KR20030036390A - Self-supportable sinus irrigator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A self-supporting paranasal sinus washing machine is provided to wash paranasal sinuses effectively in a short time without any adverse effect. CONSTITUTION: The washing machine is self-supported by a washing pipe(10) inserted up to the entrance of paranasal sinuses via the nasal cavity of a patient. Its washing operation is simple and easy and the discomfort and pain of the patient can be substantially reduced. A doctor and a nurse can be assigned a proper part, for thereby reducing a time loss. Among components constituting the washing machine, no part compresses an inner wall of the nasal cavity of the patient, thereby making it possible to perform a painless operation.

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 inside the nasal cavity of the patient. will be.

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 performed by a doctor holding the washing tube inserted inside the patient's nasal cavity. There was a problem such as making a big 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 inventor has filed a patent application (10-2002-18685) of a self-supporting sinus washer that can solve this problem.

However, such self-supporting sinus washer has a problem that the locking means for holding the movable arm to press the inner nasal wall of the patient complains of pain.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to shorten the time without side effects and discomfort and to effectively wash the sinuses, thereby injecting drugs such as antibiotics to reduce the side effects of using antibiotics in oral administration or injection form The goal is to provide a self-supporting sinus washer that prevents patients from feeling pain.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-supporting sinus washer that can be performed without a doctor to perform all the procedures of the procedure can greatly reduce the time loss while preventing the patients from feeling pain.

1 to 7 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 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line V-V of FIG.

6 to 8 shows a procedure of washing the sinuses by the self-supporting sinus washer of the present invention,

6 is a longitudinal side view showing a state in which a self-supporting sinus washer is inserted into the nasal cavity of a patient with the movable arm retracted;

Figure 7 is a longitudinal side view showing a state in which the washing tube is supported by the self-support means by inserting a self-supporting sinus washer into the nasal cavity of the patient to open the movable arm.

8 is a longitudinal front view showing a state in which a washing tube is supported by self-supporting means by inserting a self-supporting sinus washer into the nasal cavity of a patient and causing the movable arm to open;

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

10 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 14 connector

20: elastic member 21: fixed arm

22: movable arm 23, 23 ': bending part

24: soft skin

30: slider 31,31 ': fixed part

32,32 ': Restraint / Release 33,33': Connection

34,34 ': Operation

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; A self-supporting means having a fixed arm fixed to the washing tube, a movable arm having a force to elastically open toward the distal end of the tubular body with respect to the fixed arm, and a bending portion connecting the fixed arm and the movable arm; ; And a restraining / releasing means for restraining / releasing said self-supporting means, wherein said restraining / releasing means is in contact with said tubular body and is slidably installed in its longitudinal direction, and is integral with said guide portion. Slider having a restraint / release portion which is installed to be movable in contact with the movable arm in contact with the movable arm to restrain the movable arm in a closed state or released in a flat state and a connecting portion connecting the guide portion and the restraining / release portion Self-supporting sinus washer, characterized in that is provided.

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 .

Self-supporting sinus washer according to the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the washing tube 10 for injecting drugs into the nasal cavity of the patient; Self-support means for self-supporting the washing tube 10 in the nasal cavity of the patient; And restraining / releasing means for restraining / releasing said self supporting means.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the washing tube 10 is a thin elongated tube 11, a nozzle 12 coupled to the front end of the tube 11 and the rear end of the tube 11 It is provided with a connector 13 for connecting the tubular body 11 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, the cleaning liquid or the chemical liquid may be injected. In order to ensure that the front injection hole (14b) is preferably formed.

The tube 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 nasal cavity of the patient. It is desirable to bend the obtuse angle toward the side near the connector 13 to facilitate the handling of the washing machine during the procedure.

1 and 2, the self-support means is formed of a spring steel (stainless steel) or stainless steel (stainless steel) used for a conventional spring, the tubular body 11 of the washing tube 10 A fixed arm (21) fixedly coupled to the movable arm (22), a movable arm (22) having a force to elastically open with respect to the fixed arm (21), and the fixed arm (21) and the movable arm (22). It is composed of an elastic member 20 such as a torsion coil spring having a bending portion 23 to connect.

The bending portion 23 is formed in the form of one to two turns as in the conventional torsion coil spring.

In the illustrated example, the fixing arm 21 is welded and fixed to the tubular body 11 of the washing tube 10, but a fixing tube (not shown) is attached to the tubular body 11 of the fixing arm 21 and the washing tube 10. Can also be fixed by covering.

Since the movable arm 22 is a part in contact with the inside of the nasal cavity of the patient when the procedure is performed, it is preferable to cover the soft coating part 24 made of soft synthetic resin or synthetic rubber which is harmless to the human body to reduce pain (Fig. 4).

1 and 2, the restraint / release means, the guide portion 31 is slidably coupled to the tubular body 11 of the cleaning tube 10 in the longitudinal direction, and the self-support means 20 Constraints / releases 32 for restraining the movable arms 22 in a closed state or releasing them in an open state with respect to the fixed arm 21 of the < RTI ID = 0.0 >) < / RTI > It consists of a slider 30 having a connecting portion 33.

The guide portion 31 is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the tubular body 11, and the restraining / release portion 32 is formed in a substantially semi-cylindrical shape in contact with a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the movable arm 22.

In addition, the distance (L) between the guide portion 31 and the restraint / release portion 32 is shorter than the maximum spacing (W) of the movable arm 22 is opened with respect to the fixed arm 21 and in the tubular body 11 It is set longer than the distance l to the lower end of the bending part 23.

The guide part 31 and the restraint / release part 32 and the connection part 33 are preferably integrally formed as shown in the example, but are not necessarily limited thereto, and the guide part 31 and the restraint / release part ( 32 may be formed separately, and these may be connected by separate connection units 33.

The operation piece 34 is bent outwardly and formed in the connecting portion 33.

In the illustrated example, the operation piece 34 is formed on the right side with respect to the right hand user. However, in the case of the left hand user, the operation piece 34 may be formed on the left side.

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.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the slider 30, which is the restraining / release means, is moved toward the bending part 23 of the elastic member 20, which is the self-supporting means, between the guide part 31 and the restraining / release part 32. Since the distance is set longer than the distance (l) from the tubular body 11 to the lower end of the bending part 23, the movable arm 22 is kept in the free state apart from the restraint by the restraint / release part 32. do.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the slider 30 is slid to the front end side of the tube body 11, the fixed arm 21, and the movable arm 22, the slider 31 between the guide portion 31 and the restraint / release portion 32 is removed. Since the distance L is set to be shorter than the maximum distance W in the state where the movable arm 22 is opened with respect to the fixed arm 21, the movable arm 22 is restrained by the restraint / release part 32. And remain confined by restraint by the restraint / release section 32.

As shown in FIG. 6 in the state where the movable arm 22 is closed as described above, the tubular body 11 of the washing tube 10 is inserted through the nasal cavity A of the patient from the nozzle 12 portion and the washing tube ( The nozzle 12 portion of 10) is positioned at the sinus inlet (D) between the nasal concha (B) and the bulbous projection (C).

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.

At this time, the front end of the movable arm 22 of the elastic member 20 which is the self supporting means is located inside the nasal cavity.

When the nozzle 12 is positioned at the sinus inlet D, the slider 30 is slid to the bending part 23 side of the elastic member 20 so that the guide part 31 and the restraining / release part 32 Since the distance (L) between the () is set longer than the distance (l) from the tubular body 11 to the lower end of the bending portion 23, the movable arm 22 of the self-support means 20 is driven by the slider 30 The elastic pipe is elastically tightly contacted with the inner wall of the nasal cavity A, as shown in FIG.

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 patient, the patient does not feel pain.

In a 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 into the sinuses.

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.

After the procedure, the slider 30 is slid again to the tip side of the tubular body 11, the fixed arm 21, and the movable arm 22, so that the movable arm 22 of the self supporting means 20 moves to the slider ( 30) Withdrawal of the washer out of the patient's nasal cavity, constrained by 30).

In addition, one hand (the right hand in the case of a right hand user) grasps the connector 13 part with a thumb and the index finger, and the operation piece 34 of the slider 30 is stopped by the middle of the same hand (the right hand in the case of a right hand user). Since the slider 30 can be moved by pushing and pulling, the procedure can be performed more conveniently with one hand.

8 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the bending part 23 'connecting the stationary arm 21 and the movable arm 22 of the self supporting means 20 is 1 /. It is formed in a two-wheeled 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.

FIG. 9 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the slider 30 as the restraint / release means is formed in a cylindrical shape that completely surrounds the tubular body 11 and the fixing arm 21. 31 'and a connecting portion 33' connecting the guide portion 31 'and the restraining / release portion 32' in contact with the movable arm 22. Since the other configurations and operations are the same as in the above-described first and second embodiments, the same parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the operation piece 34 'is bent outwardly to the connecting portion 33'.

According to the self-supporting sinus washer according to the present invention as described above, even if the doctor or nurse does not hold the washing tube by hand in the state in which the washing tube is inserted into the nasal cavity of the washing machine is self-supporting sinus without side effects or discomfort There is an effect that can be washed.

In addition, since the washing tube inserted into the nasal cavity of the patient is washed and injected with a chemical solution in a self-supporting state, 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.

In addition, since there is no part of the elements constituting the self-support means or restraint / release means to compress the nasal inner wall of the patient there is an effect that enables a painless procedure without causing the patient to feel pain.

Claims (6)

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; A self-supporting means having a fixed arm fixed to the washing tube, a movable arm having a force to elastically open toward the distal end of the tubular body with respect to the fixed arm, and a bending portion connecting the fixed arm and the movable arm; ; Constraining / releasing means for restraining / releasing the self-support means; The restraint / release means is provided with a guide part slidably installed in the longitudinal direction in contact with the tubular body, and movably installed integrally with the guide part to contact the movable arm to retract the movable arm with respect to the fixed arm. Self-supporting sinus washer characterized in that consisting of a slider having a restraint / release portion restrained in a state or released in the open state and a connecting portion connecting the guide portion and the restraint / release portion. According to claim 1, wherein the guide portion is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape surrounding the upper outer peripheral surface of the tubular body, the connecting portion is coupled to one side of the guide portion to extend to the movable arm side, the restraint / release portion is an extended end of the connecting portion Self-supporting sinus washer, characterized in that formed in the "U" bending. The method of claim 1, wherein the guide portion is formed in a cylindrical shape completely surrounding the tubular body and the fixed arm, the connecting portion is coupled to one side of the guide portion to extend to the movable arm side, the restraint / release portion at the extended end of the connection portion Self-supporting sinus washer, characterized in that formed "U" bent. The self-supporting sinus washer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the connecting portion is provided with an operation piece for moving the slider. 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.