TWI787121B - Mouth opening training equipment with indication effect - Google Patents

Abstract

A mouth opening training device with indicating effect, comprising a cap body, an indicating mechanism and a pair of transmission elements. Wherein, the indicator mechanism is arranged on the top of the cap body, and the indicator mechanism has a rotation axis that can return to rotate, and one end of the two transmission elements is connected to the rotation axis by power respectively, and the other end of the two transmission elements extends to the cap. The bottom of the body is placed on the user's chin; accordingly, the two transmission elements are respectively driven by the opening and closing action during the mouth opening movement to make the rotation axis rotate positively and negatively, so that one of the top of the rotation axis indicates The component produces indication changes for the operator or caregiver to judge the movement frequency and completeness of the movement during the mouth opening movement, which is helpful for the control of the mouth movement and the closing of the larynx.

Description

Mouth opening training equipment with indication effect

This creation belongs to the field of medical rehabilitation equipment, especially a kind of mouth opening training equipment with indication effect for rehabilitation treatment of patients with dysphagia. An indication mechanism is set on the top of a cap, and through A pair of transmission elements are power-connected to the indicating mechanism. When opening the mouth training, the two transmission elements are driven to make the indicating mechanism produce specific indication changes, which are used to judge the frequency and completeness of the user's movements when opening the mouth. .

By the way, in recent years, with the gradual evolution of an aging society, various aging problems have gradually emerged. According to statistics, the population over 65 years old in Taiwan alone has reached 14%. As the age increases and the body declines, there will be a certain degree of swallowing disorders. According to statistics, about 12.8% of these aging population have developed swallowing disorders or have abnormal conditions. Most of the normal aging swallowing dysfunction problems are caused by soft tissues. Two major problems are loosening of elasticity and lowering of the throat position. Dysphagia can easily lead to coughing and poor eating efficiency. In the long run, it can easily lead to malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration pneumonia, and even death. Physiological changes that may be derived from these groups with dysphagia include: decreased mass and function of muscles related to mastication and swallowing, decreased tissue elasticity, impaired tooth status, decreased saliva production, sensitivity of the mouth and pharynx, and smell and taste functions Decreased, decreased compensatory ability of brain aging, etc. In addition to aging, many diseases such as: brain injury, brain stroke, dementia, brain nervous system disorders, mental retardation, Down syndrome, cleft lip and palate, head and neck surgery, patients after chemotherapy or radiotherapy, as well as poor oral hygiene, lack of Teeth, etc. can also cause swallowing disorders. For hospitalized patients, dysphagia is also an indicator of poor prognosis.

At present, swallowing care training is used to help patients improve their dysphagia. It is divided into two types: direct training and indirect training. Direct training includes choosing suitable food for swallowing, optimal swallowing posture and eating method (food position, portion size per mouth). etc., while indirect training includes throat, oral movement and temperature stimulation. Regardless of whether the subjects are healthy or those with dysphagia, traditional swallowing exercises and other similar movements derived from them can be effectively improved, including the degree of hyoid bone upward and forward movement, the time for food boluses to pass through the pharynx, and the opening of the upper esophageal sphincter The degree of swallowing and aspiration, the distance between the hyoid bone and the mandible, the residual amount of pyriform sinus after swallowing, and the amount of functional oral intake. Studies have shown that the use of the JOE against elastic band in these swallowing care training systems can significantly increase the muscle strength of the suprahyoid muscles and the tip of the tongue, and can effectively improve the swallowing and inhalation of patients. The operation method is After wearing an elastic band with appropriate resistance, open your mouth for 10 seconds, rest for 10 seconds, and continue for 10 minutes as a group. After a two-minute rest, do the second group of training. Two groups a day, every three days, continue For eight weeks, it is used to improve the control of oral movements and the closing of the larynx. This kind of mouth opening movement resists the elastic band. In fact, it is impossible to monitor or observe the patient's operation status. Monitoring is used to evaluate the implementation effect of each swallowing care training. In fact, there is still no relatively accurate evaluation index, and the correctness of the evaluation is lacking.

For this reason, the creator specially designed a mouth-opening training device with an indicating effect. Through the design of the special indicating mechanism, the patient or the caregiver can understand the rehabilitation status, and the link with the electronic monitoring element can be further provided in the future. To calculate the various data of the patient during the rehabilitation exercise, and provide the benchmark value for each training arrangement, which is more conducive to the control of the mouth movement and the effectiveness of the throat closing movement.

One purpose of this creation is to provide a mouth opening training device with indicating effect, so that it includes a cap body, an indicating mechanism and a pair of transmission elements. Rotational axis, one end of the pair of transmission elements is connected to the rotation axis respectively by power, when the mouth moves, the indicating mechanism is driven by the two transmission elements to produce reciprocating forward and reverse rotation to produce indication changes, so it can Improve the control of the mouth movement and the action of closing the throat.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the mouth-opening training equipment with indication effect of this creation includes: a cap body, a mounting part is provided on its top, and two sides inside the cap body are respectively provided with an extending space, so that the mounting part and the two The extended space is connected; an indicating mechanism is arranged on the top of the cap body, and the indicating mechanism has a rotating axis that can return to rotate and passes through the mounting part, and one end of the rotating axis passing through the mounting part is connected There is an indicating element; and a pair of transmission elements, which are respectively movably installed in the two extension spaces, and one end of the two transmission elements is connected to the rotation axis by power, and the other end of the two transmission elements extends to the cap body Correspondingly placed under the user's chin; accordingly, when the user opens the mouth, the transmission element is pulled down through the opening of the chin and the rotation axis moves, and when the mouth is closed, the rotation axis returns to its original position , so that the indication element produces an indication change to judge the movement frequency and the completeness of the movement when the user opens his mouth.

In one embodiment, the mouth-opening training device with indicating effect of the present creation further has an elastic element, which is arranged at the other end of the rotating axis opposite to the indicating element, to provide the power required for the rotating axis to return to rotation ; Furthermore, the indicating element is a structural design of a propeller blade, and the propeller blade is provided with a plurality of blades, and each blade has a different indicating color; or the indicating element is a structural design of a turntable, And the turntable is provided with a plurality of color areas, and each color area has a different indicating color, and the action frequency and the completeness of the action are judged through the color areas of different indicating colors.

In another embodiment, the mouth-opening training device with indication effect of the present creation further has a gyroscope, which is arranged on the rotation axis, for sensing the rotation speed of the rotation axis and generating a digital signal; moreover , can be used together with a wireless transmission module, the wireless transmission module is electrically connected to the gyroscope, can receive the digital signal and transmit it to a receiving device, such as a computer or other mobile communication device etc.; In addition, the wireless transmission module of this creation adopts one of the wireless transmission technologies such as: Bluetooth, 4G, 5G and WIFI. In summary, various data during operation can be transmitted through the wireless network The technology is transmitted to the receiving device in the hands of the operator or caregiver to facilitate the reading of data, so as to realize the purpose of digitizing the operation action, and further convert the visual indication change into the effect of reading data.

In yet another embodiment, each transmission element of the present invention is an elastic belt body made of high-strength skin-friendly textile material; and, the pair of transmission elements is used with an adjustment buckle, so that the adjustment buckle They are respectively arranged at the ends of the two transmission elements, and the two transmission elements form a coiled shape after fastening with each other, and an adjustment scale is provided on the surface of the one transmission element corresponding to the adjustment buckle, which can be used for adjustment for each training In addition, in order to improve the comfort when wearing it, a soft pad is provided on one of the transmission elements, so that the position of the soft pad corresponds to the user's chin, and is used to attach to the chin to increase Comfort of use.

1: Mouth opening training equipment with indicating effect

11: cap body

111: Installation Department

112: extended space

12: Indicating agency

121: Rotation axis

122: indicating element

123: elastic element

13: Transmission components

131: Adjustment buckle

132: Adjust the scale

133: Upholstery

14: Gyroscope

15: Wireless transmission module

16: Receiver

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram (1) of the state during operation of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram (2) of the state during operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of another preferred embodiment of the invention during operation.

In order to enable your review committee to clearly understand the content of this creation, only the following descriptions are provided with diagrams, please refer to them.

Please refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, which are schematic diagrams of the structure of a preferred embodiment of the invention and various states during operation. As shown in the above-mentioned figures, the mouth-opening training device 1 with indicating effect of the present invention comprises a cap body 11, an indicating mechanism 12 and a pair of transmission elements 13.

Wherein the cap body 11 is a general helmet-type structural design, the top of the cap body 11 is provided with a mounting portion 111, and the two sides of the cap body 11 inner surface are respectively provided with an extension space 112, so that the mounting portion 111 and the The two extension spaces 112 are connected.

The indicator mechanism 12 is arranged on the top of the cap body 11, and the indicator mechanism 12 has a reversible rotation axis 121 passing through the installation part 111, and the rotation axis 121 passes through the installation part 111. One end is connected with an indicating element 122 .

The pair of transmission elements 13 are respectively movably installed in the two extension spaces 112, and one end of the two transmission elements 13 is power connected to the rotation axis 121, and the other end of the two transmission elements 13 extends to the cap body 11. It should be placed below the user's chin; it should be noted that each transmission element 13 is an elastic belt made of high-strength skin-friendly textile material, or an elastic belt made of simpler elastic rubber material. In this embodiment, the elastic belt body made of high-strength skin-friendly textile material can be used, and elastic belt bodies with different elastic coefficients can be replaced according to the needs of users. Furthermore, the two transmission elements The ends of 13 are respectively provided with an adjustment buckle 131, which makes the two transmission elements 13 form a coiled shape after they are fastened together, and the surface of the transmission element 13 is provided with an adjustment scale 132 corresponding to the adjustment buckle 131, which can be adjusted. In addition, a cushion 133 is movable on the transmission element 13, so that the position of the cushion 133 can be adjusted to correspond to the position of the user's chin, so as to increase the comfort during use Spend.

In addition, since the rotation axis 121 used in the mouth opening training device 1 with indicating effect of the present invention has the characteristic of reversible rotation, the power system required for its return passes through an elastic element 123, which is arranged on the rotation axis The center 121 is opposite to the other end of the indicator element 122. When the rotation axis 121 is driven to rotate by the two transmission elements 13 (when the chin is opened), the elastic element 123 rotates in the opposite direction. When the two transmission elements 13 After being released (that is, when the chin is closed), the elastic element 123 can use its resilience to drive the power required for the rotation axis 121 to return to rotation; and, for the convenience of reading its indication changes, the indicating element 122 can be selected from a structural design such as a propeller blade 1221 or a turntable 1222, wherein the propeller blade is provided with a plurality of blades 12211, each blade 12211 has a different indicating color, and the turntable 1222 is provided with a plurality of Each color zone 12221 has a different indicating color, both of which can form the effect of indicating changes after being rotated. In addition to the rotating speed, the rotating direction can also be judged.

Please refer to Fig. 4, which is a schematic diagram of the state during operation of another preferred embodiment of the invention. As shown in the figure, the mouth opening training equipment 1 with indicating effect of the invention has a gyroscope 14, which is arranged on The rotation axis 121 is used to sense the rotation speed of the rotation axis 121 and generate a digital signal, and a wireless transmission module 15 is arranged in the cap body, which is electrically connected to the gyroscope 14 and receives the digital signal. Signal and transmit it to a receiving device 16, and the wireless transmission module 15 adopts one of wireless transmission technologies such as Bluetooth, 4G, 5G and WIFI, and the receiving device 16 can be a computer or Various common mobile communication devices, etc.

Accordingly, the mouth-opening training device 1 with indication effect of the present creation is to pull the pair of transmission elements 13 to move up and down through repeated opening and closing of the user's jaw during the mouth-opening movement, and to drive the rotation axis 121 to generate a reciprocating motion. Forward and reverse rotation movement, for the user or caregiver to observe the indication change from the indication mechanism 12, judge the movement frequency and the completeness of the movement when performing the mouth opening movement, or further provide the gyroscope 14, the wireless transmission mode The connection between the group 15 and the receiving device 16 is used to calculate the various data of the user when performing rehabilitation exercises, and to provide the basis for each training arrangement. The accurate value is more helpful to the control of the mouth movement and the effectiveness of the action of closing the larynx.

However, the above-mentioned ones are only preferred embodiments of this creation, and are not used to limit the scope of implementation of this creation. Therefore, those who have ordinary knowledge in the technical field, or those who are familiar with this technology make equivalent or easy All changes and modifications made without departing from the spirit and scope of this creation shall be covered by the patent scope of this creation.

1: Mouth opening training equipment with indicating effect

11: cap body

111: Installation Department

112: extended space

12: Indicating agency

121: Rotation axis

122: indicating element

123: elastic element

13: Transmission components

131: Adjustment buckle

132: Adjust the scale

133: Upholstery

Claims (10)

A mouth-opening training device with indicating effect, comprising: a cap body, a mounting part is provided on the top, and an extending space is respectively provided on the two sides of the cap body, so that the mounting part communicates with the two extending spaces; The mechanism is located on the top of the cap body, and the indicating mechanism has a rotating axis that can return to rotate and passes through the installation part, and one end of the rotating axis passing through the installing part is connected with an indicating element; and an The transmission elements are respectively movably installed in the two extension spaces, and one end of the two transmission elements is power-connected to the rotation axis, and the other end of the two transmission elements extends to the bottom of the cap body and is placed correspondingly in use. According to this, when the user opens his mouth, he pulls down the transmission element through the opening of his jaw and makes the rotation axis move. Changes to judge the frequency and completeness of the user's mouth opening movement. The mouth opening training device with indication effect as described in Claim 1 further has an elastic element, which is arranged at the other end of the rotation axis opposite to the indication element, to provide the power required for the rotation axis to return to rotation. The mouth opening training device with indicating effect as described in Claim 2, wherein the indicating element is a structural design of a propeller blade, and the propeller blade is provided with a plurality of blades, and each blade has a different indicating color. The mouth opening training device with indication effect as described in Claim 2, wherein the indication element is a structural design of a turntable, and the turntable is provided with a plurality of color areas, and each color area has a different indication color. The mouth opening training device with indicating effect as described in Claim 1 further has a gyroscope installed on the rotation axis for sensing the rotational speed of the rotation axis and generating a digital signal. The mouth opening training device with indicating effect as described in claim 5 further has a wireless transmission module electrically connected to the gyroscope, receives the digital signal and transmits it to a receiving device. The mouth opening training device with indicating effect as described in Claim 6, wherein the wireless transmission module adopts one of wireless transmission technologies such as Bluetooth, 4G, 5G and WIFI. The mouth opening training device with indicating effect as described in Claim 1, wherein each transmission element is an elastic belt made of high-strength skin-friendly textile material. The mouth opening training device with indicating effect as described in claim 8 further has an adjustment buckle, which is respectively arranged at the ends of the two transmission elements, and after being buckled together, the two transmission elements form a coiled shape, And the transmission element surface is provided with an adjustment scale corresponding to the adjustment buckle, which can be used to adjust the training level during each training. The mouth opening training device with indicating effect as described in Claim 9 further has a soft pad, which is arranged on the transmission element, so that the position of the soft pad corresponds to the user's chin, so as to increase the comfort during use.

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