to the present invention can be used alone for treating hemorrhoids by inserting the core rail 130 of a hard material inside the clad rail 120 of a flexible material. However, when necessary, the core rail 130 is separated from the clad rail 120, and the clad rail 120 from which the core rail 130 is removed on the rail 13 of the existing hemorrhoids treatment sheet 10 as shown in FIG. ) can also be used. In this case, it is possible to add a heating function to the existing hemorrhoids treatment sheet 10 that is not provided with a heating function.

Therefore, the inner gap of the clad rail 120 must have a size sufficient to be press-fitted to the rail 11 of the existing hemorrhoid treatment sheet 10 .

As such, the portable hemorrhoids treatment device 100 according to the present invention can be easily carried because the clad rail 120 , the power supply 150 and the core rail 130 can be separated from each other. In addition, the clad rail 120 , the power supply 150 , and the core rail 130 are carried in a separated state from each other, and if necessary, the core rail 130 is inserted into the clad rail 120 and coupled thereto, and the power supply 150 . You can use the combination of hemorrhoids treatment and heat treatment anytime, anywhere by connecting

In addition, when the hemorrhoid treatment sheet 10 or the seat toilet hemorrhoid adapter 10 as shown in FIG. 7 is installed in the toilet or chair, the clad rail 120 from which the core rail 130 is removed as shown in FIG. 6 is used as a hemorrhoid treatment sheet. By inserting it into the rail 11 of (10), it is possible to add a thermal treatment effect along with the treatment of hemorrhoids.

In the above, although the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and will be described below with the technical idea of the present invention by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalents of the claims.

100: portable hemorrhoids treatment device, 110: closed loop, 111: penetration, 111a: second penetration, 111b: third penetration, 111c: first penetration, 112: rail, 150: power supply, 152: temperature Regulator, 153: electric wire, 155: plug, 120: clad rail, 120a: roof, 120b, 120c: left and right side walls, 125: heating means, 130: core rail

Claims (7)

As a closed loop for hemorrhoids treatment in which a through portion corresponding to the buttocks of the human body is formed in the center of a rail having a constant height and width,
The rail is
a clad rail whose cross section is made of left and right sidewalls and a roof, and has a door shape with an empty inner center, and is made of a relatively flexible material;
a core rail made of a relatively hard material that is detachably and attachably coupled to the inner center of the clad rail;
By fitting the core rail to the inner center of the clad rail, when the patient's hip is placed on the rail, the core rail receives a load in the direction of gravity so that the height of the clad rail does not change despite the patient's load. By supporting the patient's anus, placed on the rail, a positive pressure is applied around the anus, thereby creating a negative pressure on the anal canal, which is inside;
A portable hemorrhoids treatment device with a heating function, characterized in that it can be used by separating the core rail from the clad rail and inserting the clad rail from which the core rail is removed on the rail of another hemorrhoid treatment sheet. The method of claim 1,
a heating means disposed on the roof of the clad rail;
Portable hemorrhoids treatment device with a heating function, characterized in that it comprises a power supply means for applying power to the heating means. 3. The method of claim 2,
The heating means is a portable hemorrhoids treatment device with a heating function, characterized in that the heating element or a semiconductor heating element. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
In the penetrating portion, a first penetrating portion corresponding to the left hip of the human body and a second penetrating portion corresponding to the right hip of the human body are interconnected by a third penetrating portion corresponding to the anal region, and the third penetrating portion is the first penetrating portion. A portable hemorrhoids treatment device with a heating function, characterized in that the rail formed around the third penetrating region compresses the anus by forming relatively narrow compared to the region and the second penetrating region. 5. The method of claim 4,
The core rail and the clad rail are portable hemorrhoids treatment device with a heating function, characterized in that detachably coupled to each other by a Velcro tape. 5. The method of claim 4,
The core rail is a portable hemorrhoids treatment device with a heating function, characterized in that it has any one of a solid rectangular parallelepiped shape, a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a door shape corresponding to the clad rail. 5. The method of claim 4,
A portable hemorrhoids treatment device with a heating function, characterized in that the upper surface of the rail is constantly inclined toward the central penetrating portion.

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