CN110772287A - Ultrasonic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an ultrasonic device, comprising: a handle for holding by a medical practitioner; the probe is needle-shaped, and the head of the probe is used for carrying out ultrasonic detection on tissues and organs of a human body; and the driving mechanism is connected between the handle and the probe and is used for adjusting the space posture of the probe. The invention can adjust the posture under the driving of the driving mechanism by additionally arranging the driving mechanism for driving the probe, thereby avoiding the adjustment of the space posture of the probe by the force application of a doctor.

Description

Ultrasonic device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an ultrasound device.

Background

The ultrasound device may be used for ultrasound examination of a number of tissues and organs of the human body, and is also configured to correspond to different structures of different tissues and organs of the human body. For example, for examination of the intestinal tract or trachea, ultrasound devices are typically configured as follows:

the probe comprises a needle-shaped probe and a handle, wherein the probe is fixed on the handle, and cameras are further arranged on some probes. When the ultrasonic probe is used, a doctor holds the handle, extends the probe into the intestinal tract, and the head of the probe is used for ultrasonic detection.

The ultrasonic device for detecting the intestinal tract in the prior art has the following defects:

when the spatial posture of the probe needs to be adjusted, the doctor needs to apply force to the handle to adjust the posture of the probe, and the posture cannot be accurately adjusted by applying force.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above technical problems in the prior art, embodiments of the present invention provide an ultrasound apparatus.

In order to solve the technical problem, the embodiment of the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

an ultrasound device comprising:

a handle for holding by a medical practitioner;

the probe is needle-shaped, and the head of the probe is used for carrying out ultrasonic detection on tissues and organs of a human body;

and the driving mechanism is connected between the handle and the probe and is used for adjusting the space posture of the probe.

Preferably, the drive mechanism is configured to drive the probe by means of a gas to adjust the spatial attitude of the probe.

Preferably, the drive mechanism is configured to drive the probe via a liquid to adjust the spatial attitude of the probe.

Preferably, the drive mechanism comprises:

a holding member to which the handle is connected, the tail of the probe extending into the holding member;

and the hydraulic mechanism is arranged on the holding component and is used for applying force to the tail part of the probe extending into the holding component so as to adjust the space posture of the probe.

Preferably, a spherical groove is formed in the holding part; a hemisphere is formed at the tail of the probe, is matched with the spherical groove and is provided with an upward end face; wherein:

the hydraulic mechanism adjusts the space posture of the probe by pressing against the end face of the hemisphere.

Preferably, the drive mechanism further comprises a cover;

the cover body is buckled on the holding component to cover the spherical groove; wherein:

the hydraulic mechanism comprises a hydraulic cylinder, and the head of the hydraulic cylinder penetrates through the cover body and extends into the holding part and faces the end face of the hemisphere;

and a piston rod extends out of the head of the hydraulic cylinder, and the head of the piston rod is used for pushing against the end face of the hemisphere.

Preferably, the number of the hydraulic cylinders is four, and the heads of the four hydraulic cylinders penetrate through the cover body; wherein:

the four hydraulic cylinders are symmetrically arranged in pairs.

Preferably, two crossed slideways are arranged on the end surface of the hemisphere;

the heads of the piston rods of the two pairs of oppositely arranged hydraulic cylinders are respectively used for sliding on the two slideways.

Preferably, a locking nut is sleeved on a cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder; wherein:

the cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder is in threaded connection with the cover body, and the locking nut is used for locking the cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder by screwing.

Compared with the prior art, the ultrasonic device disclosed by the invention has the beneficial effects that:

the invention can adjust the posture under the driving of the driving mechanism by additionally arranging the driving mechanism for driving the probe, thereby avoiding the adjustment of the space posture of the probe by the force application of a doctor.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention.

The summary of various implementations or examples of the technology described in this disclosure is not a comprehensive disclosure of the full scope or all features of the disclosed technology.

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In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like reference numerals may describe similar components in different views. Like reference numerals having letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The drawings illustrate various embodiments, by way of example and not by way of limitation, and together with the description and claims, serve to explain the inventive embodiments. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts, where appropriate. Such embodiments are illustrative, and are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive embodiments of the present apparatus or method.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a probe body in an ultrasound apparatus in a first spatial posture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a probe body in a second spatial posture in an ultrasound apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a view taken along direction a of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view from direction B of fig. 2.

Reference numerals:

10-a probe; 20-a handle; 30-a drive mechanism; 31-a holding member; 311-spherical grooves; 32-hemisphere; 321-end face; 322-a slide; 33-hydraulic cylinders; 331-a piston rod; 34-cover body.

Detailed Description

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in the present application do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather the terms are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

To maintain the following description of the embodiments of the present invention clear and concise, a detailed description of known functions and known components of the invention have been omitted.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the disclosed embodiment of the present invention discloses an ultrasonic apparatus including: ahandle 20, aprobe 10, and adrive mechanism 30.

Thehandle 20 is used for holding by a doctor; theprobe 10 is needle-shaped, and the head of theprobe 10 is used for carrying out ultrasonic detection on tissues and organs of a human body; thedriving mechanism 30 is connected between thehandle 20 and theprobe 10 for adjusting the spatial attitude of theprobe 10.

The invention can adjust the posture under the driving of thedriving mechanism 30 by additionally arranging thedriving mechanism 30 for driving theprobe 10, thereby avoiding the adjustment of the space posture of theprobe 10 by the force application of a doctor.

In some preferred embodiments, thedrive mechanism 30 is configured to drive theprobe 10 by gas to adjust the spatial attitude of theprobe 10. In some embodiments, a pneumatic cylinder may be used to drive theprobe 10.

In some preferred embodiments, thedrive mechanism 30 is configured to drive theprobe 10 via a liquid to adjust the spatial attitude of theprobe 10. In these embodiments, theprobe 10 is driven to perform posture adjustment using physiological fluid having a certain pressure as power.

In a more preferred embodiment of some of the above embodiments, thedrive mechanism 30 comprises: aholding member 31 and a hydraulic mechanism. Thehandle 20 is connected to the holdingmember 31, and the tail of theprobe 10 is inserted into the holdingmember 31; the hydraulic mechanism is attached to the holdingmember 31 to apply a force to the rear portion of theprobe 10 inserted into the holdingmember 31 to adjust the spatial attitude of theprobe 10. In this embodiment, theprobe 10 may be driven by the hydraulic mechanism pushing the tail of theprobe 10 in the radial direction, or theprobe 10 may be driven by the hydraulic mechanism pushing the side of theend face 321 of theprobe 10 in the axial direction to adjust the posture of theprobe 10.

In some preferred embodiments, the retainingmember 31 has aspherical groove 311 formed therein; ahemisphere 32 is formed at the tail of theprobe 10, thehemisphere 32 is matched with thespherical groove 311, and thehemisphere 32 has anupward end face 321; wherein: the hydraulic mechanism adjusts the spatial attitude of theprobe 10 by pressing against theend face 321 of thehemisphere 32. More preferably, thedrive mechanism 30 further includes acover 34; thecover 34 is buckled on the holdingmember 31 to cover thespherical groove 311; wherein: the hydraulic mechanism comprises ahydraulic cylinder 33, the head part of thehydraulic cylinder 33 penetrates through thecover body 34 and extends into the holdingcomponent 31 and faces theend face 321 of thehemispheroid 32; apiston rod 331 extends from the head of thehydraulic cylinder 33, and the head of thepiston rod 331 is used for pushing against theend face 321 of thehemisphere 32. Thehydraulic cylinders 33 comprise fourhydraulic cylinders 33, and the heads of the fourhydraulic cylinders 33 penetrate through thecover body 34; wherein: the fourhydraulic cylinders 33 are arranged symmetrically two by two.

The advantages of the above embodiment are:

the extension amount of thepiston rod 331 of the differenthydraulic cylinder 33 can be changed by introducing physiological liquid of different pressures into the four differenthydraulic cylinders 33, thereby adjusting the spatial attitude of theprobe 10.

In some preferred embodiments, a sensor may be further provided to measure the amount of extension and retraction of thepiston rod 331, so as to obtain the spatial attitude of theprobe 10 according to the amount of extension and retraction of thepiston rod 331.

In some preferred embodiments, twocross slide ways 322 are disposed on theend face 321 of thehemisphere 32; the heads of thepiston rods 331 of the two pairs of oppositely arrangedhydraulic cylinders 33 are respectively used for sliding on the twoslide ways 322.

The advantages of the above embodiment are:

the head of thepiston rod 331 slides in a sliding manner, so that thehemisphere 32 strictly rotates in two directions, and thehemisphere 32 is limited to rotate around the center line of theprobe 10.

In some preferred embodiments, a lock nut is sleeved on the cylinder body of thehydraulic cylinder 33; wherein:

the cylinder of thehydraulic cylinder 33 is screwed to thecover 34, and the lock nut is tightened to lock the cylinder of thehydraulic cylinder 33.

Moreover, although exemplary embodiments have been described herein, the scope of the present invention includes any and all embodiments based on the present invention with equivalent elements, modifications, omissions, combinations (e.g., of various embodiments across), adaptations or alterations. The elements of the claims are to be interpreted broadly based on the language employed in the claims and not limited to examples described in the present specification or during the prosecution of the application, which examples are to be construed as non-exclusive. It is intended, therefore, that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims and their full scope of equivalents.

The above description is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive. For example, the above-described examples (or one or more versions thereof) may be used in combination with each other. For example, other embodiments may be used by those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the above description. In addition, in the above-described embodiments, various features may be grouped together to streamline the disclosure. This should not be interpreted as an intention that a disclosed feature not claimed is essential to any claim. Rather, inventive subject matter may lie in less than all features of a particular disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the detailed description as examples or embodiments, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment, and it is contemplated that these embodiments may be combined with each other in various combinations or permutations. The scope of the invention should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.

The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the claims. Various modifications and equivalents may be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present invention, and such modifications and equivalents should also be considered as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. An ultrasound device, comprising:

a handle for holding by a medical practitioner;

the probe is needle-shaped, and the head of the probe is used for carrying out ultrasonic detection on tissues and organs of a human body;

and the driving mechanism is connected between the handle and the probe and is used for adjusting the space posture of the probe.

2. The ultrasound device of claim 1, wherein the drive mechanism is configured to drive the probe with a gas to adjust a spatial pose of the probe.

3. The ultrasound device of claim 1, wherein the drive mechanism is configured to drive the probe with a liquid to adjust a spatial pose of the probe.

4. The ultrasound device of claim 3, wherein the drive mechanism comprises:

a holding member to which the handle is connected, the tail of the probe extending into the holding member;

and the hydraulic mechanism is arranged on the holding component and is used for applying force to the tail part of the probe extending into the holding component so as to adjust the space posture of the probe.

5. The ultrasonic device of claim 4, wherein a spherical groove is formed in the holding member; a hemisphere is formed at the tail of the probe, is matched with the spherical groove and is provided with an upward end face; wherein:

the hydraulic mechanism adjusts the space posture of the probe by pressing against the end face of the hemisphere.

6. The ultrasound device of claim 5, wherein the drive mechanism further comprises a cover;

the cover body is buckled on the holding component to cover the spherical groove; wherein:

the hydraulic mechanism comprises a hydraulic cylinder, and the head of the hydraulic cylinder penetrates through the cover body and extends into the holding part and faces the end face of the hemisphere;

and a piston rod extends out of the head of the hydraulic cylinder, and the head of the piston rod is used for pushing against the end face of the hemisphere.

7. The ultrasonic device according to claim 6, wherein the number of the hydraulic cylinders is four, and the heads of the four hydraulic cylinders penetrate through the cover; wherein:

the four hydraulic cylinders are symmetrically arranged in pairs.

8. The ultrasonic device of claim 7, wherein two criss-cross slideways are formed on the end surface of the hemisphere;

the heads of the piston rods of the two pairs of oppositely arranged hydraulic cylinders are respectively used for sliding on the two slideways.

9. The ultrasonic device according to claim 6, wherein a lock nut is sleeved on the cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder; wherein:

the cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder is in threaded connection with the cover body, and the locking nut is used for locking the cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder by screwing.

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