TWI674086B - Multifunctional cervical sampler - Google Patents

Abstract

A multifunctional cervical sampler includes at least a vaginal expander and a sampling rod. The front and rear ends of the vaginal expander have openings. The front end of the vaginal expander is provided with an inwardly bent portion, and is located behind the vaginal expander A grip is provided at the end, and the vaginal expander is provided with a depth display element; the sampling rod is provided in the vaginal expander, the sampling rod is provided with a rod, and the rod is provided with a positioning slide block, the rod A marking element is provided at the piece corresponding to the depth display element of the aforementioned vaginal dilator, and a head is provided at the front end of the rod. In this way, all women can take cervical samples at home by themselves, greatly increasing their willingness to perform cervical tests, and can effectively reduce medical resources and medical costs, so that the mortality rate of cervical cancer can be effectively reduced.

Description

Multifunctional Cervical Sampler

The invention is an innovative multifunctional cervical sampler; in particular, it is a self-service sampling tool that allows women to perform cervical sampling at home.

Cervical examination is performed by taking exfoliated cells from the cervix and the back wall of the vagina. This examination can show whether the cervix is infected with viruses, infectious diseases, inflammation, abnormal cells or cervical cancer. Among them, in terms of cervical cancer, according to the statistics of the World Health Organization, about 15% of women worldwide suffer from cervical cancer, and about 8% of women with cancer will die of cervical cancer; in addition, all age groups Women have the possibility of developing cervical cancer, and the survival rate of zero-stage cervical cancer after treatment is as high as 99%. It is obvious that regular cervical examinations are performed to detect cervical cancer early. Very helpful.

A common cervical test is a cervical smear test, which is a simple and rapid test method. HPV virus testing is used to determine the incidence of cervical cancer. The disadvantage is that it must be performed in a clinic or hospital. During the examination, the nurse will ask the test subject to take off his lower body underwear and lie on the special internal medical table with both legs open to wait for the doctor. The doctor will use a vaginal dilator to enlarge the test subject's vagina, and then Special scraper or cervical brush The cells in the back wall of the canal are scraped off, and then the cell sample is smeared on a glass slide and quickly immersed in the fixing solution for fixation, and then sent to the pathology department for cytology examination.

However, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the People's Republic of China, it is known that the willingness of Chinese people to participate in cervical smear tests is not high. Only about 30% of women will undergo cervical smear tests regularly. This is the domestic cervical cancer mortality The main cause that cannot be effectively reduced.

In order to understand the reasons why most women are unwilling to participate in the Pap smear test, the inventors conducted a random questionnaire and found that about 50% of women have never received a Pap smear test, mainly due to lack of time and psychological factors And conservative values, and more than 75% of women have no in-depth knowledge of HPV-related information. In addition, for most women, it ’s very shy or embarrassing to take off your underwear and lay your legs open on the doctor's desk, especially when the doctor is male, and it makes women feel nervous, humiliated, or ashamed. And for people who are very sensitive in the private area, being touched by others with their hands or tools is very uncomfortable, and even feels invaded. The testee is obtained by a vaginal doctor with a vaginal dilator. Pain or injury is more common, and it feels like being forced into a body by a sharp object and the body seems to be torn apart. Therefore, women's willingness to perform regular cervical smears is greatly reduced.

Therefore, if there are other options, almost all women would like to have cervical tests at home instead of testing in hospitals or clinics, and if they can do the tests at home, they will increase the willingness of women to perform cervical tests. Effectively reduce the cost of medical treatment to effectively prevent cervical cancer or women's diseases.

For this reason, the present inventor has invented the present solution in view of the problems and disadvantages of the previously known cervical smear examination.

The purpose of the present invention is to use the innovative vaginal expander and sampling rod to make the cervical sampling more accurate, fast and efficient, and can effectively solve the shortcomings of conventional cervical smear inspection, so that users of all ages can Both can take samples at home by themselves, greatly increasing the willingness of women to perform cervical testing, and can effectively reduce medical resources and medical costs, so that the mortality rate of cervical cancer can be effectively reduced.

The multifunctional cervical sampler of the present invention can also be used for various medical or testing purposes, and the non-consumable components can be repeatedly used and stored in a hygienic manner.

In order to achieve the foregoing object, the multifunctional cervical sampler of the present invention includes at least a vaginal dilator and a sampling rod. The front and rear ends of the vaginal dilator have openings, and the front end of the vaginal dilator is provided with an inward bend. The vaginal expander is provided with a holding portion, and the vaginal expander is provided with a depth display element; the sampling rod is disposed in the vaginal expander, and the sampling rod is provided with a rod, and the rod is A positioning sliding block is provided, a marking element is provided at the rod corresponding to the depth display element of the vaginal dilator, and a head is provided at the front end of the rod.

According to the multifunctional cervical sampler of the present invention, an integrally formed limiting ring or adjustable limiting ring may be provided on the outer side of the vaginal expander, so as to restrict the insertion of the vaginal expander into the user's vagina by using the limiting ring. Depth; the aforementioned adjustable stop ring can be obtained from the outer surface of the vaginal expander and the inner surface of the stop ring with corresponding threads, or an rubber ring can be provided on the inner side of the stop ring to make the stop ring The position can be adjusted according to the use needs.

In the multifunctional cervical sampler of the present invention, the aforementioned head must be a sampling head, a push plate, a cotton-coated cotton tip, a photographic lens and other medical or detection components; the head of the aforementioned sampling head structure is A plurality of scrapers are arranged on one side at intervals. The scrapers are parallel to the rod diameter direction of the rod, so when the head of the sampling head structure is rotated, the scrapers can be used to scrape around the cervix and the back of the vagina. Cells to increase the sampling area; the other side of the head of the sampling head structure is provided with a cervical display element to assist cervical sampling.

In the multifunctional cervical sampler of the present invention, a detachable structure may be provided between the rod and the head to facilitate the disassembly and replacement of various heads; and the multifunctional cervical sampler may be provided with ultraviolet sterilization. Lamp sterilization box to ensure user's hygiene and safety.

1‧‧‧ Vaginal Expander

10‧‧‧ Silicone layer

11‧‧‧Inward bend

12‧‧‧ limit ring

13‧‧‧ holding section

14‧‧‧ Depth Display Element

140‧‧‧window

2‧‧‧ sampling rod

20‧‧‧ Rod

21‧‧‧ Positioning slider

22‧‧‧Marker

23‧‧‧ Head

230‧‧‧ Scraper

231‧‧‧Cervical display element

3‧‧‧ Disinfection Box

30‧‧‧UV germicidal lamp

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an assembly diagram of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a front view of Embodiment 1 of the present invention

FIG. 4 is a side view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is an embodiment (1) of the adjustable limit ring.

FIG. 7 is an embodiment (two) of the adjustable limit ring.

Fig. 8 is an assembly diagram of a detachable sampling rod.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a push plate head.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a cotton-coated head with a medicine coating.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the multifunctional cervical sampler set in an ultraviolet lamp sterilization box of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of using the multifunctional cervical sampler of the present invention.

In order to further understand the present invention, the preferred embodiment of the multifunctional cervical sampler is shown in Figures 1-12, and includes at least:

The vaginal dilator 1 is a hollow long cylindrical structure. It can be made of transparent or non-transparent material, and its outer surface can be covered with a silicone layer 10 (as shown in Figure 5) to improve the use. The front end of the vaginal expander 1 has openings, so that the sampling rod 2 is inserted from the rear end opening of the vaginal expander 1 and protrudes outward from the front end opening. The front end of the vaginal expander 1 is provided The portion 11 is bent inward to avoid over-insertion of the sampling rod 2 and to make it easier for the vaginal expander 1 to be inserted into the vagina, and to prevent the front end of the vaginal expander 1 from harming the user's vagina.

A stop ring 12 is set on the outer side of the vaginal expander 1 to limit the depth of insertion of the vaginal expander 1 into the user's vagina; the stop ring 12 can be formed integrally with the vaginal expander. It may be an adjustable stop ring 12 so that the user can adjust the position of the stop ring 12 according to his own physical condition or different use needs. The aforementioned adjustable stop ring is a rotary type Structure (that is, corresponding threads are provided on the outer surface of the vaginal expander 1 and the inner surface of the stop ring 12 as shown in FIG. 6) or a push-pull structure (an rubber ring is provided on the inner side of the stop ring 12) (As shown in Figure 7), both are indispensable.

The rear end of the vaginal expander 1 is provided with a grip portion 13, and a depth display element 14 is provided between the grip portion 13 and the stop ring 12; when the vaginal expander 1 is made of a transparent material, the The depth display element 14 may be a scale. When the aforementioned vaginal expander 1 is made of a non-transparent material, the depth display element 14 may be a scale provided with a window 140 (as shown in FIG. 4).

The sampling rod 2 is provided in the aforementioned vaginal expander 1. The aforementioned sampling rod 2 is provided with a rod 20, and the rod 20 is provided with a positioning sliding block 21, so that the rod 20 is stable in the aforementioned vaginal expander 1. And must be in contact with the inwardly bent portion 11 of the aforementioned vaginal expander 1 to prevent the sampling rod 2 from being excessively inserted into the vaginal expander 1. A marker element 22 is provided on the rod 20 corresponding to the depth display element 14 of the vaginal dilator 1, so that the user can judge the insertion depth of the sampling rod 2 through the relative position change of the marker element 22 and the depth display element 14. A head 23 is provided at the front end of the rod 20, and the head 23 can protrude outward from the front opening of the vaginal expander 1, and the head 23 must be a sampling head (as shown in Figures 1 to 5, (8, 11, 12), push plate (as shown in Figure 9), coated cotton head (as shown in Figure 10), photographic lens (not shown) and other medical or testing components, end-view use It can be replaced when needed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a plurality of scrapers 230 are arranged on one side of the head 23 of the sampling head structure, and the scraper 230 is parallel to the rod diameter direction of the rod 20. When the head 23 rotates, multiple scrapers 230 can be used to scrape the cells around the cervix and the back of the vagina to increase the sampling area; the other side of the head 23 of the aforementioned sampling head structure is provided with a cervical display element 231, To assist cervical sampling; the aforementioned cervical display element 231 must be a sponge adsorbed with iodine liquid, and use the color change of iodine to determine whether the cells sampled by the cervix are abnormal (ie, Schiller test method).

As shown in FIG. 8, a detachable structure 22 may be provided between the rod 20 and the head 23 to facilitate the disassembly and replacement of various heads 23 and to facilitate the placement of the sampling head into a storage bottle.

As shown in FIG. 11, the multifunctional cervical sampler of the present invention may be provided with a disinfection box 3, which is provided with an ultraviolet germicidal lamp 30, so that the vaginal expander 1 and the sampling rod 2 housed in the disinfection box 3 Ultraviolet sterilization can be performed to ensure user's hygiene and safety. Of course, the aforementioned vagina The amplifier 1 and the sampling rod 2 can also be made into disposable products, so that no disinfection box 3 is needed for disinfection and storage.

As shown in Figures 2, 8 and 12, when the user first uses the multifunctional cervical sampler of the present invention for sampling operation, the sampling rod 2 with the head 23 of the sampling head structure is placed in the vaginal dilator. In 1, the head of the sampling rod 2 can protrude outside the vaginal expander 1 or be hidden inside the vaginal expander 1. When the user inserts the vaginal expander 1 into the vagina, it passes through the vaginal expander 1. The restriction ring 12 can avoid the pain or injury of the user caused by the excessive insertion of the vaginal expander 1 into the vagina, and the user can also adjust the restriction ring 12 to the optimal position according to his own condition, so that it can be convenient for future use. Sampling operation; after that, the user can push the sampling rod 2 slightly inward, and after confirming, can insert the sampling rod 2 to the cervix and then rotate the sampling rod 2 to scrape the cells around the cervix and the back of the vagina Finally, the head 23 with the sampling head structure is taken out and put into the storage solution, and then it can be sent to the relevant medical testing unit for cytological examination. Therefore, as long as the user accurately records the position of the limit ring 12 of the vaginal expander 1 and the insertion depth of the sampling rod 2, the cervical sampling operation can be completed more quickly when the cervical sampling operation is performed in the future, making the cervical sampling operation more Efficient.

In addition, if the user needs to use vaginal suppositories or rubbing medicines due to infection of vaginitis and other issues, the sampling rod 2 can also be replaced with a head 23 with a push plate or a cotton-coated head, which makes it more convenient for the user. Put the vaginal plug into the vagina or apply the affected part by yourself. In addition, the vaginal dilator 1 can also be used by medical testing personnel for various medical purposes or testing purposes.

In summary, the multifunctional cervical sampler of the present invention uses the innovative vaginal expander 1 and sampling rod 2 to make the cervical sampling more accurate, fast and efficient, so that users of all ages can make their own Sampling at home greatly increases the willingness of women to perform cervical testing, and can also effectively reduce medical resources and medical costs, so that the mortality rate of cervical cancer can be effectively reduced. In addition, the hair Mingzhi's multifunctional cervical sampler can also be used for various medical or testing purposes, and the non-consumable components can be repeatedly used and stored in a sanitary manner. It has the best practicality and economic benefits, and is the composition of this case.

The foregoing embodiments or drawings do not limit the form or use of the present invention, and any appropriate changes or modifications of persons with ordinary knowledge in the technical field should be deemed to not depart from the patent scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

A multifunctional cervix sampler includes at least: a vaginal dilator, which is a hollow elongated column structure, the vaginal dilator has openings at the front and rear ends, so that the sampling rod is inserted from the rear end of the vaginal dilator And extend outward from the front end opening; the front opening of the vaginal dilator is provided with an inwardly bent portion, and the rear end of the vaginal dilator is provided with a grip portion, the vaginal dilator is provided with a depth display element; the vaginal dilation The outer surface of the device is covered with a layer of silicone rubber; the sampling rod is provided in the vaginal enlarger, the sampling rod is provided with a rod, and the rod is provided with a positioning sliding block, so that the rod can be enlarged by the vagina It moves smoothly inside the device, and it must be in contact with the inward bending part of the vaginal dilator to avoid excessive insertion of the sampling rod into the vaginal dilator; the rod member corresponds to the depth display element of the vaginal dilator. Marking element allows the user to determine the insertion depth of the sampling rod through the change in the relative position of the marking element and the depth display element; the front end of the rod is provided A head portion, the head portion from the front end line may vaginal opening outwardly of the expander. A multifunctional cervix sampler includes at least: a vaginal dilator, which is a hollow elongated column structure, the vaginal dilator has openings at the front and rear ends, so that the sampling rod is inserted from the rear end of the vaginal dilator And extend outward from the front end opening; the front opening of the vaginal dilator is provided with an inwardly bent portion, and the rear end of the vaginal dilator is provided with a grip portion, the vaginal dilator is provided with a depth display element; the vaginal dilation The outer side of the device is provided with an adjustable limit ring, and the outer surface of the vaginal dilator and the inner surface of the limit ring are provided with corresponding threads; the sampling rod is set in the vaginal dilator, the sampling The rod is provided with a rod, and the rod is provided with a positioning sliding block, so that the rod can be smoothly moved in the vaginal expander, and can be brought into contact with the inwardly bent part of the vaginal expander to avoid The sampling rod is excessively inserted into the vaginal dilator; the rod member is provided with a marking element corresponding to the depth display element of the vaginal dilator, so that the user can pass through the marking element and The relative positional change of the display element to determine the depth of insertion of a sampling wand; Department of the distal end of the rod provided with a head which can be based from the distal end of the vaginal opening is expanding outwardly. A multifunctional cervix sampler includes at least: a vaginal dilator, which is a hollow elongated column structure, the vaginal dilator has openings at the front and rear ends, so that the sampling rod is inserted from the rear end of the vaginal dilator And extend outward from the front end opening; the front opening of the vaginal dilator is provided with an inwardly bent portion, and the rear end of the vaginal dilator is provided with a grip portion, the vaginal dilator is provided with a depth display element; the vaginal dilation The outside of the device is provided with an adjustable limit ring, which is provided with a rubber ring inside the limit ring; the sampling rod is set in the vaginal expander, the sampling rod is provided with a rod, and the rod is A positioning sliding block is provided so that the rod can move smoothly within the vaginal expander, and can be in abutting contact with the inwardly bent portion of the vaginal expander to avoid excessive insertion of the sampling rod into the vaginal expander; the rod A mark element is provided at the depth display element corresponding to the aforementioned vaginal dilator, so that the user can judge the adoption of the change in the relative position of the mark element and the depth display element Insertion depth of the rod; rod distal end of the train provided with a head which can be based from the distal end of the vaginal opening is expanding outwardly. The multifunctional cervix sampler according to any one of items 1 to 3 of the patent application range, wherein the head may be a sampling head, a push plate, a cotton-coated cotton head, or a photographic lens. The multifunctional cervical sampler according to any one of items 1 to 3 of the patent application range, wherein the head is a sampling head structure, and a plurality of scrapers are arranged at one side of the sampling head structure at intervals It is parallel to the direction of the rod diameter of the rod, so that when the head of the sampling head structure rotates, a plurality of scrapers can be used to scrape the cells around the cervix and the posterior wall of the vagina to increase the sampling area; The other side of the head is provided with a cervical display element to assist cervical sampling. According to the multifunctional cervical sampler described in item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein the cervical display element is a sponge adsorbed with iodine liquid, and the color change of iodine is used to judge whether the cells sampled by the cervix are abnormal. The multifunctional cervix sampler according to any one of items 1 to 3 of the patent application range, wherein a detachable structure is provided between the rod and the head to facilitate the disassembly and replacement of various heads. The multifunctional cervical sampler according to any one of items 1 to 3 of the patent application range, wherein the multifunctional cervical sampler is provided with a sterilization box, and the sterilization box is provided with an ultraviolet sterilization lamp.