Measuring tool for evaluating swallowing function

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of swallowing evaluation, and discloses a swallowing function evaluation and measurement tool, which is characterized in that through the matching among a resistor disc, a flexible conducting strip and an elastic piece, the contact point of the flexible conducting strip and the resistor disc is continuously changed through the up-down movement of a laryngeal knot when a patient performs swallowing action, so that the swallowing function is evaluated. The resistance value of the resistor disc connected into the control circuit is changed, the current fluctuation amplitude and the fluctuation frequency in the control circuit are recorded when the laryngeal knot moves up and down through the control circuit, and the movement amplitude and the movement frequency of the laryngeal knot are converted into the current size and the current fluctuation frequency when a patient swallows. A standard and accurate measurement mode is provided for swallowing evaluation of a patient, and compared with a finger evaluation mode, the accuracy of an evaluation result is improved; meanwhile, the tool has no high requirement for personal skills of medical workers, the whole evaluation process is easy and convenient to operate, and the workload of the medical workers can be reduced.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a swallowing function evaluation measurement tool. BACKGROUND

[0002] Currently, when carrying out swallowing evaluation test for patients, medical workers usually adopt the method of placing fingers on the neck of patients to feel the swallowing action amplitude (whether reaching 2 fingers) and swallowing times of patients and then preliminarily judge the swallowing function of patients; since the movement amplitude of laryngeal prominence of the neck of patients is felt by fingers, it has great subjectivity, different medical workers may draw different evaluation results, and the medical workers need to be trained and need to be frequently operated to ensure proficiency; in addition, the width of 2 fingers of different medical workers also has differences, which further aggravates the inaccuracy of evaluation results. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model aims at providing a swallowing function evaluation measurement tool, which is used to solve the problem of low accuracy of evaluation results and the need for frequent training of medical workers caused by the evaluation of swallowing function by fingers in the prior art.

[0004] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the embodiment of the present application provides a swallowing function evaluation measurement tool, which comprises:

[0005] A flexible insulating bag, the peripheral edge of the flexible insulating bag has a positioning member for positioning the flexible insulating bag on the surface of the skin; the flexible insulating bag has a mounting surface near the side of the laryngeal prominence;

[0006] A flexible conductive sheet is arranged along the length direction of the flexible conductive sheet, both ends of the flexible conductive sheet are insulatively connected with elastic members, and the other end of each elastic member is connected to the mounting surface;

[0007] A resistance sheet is arranged on the side of the flexible conductive sheet away from the mounting surface, the resistance sheet is correspondingly and spacedly arranged with the flexible conductive sheet; both ends along the length direction of the resistance sheet are insulatively connected to the mounting surface; the flexible insulating bag covers the up-and-down movement area of the laryngeal prominence, and the up-and-down movement of the laryngeal prominence forces to squeeze the flexible conductive sheet, so that the flexible conductive sheet is bent to electrically contact with the resistance sheet, so that the resistance sheet and the flexible conductive sheet constitute an adjustable resistor;

[0008] A control circuit is connected with the adjustable resistor, the up-and-down movement of the laryngeal prominence changes the resistance value of the adjustable resistor connected to the control circuit, and the control circuit is used to record the current fluctuation amplitude and fluctuation times when the laryngeal prominence moves up and down; and

[0009] A power supply assembly is used to supply power to the control circuit.

[0010] In some embodiments of the present application, the flexible insulating bag comprises a first flexible plastic piece and a second flexible plastic piece connected by a peripheral edge, and a cavity for mounting the flexible conductive sheet and the resistance sheet is formed in the area surrounded by the first flexible plastic piece and the second flexible plastic piece.

[0011] The cavity is formed on the inner wall of the side of the laryngeal prominence.

[0012] In some embodiments of the present application, the positioning piece is an adhesive strip, and one or more adhesive strips are arranged along the edge of the flexible insulating bag.

[0013] One end of the adhesive strip is attached to the edge of the flexible insulating bag, and the other end of the adhesive strip is used to attach to the skin surface.

[0014] In some embodiments of the present application, the two ends of the resistance sheet in the length direction are connected to the mounting surface by a carrier connected in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the resistance sheet, so that the resistance sheet and the flexible conductive sheet are arranged in a spaced manner.

[0015] In some embodiments of the present application, the control circuit comprises a chip controller, which converts the current fluctuation size into different waveforms to evaluate the swallowing amplitude, and converts the number of current fluctuations into the number of waveforms to evaluate the number of swallows.

[0016] In some embodiments of the present application, the power supply component is a battery or an electronic.

[0017] In some embodiments of the present application, the first flexible plastic piece and the second flexible plastic piece are connected by adhesive connection.

[0018] In some embodiments of the present application, the elastic member is an elastic pull rope.

[0019] In some embodiments of the present application, the elastic pull rope is connected to the flexible conductive sheet and the mounting surface by adhesive connection.

[0020] Compared with the prior art, the swallowing function assessment and measurement tool of the present invention has the following advantages: By bonding a flexible insulating bag to the patient's neck and cooperating between a resistor, a flexible conductive sheet, and an elastic member, the present solution enables the patient's Adam's apple to move up and down during swallowing, thereby forcing the portion of the flexible conductive sheet corresponding to the Adam's apple to contact the resistor. As the Adam's apple moves up and down, the contact point between the flexible conductive sheet and the resistor changes continuously, thereby changing the resistance value of the resistor connected to the control circuit. The control circuit then records the amplitude and number of current fluctuations in the control circuit during the upward and downward movement of the Adam's apple, thereby converting the amplitude and number of movements of the Adam's apple during swallowing into the magnitude and number of current fluctuations. This provides a more standardized and accurate measurement method for swallowing assessment, greatly improving the accuracy of assessment results compared to traditional finger assessment methods. Furthermore, the use of this tool does not require high personal skills of medical personnel (and does not require frequent training and operation). The entire assessment process is simple and convenient, helping to reduce the workload of medical personnel. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the working state of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 2 This is a front view schematic diagram of the overall structure of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the connection relationship between the flexible insulation bag and the adhesive strip of the utility model;

[0024] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the connection relationship between the flexible conductive sheet and the elastic member of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the connection relationship between the resistor and the carrier of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the connection relationship between the control circuit, resistor sheet, and flexible conductive sheet of the utility model.

[0027] In the figure, 1, flexible insulation bag; 11, accommodating cavity; 12, first flexible plastic part; 13, second flexible plastic part; 14, mounting surface;

[0028] 2. Resistor; 3. Flexible conductive sheet; 4. Skin;

[0029] 5. Elastic part; 6. Adhesive strip; 7. Chip controller; 71. Display; 72. Handheld terminal; 8. Carrier; 9. Power supply assembly; 10. Adam's apple. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The specific embodiments of the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are used to illustrate the present application, but are not used to limit the scope of the present application.

[0031] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "back", "top", "bottom" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present application. It should be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like are used to describe various information in the present application, but these information should not be limited to these terms, and these terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the present application, "first" information can also be referred to as "second" information, and similarly, "second" information can also be referred to as "first" information.

[0032] As Figures 1-6As shown, the embodiment of the present application provides a swallowing function evaluation measurement tool, which comprises: a flexible insulating bag 1, the peripheral edge of the flexible insulating bag 1 is provided with a positioning member for positioning the flexible insulating bag 1 on the surface of the skin 4; the flexible insulating bag 1 is internally provided with a mounting surface 14 close to the side of the Adam's apple; a flexible conductive sheet 3 is arranged in the flexible insulating bag 1, and the two ends of the flexible conductive sheet 3 in the length direction are respectively insulatedly connected with elastic members 5, and the other ends of the elastic members 5 are connected to the mounting surface 14; a resistance sheet 2 is arranged on the side of the flexible conductive sheet 3 away from the mounting surface 14, the resistance sheet 2 is correspondingly and spacedly arranged with the flexible conductive sheet 3 (when the Adam's apple 10 does not press the flexible conductive sheet 3, the flexible conductive sheet 3 does not contact the resistance sheet 2); and the two ends of the resistance sheet 2 in the length direction are insulatedly connected to the mounting surface 14; in the present scheme, the flexible conductive sheet 3 and the resistance sheet 2 are both arranged in the middle position region of the flexible insulating bag 1; the flexible insulating bag 1 covers the up-and-down movement region of the Adam's apple 10 and is fixed on the surface of the skin 4 through the positioning member (the arrangement positions of the flexible conductive sheet 3 and the resistance sheet 2 should meet the requirement that the range of the up-and-down movement of the Adam's apple 10 is covered, so that with the movement of the Adam's apple 10, the corresponding part of the flexible conductive sheet 3 is pressed and electrical contact with the resistance sheet 2 is realized); when the patient swallows and the Adam's apple 10 moves up and down, the part of the flexible conductive sheet 3 corresponding to the Adam's apple 10 is forced to be in electrical contact with the resistance sheet 2, so that the resistance sheet 2 and the flexible conductive sheet 3 constitute a variable resistor; a control circuit is connected with the variable resistor, when the Adam's apple 10 moves up and down, different parts of the flexible conductive sheet 3 are respectively in electrical contact with the resistance sheet 2, so as to change the resistance value of the variable resistor connected to the control circuit, and the control circuit is used for recording the current fluctuation amplitude and the fluctuation frequency when the Adam's apple 10 moves up and down; and a power supply assembly 9 is used for supplying power to the control circuit.

[0033] In the specific implementation of the present embodiment, the medical worker positions the flexible insulating bag 1 on the surface of the skin 4 in the movement range region of the Adam's apple 10 through the positioning member (the mounting surface 14 for mounting the flexible conductive sheet 3 and the resistance sheet 2 should be close to the skin 4 of the neck of the patient), because the movement range of the Adam's apple 10 is within the coverage range of the resistance sheet 2, and the connection part of the resistance sheet 2 and the mounting surface 14 is outside the movement range of the Adam's apple 10, therefore, when the Adam's apple 10 moves up and down, the resistance sheet 2 will not be moved (the resistance sheet 2 is regarded as a static state); the positioning member is arranged at the peripheral edge position of the flexible insulating bag 1, because the flexible conductive sheet 3 and the resistance sheet 2 are both arranged in the middle position region of the flexible insulating bag 1, when the positioning member positions the flexible insulating bag 1 at the set position, it will not affect the deformation of the flexible conductive sheet 3 in the flexible insulating bag 1 under the pressing action of the Adam's apple 10; before the swallowing action is performed, the Adam's apple 10 is in the state as shown in the figure, and the flexible conductive sheet 3 is not in contact with the resistance sheet 2, and the control circuit does not record the current fluctuation amplitude and the fluctuation frequency. Figure 1When the flexible conductive sheet 3 at the position shown in the figure is pressed by the Adam's apple 10 (the Adam's apple 10 protrudes from the neck), the flexible conductive sheet 3 at the position corresponding to the Adam's apple 10 is deformed towards the resistance sheet 2 and is in electrical contact with the resistance sheet 2 (at this time, the elastic member 5 connected to both ends of the flexible conductive sheet 3 is stretched); when the patient performs a swallowing action, the Adam's apple 10 moves upwards synchronously, and with the movement of the Adam's apple 10, other parts of the flexible conductive sheet 3 are pressed, and the part of the flexible conductive sheet 3 pressed by the Adam's apple 10 is in electrical contact with the resistance sheet 2, while the part of the flexible conductive sheet 3 originally pressed by the Adam's apple 10 recovers under the tension of the elastic member 5 and is no longer in electrical contact with the resistance sheet 2, that is, with the upward movement of the Adam's apple 10, different parts of the flexible conductive sheet 3 are in electrical contact with the resistance sheet 2 in turn, thereby causing the resistance of the resistance sheet 2 connected to the control circuit to change continuously (causing the current in the circuit to change synchronously); when the patient completes a complete swallowing action (the Adam's apple 10 returns to the original position), the position connection relationship among the flexible conductive sheet 3, the resistance sheet 2, and the Adam's apple 10 is again as shown in the figure; during the swallowing test, the greater the movement amplitude of the Adam's apple 10 of the patient, the greater the fluctuation amplitude of the resistance of the adjustable resistor through the cooperation among the flexible conductive sheet 3, the resistance sheet 2, and the elastic member 5, and the greater the fluctuation amplitude of the current in the circuit, and the fluctuation amplitude of the current can be used to evaluate and calculate the movement amplitude of the Adam's apple 10 of the patient during the swallowing action, and thereby evaluate whether the swallowing function of the patient meets the standard; or be used to test the number of swallowing times required by the patient to swallow one mouthful of food, that is, the number of swallowing times required to completely swallow the food in the mouth to the stomach, for example, the patient eats once, then chews and swallows, and the number of current fluctuations in the circuit (the current change in the circuit during one complete swallowing action of the patient is from small to large, and then from large to small or from large to small, and then from small to large) is recorded, that is, the number of fluctuations of the current in the circuit during one complete cycle is recorded, thereby determining the number of swallowing times required by the patient to swallow one mouthful of food to the stomach. Figure 1

[0034] In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 The flexible insulating bag 1 includes a first flexible plastic member 12 and a second flexible plastic member 13 connected by a peripheral side edge, and the first flexible plastic member 12 and the second flexible plastic member 13 are plastic films (having a certain elastic deformation ability); the area surrounded by the first flexible plastic member 12 and the second flexible plastic member 13 constitutes a containing cavity 11 for installing the flexible conductive sheet 3 and the resistance sheet 2; and the inner wall of the containing cavity 11 near the Adam's apple 10 constitutes a mounting surface 14.

[0035] In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in Figure 2 , Figure 3 ​As shown, the positioning member is an adhesive strip 6 (adhesive tape), and one or more adhesive strips 6 are arranged at intervals along the edge of the flexible insulating bag 1; one end of the adhesive strip 6 is adhered to the edge of the flexible insulating bag 1, and the other end of the adhesive strip 6 is used for adhering to the surface of the skin 4; the adhesive strip 6 is adhered to the position of the circumferential edge of the flexible insulating bag 1, and does not affect the flexible conductive sheet 3 located at the middle position of the flexible insulating bag 1 to be extruded and deformed with the movement of the Adam's apple 10.

[0036] In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in Figure 5 As shown, the two ends of the resistance sheet 2 in the length direction are insulatively connected with the carrier 8 (the carrier 8 can be connected with the resistance sheet 2 by means of glue) in the direction perpendicular to the length direction of the resistance sheet 2, and the other end of the carrier 8 is also connected to the mounting surface 14 by means of glue.

[0037] The carrier 8 has a certain length (in normal cases, the male Adam's apple 10 protrudes more obviously than the female Adam's apple 10, so the length of the corresponding carrier 8 can be selected according to the gender of the test patient, so that the flexible conductive sheet 3 can be extruded and deformed to meet the electrical contact with the resistance sheet 2 during the up-and-down movement of the Adam's apple 10), so that the resistance sheet 2 is arranged at intervals with the flexible conductive sheet 3, the flexible conductive sheet 3 does not contact the resistance sheet 2 when the Adam's apple 10 does not extrude the flexible conductive sheet 3, and the flexible conductive sheet 3 is extruded and deformed to contact the resistance sheet 2 when the Adam's apple 10 moves and extrudes the corresponding part of the flexible conductive sheet 3.

[0038] In some embodiments of the present application, the control circuit includes a chip controller 7, which is used to convert the current fluctuation size into different waveforms of high and low to evaluate the swallowing amplitude, and convert the current fluctuation times into the number of waveforms to evaluate the swallowing times; the chip controller 7 is also connected with a display 71, which is used to display the converted waveforms and the number of waveforms for medical workers to view; in the present scheme, the chip controller 7 and the display 71 are integrated on a handheld terminal 72, which is electrically connected with the resistance sheet 2 and the flexible conductive sheet 3 in the flexible insulating bag 1 through wires, and the medical workers view through the handheld terminal 72.

[0039] In some embodiments of the present application, the power supply component 9 is a battery pack or an electronic device, which is arranged on the handheld terminal 72.

[0040] In some embodiments of the present application, the first flexible plastic member 12 and the second flexible plastic member 13 are adhesively connected, such as by using glue.

[0041] In some embodiments of the present application, the elastic member 5 is an elastic pull rope (made of latex, silicone, TPE, etc., which has good elasticity).

[0042] In some embodiments of the application, the elastic stretch one end and the flexible conductive sheet 3, the elastic stretch the other end and the mounting surface 14 are all bonded and fixed by using glue.

[0043] The working process of the utility model is: medical workers first position the flexible insulating bag 11 on the patient's Adam's apple 10 through the positioning member and cover the above-mentioned area; then control the power supply component 9 to be connected, and the patient can perform swallowing evaluation test; when the patient swallows, the Adam's apple 10 moves and then through extruding the flexible conductive sheet 3 and making it produce deformation to contact with the resistance sheet 2, along with the movement of the Adam's apple 10, the different parts of the flexible conductive sheet 3 are extruded and then make the different parts of the flexible conductive sheet 3 contact with the resistance sheet 2, make the resistance sheet 2 connected into the circuit and produce fluctuation, then make the current in the control circuit produce fluctuation, the chip controller 7 converts the current fluctuation size into the height of the waveform and displays on the display 71, and the swallowing function of the patient can be judged; or used for testing the swallowing times required by the patient to eat a mouthful, at this time, the waveform quantity corresponding to the swallowing times will be produced on the display 71, and the swallowing times required by the patient to eat a mouthful can be obtained by observing the waveform quantity.

[0044] In summary, the utility model embodiment provides a kind of swallowing function evaluation measurement tool, and the scheme is bonded flexible insulating bag 1 on the neck of patient and is contacted by the cooperation between resistance sheet 2, flexible conductive sheet 3, elastic member 5, to realize when patient performs swallowing action, through the up and down movement of Adam's apple 10, and then force the part of flexible conductive sheet 3 corresponding to Adam's apple 10 and resistance sheet 2 contact, along with the up and down movement of Adam's apple 10, make the contact point of flexible conductive sheet 3 and resistance sheet 2 change constantly, to change the resistance of resistance sheet 2 connected into control circuit, then record the fluctuation amplitude and fluctuation times of current in control circuit in the process of up and down movement of Adam's apple 10 by control circuit, to convert the movement amplitude and movement times of Adam's apple 10 when patient performs swallowing action into the size of current and the fluctuation times of current, to make that there is a more standard and accurate measurement mode for patient swallowing evaluation, compared with the mode of traditional finger evaluation, greatly improve the accuracy of evaluation result;Meanwhile, the personal skill of medical workers is not required to be higher using this tool (also need not to be trained and operated frequently), the whole evaluation process is simple and convenient, and it is helpful to reduce the work burden of medical workers.

[0045] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model, and it should be pointed out that, for ordinary skilled person in the art, without departing from the technical principle of the utility model, a plurality of improvements and substitutions can be made, and these improvements and substitutions should be regarded as the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A swallowing function assessment measuring tool, characterized by, The application relates to a flexible insulating bag (1) with a positioning member on the circumferential edge of the flexible insulating bag (1) for positioning the flexible insulating bag (1) on the surface of skin (4); the flexible insulating bag (1) has a mounting surface (14) near one side of the laryngeal prominence (10); a flexible conductive sheet (3) is arranged along the length direction of the flexible conductive sheet (3), and the two ends of the flexible conductive sheet (3) are respectively connected with elastic members (5); the other ends of the elastic members (5) are connected with the mounting surface (14); a resistance sheet (2) is arranged on the side of the flexible conductive sheet (3) away from the mounting surface (14), and the resistance sheet (2) is arranged in correspondence with and spaced from the flexible conductive sheet (3); the two ends of the resistance sheet (2) along the length direction are connected with the mounting surface (14); the flexible insulating bag (1) covers the up-and-down moving area of the laryngeal prominence (10), and the up-and-down movement of the laryngeal prominence (10) forces the flexible conductive sheet (3) to be squeezed, so that the flexible conductive sheet (3) is bent to be in electric contact with the resistance sheet (2), so that the resistance sheet (2) and the flexible conductive sheet (3) form an adjustable resistor; a control circuit is connected with the adjustable resistor, the up-and-down movement of the laryngeal prominence (10) changes the resistance value of the adjustable resistor connected with the control circuit, and the control circuit is used for recording the current fluctuation amplitude and the fluctuation frequency when the laryngeal prominence (10) moves up and down; and a power supply assembly (9) is used for supplying power for the control circuit. The flexible insulating bag (1) comprises a first flexible plastic member (12) and a second flexible plastic member (13) which are connected in a circumferential edge fit mode, and the area surrounded by the first flexible plastic member (12) and the second flexible plastic member (13) forms a containing cavity (11) for mounting the flexible conductive sheet (3) and the resistance sheet (2); and the inner wall of the containing cavity (11) near one side of the laryngeal prominence (10) forms the mounting surface (14). The positioning member is an adhesive strip (6), and one or more adhesive strips (6) are arranged along the edge of the flexible insulating bag (1) in a spaced mode; one end of the adhesive strip (6) is adhered to the edge of the flexible insulating bag (1), and the other end of the adhesive strip (6) is adhered to the surface of the skin (4). The two ends of the resistance sheet (2) along the length direction are connected with bearing members (8) in an insulating mode along the direction perpendicular to the length direction of the resistance sheet (2), and the other ends of the bearing members (8) are connected with the mounting surface (14), so that the resistance sheet (2) is arranged in a spaced mode with the flexible conductive sheet (3). The control circuit comprises a chip controller (7), which converts the current fluctuation size into different waveforms with high and low to evaluate the swallowing amplitude, and converts the current fluctuation frequency into the number of waveforms to evaluate the swallowing frequency. The power supply assembly (9) is a battery or an electronic. The first flexible plastic member (12) and the second flexible plastic member (13) are connected in an adhesive mode.

2. The Swallowing Function Evaluation Measurement Tool of claim 1, wherein, The elastic member (5) is an elastic pull rope. The elastic pull rope is connected with the flexible conductive sheet (3) and the mounting surface (14) in an adhesive mode.

3. The Swallowing Function Evaluation Measurement Tool of claim 1, wherein, ​ ​ 4. The Swallowing Function Evaluation Measurement Tool of claim 1, wherein, ​ 5. The swallowing function assessment measuring tool according to claim 1, wherein, ​ 6. The swallowing function assessment measuring tool of claim 1, wherein, ​ 7. The swallowing function assessment measuring tool according to claim 2, wherein, ​ 8. The swallowing function assessment measuring tool of claim 1, wherein, ​ 9. The swallowing function assessment measuring tool according to claim 8, wherein, ​

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