KR200450336Y1 - Medical treating controlling device for both prostate and urinary incontinence - Google Patents

Abstract

Prostate and incontinence combined treatment device according to the present invention, the prostate treatment probe for inserting into the rectum of a man in the state having a heater and a vibrating body in the rod-shaped housing to stimulate heat and vibration in the prostate gland; A urinary incontinence treatment probe inserted into the vagina of a woman while having a heater, a vibrating body, and an electrical stimulating body in a rod-shaped housing to stimulate heat, vibration, and low frequency electricity in the bladder; An integrated terminal for electrically connecting any one of the prostate treatment probe and the incontinence treatment probe via a cable, and a state identified by identifying whether the device connected to the integration terminal is a prostate treatment or an incontinence treatment probe The main body including a controller for transmitting a drive signal for controlling the heater and the vibrating body of the probe according to the configuration.
According to the treatment control device for combined prostate and urinary incontinence according to the present invention, through the treatment control function by one main body by the integrated control function of the main body having one integrated terminal into which the prostate treatment probe and the urinary incontinence treatment probe are inserted Urinary incontinence treatment and prostate treatment can be used in combination, providing convenience for common use among couples such as middle-aged.

Description

MEDICAL TREATING CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR BOTH PROSTATE AND URINARY INCONTINENCE}

The present invention relates to a prostate and urinary incontinence treatment control device, and more specifically, the prostate gland automatically connects the male probe for prostate treatment and the female probe for urinary incontinence treatment to the integrating terminal for urinary incontinence to one integrated terminal formed in the main body. The present invention relates to a treatment control device that can be used for both sexes to drive a treatment program and a urinary incontinence treatment program.

The prostate gland is one of the sex appendages that allow reproduction with the testicles. It produces about 35% of the liquid component of semen, and the produced prostate fluid nourishes the sperm and keeps the ejaculated semen from hardening. By increasing the mobility of sperm fertility is to increase.

The prostate gland is a soft tissue just like chestnut underneath the bladder of a man. The hole in the center of the prostate gland is penetrated and the urethra passes through it, so if the prostate gland becomes abnormal, it may cause abnormal urination and also cause sexual dysfunction. Representative prostate diseases include enlarged prostate, prostatitis, and prostate cancer. At this time, the enlarged prostate gland is a disease caused by the accumulation of fat components in the prostate tissue, which has caused various urological problems such as men's sensation in urine after middle age, and various treatment methods have been developed to treat it. Although it is used, the typical treatments so far include three types of heat treatment, injection treatment, and physiotherapy.

Prostate heat therapy is a method of treating heat by generating heat by irradiating a range of heat (about 36 to 45 ° C) into the prostate area. That is, normal cells die at around 45 ° C, whereas tumor cells are sensitive to heat and die at about 42.5 ° C. Therefore, if the temperature is maintained between 42.5 to 45 ℃ normal cells can be saved and tumor cells are used to kill the principle. Generally, it is mainly used for the treatment of non-bacterial prostatitis, but in some cases, it is a parallel method for improving symptoms in bacterial prostatitis.

In addition, by providing a vibration in the area around the prostate, that is, the perineal blood, the area of the perineal blood is heated to increase the core temperature in the prostate, providing the same effect as a heat therapy, and performing a massage function. Korean Patent No. 903912, 'Prostate perineum automatic massage massage mat equipped with vibration and heating device' is published to provide a prostate treatment function by providing vibration and heat to the user's perineum.

However, the technique consists of treating the prostate gland by compression of the perineum. As can be easily seen in FIG. 6 of the technical literature, since the prostate gland is much closer to the rectum than the perineum, it stimulates the perineum and the stimulation of the prostate gland. Because delivery requires a significant stimulus, the user is more likely to complain of perineal pain, and if the stimulus is relieved, the prostate is less effective because of the distance to the prostate.

To prevent such a problem, based on a probe inserted into the rectum, the Korean Patent No. 727783, a combination of prostate treatment and physiological examination of the rectum and biofeedback exercise, includes a PTC ceramic heater as well as a vibration motor. It is said to perform prostate treatment by providing heat and vibration to the prostate gland.

The probes mentioned in the above description are in the form of rods of thin diameter and are widely used tools for the treatment of surgical prostheses, especially men's prostate and incontinence in women, providing heat dissipation and vibration as mentioned above. Including urinary incontinence therapy combines the function of providing low frequency.

In the case of men's prostate treatment, such a probe is inserted into the rectum to stimulate the prostate, but in the case of women's urinary incontinence, it is inserted into the vagina of the woman and stimulates the bladder.

Urinary incontinence means that urine flows out through the urethra irrespective of one's will, and it is more common in women with short urethra than men.

There are many causes of the incontinence of the urinary incontinence, but the final cause is the bladder or sphincter, especially in the case of the most commonly occurring stress urinary incontinence due to aging or postpartum pelvic support tissue defects or dysfunction of the bladder neck .

These methods of urinary incontinence can be categorized according to the type of urinary incontinence, but are mainly divided into non-surgical treatments such as drugs, pelvic exercise, and electrical stimulation and surgical treatment.

Among these, the electrical stimulation treatment method, as published in Korean Patent No. 563587, 'Remote control type electrical stimulator for urinary incontinence,' inserts a probe into the vagina, and periodically weak currents in the pelvic muscles and bladder near the vaginal wall. The present invention relates to a method of treating urinary incontinence by suppressing the contraction of the urethral sphincter or the contraction of the bladder. Such non-surgical methods of treatment are often combined with heat / vibration.

As such, the prostate to incontinence treatment probes inserted into the human body are limited in their use and shape according to the purpose of treatment. Therefore, a combination of men's prostate treatment and women's urinary incontinence treatment through one probe reduces treatment efficacy. It is preferable that each of the main body for controlling such probes is inefficient, and the above-mentioned prior art also has prostate and urinary incontinence probes in one main body, regardless of wired or wireless methods. As it does not provide the function to control simultaneously.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a new and advanced control device for providing a prostate treatment probe and a urinary incontinence treatment probe separately, and providing a main body for controlling them, that is, a controller, so that the couple can share the costs with the elderly or older. It's a reality that is emerging.

The present invention has been made to overcome the problems of the above technology, the main object of the prostate treatment and urinary incontinence treatment probes are present separately, but to provide a treatment control device to control them all in one body configuration It is done.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a means for packing the vibrating body in order to prevent vibration from being directly transmitted to the rectal inner wall when the prostate therapeutic probe is inserted into the rectum to prevent foreign body from occurring.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a means for preventing a problem in which water in the rectum flows into the probe and decreases function when the prostate therapeutic probe is inserted into the rectum.

A further object of the present invention is to facilitate the self-healing and use of the main body by wirelessly driving the main body by the remote control.

In order to achieve the above object, the prostate and urinary incontinence treatment control device according to the present invention is inserted into the rectum of a man with a heater and a vibrating body in a rod-shaped housing to stimulate the heat and vibration in the prostate gland Dragon probes; A urinary incontinence treatment probe inserted into the vagina of a woman while having a heater, a vibrating body, and an electrical stimulating body in a rod-shaped housing to stimulate heat, vibration, and low frequency electricity in the bladder; An integrated terminal for electrically connecting any one of the prostate treatment probe and the incontinence treatment probe via a cable, and a state identified by identifying whether the device connected to the integration terminal is a prostate treatment or an incontinence treatment probe The main body including a controller for transmitting a drive signal for controlling the heater and the vibrating body of the probe according to the configuration.

In addition, the probe for the prostate, is mounted to the housing to surround the outside of the vibrating body; characterized in that it further comprises a.

In addition, the prostate probe, the circuit unit for controlling the driving state of the vibrating body and the heater; An identification signal generation circuit formed in the circuit unit and configured to generate an identification signal by receiving power of the main body from the cable; And an identification signal line and a ground signal line extending to the cable in a state in which a loop connection is connected to each other to transmit the identification signal to the main body, wherein the controller is configured to store the identification signal in a state where the identification signal is pre-stored. And a register for detecting the presence of the identification signal input through the ground signal line. The device connected to the integrated terminal recognizes the prostate treatment probe when the presence signal of the identification signal is received from the register, and the device connected to the integration terminal is used to treat the urinary incontinence when the presence signal of the identification signal is not received from the register. A main control processor which recognizes as a probe; The driving program stored in the program database is selected according to the probe recognized by the main controller, and the driving program is generated as a corresponding probe driving signal and transmitted to the circuit unit of the corresponding probe. And a selection driving module for controlling the driving state.

According to the prostate and incontinence combined treatment control device according to the present invention,

1) The integrated control function of the main body, which has an integrated terminal into which the prostate treatment probe and the urinary incontinence treatment probe are inserted, is used as a single body to control the incontinence treatment and the prostate treatment. To make it easy for couples,

2) Provides a smoother vibration transmitted in the workplace so that the user does not feel foreign body,

3) In order to ensure the durability of the prostate treatment probes by providing a perfect sealing treatment so that moisture in the rectum does not flow into the prostate treatment probes,

4) It has the effect of preventing damage to the probe and the main body by promptly detecting and notifying the user when a different purpose probe is incorrectly connected to the integrated terminal.

1 is a perspective view showing a schematic overall configuration of a treatment control device for combined prostate and incontinence according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a specific configuration for the prostate treatment probe according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a schematic outline structure for the incontinence treatment probe according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration for the controller and the probe circuit portion of the main body according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary 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 numerals in each of the drawings refer to like elements.

1 is a perspective view showing a schematic overall configuration of a treatment control device for combined prostate and incontinence according to the present invention.

As can be seen from Figure 1, the treatment control device according to the present invention is a prostate treatment probe 100 used by men and incontinence treatment probe 200 used by women, and the prostate treatment probe 100 and The incontinence treatment probes 200 can be connected to each other (meaning that the two probes are selectively connected instead of all at once), and then identify the type of the connected probes 100 and 200 to transmit a control signal suitable for the purpose. It consists of a main body 10 having an integrated integrated terminal 20, and a cable 50 for electrically connecting the integrated terminal 20 and the probes 100 and 200 of the main body 10.

Treatment control device according to the present invention has the main feature that can control and drive all of the probes (100,200) that exist separately for prostate treatment and incontinence treatment in one main body 10, each of the probes (100,200) The configuration and operation and the function of the main body 10 for controlling them will be described in detail.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a specific configuration for the prostate treatment probe according to the present invention.

As can be seen from Figure 2, the prostate treatment probe 100 has a thin long rod-like shape is inserted into the rectum of the male to provide heat and vibration to the prostate close to the rectal wall to massage the prostate or provide a therapeutic function.

In detail, the prostate treatment probe 100 may include a vibrating body 120 that provides vibration and a heater 130, and a housing 110 accommodating them, and an end connecting the cable 50 to an end of the housing 110. A sieve 140 is provided. Power supplied to the vibrator 120 and the heater 130 is transmitted by the conductive wire 150 (see FIG. 4). The conductive wire 150 extends long along the inner wall of the housing 110 and then the cable 50. It extends to the prostate treatment probe 100 to perform a power supply function through the power supply unit 70 (see Fig. 4) of the main body 10.

The vibrator 120 has a function of generating vibration by vibrating the motor by embedding the motor. The vibrator 120 is mounted at a tip position inside the housing 110 and protrudes from a front portion of the vibrator 120. The 121 is mounted in a connection groove (not shown) formed at the tip portion of the housing to prevent unnecessary flow from occurring in the housing 110 when the vibrating body 120 performs the vibration function.

In addition, of course, the vibration level of the vibrating body 120 can be adjusted by the controller 60 of the main body 10, but when the vibration of the vibrating body 120 is transmitted directly to the inner wall of the workplace by riding on the wall of the housing 110, Since the foreign material can feel the packing 125 is formed to surround the outside of the vibrating body (120).

The packing 125 performs a function of wrapping the entire vibrating body 120, and is made of a flexible material such as silicon, so that the vibration of the vibrating body 120 can be transmitted to the prostate along the outside of the housing 110 more smoothly. It plays a role.

The heater 130 is preferably formed in a cylindrical shape along the inner circumferential surface of the housing 110 to be mounted at the rear end (lower side) of the vibrating body 120, and is fixedly mounted to the vibrating body 120 through a connection line. And performs a heat generation function by a heat generating module formed therein, and transmits heat to the prostate along the inner wall of the housing 110 and the rectum.

The vibrating body 120 and the heater 130 is capable of vibration / temperature control, which is possible by the function of the controller 60 of the main body 10 and will be described separately below.

The housing 110 is manufactured by a so-called anodizing method in which an oxide coating (anodic oxide film) is coated on the surface of the aluminum surface in a state of aluminum base material, and prevents corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance, electrical insulation, and static electricity. At the same time, it provides a space for accommodating the vibrating body 120, the packing 125, the heater 130, and has a structure having a cylindrical rod structure so that it can be inserted smoothly into the rectum.

The tip of the housing 110 has a larger diameter than the other portion is formed in the head 111 is easy to enter a certain length after insertion in the rectum, the end of the opposite side of the head 111 is also diameter than the middle portion In this slightly larger state, a plurality of wrinkles 112 are formed at regular intervals along the circumference.

The connection part 140 is mounted to the wrinkle part 112, and the connection part 140 according to the present invention performs a basic function of connecting the wrinkle part 112 and the cable 50. As can be seen from the lower portion, that is, the progression in the direction of the cable is formed as a streamlined narrower diameter and the cable 50 is inserted.

That is, the wrinkles formed in the pleats 112 provide a role for preventing the connector 140 from slipping, and in addition, the connector 140 indicates that moisture in the rectum is introduced into the housing 110. It is in charge of sealing processing to prevent.

Prostate treatment probe 100 having such a configuration is inserted into the rectum of the male is inserted into the prostate gland and proceeds to drive the heater 130 and the vibrator 130 under the control of the body 10 to heat and vibration It provides divergent massage of the prostate and at the same time performs a therapeutic role (approximately 43.5-45 ° C. of heating the abnormal cells of the prostate to necrosis the abnormal cells).

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a schematic outline structure for the incontinence treatment probe according to the present invention.

The urinary incontinence treatment probe 200 is inserted into the vagina of the woman and proceeds to the inner wall near the urethra of the bladder to provide vibrations and heat to the urethra, and in particular, urinary leakage occurs due to obstruction of the urethra or contraction failure of the bladder. It is also used to treat overflow incontinence, as well as stress incontinence, which is the most common symptom among women who have had delivery or are middle-aged.

The urinary incontinence treatment probe 200 is provided with a vibrating body and a heater to provide heat and vibration as well as the low frequency electrical stimulus to reinforce the urinary incontinence treatment, in particular, a vibrating body, like the prostate treatment probe 100. Unlike the prostate treatment probe, the housing that surrounds the heater has a cylindrical structure extending straight from the tip to the rear with a relatively same diameter so that it can be naturally inserted into the vagina without excessive irritation and pressure on the vaginal wall of the woman. The heater and the vibrating body of the probe are capable of temperature control and vibration control by control of the main body.

Since the urinary incontinence treatment probe 200 has the same configuration as a known basic incontinence treatment probe, a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted.

4 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the controller of the main body according to the present invention.

 The main body 10 according to the present invention is electrically connected to the prostate treatment probe 100 and the urinary incontinence treatment probe 200 via a cable 50 by a function of a power supply unit 70 for each probe. The main function is to supply power and control their driving states (heater, vibrating body, etc.), and as can be seen from FIG. 1, the display panel 30, the operation unit 40, and the integrated terminal 20 are provided. The power cable 45 and the controller 60 are provided.

The display panel 30 has a function of displaying general information on the control state or driving state of the probes 100 and 200 and is mainly composed of an LCD, and may be manufactured as a touch screen.

The operation unit 40 is composed of a plurality of keypads that allow the user to directly adjust the temperature, heat, and frequency bands as well as the on / off switch, and transmits a signal input from the operation unit 40 to the controller 60 to control the controller ( 60 provides a basis for controlling the respective probes 100 and 200 through the medium and displays the control state on the display panel 30.

Such an operation unit may be wirelessly operated by a remote controller provided separately.

The controller 60 is built in the main body 10 and includes a program database 80, a register 61, a main controller 62, and a selection drive module 63.

Correspondingly, any one of the two probes (hereinafter, the prostate therapeutic probe will be specifically described) includes a circuit unit 160, an identification signal line 150, and a ground signal line 92.

First, an additional configuration of the prostate treatment probe 100 will be described. The circuit unit 160 that is driven by the power supply through the conductive wire 150 in the cable 50 supplies power to the vibrator 120 to the heater 130. Not only supplies the power supply but also receives the command of the controller 60 of the main body 100 after the power supply to perform the function of driving the heater 130 to the vibrating body 120.

In addition, the circuit unit 130 includes an identification signal generation circuit 165 composed of an active element capable of informing the main body of an identification state (that is, a state where a prostate treatment probe is connected to an integrated terminal).

The identification signal generating circuit 165 generates an identification signal when the prostate treatment probe 100 is connected to the integrated terminal 20 and is supplied with power to provide the identification signal to the controller 60 through the identification signal line 91. Provide a role to convey.

The identification signal line 92 may be connected to the controller 60 through the cable 50 and the integrated terminal 20 of the main body 10 via the ground signal line 91, and the identification signal may be connected to the main body 10. The ground signal line 91 is connected to the identification signal line 92 to form a loop connection 95, and the loop connection 95 is connected to the controller 50 via a cable 50. Is finally connected to the register 61.

The register 61 of the controller 60 according to the present invention performs the role of recognizing and pre-storing the identification signal, and transmits the presence or absence of the identification signal to the main controller 62.

The main processor 62 is connected to the register 61 through an address signal, a reading signal, and a register data signal, and receives the presence or absence of an identification signal through the register 61, and if the identification signal is present, is connected to the integrated terminal 20. It detects that the device is a prostate treatment probe 100, and if there is no identification signal performs the function of recognizing the urinary incontinence treatment probe 200.

The selection driving module 63 selects one of a prostate treatment program and an urinary incontinence treatment program according to whether an identification signal is detected by the main processor 62 and delivers a driving signal suitable for the corresponding probes 100 and 200. do.

Here, the prostate treatment program and the urinary incontinence treatment program are included in the program database 80. In the case of the prostate treatment probe 100, the temperature control, the driving time, and the vibration control are preset by various experiments and learning. It means that the control signal of the prostate treatment probe 100 is controlled by processing the setting signal as a driving signal, and in the case of the urinary incontinence treatment probe 200, temperature control, driving time, vibration control, frequency selection electric Functions such as stimulation are also set in advance to provide a function of controlling the urinary incontinence treatment probe 200 by using this setting signal as a driving signal.

Probe identification and driving state of the device according to the present invention by such a configuration once again summarized as follows.

First, when the prostate treatment probe 100 is connected to the integrated terminal 20 of the main body 10 via the cable 50, the controller 60 supplies power to the probe through the power supply unit 70. In this case, it will be said that the controller 60 does not recognize which probe the connected device is.

In the circuit unit 160 of the prostate therapeutic probe 100 which is supplied with power, the identification signal generating circuit 165 generates an identification signal and connects the loop connection 95 to which the identification signal line 92 and the ground signal line 91 are connected. The main processor 62 compares the signal previously stored in the register 61 with the identification signal, detects the presence of the identification signal, and is finally connected to the integrated terminal 20. It is recognized that the prostate treatment probe 100.

As such, when the main processor 62 recognizes that the prostate treatment probe 100 is connected to the integrated terminal 20, the selection driving module 63 selects a prostate treatment program from the program database 80 and includes the prostate treatment program therein. The prostate drive signal to the prostate treatment probe 100 (it is possible to have a separate wire that can transmit such a signal in the cable and the probe, of course) to drive the heater 130, vibrating body 120 thereof Control by preset programming. At this time, the user may operate the operation unit 40 to adjust the driving state of the heater 130 and the vibrator 120 to the set value set in the prostate program.

On the contrary, when the urinary incontinence treatment probe 200 is connected to the integrated terminal 20 of the main body 10, since the identification signal does not exist, in this case, the selection drive module 63 is used for the treatment of the urinary incontinence in the program database 80. By selecting a program and transmitting the drive signal for urinary incontinence included in the urinary incontinence treatment probe 200 to control the driving of the heater, the vibrating body, the electrical stimulation generator by the preset programming.

As described so far, the configuration and operation of the prostate and urinary incontinence treatment apparatus according to the present invention was expressed in the above description and drawings, but this is merely an example, and the idea of the present invention is not limited to the above description and the drawings. Various changes and modifications are possible without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

10: main body 91: ground signal line
20: integrated terminal 92: identification signal signal line
30: display panel 100: prostate treatment probe
40: operation unit 110: housing
45: power cable 112: pleated portion
50: cable 120: vibrating body
60: controller 125: packing
61: resistor 130: heater
62: main processor 140: connector
63: optional drive module 150: lead wire
70: power supply unit 160: circuit unit
80: program database 200: incontinence treatment probe

Claims (6)

Prostate and incontinence combined treatment device,
Prostate treatment probes inserted into the rectum of a man in a state having a heater and a vibrating body in a rod shape to stimulate heat and vibration in the prostate gland;
A urinary incontinence treatment probe inserted into the vagina of a woman while having a heater, a vibrating body, and an electrical stimulating body in a rod-shaped housing to stimulate heat, vibration, and low frequency electricity in the bladder;
An integrated terminal for electrically connecting any one of the prostate treatment probe and the incontinence treatment probe via a cable, and a state identified by identifying whether the device connected to the integration terminal is a prostate treatment or an incontinence treatment probe The main body including a controller for transmitting a drive signal for controlling the heater and the vibrating body of the probe according to;
It is mounted to the housing and packing surrounding the outside of the vibrating body; characterized in that consisting of, prostate and incontinence combined treatment device. The method of claim 1,
The main body,
And a display panel for displaying the driving state and the setting state of the heater and the vibrating body. The method of claim 1,
The prostate probe,
A plurality of corrugations formed at a predetermined interval along a circumference at a lower end of the housing;
Sealing the wrinkles and the cable, but proceeds to the cable side is formed as the diameter becomes smaller; further comprising a, prostate and incontinence treatment device combined. The method of claim 1,
The prostate probe,
A circuit unit controlling a driving state of the vibrating body and the heater;
An identification signal generation circuit formed in the circuit unit and configured to generate an identification signal by receiving power of the main body from the cable;
And an identification signal line and a ground signal line extending to the cable in a state in which a loop connection is connected to each other to transmit the identification signal to the main body.
The controller,
A register for detecting the presence of an identification signal input through the identification signal line and the ground signal line while the identification signal is stored in advance;
The device connected to the integrated terminal recognizes the prostate treatment probe when the presence signal of the identification signal is received from the register, and the device connected to the integration terminal is used to treat the urinary incontinence when the presence signal of the identification signal is not received from the register. A main control processor which recognizes as a probe;
The driving program stored in the program database is selected according to the probe recognized by the main controller, and the driving program is generated as a corresponding probe driving signal and transmitted to the circuit unit of the corresponding probe. Selective drive module for controlling the drive state; characterized in that it comprises a prostate and incontinence treatment device. The method of claim 4, wherein
The main body includes an operation unit for receiving driving information so that the user can directly operate the driving state.
The selective driving module may include a function of changing setting information of a driving program stored in the program database in response to a signal of the operation unit. delete

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