Mouthpiece for adult oral exercise

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of medical instrument products, and particularly relates to a mouthpiece for adult oral exercise, which comprises a mouthpiece body, a baffle fixedly connected with the mouthpiece body, a pull ring detachably connected to the rear end of the baffle and a bite block capable of being partially embedded into the mouthpiece body, and the mouthpiece body is of a hollow tubular structure. The baffle is a butterfly-shaped baffle of which the middle part is hollow and the periphery can be attached to the outside of the lip; the bite block comprises a bite block body of a tubular structure and a supporting ring which is arranged on the pipe edge of the bite block body and extends outwards, and the tubular structure of the bite block body can be embedded into the mouth piece body after the pull ring is removed. According to the silica gel adult mouthpiece, the oral cavity chewing and occlusion function and the saliva secretion function of patients with special requirements can be exercised, the design is humanized, operation is convenient, and application and popularization are facilitated.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of medical device products, and particularly relates to a mouthpiece used for oral exercises of adults. Background Art

[0002] Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death after heart disease and stroke in the world. It is the most common chronic respiratory disease in my country, with a high prevalence and heavy disease burden, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients. Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Dysphagia is one of the common complications after stroke and COPD. Impaired swallowing function, long-term indwelling of gastric tubes, decreased oral function, decreased chewing function, and decreased saliva secretion lead to complications such as malnutrition, dehydration, and aspiration pneumonia in patients. Some patients also have trismus, and bite the oral mucosa or tongue under improper care, which increases their morbidity, mortality, and hospitalization costs, and seriously affects the patient's psychology and disease prognosis. In addition, chewing function exercises can easily promote the salivary glands to secrete saliva. The swallowing function of stroke patients decreases, and the increased saliva secretion leads to choking and coughing, which leads to complications such as aspiration pneumonia in patients. Early rehabilitation treatment of chewing and swallowing functions, while doing a good job of anti-aspiration care, can improve the immune level, improve the body's nutritional status, and prevent muscle atrophy and reduce the incidence of complications. In addition, COPD patients often have symptoms of dry mouth due to oral function degeneration, the use of inhaled bronchodilators, oral corticosteroids, etc. Dry mouth can reduce the patient's comfort, making it difficult for the patient to speak continuously for a long time, and making them more likely to be in a state of anxiety and stress, affecting the patient's social activities, reducing patient compliance, making treatment difficult, and affecting the quality of life. Dry mouth can also cause oral flora disorders, causing changes in oral pH, leading to respiratory fungal infections, and also affecting the patient's appetite, which is not conducive to nutritional intake. However, the symptoms of dry mouth are often easily ignored. Chewing exercises can stimulate the ability of salivary glands to secrete saliva and increase the flow rate of salivary membranes, thereby increasing the rate of oral food residue removal, helping to improve digestive function, restore taste and regulate oral flora, improve the body's nutritional status, enhance immunity, and reduce the incidence of aspiration pneumonia.

[0003] Swallowing and oral chewing function training is one of the methods of rehabilitation training for patients after stroke. At present, most of the exercises use electrical stimulation therapy, tongue training, etc. During some training, patients need to be in a conscious state and need to be conducted under the guidance of professional rehabilitation physicians, which is not conducive to early rehabilitation treatment for patients; at the same time, rehabilitation treatment is time-consuming and expensive. At present, for the symptoms of dry mouth, most patients will choose to relieve the symptoms by drinking more water. Although this method is economical, long-term drinking of large amounts of water is likely to increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and the heart, lungs, and kidneys, affect digestive function, and cause electrolyte disorders, which is not conducive to disease recovery; at the same time, if the patient has swallowing dysfunction, it is easy to choke and cough, leading to the occurrence of aspiration pneumonia, which increases the burden on the patient. At present, for patients with swallowing dysfunction and dry mouth symptoms, most of them use the wet cotton swab method. This method evaporates quickly, and there is a risk of cotton wool falling and inhaling into the esophageal airway. If the force is not used properly, it is easy to bruise the oral mucosa or stimulate the vomiting reflex, etc., with poor results and high risks. Currently, the mouthpieces of swallowing training devices on the market are mostly made of rubber material, which has a strong odor. Long-term use will cause irritation to the oral mucosa and throat, and it has no function to prevent aspiration.

[0004] Therefore, it is urgent to develop an adult mouthpiece that can train patients' oral chewing and biting functions and saliva secretion functions at an early stage, and can promptly deal with patients' aspiration, and that is safe, economical, participatory, and operational. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of the utility model is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art and specifically discloses a mouthpiece for oral exercises of adults. The mouthpiece can exercise the oral chewing and biting function and saliva secretion function of patients with special needs. The design is more humane and easy to operate, which is conducive to popularization and use.

[0006] In order to achieve the above technical objectives, the utility model is implemented according to the following technical solutions:

[0007] The mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults described in the utility model comprises a mouthpiece body, a baffle fixedly connected to the mouthpiece body, a pull ring detachably connected to the rear end of the baffle, and a tooth pad that can be partially embedded in the mouthpiece body, wherein the mouthpiece body is a hollow tubular structure; the baffle is a butterfly-shaped baffle with a hollow middle portion and the periphery thereof being able to fit with the outside of the lips; the tooth pad comprises a tooth pad body with a tubular structure and a supporting ring disposed on the edge of the tooth pad body tube and extending outwardly; the tubular structure of the tooth pad body can be embedded in the interior of the mouthpiece body after the pull ring is removed, so as to facilitate the support of opening the teeth and facilitate the passage of a suction tube.

[0008] As a further improvement of the above technology, the baffle is circular to facilitate the removal of the bite pad, which is connected to the rear end of the mouthpiece. The upper and lower ends of the central circular hole of the baffle are provided with protruding columns. The pull ring includes a pull tab with grooves at both ends and a handle connected to the pull tab. When the handle drives the pull tab to rotate, the groove engages with the baffle protrusion, and the pull ring can be taken out or fixed on the butterfly baffle by rotation.

[0009] As a further improvement of the above technology, the dimensions of the protrusion are: length 0.3 cm, width 0.2 cm, height 0.3 cm; correspondingly, the dimensions of the groove are: length 0.3 cm, width 0.2 cm.

[0010] As a further improvement of the above technology, the mouthpiece body is a tubular structure with a length of 4.5 cm, a wall thickness of 0.2 cm and a diameter of 2 cm.

[0011] As a further improvement of the above technology, a plurality of rows of side wall holes are provided on the side wall surface of the mouthpiece starting from 0.5 cm away from the end pipe opening, the intervals between the plurality of side wall holes are 1 cm, and the diameter of the side wall holes is 0.5 cm.

[0012] As a further improvement of the above technology, the tooth pad body is a whistle-shaped hollow tubular structure, the small hole at the front end has a diameter of 1 cm, the large hole at the rear end has a diameter of 1.8 cm, and the hollow tubular cavity of the tooth pad body is 3 cm long.

[0013] As a further improvement of the above technology, the baffle is designed at the rear end of the mouthpiece, is made of plastic, and is butterfly-shaped, which fits well with the lips of the person while avoiding blocking nasal breathing.

[0014] In the utility model, the detachable pull ring is designed behind the butterfly baffle and is made of plastic, which is convenient for taking out the mouthpiece and can be taken out by rotating or fixed on the butterfly baffle.

[0015] The dental pad is made of plastic and is a whistle-shaped hollow tubular structure, which is convenient for supporting the teeth and facilitating the passage of the suction tube. The front baffle is round, which is convenient for taking out the dental pad. The dental pad is made of plastic.

[0016] As a further improvement of the above technology, the mouthpiece is made of high-quality silicone tube, has moderate hardness, is colorless and odorless, is resistant to high and low temperatures, is wear-resistant and not easy to deform, will not cause damage to the patient's mucosa or tongue, and will not irritate the patient's oral mucosa and throat.

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0018] (1) The adult mouthpiece of the utility model can be placed in the patient's oral cavity. The patient can chew the mouthpiece in a conscious or unconscious state, which can prevent the tongue and oral mucosa from being bitten. At the same time, the activity of chewing the mouthpiece can stimulate the secretion of saliva, maintain the moisture of the oral cavity, and exercise the oral chewing and biting function at an early stage;

[0019] (2) In the present invention, the butterfly-shaped baffle can prevent the mouthpiece from entering the oral cavity in its entirety, and the butterfly-shaped design can also prevent nasal breathing from being blocked, thereby ensuring safety and reliability in use;

[0020] (3) In the present invention, the detachable pull ring design allows the caregiver to remove the mouthpiece, and the mouthpiece can be removed by rotating or fixed to the butterfly baffle. The mouthpiece can be removed in the event of aspiration by the patient, so that the hollow tube of the mouthpiece is connected to the outside world;

[0021] (4) The tooth pad described in the utility model is designed to be placed in the hollow tube of the silicone mouthpiece, which can support the teeth when the patient aspirates by mistake, and the aperture size is convenient for the suction tube to pass through for suction operation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] The utility model is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments:

[0023] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the mouthpiece structure for adult oral exercises described in the utility model Figure 1 (No upper tooth pad installed);

[0024] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure after the baffle and the pull ring are combined;

[0025] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the baffle structure;

[0026] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the handle structure;

[0027] Figure 5 is the above Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the central convex column structure;

[0028] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the mouthpiece structure for adult oral exercises described in the utility model Figure 2 (after removing the pull ring);

[0029] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the dental pad structure;

[0030] Figure 8 is the above Figure 6 Left view of . DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] like Figures 1 to 8As shown, the mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults described in the utility model comprises a mouthpiece body 1, a baffle 2 fixedly connected to the mouthpiece body 1, a pull ring 3 detachably connected to the rear end of the baffle 2, and a tooth pad 4 that can be partially embedded into the mouthpiece body, wherein the mouthpiece body 1 is a hollow tubular structure; the baffle 2 is a butterfly-shaped baffle with a hollow middle portion and the periphery of which can fit with the outside of the lips; the tooth pad 4 comprises a tooth pad body 41 with a tubular structure and a support ring 42 disposed on the edge of the tooth pad body 41 and extending outward, the tubular structure of the tooth pad body 41 can be embedded into the interior of the mouthpiece body 1 after removing the pull ring 3, which can conveniently support the opening of the teeth and facilitate the passage of the suction tube.

[0032] like Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 As shown, the baffle 2 is circular, which is convenient for removing the tooth pad 4. It is connected to the rear end of the mouthpiece body 1. The upper and lower ends of the central circular hole 21 of the baffle 2 are provided with protruding columns 22. The pull ring 3 includes a pull tab 31 with grooves 311 on both ends and a handle 32 connected to the pull tab 31. When the handle 32 drives the pull tab 31 to rotate, the groove 311 engages with the protruding column 22 of the baffle 2, and the pull ring 3 can be taken out or fixed on the baffle 2 by rotation.

[0033] like Figure 3 , Figure 5 As shown, the dimensions of the protrusion 22 are: length 0.3 cm, width 0.2 cm, height 0.3 cm; correspondingly, the dimensions of the groove 311 are: length 0.3 cm, width 0.2 cm.

[0034] The mouthpiece body 1 is a tubular structure with a length of 4.5 cm, a wall thickness of 0.2 cm and a diameter of 2 cm.

[0035] A plurality of rows of side wall holes 11 are provided on the side wall surface of the mouthpiece body 1 starting from 0.5 cm away from the end pipe opening, and the spacing between the plurality of side wall holes 11 is 1 cm, and the diameter of the side wall holes 11 is 0.5 cm.

[0036] like Figures 6 to 8 As shown, the bite pad body 41 is a whistle-shaped hollow tubular structure, the small hole 411 at the front end has a diameter of 1 cm, the large hole 412 at the rear end has a diameter of 1.8 cm, and the hollow tubular cavity of the bite pad body 41 is 3 cm long.

[0037] In the present invention, the baffle 2 is designed at the rear end of the mouthpiece body 1, is made of plastic, and is a butterfly-shaped structure with a hollow center, which fits the lips of a person while avoiding blocking nasal breathing.

[0038] In the present invention, the pull ring 3 is designed behind the baffle 2 and is made of plastic to facilitate the removal of the mouthpiece body 1. It can be taken out by rotating or fixed on the butterfly baffle.

[0039] The tooth pad 4 is made of plastic. The whistle-shaped hollow tubular structure of the tooth pad body 41 can conveniently support the teeth and facilitate the passage of the suction tube. The tooth pad support ring 42 is round, which is convenient for taking out the tooth pad body 41. Both are made of plastic.

[0040] The mouthpiece body 1 is made of high-quality silicone tube, has moderate hardness, is colorless and odorless, is resistant to high and low temperatures, is wear-resistant and not easy to deform, will not cause damage to the patient's mucosa or tongue, and will not irritate the patient's oral mucosa and throat.

[0041] The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments. Any changes or modifications to the present invention do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. If these changes and modifications fall within the scope of the claims and equivalent technologies of the present invention, the present invention is also meant to include these changes and modifications.

Claims

1. A mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults, characterized in that: The invention comprises a mouthpiece body, a baffle fixedly connected to the mouthpiece body, a pull ring detachably connected to the rear end of the baffle, and a tooth pad which can be partially embedded into the mouthpiece body, wherein the mouthpiece body is a hollow tubular structure; the baffle is a butterfly-shaped baffle with a hollow middle portion and the periphery of which can fit against the outside of the lips; the tooth pad comprises a tooth pad body with a tubular structure and a supporting ring disposed on the edge of the tooth pad body tube and extending outward, and the tubular structure of the tooth pad body can be embedded into the interior of the mouthpiece body after the pull ring is removed.

2. The mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults according to claim 1, characterized in that: The baffle is circular and connected to the rear end of the mouthpiece. The upper and lower ends of the central circular hole of the baffle are provided with convex columns. The pull ring includes a pull tab with grooves at both ends and a handle connected to the pull tab. When the handle drives the pull tab to rotate, the groove engages with the baffle convex column, and the pull ring can be taken out or fixed on the butterfly baffle by rotation.

3. The mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults according to claim 2, characterized in that: The dimensions of the protrusion are: length 0.3 cm, width 0.2 cm, height 0.3 cm; correspondingly, the dimensions of the groove are: length 0.3 cm, width 0.2 cm.

4. The mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mouthpiece body is a tubular structure with a length of 4.5 cm, a wall thickness of 0.2 cm and a diameter of 2 cm.

5. The mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults according to claim 4, characterized in that: A plurality of rows of side wall holes are arranged on the side wall surface of the mouthpiece starting from 0.5 cm away from the end pipe opening, the intervals between the plurality of side wall holes are 1 cm, and the diameter of the side wall holes is 0.5 cm.

6. The mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults according to claim 1, characterized in that: The dental pad body is a whistle-shaped hollow tubular structure, the small hole at the front end has a diameter of 1 cm, the large hole at the rear end has a diameter of 1.8 cm, and the hollow tubular cavity of the dental pad body is 3 cm long.

7. The mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pull ring and the tooth pad are both made of plastic.

8. The mouthpiece for oral exercises for adults according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mouthpiece is made of high-quality silicone tubing.

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