KR20120037302A

KR20120037302A - Feeding device for liquid food using screw transfer type

Info

Publication number: KR20120037302A
Application number: KR1020100098975A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 정인창
Original assignee: 주식회사 콤슨테크놀러지
Priority date: 2010-10-11
Filing date: 2010-10-11
Publication date: 2012-04-19
Also published as: KR101188898B1

Abstract

PURPOSE: A screw type liquid food feeder discharging liquid food with uniform pressure is provided to supply the liquid food to patients in the uniform speed by rotating a screw member installed on a feeding housing. CONSTITUTION: A screw type liquid food feeder includes a storage container(10), a feeding housing(20), a screw member(50), a cap(70), and a power transfer unit. The storage container includes a storing space filled with liquid food. The feeding housing is formed on the bottom of the storage container for inserting the liquid food into the storage container, and includes an outlet for discharging the liquid food to the outside. The screw member is rotatably installed inside the feeding housing for transferring the liquid food toward the outlet. The cap is combined to the upper side of the storage container, and includes a drive motor. The power transfer unit is connected to the drive motor and the screw member for transferring the torque of the motor to the screw member.

Description

Feeding device for liquid food using screw transfer type}

The present invention relates to a fluid feed device, and more particularly to a screw-type fluid feed device for supplying a fluid to the intestines of patients unable to chew or swallow food by themselves using a screw feed method.

Unconscious and impaired patients who are unable to chew or swallow food themselves have been offered intestinal feeding (e.g., stomach or duodenum) using fluid in addition to calorie supplementation by injection known as intravenous injection. .

Intestinal feeding inserts a feeding tube through the nasal cavity or mouth of the patient to the intestine, connects a syringe containing water or fluid to the feeding tube, and lifts the syringe up so that the fluid is fed into the intestine by gravity. In addition, the nurse or assistant pressurizes the syringe so that the fluid or fluid in the syringe can be supplied into the intestine.

Such a conventional method requires a lot of time to inject the formula because the nurse or guardian must inject the formula directly to the patient. In addition, there is a problem in that when the pressure applied to the syringe during the injection of the fluid can damage the esophageal mucosa of the patient. In addition, the nurse or guardian has to change the syringe several times to supply the fluid, and there may be a hygiene problem due to bacterial invasion by contact during replacement.

In order to improve this problem, there is a method of supplying a liquid by putting the liquid in a container such as a ringer solution pack and then suspending the ringer solution pack high, but in this case, due to the limitation of single use, it is not torn and used. Since it is not a fixed shape to stand up, there is considerable inconvenience in moving and hanging in a fixed manner.

Republic of Korea Utility Model No. 0309884 discloses a fluid supply container for patients. The disclosed fluid supply container has a cover having at least one connector formed on a sidewall, an upper end opening and an air inlet formed at an upper end thereof and selectively communicating with the connector, coupled to the cover, and a discharge hole protruding from the lower end thereof, and having a fluid inside. It consists of a nozzle unit that is detachably sealed to the body to be filled and the discharge port of the body.

However, the fluid supply container is formed in a cylindrical shape to maintain a fixed form compared to using the existing ringer solution pack somewhat uncomfortable, but the injection or injection of the fluid by the nurse or guardian by adjusting the area of the air intake The amount of air must be adjusted manually, so care must be taken while the nurse or guardian watches. Therefore, there is a problem of lowering the efficiency of nursing work due to waste of time. In addition, it is difficult to control the supply time and the feed rate because the flow is injected by gravity by opening the air inlet, there is an inconvenience to close the air inlet again when the supply of the flow is complete.

Republic of Korea Patent No. 0929051 discloses a food injection device. The disclosed food injection device has a problem in that it is difficult to supply the fluid to the patient at a uniform pressure as a structure in which the fluid is pressurized by the weight of the pressurized liquid injected into the pressure vessel to discharge the fluid to the bottom. In addition, it is very difficult to properly adjust the pressure applied to the formula.

The present invention has been made to improve the above problems, it is not a way to flow the formula down by gravity or pressurize the formula from the top to discharge the formula as in the prior art to rotate the screw inside the container is filled with the formula It is an object of the present invention to provide a screw-type flow feeder capable of discharging the flow at a uniform pressure and speed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a screw-type liquid feed device that can supply the flow according to the characteristics of each patient by allowing the flow rate of the flow can be controlled differently.

Screw type fluid supply device of the present invention for achieving the above object is a container containing a receiving space that is filled with the flow formula; A feeding housing formed at a lower portion of the accommodation container and provided with an outlet through which the flow type is introduced into the inside and the flow type can be discharged to the outside; A screw member rotatably installed in the feeding housing to transfer a flow type introduced into the feeding housing to the discharge port; A cap coupled to an upper portion of the accommodation container and provided with a drive motor; And a power transmission unit connecting the drive motor and the screw member to transfer the rotational force of the drive motor to the screw member.

And an operation unit installed at the cap to control a rotational speed of the screw member to control the discharge speed of the flow type.

The power transmission unit is characterized in that it comprises a rotary shaft which is coupled to the screw member and extended upward, and installed on the rotary shaft and the drive shaft of the drive motor, respectively, to separate and couple the rotary shaft and the drive shaft. .

In order to prevent the fluid from leaking to the outside of the container is provided with a cover detachably coupled to the upper portion of the container, the cover is a circular panel in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the container, and the panel It protrudes downward from the center of the support for the rotatable shaft to be rotatable, characterized in that it has a shaft support provided with a mounting space for receiving the coupling therein.

The accommodation container is characterized in that the receiving space is gradually narrowed toward the lower portion to guide the movement of the flow type filled therein into the feeding housing, the side surrounding the receiving space is formed as a parabolic surface.

The screw member has a boss having an insertion groove into which the rotation shaft is inserted, and a rib which is formed in a spiral twist on the outer circumferential surface of the boss and pushes the flow formula to the outlet when rotating, and the pressure of the flow formula discharged through the outlet port is Ascending, it characterized in that a plurality of conveying grooves are formed in the rib to move the flow in the opposite direction of the outlet.

As described above, according to the present invention, a separate feeding housing is provided at the lower portion of the receiving container filled with the liquid, and the screw member installed in the feeding housing is rotated to discharge the liquid, thereby injecting the liquid to the patient at a uniform pressure and speed. Can be.

In addition, by adjusting the rotational speed of the screw member it is possible to easily adjust the amount and speed of the discharged to suit the characteristics of each patient.

In addition, when the fluid moving through the feeding tube connected to the nasal cavity or mouth of the patient is stopped, the fluid flows through the receiving grooves formed in the rib to prevent the increase in the pressure applied to the fluid by damaging the patient's esophageal mucosa. The case of adding can be prevented beforehand.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a fluid supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a side view of the fluid supply device of FIG.
3 is a plan view of the fluid supply device of FIG.
4 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2,
5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a screw member is installed in the feeding housing according to another embodiment of the present invention,
6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the screw member of Figure 5 is installed in the feeding housing.

Hereinafter, a screw type fluid supply apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

In the description of the present invention, the formula is supplied to the intestinal tract to supply nutrients and moisture to people who cannot chew or swallow food on their own, such as unconscious and unpowered or gastrointestinal patients, such as taste, milk, porridge, soup, etc. It means food that can be eaten without chewing. In addition, the formula is a concept containing water.

1 to 4, the fluid supply apparatus of the present invention includes a receiving container 10, a feeding housing 20, a screw member 50, a cap 70, and a power transmission unit.

The accommodation container 10 is formed with a receiving space 13 of a constant size so that the fluid can be filled therein. Appearance and size of the container 10 can be appropriately adjusted. The accommodation container 10 has a tubular structure in which the upper and lower portions are open. A certain amount of fluid is injected into the receiving vessel through the open top. Preferably, the receiving container 10 is formed so that the receiving space 13 is gradually narrowed from the top to the bottom, the side surface 11 surrounding the receiving space is formed as a parabolic surface. This is to guide the movement of the flow type filled in the receiving container 10 to the feeding housing 20 provided at the bottom. Due to the structure of the receiving container 10, the flow is smoothly flowed into the feeding housing 20 from the receiving container 10 by the amount of the flow discharged to the outside.

Receiving vessel 10 may be formed of a material such as resin or glass, in this case it is preferably made of a material harmless to the human body. In addition, the container 10 is preferably formed of a light-transmissive material so that it can easily check the injection state of the flow type, the amount of the remaining fluid in the external.

The feeding housing 20 is formed in the opened lower part of the accommodation container 10. In the illustrated example, the feeding housing 20 is manufactured integrally with the receiving container 10, but unlike the feeding housing 20, the feeding housing 20 is manufactured separately from the receiving container 10. Of course it can be coupled to the bottom.

The feeding housing 20 is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, the inner space is formed to communicate with the receiving space 13 of the receiving container 910. The lower part of the feeding housing 20 is formed in a streamlined dome shape so that food can be discharged without accumulation. In the lower center of the feeding housing 20 having the dome shape, that is, the lowest point, the connection part 22 is formed to protrude a predetermined length. Threads are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the connecting portion 22. Threads shown may be omitted. The connection part 22 is provided with an outlet 25 through which the fluid is discharged.

The intermittent part 30 is coupled to the connection part 22 of the feeding housing 20. The intermittent part 30 includes a transfer pipe 31 screwed to the connecting portion 22 of the feeding housing and an opening / closing valve 35 installed at the transfer pipe 21 to open and block a passage of the transfer pipe 21. Equipped. The on-off valve 35 has a handle 37 to be manually operated. Unlike shown, the on-off valve 35 may be configured as an solenoid valve that is opened and closed by the control of the controller. Feed tube (5) is coupled to the lower portion of the transfer pipe (31). Preferably, the feeding tube 5 is coupled to the transfer pipe 31 to be detachable. The feeding tube 5 extends into the intestine through the nasal cavity or mouth of the patient, and means a feeding tube such as a conventional nasogastric tube.

The screw member 50 is rotatably installed in the feeding housing 20. The screw member 50 rotates in the feeding housing 20 and pushes the flow type introduced into the feeding housing 20 from the accommodation container 10 to the outlet 25.

The screw member 50 includes a boss 51 having an insertion groove (not shown) formed thereon, and a rib 55 that is spirally twisted on the outer circumferential surface of the boss 51. The rib 55 is formed to wind down the boss 51 in the downward direction from the top of the boss 51. The diameter of the rib 55 is formed to be almost the same as the inner diameter of the feeding housing 20. The edge of the rib 55 is rotated in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the feeding housing 20. In this case, in order to prevent the inner circumferential surface of the feeding housing 20 from being worn, the ribs 55 may be molded using a soft material while being elastically deformable, such as silicon.

The screw member 50 receives the rotational force by the power transmission unit and rotates at a constant speed in the feeding housing 20 to push the fluid to the outlet 25 at a constant pressure. As described above, the present invention is not a structure for directly discharging the flow formula filled in the accommodation container 10 from the accommodation container 10 to the outlet 25, and then moving the flow formula from the accommodation container 10 to the feeding housing 20. In the feeding housing 20, the screw member 50 pushes out the fluid to discharge to the discharge port (25). This structure can reduce the volume of the screw member 50 and at the same time it is easy to control the discharge of the flow type.

The upper portion of the container 10 is preferably equipped with a cover 40 in order to prevent the flow of leakage to the outside. The cover 40 is coupled to the receiving container 10 to be separated from the receiving container 10. In this case, the cover 40 is formed of a flexible material capable of elastic deformation so that the flow formula does not leak from the coupling portion between the cover 40 and the receiving container 10. The cover 40 includes a panel 41 and an axial support 45 formed to protrude downward from the center of the panel 41. The edge of the panel 41 is to be in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the receiving container (11). The shaft support part 45 is for rotatably supporting the rotating shaft 90 to be described later, and a mounting space in which the coupling 91 to be described later is accommodated is provided therein. The cover 40 is fitted into the receiving container 10. To this end, a jaw may be formed on the inner circumferential surface of the accommodation container 10 so that the edge of the panel 41 can be caught.

The cap 70 is coupled to the open upper portion of the container 10. The lower portion of the cap 70 is formed with a screw portion 71 is screwed to the upper portion of the receiving container (10). Alternatively, the receiving container 10 and the cap 70 may have a structure in which a lower portion of the cap 70 is fitted into the inside of the receiving container 10 instead of screwing.

The cap 70 is provided with a partition wall 73 at a lower portion thereof to form a closed space inside the cap 70. Preferably, the partition wall 70 is coupled to the cap 70 to be detachable. The drive motor 97 is installed in the inner space of the cap 70. The rotational force generated by the drive motor 97 is transmitted to the screw member 50 by the power transmission unit.

In addition, the cap 70 is provided with an operation unit for manipulating the rotational speed of the drive motor 97 to control the discharge speed of the flow type. The operation unit includes a power button 81 for applying power, speed control buttons 83 and 85 for adjusting the rotational speed of the drive motor, and a reset button 87. This operation portion is provided on the upper surface of the cap 70. The power cable 89 extended from the outside is drawn into the cap 70 and installed. In addition to the commercial power source, the battery may be mounted inside the cap 70. By adjusting the rotational speed of the drive motor according to the characteristics of each patient through the operation unit it is possible to appropriately control the discharge amount of the formula. Next to the operation unit, a display unit 88 for displaying various types of information may be provided. In addition to the interior of the cap 70, a variety of components for the operation of the present invention, such as a controller, an electric circuit is built.

The power transmission unit includes a rotary shaft 90 coupled with a lower end to the screw member 50 and extending upward, and a coupling 91 for separating and coupling the rotary shaft 90 and the drive shaft 99 of the drive motor 97. do.

The rotating shaft 90 is coupled to the boss 51 of the screw member 50. The lower end of the rotating shaft 90 is inserted into the coupling groove formed in the boss 51 is coupled. The rotating shaft 90 coupled to the boss 51 is disposed at the center of the receiving container. The rotary shaft 90 passes through the through hole 46 formed in the shaft support 45 of the cover and extends into the mounting space formed inside the shaft support 45.

The drive shaft 99 of the drive motor 97 passes through the partition wall 73 and extends to the mounting space of the shaft support part 45. The rotating shaft 90 and the driving shaft 99 are coupled to each other so as to be separated by the coupling 91 in the shaft support 45. In the illustrated example, the coupling 91 includes a first connecting member 93 coupled to an upper portion of the rotary shaft 90, and a second connecting member 95 coupled to a lower portion of the driving shaft 99. An insertion groove to which the rotary shaft 90 is coupled is formed at a lower portion of the first connection member 93, and an uneven portion formed of a plurality of teeth is formed at an upper portion thereof. And the upper portion of the second connecting member 95 is formed with an insertion groove to which the drive shaft 99 is coupled, the lower portion is formed with a concave-convex portion corresponding to the concave-convex portion of the first connecting member (93). Therefore, the uneven parts of the first and second connection members 93 and 95 have a structure that meshes with each other. The coupling 91 makes it easy to combine and separate the rotating shaft 90 and the driving shaft 99.

Hereinafter, the operation of the fluid supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be briefly described.

First, in a state in which the shut-off valve 35 of the intermittent part 30 is locked, a certain amount of flow is filled in the accommodation space of the accommodation container 10, and then the cover 40 is coupled to the upper portion of the accommodation container 10 and the cap 70 is provided. ) Is screwed into the receiving container (10). At this time, the rotation shaft 90 and the drive shaft 99 is connected by the coupling 91. In this state, the feeding tube 5 extending into the intestine of the patient is connected to the transfer tube 31, and then the opening and closing valve 35 is operated to open the passage of the transfer tube 31. Then, by positioning the power button 81 in the on state, the speed control buttons 83 and 85 are operated to select the rotational speed of the drive motor 97 so that the fluid can be discharged according to the patient's condition. 97). As the screw member 50 rotates at the appropriate speed selected, the screw member 50 pushes the fluid to the outlet 25. The fluid is fed through the feeding tube 5 at a constant pressure and speed and injected into the patient's intestine.

At this time, when the flow formula corresponding to the intake of the patient flows into the intestine of the patient, the operation of the driving motor may be stopped by the control of a controller (not shown). In addition, it can be operated periodically at the time set by the control of the controller can supply the fluid to the patient.

On the other hand, the fluid supply apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, only the rib 65 structure of the screw member is different, and the other components are the same as in the above-described embodiment.

5 and 6 has a plurality of conveying grooves 67 are formed in the rib (65). The conveying groove 67 serves to convey the liquid when the pressure of the liquid being discharged through the outlet 25 is increased. That is, the flow through the conveyance groove 67 is moved in the opposite direction of the discharge port (25).

The conveyance groove 67 is formed in a plurality at regular intervals while following the spiral rib 65 from the top of the boss 51 to the downward direction. The conveying groove 67 is formed in the center of the boss 51 at the edge of the rib 65. In the illustrated example, the conveying groove 67 is formed in a half arc shape. The conveying groove 67 is formed radially about the boss 51 as shown in FIG. The conveying grooves 67 are formed at intervals of 120 degrees, but, of course, may be formed at intervals of 90 degrees and 180 degrees. The number and size of the conveying grooves 67 can be appropriately adjusted by the amount of the liquid to be conveyed.

If the feeding is no longer injected into the patient's intestine and the feeding is stopped in the feeding tube, if the screw member continues to rotate, the pressure applied to the feeding tube is increased. At this time, forced injection of fluid by high pressure may damage the esophageal mucosa of the patient. However, in the present invention, even if the screw member continues to rotate, when the pressure applied to the fluid is increased, the fluid is pushed upward through the conveying groove 67 so that the fluid is not discharged to the outlet 25. Therefore, since the fluid is not injected into the feed tube, it is possible to prevent a pressure increase in the feed tube.

In the above, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, which are merely exemplary and will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible.

Therefore, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

10: container 20: feeding housing
25: outlet 30: intermittent portion
40: cover 45: shaft support
50: screw member 51: boss
55: rib 70: cap
90: rotating shaft 97: drive motor

Claims

An accommodation container provided with an accommodation space in which a fluid is filled;
A feeding housing formed at a lower portion of the accommodation container and provided with an outlet through which the flow type is introduced into the inside and which the flow type can be discharged to the outside;
A screw member rotatably installed in the feeding housing to transfer a flow type introduced into the feeding housing to the discharge port;
A cap coupled to an upper portion of the accommodation container and provided with a drive motor;
And a power transmission unit for connecting the drive motor and the screw member to transfer the rotational force of the drive motor to the screw member.

According to claim 1, It is installed on the cap and the screw-type liquid supply device further comprising; an operation unit for controlling the discharge speed of the flow by operating the rotational speed of the screw member.

According to claim 1, wherein the power transmission unit is coupled to the rotating shaft and the upper end is coupled to the screw member, and the coupling is installed on the rotary shaft and the drive shaft of the drive motor respectively to separate and couple the rotary shaft and the drive shaft Screw-type fluid supply device characterized in that it comprises.

According to claim 3, The cover is provided with a cover detachably coupled to the upper portion of the container to prevent the flow of leakage to the outside of the container,
The cover includes a circular panel which is in close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the container, and a shaft support having a mounting space protruding downward from the center of the panel to rotatably support the rotating shaft and receiving the coupling therein. Screw-type fluid supply device, characterized in that.

The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving container is characterized in that the receiving space is gradually narrowed toward the lower portion to guide the movement of the flow type filled in the feeding housing and the side surrounding the receiving space is formed as a parabolic surface Screw-type flow feeder.

According to claim 1, The screw member is provided with a boss formed with an insertion groove for inserting the rotary shaft, and the rib is formed spirally twisted on the outer peripheral surface of the boss and pushes the flow type to the discharge port during rotation,
And a plurality of conveying grooves are formed in the ribs so that the flow of the liquid flows in the opposite direction of the discharge hole when the pressure of the liquid discharged through the outlet increases.