Twitch disorder therapeutic apparatus placed in oral cavity
By designing a tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity, using the tactile pressure component and the reciprocating push component to stimulate the oral muscles and tongue muscles, the problem of unclear stimulation location, frequency, intensity and course of treatment in existing cranial magnetic stimulation treatment is solved, and the symptoms of tic disorders are reduced, providing a feasible solution for treatment at home and avoiding the occurrence of adverse reactions.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202411489074.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-10-24
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-04
AI Technical Summary
The existing cranial magnetic stimulation treatment of tic disorders (such as Tourette syndrome) has problems with unclear stimulation location, frequency, intensity and course of treatment, and requires patients to go to a medical institution for treatment, accompanied by adverse reactions such as noise, headache, and dizziness, which are difficult to be accepted by patients and their families.
A tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity is designed, including a toothed arc plate, a tongue arc plate, a contact pressure assembly and a reciprocating pressure assembly. The touch pressure component forms tactile and pressure tension on the tongue or oral muscles through the touch pressure bump and spring, adjusting the brain's regulation of the degree of muscle tension; the reciprocating push component drives the belt and squeeze cylinder through a micro motor, intermittently increasing the touch pressure stimulation of the touch pressure component to the oral and tongue muscles by the touch pressure component.
By actively forming tactile and pressure tension, the brain's degree of muscle tone is regulated, and short-term, rapid and repeated muscle twitches are reduced, especially the activities of the expression muscles and skeletal muscles on the head and face. At the same time, through the design of the reciprocating push component, the stimulation of the taper pressure is intermittently increased, further expanding the degree of muscle tone, and assisting in the treatment of tic dysfunction.
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Abstract
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Technical Field
[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of medical devices, and in particular to a tic disorder therapeutic device placed inside the oral cavity. Background Art
[0002] Tic disorder is a group of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders that begin in childhood and adolescence. It can be clinically divided into three types: transient tic disorder, chronic motor or vocal tics, and Tourette syndrome, which is a combination of vocal and multiple motor tics. TS is the most typical of these disorders, which is mainly manifested by involuntary, repetitive, rapid muscle tics in one or more parts and / or vocal tics, which may be accompanied by inattention, hyperactivity, compulsive movements or thoughts, and other behavioral symptoms, and is mainly manifested by involuntary, purposeless, repetitive, rapid contraction movements; At present, transcranial magnetic stimulation neuromodulation therapy is used to treat TS. However, the stimulation site, frequency, intensity and course of transcranial magnetic stimulation for TS are still unclear. Children need to go to medical institutions for treatment. The key is that there are also adverse reactions such as loud noise, headache and dizziness, which are difficult to be accepted by children and their families clinically.
[0003] In view of this, the present invention proposes a tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity to compensate for and improve the shortcomings of the prior art. Summary of the invention
[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a tic disorder therapeutic device placed inside the oral cavity, which can actively form tactile and pressure tension on the patient's oral muscles and tongue muscles, thereby increasing the brain's regulation of the degree of muscle tension; and can also intermittently increase the touch and pressure stimulation of the oral muscles and tongue muscles by local touch and pressure components during the reciprocating movement. This solves the problem that the stimulation site, stimulation frequency, stimulation intensity, and stimulation course of the above-mentioned cranial magnetic stimulation treatment for TS are still unclear, and the children need to go to a medical institution for treatment. The key is that there are also adverse reactions such as loud noise, headache, dizziness, etc., which are difficult to be accepted by children and their families clinically.
[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is: a tic disorder therapeutic device placed in the oral cavity, comprising a tooth arc plate, the inner wall of the tooth arc plate is fixedly connected to a tongue arc plate, and a tic disorder therapeutic device placed in the oral cavity includes: The touch-pressure component is symmetrically arranged on the tooth arc plate and the tongue arc plate, and the symmetrical touch-pressure component is used to actively form tactile and pressure tension on the oral muscles and tongue muscles of the patient, thereby increasing the brain's regulation of muscle tension; The reciprocating pushing component is arranged between adjacent touch-pressure components, and is used to intermittently increase the touch-pressure stimulation of the local touch-pressure component to the oral cavity muscles and tongue muscles during the reciprocating movement.
[0006] Preferably, the touch-pressure assembly includes a positioning cylinder fixedly connected to the buckle arc plate, one end of the positioning cylinder is fixedly connected to a baffle, a moving rod is slidably connected to the center of the baffle, and the other end of the positioning cylinder is fixedly connected to a buckle block.
[0007] Preferably, one end of the moving rod is fixedly connected to a contact and pressure bump, and the other end of the moving rod is fixedly connected to a touch ball.
[0008] Preferably, an extrusion ring is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the moving rod, and the extrusion ring is located between the baffle and the buckle block.
[0009] Preferably, the outer surface of the moving rod is slidably connected with a spring, and the spring is located between the baffle and the extrusion ring.
[0010] Preferably, the reciprocating pushing assembly includes a micro motor fixedly connected to the bottom end of the buckle arc plate, the output end of the micro motor is fixedly connected to the driving turntable, the bottom end of the buckle arc plate is rotatably connected to the driven turntable, and a belt is connected between the driven turntable and the driving turntable.
[0011] Preferably, the reciprocating pushing assembly also includes a shifting groove extending through the buckle arc plate, a moving platform is slidably connected to the shifting groove, a positioning block is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the moving platform, and the positioning block is fixedly connected to the belt.
[0012] Preferably, the reciprocating pushing assembly further comprises a slide groove provided on the buckle arc plate, and the slide groove is slidably connected to the positioning block.
[0013] Preferably, an extrusion cylinder is fixedly connected to the top of the movable platform, and the extrusion cylinder is located between the buckle arc plate and the tongue arc plate.
[0014] Preferably, a protective pad is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the buckle arc plate, and ventilation holes are provided through the buckle arc plate and the tongue arc plate.
[0015] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: The present invention uses a combination of a touch-pressure bump and a spring and other structures to actively form tactile and pressure tension on the tongue or oral muscles using the touch-pressure bump. These tensions are used as stimulation to continuously adjust the degree of muscle tension controlled by the brain. When the oral cavity is active or moving, the intensity of the tactile and pressure stimulation signals generated by these bumps increases, thereby increasing the brain's regulation of the degree of muscle tension. Through the brain's regulation of the degree of muscle tension, the occurrence of short, rapid, and repeated muscle twitches is reduced, especially the activities of the facial expression muscles and skeletal muscles. The spring's rebound after contraction under pressure prompts the touch-pressure bump to continuously contract under pressure and rebound to press, further stimulating and expanding the degree of muscle tension. By using the patient's upper and lower jaw bite force, the oral skeletal movement excites the muscles, tendons, and mucosa to excite the brain center, actively feedbacks and adjusts the output of neural information, adjusts the oral movement tension, and adjusts the movement tension and contraction frequency of the tic disorder muscle group. The present invention uses an extrusion cylinder in conjunction with a moving platform and a touch-pressure assembly and other structures, and can utilize a driving micro-motor to rotate the active turntable. The rotation of the active turntable causes the driven turntable to follow the rotation, and the belt moves between the active turntable and the driven turntable, and the positioning block slides in the slide groove on the buckle arc plate, prompting the belt to carry the positioning block to follow the movement, and the positioning block carries the extrusion cylinder to follow the movement, so that the extrusion cylinder intermittently squeezes the touch ball in the touch-pressure assembly during the movement, so that during the movement of the belt, the local touch-pressure assembly intermittently increases the touch-pressure stimulation to the oral muscles and tongue muscles, further stimulating and expanding the degree of muscle tension, thereby providing auxiliary treatment for the patient. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0016] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a preferred embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the connection structure between the protective pad and the buckle arc plate shown in the present invention; Figure 3 It is a schematic cross-sectional view of the overall structure of the present invention; Figure 4 The present invention shows Figure 3 The enlarged structural diagram at A in the middle; Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the connection structure between the positioning block and the buckle arc plate shown in the present invention; Figure 6 The present invention shows Figure 5 The enlarged structural diagram at B in the middle; Figure 7 The present invention shows Figure 5 The enlarged structural diagram at C in the middle; Figure 8 It is a structural schematic diagram of the movable rod detached from the positioning cylinder shown in the present invention.
[0017] The numbers in the figure are: 1. Buckle arc plate; 2. Tongue arc plate; 3. Touch and pressure assembly; 4. Reciprocating push assembly; 5. Ventilation hole; 6. Protective pad; 31. Positioning cylinder; 32. Baffle; 33. Contact and pressure bump; 34. Spring; 35. Moving rod; 36. Extrusion ring; 37. Touch ball; 41. Micro motor; 42. Driving turntable; 43. Belt; 44. Positioning block; 45. Moving table; 46. Slide; 47. Driven turntable; 48. Extrusion cylinder; 49. Supply and transfer slot. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0018] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.
[0019] Embodiments of the present invention Please refer to Figures 1 to 8 As shown, a tic disorder therapeutic device placed in the oral cavity includes a tooth-buttoning arc plate 1, and the inner wall of the tooth-buttoning arc plate 1 is fixedly connected to a tongue-butting arc plate 2. A tic disorder therapeutic device placed in the oral cavity includes: The touch-pressure component 3 is symmetrically arranged on the tooth-locking arc plate 1 and the tongue-locking arc plate 2, and the symmetrical touch-pressure component 3 is used to actively form tactile and pressure tension on the oral muscles and tongue muscles of the patient, thereby increasing the brain's regulation of the degree of muscle tension; A reciprocating pushing component 4, which is disposed between adjacent touch-pressure components 3, and is used to intermittently increase the touch-pressure stimulation of the local touch-pressure component 3 on the oral cavity muscles and tongue muscles during the reciprocating movement; The touch-pressure assembly 3 includes a positioning cylinder 31 fixedly connected to the buckle arc plate 1, one end of the positioning cylinder 31 is fixedly connected to a baffle 32, a moving rod 35 is slidably connected to the center of the baffle 32, and the other end of the positioning cylinder 31 is fixedly connected to a buckle block; One end of the moving rod 35 is fixedly connected to the contact and pressure protrusion 33, and the other end of the moving rod 35 is fixedly connected to the touch ball 37; The outer surface of the moving rod 35 is fixedly connected with an extrusion ring 36, and the extrusion ring 36 is located between the baffle 32 and the buckle block; The outer surface of the moving rod 35 is slidably connected with a spring 34, and the spring 34 is located between the baffle 32 and the extrusion ring 36; The above scheme is adopted: through the coordinated use of the touch-pressure protrusion 33 and the spring 34 and other structures, the touch-pressure protrusion 33 can be used to actively form tactile and pressure tension on the tongue or oral muscles. These tensions are used as stimuli to continuously adjust the degree of muscle tension controlled by the brain. When the oral cavity is active or moving, the intensity of the tactile and pressure stimulation signals generated by these protrusions increases, thereby increasing the brain's regulation of the degree of muscle tension. Through the brain's regulation of the degree of muscle tension, the occurrence of short, rapid, and repetitive muscle twitches is reduced, especially the activities of the facial expression muscles and skeletal muscles. The rebound of the spring 34 after contraction under pressure prompts the touch-pressure protrusion 33 to continuously contract and rebound under pressure, further stimulating and expanding the degree of muscle tension. By utilizing the bite force of the patient's upper and lower jaws, the oral skeletal movement excites the muscles, tendons, and mucosa to excite the brain center, actively feedback and adjust the output of neural information, adjust the oral movement tension, and adjust the movement tension and contraction frequency of the tic disorder muscle group.
[0020] Please refer to Figures 1 to 6 As shown, the reciprocating pushing assembly 4 includes a micro motor 41 fixedly connected to the bottom end of the sprocket arc plate 1, the output end of the micro motor 41 is fixedly connected to the driving turntable 42, the bottom end of the sprocket arc plate 1 is rotatably connected to the driven turntable 47, and a belt 43 is transmission-connected between the driven turntable 47 and the driving turntable 42; The reciprocating pushing assembly 4 also includes a moving slot 49 penetrating the sprocket arc plate 1, a moving platform 45 is slidably connected to the moving slot 49, a positioning block 44 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the moving platform 45, and the positioning block 44 is fixedly connected to the belt 43; The reciprocating push assembly 4 further includes a slide groove 46 provided on the buckle arc plate 1, and the slide groove 46 is slidably connected to the positioning block 44; The top of the moving platform 45 is fixedly connected with an extrusion cylinder 48, and the extrusion cylinder 48 is located between the buckle arc plate 1 and the tongue arc plate 2; The above scheme is adopted: through the coordinated use of the extrusion cylinder 48, the moving platform 45, the touch-pressure component 3 and other structures, the driving micro-motor 41 can be used to rotate the active turntable 42, and the rotation of the active turntable 42 will link the driven turntable 47 to follow the rotation, and the belt 43 is located between the active turntable 42 and the driven turntable 47 and moves, and the positioning block 44 slides in the slide groove 46 on the buckle arc plate 1, prompting the belt 43 to carry the positioning block 44 to follow the movement, and the positioning block 44 carries the extrusion cylinder 48 to follow the movement, so that the extrusion cylinder 48 intermittently squeezes the touch ball 37 in the touch-pressure component 3 during the movement, so that during the movement of the belt 43, the local touch-pressure component 3 intermittently increases the touch-pressure stimulation to the oral muscles and tongue muscles, further stimulating and expanding the degree of muscle tension, thereby providing auxiliary treatment for the patient.
[0021] Supplementary explanation: The bottom end of the buckle arc plate 1 is fixedly connected with a protective pad 6, and the buckle arc plate 1 and the tongue arc plate 2 are both penetrated with ventilation holes 5. The setting of the protective pad 6 can cover and protect the active turntable 42, the driven turntable 47 and the belt 43 that rotate or move in the buckle arc plate 1 when the device is running, so as to avoid the patient's tongue accidentally touching and causing abrasions, and the protective pad 6 is also installed above the extrusion cylinder 48 to support the patient's teeth, and the setting of the ventilation hole 5 allows the patient to exhale normally through the mouth when using the device, so as to prevent the device from hindering the patient's normal ventilation; The micro motor 41 is electrically connected to a remote controller, and a clockwise button and a counterclockwise button are provided on the remote controller. A person can control the rotation direction of the output end of the micro motor 41 by alternately pressing the clockwise button and the counterclockwise button, so as to control the belt 43 to carry the positioning block 44 to move back and forth, so as to achieve the above positioning block 44 carrying the extrusion cylinder 48 to follow the movement, so that the extrusion cylinder 48 reciprocates and intermittently squeezes the touch ball 37 in the touch pressure component 3 during the movement, so that during the movement of the belt 43, the local touch pressure component 3 intermittently increases the touch pressure stimulation to the oral muscles and tongue muscles, further stimulates and expands the degree of muscle tension, so as to provide auxiliary treatment for the patient; The touch balls 37 in the symmetrical touch-pressure assembly 3 are all arranged toward the extrusion cylinder 48, so that when the extrusion cylinder 48 moves back and forth, the touch balls 37 on the tooth arc plate 1 and the touch balls 37 on the tongue arc plate 2 are both synchronously squeezed by the extrusion cylinder 48, and then the patient's tongue muscles and oral muscles are further stimulated and pressed by the touch-pressure assembly 3 at the same time, thereby further stimulating and expanding the degree of muscle tension.
[0022] The working principle and use process of the present invention: Preliminary preparation: The medical staff assists the patient to place the device in the patient's mouth, so that the patient's teeth are placed on the protective pad 6, and the tongue is in contact with the tongue arc plate 2, and the micro motor 41 is electrically connected to the remote controller, and a clockwise button and a counterclockwise button are set on the remote controller, so that the micro motor 41 can be used to control the clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the active turntable 42 later; Subsequently, the patient uses the touch and pressure bump 33 to actively form tactile and pressure tension on the tongue or oral muscles. These tensions serve as stimuli to continuously adjust the degree of muscle tension controlled by the brain. By using the patient's own oral activities or movements, the intensity of the stimulation signals of tactile and pressure generated by the bumps is increased, thereby increasing the brain's regulation of the degree of muscle tension, so that the touch and pressure bump 33 carries the moving rod 35 to squeeze the spring 34 to contract, and after a short period of force application, the squeezing of the touch and pressure bump 33 is released, so that the spring 34 rebounds after being contracted by pressure, prompting the touch and pressure bump 33 to continuously contract and rebound under pressure, further stimulating and expanding the degree of muscle tension, using the patient's upper and lower jaw bite force, oral bone movement to excite muscles, tendons, and mucosa to excite the brain center, actively feedback to adjust the output of neural information, adjust the oral movement tension, and adjust the movement tension and contraction frequency of the tic disorder muscle group; Then, the medical staff can control the rotation direction of the output end of the micro motor 41 by alternately pressing the clockwise button and the counterclockwise button, thereby controlling the rotation direction of the active turntable 42. The driven turntable 47 rotates in different directions according to the different rotation directions of the active turntable 42, and the belt 43 reciprocates between the active turntable 42 and the driven turntable 47. Since the moving platform 45 is slidably connected to the moving slot 49, the bottom end of the moving platform 45 is fixedly connected to the positioning block 44, and the positioning block 44 is fixedly connected to the belt 43, and the positioning block 44 slides on the buckle teeth. The slide groove 46 on the arc plate 1 prompts the belt 43 to carry the positioning block 44 to follow the reciprocating movement. Since the top of the movable platform 45 is fixedly connected to the extrusion cylinder 48, and the extrusion cylinder 48 is located between the buckle arc plate 1 and the tongue arc plate 2, the positioning block 44 carries the extrusion cylinder 48 to follow the movement, so that the extrusion cylinder 48 intermittently squeezes the touch ball 37 in the touch pressure component 3 during the movement. In this way, during the movement of the belt 43, the local touch pressure component 3 intermittently increases the touch pressure stimulation to the oral muscles and tongue muscles, further stimulates and expands the degree of muscle tension, thereby providing auxiliary treatment for the patient.
[0023] It should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device.
[0024] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity, comprising a tooth-locking arc plate (1), the inner wall of the tooth-locking arc plate (1) being fixedly connected to a tongue-locking arc plate (2), characterized in that: The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity includes: A touch-pressure component (3), wherein the touch-pressure component (3) is symmetrically arranged on the tooth-locking arc plate (1) and the tongue-locking arc plate (2), and the touch-pressure component (3) is used to actively generate tactile and pressure tension on the oral muscles and tongue muscles of the patient, thereby increasing the brain's regulation of the degree of muscle tension; A reciprocating pushing component (4), wherein the reciprocating pushing component (4) is arranged between adjacent touch-pressure components (3), and the reciprocating pushing component (4) is used to intermittently increase the touch-pressure stimulation of the local touch-pressure component (3) on the oral cavity muscles and tongue muscles during the reciprocating movement.
2. The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity according to claim 1, characterized in that: The touch-pressure assembly (3) comprises a positioning cylinder (31) fixedly connected to the buckle arc plate (1), one end of the positioning cylinder (31) is fixedly connected to a baffle (32), a moving rod (35) is slidably connected to the center of the baffle (32), and the other end of the positioning cylinder (31) is fixedly connected to a buckling block.
3. The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity according to claim 2, characterized in that: One end of the moving rod (35) is fixedly connected to a contact and pressure protrusion (33), and the other end of the moving rod (35) is fixedly connected to a contact ball (37).
4. The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity according to claim 3, characterized in that: An extrusion ring (36) is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the moving rod (35), and the extrusion ring (36) is located between the baffle plate (32) and the buckling block.
5. The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity according to claim 4, characterized in that: The outer surface of the moving rod (35) is slidably connected to a spring (34), and the spring (34) is located between the baffle (32) and the extrusion ring (36).
6. The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity according to claim 1, characterized in that: The reciprocating pushing assembly (4) comprises a micro motor (41) fixedly connected to the bottom end of the buckle arc plate (1), the output end of the micro motor (41) is fixedly connected to a driving rotating disk (42), the bottom end of the buckle arc plate (1) is rotatably connected to a driven rotating disk (47), and a belt (43) is transmission-connected between the driven rotating disk (47) and the driving rotating disk (42).
7. The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity according to claim 6, characterized in that: The reciprocating pushing assembly (4) further comprises a supply and displacement groove (49) extending through the buckle arc plate (1), a moving platform (45) being slidably connected to the supply and displacement groove (49), a positioning block (44) being fixedly connected to the bottom end of the moving platform (45), and the positioning block (44) being fixedly connected to the belt (43).
8. The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity according to claim 7, characterized in that: The reciprocating pushing assembly (4) further comprises a slide groove (46) formed on the buckle arc plate (1), and the slide groove (46) is slidably connected to the positioning block (44).
9. The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity according to claim 7, characterized in that: The top end of the movable platform (45) is fixedly connected to an extrusion cylinder (48), and the extrusion cylinder (48) is located between the buckle arc plate (1) and the tongue arc plate (2).
10. The tic disorder treatment device placed inside the oral cavity according to claim 1, characterized in that: A protective pad (6) is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the buckle arc plate (1), and ventilation holes (5) are provided through the buckle arc plate (1) and the tongue arc plate (2).