KR20200137382A - Apparatus for irradiating laser - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a laser radiation apparatus which comprises: a connection body formed to pass laser; a main body coupled to the connection body to guide the laser passed through the connection body; and a housing receiving the main body to be able to slide. The main body comprises: a barrel part supported to the housing to be able to slide; and a reflective unit connected to an end part of the barrel part and reflecting the laser passed through the barrel part to split the laser in different directions. According to the present invention, the laser radiation apparatus enables an operator to efficiently and safely perform a laser operation.

Description

Laser irradiation device {APPARATUS FOR IRRADIATING LASER}

The present invention relates to a laser irradiation device for irradiating a laser by being inserted into a woman's vagina for treatment.

With the recent development of medical devices, state-of-the-art laser devices in the medical field are widely used in the treatment of various diseases and various skin procedures. Among the various methods of using laser, the procedure using fractional laser irradiates the skin with a fine laser that is generated by dividing a single laser pulse, and increases the activity of fibroblasts in the tissue where the laser has penetrated to promote collagen regeneration. It aims to regenerate the skin such as

In this regard, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique using a fractional laser for vaginal plastic surgery and urinary incontinence surgery for women. Specifically, Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which a space inside the vagina is secured by a guide portion and a housing, and an insertion portion inside the vagina is detachable and rotatable.

However, Patent Document 1 is made to irradiate the laser in one direction by reflecting the laser that has passed through the insertion portion by a flat plate-shaped reflector. According to this configuration, in order to irradiate the entire inner wall of the vagina with a laser, the insertion portion must be rotated for a predetermined time, so that the procedure time is lengthened and precise manipulation is required. In addition, when the operator moves the position of the insertion unit, it is not easy to accurately grasp the amount of movement and move it.

Accordingly, in an apparatus for irradiating a laser by being inserted into a woman's vagina, etc., there is a need for a method that can shorten the operation time and secure safety and convenience for both the operator and the operator.

KR 10-1406819 B1 (2014.06.05.Registration)

An object of the present invention is to provide a laser irradiation apparatus configured to irradiate the laser in various directions by branching the laser, and to irradiate the laser evenly on the inner wall in a state inserted into the body.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a laser irradiation apparatus configured to accurately recognize and fix a position to which a laser is irradiated in a state inserted into the body.

In order to achieve an object of the present invention, a laser irradiation apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a connection body formed to pass a laser; A main body coupled to the connection body and formed to guide a laser passing through the connection body; And a housing for receiving the main body to be slidable, wherein the main body includes: a barrel portion supported by the housing and formed to slide; And a reflective part connected to an end of the barrel part and configured to reflect a laser passing through the barrel part and branch it in different directions.

A hollow extending in one direction along a central axis may be formed in the barrel portion, and the reflective portion may include a polygonal or conical reflective member having a vertex positioned on an extension line of the central axis.

The reflective member may have a reflective surface disposed around the vertex to branch the laser passing through the hollow in a radial direction of the barrel.

The reflective portion may include a reflective member having a reflective surface disposed toward the barrel portion; And a holder portion formed integrally with the barrel portion and formed to support the reflective member.

In order to achieve another object of the present invention, a plurality of grooves disposed to be spaced apart from each other in one direction sliding with respect to the housing are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the barrel portion, and the housing has an inner peripheral surface sliding with the outer peripheral surface of the barrel portion. A guide portion formed to be; And a protrusion formed to protrude from the inner circumferential surface of the guide portion toward the barrel portion.

The protrusion may be elastically supported on the outer peripheral surface of the barrel portion so that the height from the inner peripheral surface of the guide portion is variable.

The connection body includes: a first connection portion coupled to each other by rotation concentrically with the main body; And a second connection part connected to one end concentrically so as to be able to rotate relative to the first connection part, and the other end part connected to the laser light source.

On the other hand, the laser irradiation apparatus according to the present invention comprises a plurality of connecting rods extending in a central axis direction and spaced apart in a circumferential direction, and forming an inner space open in a radial direction; And a main body inserted into the inner space so as to be reciprocally reciprocated in the central axis direction, and configured to radially guide lasers irradiated in the central axis direction by branching in the plurality of radial directions.

According to the present invention constituted by the above-described solution means, the following effects are obtained.

In the laser irradiation apparatus according to the present invention, the reflector constituting the main body branches the laser in different directions, so that the laser can be irradiated to a wider area of the skin in the body. Accordingly, the process of rotating the main body in the body can be omitted or shortened, and the treatment time can be greatly shortened. Accordingly, the convenience of both the operator and the operator can be improved, and the anxiety of the operator can be relieved due to an increase in the operation time.

In addition, in the laser irradiation apparatus according to the present invention, the insertion position of the main body can be fixed by engaging the protrusion of the housing in the groove of the barrel portion, and the position can be recognized by the operator. Accordingly, the operator can accurately identify and control the treatment site in the body, so that convenience and safety during the procedure can be further improved.

1 is a side view showing a laser irradiation apparatus according to the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view of the laser irradiation apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
3 is a view showing a part of the main body shown in FIG. 1.
4 is a perspective view of the housing shown in FIG. 1.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement the present invention. However, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and similar reference numerals are assigned to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included rather than excluding other components unless otherwise stated. In addition, when a part is said to be "connected" with another part throughout the specification, this includes not only the case that it is directly connected but also the case that it is connected through another part in the middle. Furthermore, throughout this specification, when a member is said to be positioned "on" another member, this includes not only the case where a member is in contact with the other member, but also the case where another member exists between the two members.

The laser irradiation apparatus according to the present invention is inserted into the body of a woman, such as the vagina, and guides the laser to irradiate a certain area of the skin, such as the vaginal inner wall.

1 is a side view showing a laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the laser irradiation apparatus 100 shown in FIG. In addition, FIG. 3 is a view showing a part of the main body 120 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the housing 130 shown in FIG. 1.

1 to 4, the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention may include a connection body 110, a main body 120, and a housing 130. The connection body 110 may be formed to pass the laser to provide a path through which the laser is transmitted to the main body 120. As shown, the connection body 110 may be formed in a cylindrical shape, and a laser may be irradiated through the inner space to pass therethrough.

The laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention may further include a laser oscillation unit 140 that oscillates a laser and supplies it to the connection body 110 and a power supply unit 150 that supplies power to the laser oscillation unit 140. . In addition, in consideration of the weight of the laser oscillation unit 140 and the power supply unit 150, the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes a casing 160 accommodating the laser oscillation unit 140 and the power supply unit 150, and a connection body. It may further include a refractory tube (not shown) that connects the 110 and the laser oscillation unit 140 and passes the laser therethrough. That is, one end of the connection body 110 may be connected to the main body 120 to be described later, and the other end may be connected to the laser oscillation unit 140.

The main body 120 is coupled to the connection body 110 and is formed to guide the laser passing through the connection body 110. The main body 120 of the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention is formed to guide the irradiated laser in various directions or radially, and a detailed configuration will be described later.

On the other hand, the housing 130 accommodates the main body 120 to be slidably, and is inserted into the body to secure a space into which the main body 120 is inserted. As shown, the housing 130 may include a guide part 132 to provide a support surface through which the main body 120 can slide. The guide part 132 may have its inner circumferential surface supported on the surface of the main body 120 (the outer circumferential surface of the barrel part 121 to be described later), and have a predetermined length in one direction to guide accurate sliding in one direction. I can.

In addition, the housing 130 may include a plurality of connecting rods 131. Each of the connecting rods 131 may extend in one direction (center axis direction), and a plurality of connecting rods 131 may be spaced apart from each other in parallel. Since the plurality of connecting rods 131 are spaced apart along the circumferential direction, an inner space that is opened in the radial direction may be formed therein. The main body 120 extending in one direction may be slidably inserted in the inner space. Since the inner space is opened by the plurality of connecting rods 131, the laser guided and irradiated by the main body 120 may be irradiated to the outside of the housing 130 as described later.

Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of the main body 120 will be described. The main body 120 may include a barrel portion 121 and a reflective portion 122.

The barrel portion 121 may be supported by the housing 130 and formed in a cylindrical shape to slide. The barrel portion 121 may be coupled to the connection body 110 described above in parallel in one direction. A hollow extending along a central axis is formed inside the barrel portion 121, and a laser irradiated through the inside of the connection body 110 may be guided in the hollow.

In the present invention, the reflection part 122 provided on the main body 120 may be connected to an end of the barrel part 121. Specifically, the connection body 110 and the reflector 122 may be connected to both ends of the barrel portion 121, respectively. The reflective part 122 of the present invention is characterized in that it is formed to reflect the laser that has passed through the barrel part 121 and branch it in different directions. Here, different directions may mean a plurality of directions among the radial directions of the barrel portion 121. For example, the reflector 122 branches the laser in two directions opposite to each other in the radial direction, or branches in four directions at intervals of 90 degrees in the circumferential direction, or eight at intervals of 45 degrees in the circumferential direction. It can be configured to branch radially in a direction.

In order to implement reflection and branching in a plurality of directions, the reflective part 122 of the present invention may include a reflective member 122a. The reflective member 122a may have a polygonal pyramid or conical shape, and its vertex may be disposed to be placed in a path of a laser passing through the barrel portion 121. That is, the vertex of the reflective member 122a may be located on an extension line of the central axis of the barrel portion 121.

In addition, the reflective member 122a may have a reflective surface R disposed around a vertex. When the reflective member 122a is a polygonal pyramid, the reflective surface R may include a plurality of triangular surfaces that share vertices and are disposed adjacent to each other. Alternatively, when the reflective member 122a is a cone, the reflective surface R may include a conical surface. The reflective surface R may have an inclination of a predetermined angle with respect to the central axis direction and the radial direction, and may radially reflect the laser irradiated in the central axis direction. In the illustrated embodiment of the present invention, the reflective member 122a may have an octagonal pyramid shape, and accordingly, eight reflective surfaces R may be formed.

Meanwhile, when the surface and material of the reflective surface R are designed to effectively reflect reflection of the laser, the reflective member 122a may be formed of a separate member of a material different from the barrel portion 121. Specifically, the reflective portion 122 may further include a holder portion 122b supporting the reflective member 122a in which the reflective surface R is disposed toward the barrel portion 121. In this case, the holder portion 122b may be formed integrally with the barrel portion 121 to protrude from the end portion of the barrel portion 121 and may be formed to support the outer peripheral surface of the reflective member 122a in a ring shape.

The reflector 122 constituting the main body 120 branches and guides the laser in different directions or radially, so that the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention provides a plurality of directions among the radial directions of the main body 120. Alternatively, the laser can be irradiated simultaneously radially. That is, since a large area in the body can be simultaneously operated, the time required for the device to stay in the body during the procedure can be shortened. Furthermore, a risk that may occur when an operation such as rotating the main body 120 is performed in the body may also be excluded. Therefore, it is possible to perform an efficient procedure, and safety and convenience can be greatly improved.

On the other hand, the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention may recognize the depth into which the main body 120 is inserted, and may be configured to suppress the movement of the position of the main body 120.

Specifically, a groove 121a recessed from the surface may be formed on the outer peripheral surface of the barrel portion 121. A plurality of grooves 121a may be formed so that the main body 120 is spaced apart in one direction in which the main body 120 slides with respect to the housing 130. As shown, each groove (121a) is recessed from the outer circumferential surface of the barrel portion (121) and extends in the circumferential direction to form one loop, and a plurality of grooves (121a) are in the central axis direction (one direction) It can be spaced side by side at equal intervals. As in the illustrated embodiment, the grooves 121a may be disposed at 1 cm intervals.

As a configuration corresponding to the groove 121a, the housing 130 may include a protrusion 133. The protrusion 133 may be formed to protrude toward the barrel portion 121 from the inner peripheral surface of the guide portion 132. When the outer circumferential surface of the barrel part 121 and the inner circumferential surface of the guide part 132 slide with each other, the protrusion 133 may provide different tactile sensations to the operator when it comes into contact with the groove 121a and the non-groove 121a have.

More specifically, the protrusion 133 may be formed to have a variable height from the inner circumferential surface of the guide part 132, and may be elastically supported on the outer circumferential surface of the barrel part 121 in which the groove 121a is formed. To this end, the protrusion portion 133 may be supported by an elastic member inserted into the groove formed in the barrel portion 121 to be mounted on the inner peripheral surface of the barrel portion 121.

In the case of using the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention, a practitioner may perform a procedure by varying the area to which the laser is irradiated while adjusting the insertion depth of the main body 120 while the housing 130 is inserted into the body of the patient. I can. At this time, since the protrusion 133 and the groove 121a are provided, the operator can perceive by touch that the protrusion 133 trips over the groove 121a, or visually check the number of exposed grooves 121a. . Furthermore, the operator may recognize the sound generated when the protrusion 133 is elastically supported by the groove 121a. In order to aid in visual confirmation, numerical values or scales may be sequentially formed between the outer peripheral surface of the barrel portion 121, for example, between the plurality of grooves 121a. In addition, since the protrusion 133 can be held in the groove 121a with a predetermined force, the operator can easily maintain the state in which the main body 120 is inserted to a predetermined depth.

In this way, in the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention, the insertion position of the main body 120 can be easily recognized and maintained by the protrusion 133 and the groove 121a. Accordingly, the operator can more easily control the laser irradiation area, which is difficult to check with the naked eye, so that the safety and convenience of the procedure can be improved.

On the other hand, a suction hole 134 may be formed in the housing 130 of the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the suction hole 134 may be formed to pass through the guide part 132 and communicate with the inner space of the housing 130 formed by the connecting rod 131. Through the suction hole 134, gas that may fill the body or the inner space of the housing 130 inserted into the body during the procedure may be sucked and discharged to a separate space.

In the above, the configuration in the case where the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes the connection body 110, the main body 120, and the housing 130 has been described. However, the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention may be configured to include only the housing 130 and the main body 120, and prior to the configuration of the reflector 122, the groove 121a, and the protrusion 133 The effects of the described invention can be achieved.

However, when the connection body 110 is provided in the laser irradiation apparatus 100 according to the present invention, the connection body 110 may include a first connection part 111 and a second connection part 112. The first connection part 111 may be coupled to the main body 120, specifically the barrel part 121 by rotation, and at this time, the central axes of the barrel part 121 and the first connection part 111 are aligned side by side. They can be screwed together by rotation.

In addition, while one end of the second connection part is disposed concentrically with the first connection part, the second connection part may be connected to enable relative rotation with respect to the first connection part. The other end of the second connection part 112 may be connected to a laser light source, a laser oscillation part, or a tube extending from the laser oscillation part.

Since the first connection part 111 and the second connection part 112 are configured to be rotatable with each other, the connection body 110 and the main body 120 can be easily detached from each other. That is, since the first connection part 111 can be rotated even when the second connection part 112 is connected to the laser oscillation part side and fixed, the main body 120 can be separated or combined by rotating only the first connection part 111. I can. Accordingly, there is an advantage that the operation of replacing the main body 120 inserted into the body can be conveniently performed.

The description of the present invention described above is for illustrative purposes only, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. There will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not limiting. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

In addition, the scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims to be described later rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100: laser irradiation device
110: connecting body
111: first connection
112: second connection
120: main body
121: light barrel
121a: groove
122: reflector
122a: reflective member
122b: holder part
130: housing
131: connecting rod
132: guide part
133: protrusion
134: suction hole
140: laser oscillation unit
150: power supply
160: casing

Claims (8)

In the laser irradiation device,
A connection body formed to pass the supplied laser through;
A main body coupled to the connection body and formed to guide a laser passing through the connection body; And
It includes a housing that accommodates the main body to be slidable,
The main body,
A barrel portion supported by the housing and formed to slide; And
A laser irradiation apparatus comprising a reflective portion connected to an end of the barrel portion and configured to reflect a laser passing through the barrel portion and branch it in different directions.
The method of claim 1,
The barrel portion is formed with a hollow extending in one direction along the central axis,
The laser irradiation apparatus includes a reflective member having a polygonal pyramid or cone shape in which the vertex is positioned on the extension line of the central axis.
The method of claim 2,
The reflective member is a laser irradiation apparatus having a reflective surface disposed around the vertex so as to branch the laser passing through the hollow in a radial direction of the barrel.
The method of claim 1,
The reflection part,
A reflective member having a reflective surface disposed toward the barrel; And
And a holder portion formed integrally with the barrel portion and formed to support the reflective member.
The method of claim 1,
A plurality of grooves disposed to be spaced apart from each other in one direction sliding with respect to the housing are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the barrel portion,
The housing,
A guide portion having an inner circumferential surface sliding with an outer circumferential surface of the barrel portion; And
Laser irradiation apparatus having a protrusion formed to protrude toward the barrel from the inner peripheral surface of the guide part.
The method of claim 5,
The laser irradiation device, characterized in that the protrusion is elastically supported on the outer peripheral surface of the barrel portion so that the height from the inner peripheral surface of the guide portion is variable.
The method of claim 1,
The connection body,
A first connection part coupled to each other by rotation concentrically with the main body; And
One end is concentrically connected to the first connection and the relative rotation, the other end of the laser irradiation apparatus comprising a second connection connected to the laser light source.
In the laser irradiation device,
A housing extending in a central axis direction and including a plurality of connecting rods spaced apart in a circumferential direction, and forming an inner space open in a radial direction; And
A laser irradiation apparatus comprising a main body that is inserted into the inner space so as to be reciprocally reciprocated in the central axis direction, and is formed to radially guide lasers irradiated in the central axis direction by branching in the plurality of radial directions.

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