Limb circumference measuring device

By designing a two-section limb circumference measuring device, which uses two measuring tapes connected by flexible connectors and pulled out from both ends for measurement, the problem of pain caused by patients having to lift off the bed surface in existing technologies is solved, and efficient and accurate limb circumference measurement is achieved.

CN223516350UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-07JINING NO 1 PEOPLES HOSPITAL (JINING ACAD OF MEDICAL SCI)
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Application Number
CN202422514780.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-10-17
Publication Date
2025-11-07
Estimated Expiration
2034-10-17

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Technical Problem

Existing limb circumference measuring devices require lifting the patient's limb off the bed during measurement, resulting in significant pain for the patient, and the measurement is not efficient or accurate enough.

Method used

Design a limb circumference measuring device that adopts a two-stage measurement method. Two measuring tapes connected by a flexible connector are pulled out from the openings at both ends to perform two-stage measurements, reducing the need for the patient to lift their limb off the bed. The measurement can be completed simply by rotating the limb.

Benefits of technology

It effectively reduces patient pain, improves measurement efficiency and accuracy, and is suitable for health monitoring of patients who are bedridden for a long time or after surgery.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a limb circumference measuring device, which relates to the technical field of medical instruments and comprises a positioning cover, two sides of the positioning cover are respectively connected with a measuring scale through a flexible connecting piece, each measuring scale comprises a shell and two measuring tapes arranged in the shell, two openings are oppositely arranged on the shell, and the measuring tapes are arranged on the two openings. And the measuring ends of the two measuring tapes can be drawn out respectively. According to the utility model, the measuring ruler with the two measuring tapes is arranged, so that the measuring ends of the two measuring tapes can be respectively drawn out from the openings at the two ends to carry out two-section measurement, and compared with the mode of measuring around the limb by one circle in the prior art, the limb circumference can be measured only by simply rotating the limb without lifting the limb away from the bed surface when the limb circumference is actually measured; the limb pain of a patient can be relieved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to medical supplies technical field, concretely relates to a limb perimeter measuring device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Clinical patient body perimeter measurement includes upper arm circumference measurement, lower limb leg circumference measurement and the like. For chronic disease patients needing long-term bed rest, PICC catheter patients and patients in postoperative rehabilitation period, medical staff can better understand patient health conditions and timely adjust treatment and nutrition support schemes through regular measurement of upper arm circumference; for lymphedema, lower limb vascular diseases, especially lower limb deep vein thrombosis patients, lower limb leg circumference measurement data can fully reflect patient edema conditions, vascular health and muscle conditions. Therefore, body perimeter measurement provides various information of patient individual health conditions, which is helpful for medical staff to formulate personalized health management and treatment plans to promote disease rehabilitation and improve overall health level.

[0003] The utility model discloses a DVT patient limb perimeter measuring device, including patella positioning cover, first measuring tape and second measuring tape, the patella positioning cover forms with the patella shape similar patella slot, the patella positioning cover includes inside and outside two layers, wherein the outer layer is hard quality layer, the inner layer is flexible layer, the outer edge peripheral surface of hard quality layer is provided with the sliding groove, first measuring tape and second measuring tape all are connected through the connecting rope the sliding block of respective, and the sliding block is inserted into the sliding groove and can slide in the sliding groove around the patella positioning cover, first measuring tape and second measuring tape all include the tape box and the soft ruler that can be extracted from the opening of tape box, and the front end of soft ruler is provided with the card protrusion, and the tape box is provided with fixed groove at the opening back surface position, and the card protrusion can be inserted into the fixed groove and fixed.

[0004] The above-mentioned device can measure the limb perimeter, but there are still some deficiencies in actual use, and the most obvious one is that when the soft ruler is extracted for measurement, the limb perimeter is measured in a way of wrapping around the limb, which requires the medical staff to lift the limb off the bed surface so that the soft ruler can wrap around, which may cause the patient to feel pain. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0005] The utility model provides a limb perimeter measuring device for the above problems existing in the prior art, which can be measured in two sections during clinical use, the medical staff does not need to lift the patient's limb off the bed surface, which can effectively reduce the patient's pain and facilitate the measurement work of the medical staff.

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a limb perimeter measuring device, its characterized in be connected with measuring scale through a flexible connecting piece on the both sides of positioning cover, the measuring scale includes the casing and two tape measures arranged in the casing, two openings are oppositely arranged on the casing, and the measuring end of two tape measures is drawn out respectively.

[0007] Preferably, the opening is located at the bottom edge of the casing, so that the tape measure is parallel to the skin and drawn out.

[0008] Preferably, the positioning cover is provided with an observation hole in the center.

[0009] Preferably, the positioning cover is provided with a fixing belt at the end, and the end of the fixing belt is provided with a connecting auxiliary material.

[0010] Preferably, the connecting auxiliary material is a magic tape.

[0011] Preferably, the flexible connecting piece is a connecting rope.

[0012] Preferably, the flexible connecting piece is a connecting tape measure, the casing is provided with a brake button for controlling the connecting tape measure, and the brake button is convex to the casing.

[0013] Preferably, the bottom surface of the casing is provided with a concave arc surface structure.

[0014] Preferably, the casing is provided with a buckle structure matched with each other.

[0015] The utility model has the advantages that the measuring scale with two tape measures is arranged, the measuring ends of the two tape measures are drawn out from the two openings respectively, two-section measurement is carried out, compared with the measurement mode of surrounding the limb one time in the prior art, the limb does not need to be lifted off the bed surface when the limb circumference is actually measured, and the measurement can be completed only by simply rotating the limb, so that the pain of the patient's limb can be relieved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 It is the three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 2 It is the measuring tape position structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 3 It is the shell side view structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 4 It is the three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of one embodiment of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 5 It is the shell structure schematic diagram of another embodiment of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 6 is the shell structure schematic diagram of another embodiment of the utility model;

[0022] In the drawing: 1. Positioning cover, 2. Connecting piece, 3. Measuring scale, 4. Shell, 5. Tape measure, 6. Opening, 7. Observation hole, 8. Fixing belt, 9. Connecting auxiliary material, 10. Brake button, 11. Spring piece, 12. Frame, 13. Bottom surface, 14. Brake spring. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The principle and features of the utility model are described below, and the examples are only used to explain the utility model and not used to limit the scope of the utility model.

[0024] As shown in the drawing, the embodiment provides a limb circumference measurer, including positioning cover 1, the both sides of positioning cover 1 are connected with measuring scale 3 through a flexible connecting piece 2, measuring scale 3 includes shell 4 and two tape measures 5 arranged in shell 4, shell 4 is oppositely provided with two openings 6, and the measuring end of two tape measures 5 is respectively drawn out from two openings 6.Two tape measures 5 are vertically placed in shell 4, and the output end of tape measure 5 is aligned with opening 6, opening 6 is located at the bottom edge of shell 4, so that tape measure 5 is parallel to skin and is drawn out along the limb circumference measuring direction.Positioning cover 1 is provided with observation hole 7 in the center.Positioning cover 1 is provided with fixing belt 8 at the end, and fixing belt 8 is provided with connecting auxiliary material 9 at the end.

[0025] When the limb circumference is measured, positioning cover 1 is placed at the knee or elbow of the patient, and observation hole 7 is used to determine the patella positioning point or elbow positioning point, so as to improve the positioning accuracy and ensure the accuracy of the measuring position; fixing belt 8 connected to the end of positioning cover 1 is connected together through connecting auxiliary material 9, and positioning cover 1 is fixed to prevent displacement and cause measurement error; after positioning cover 1 is fixed, the flexible connecting piece 2 is straightened, and measuring scale 3 stays in the appropriate position, and measuring scale 3 is composed of existing structures such as shell 4, tape measure 5, spring piece 11 and frame 12, and the opening 6 on the shell 4 with measuring scale 3 is used to draw out tape measure 5.When the measuring position is determined, two-stage measurement is carried out, one tape measure 5 is first drawn out, the patient's limb is slightly rotated, the data of half of the limb circumference is measured, then the limb is rotated in the opposite direction, the other half of the limb is measured, and then the two measurement data and the length of the bottom surface 13 of shell 4 are added, so as to obtain the accurate limb circumference, and when the patient's limb circumference is actually measured, the patient's limb does not need to be completely lifted, only needs to be simply rotated, the measurement data of the two sides of the limb is measured respectively, and the measurement data and the length of the bottom surface 13 of shell 4 are added, which is the limb circumference.

[0026] The material of connecting auxiliary material 9 in the embodiment is magic tape, the flexible connecting piece 2 is connecting rope, and the tape measure 5 is ordinary measuring soft ruler, and its structure is the same as the automatic shrink soft ruler with the model of Yiwu Bikun.

[0027] In another embodiment of the utility model, the flexible connecting piece 2 is a connecting tape measure, the shell 4 is provided with a brake button 10 for controlling the connecting tape measure, and the brake button 10 is convex to the shell 4. In actual use, the pulling distance of the connecting tape measure can be changed at will, thereby changing the measurement position, and after the measurement position is determined, measurement can be carried out, and after use, the brake button 10 can be pressed to recover the connecting tape measure, so that the use is more flexible and the application range is expanded. The structure uses the structure of the measuring soft tape in the prior art, and the structure is the same as the DSB soft tape of the tape measure.

[0028] In another embodiment of the utility model, the bottom surface of the shell 4 is provided with a concave arc surface structure, the concave arc surface structure is attached to the skin curve of the human body, and the measurement result is more accurate.

[0029] In another embodiment of the utility model, the two shells 4 are provided with buckling structures matched with each other, so that the two shells can be stored in an integrated manner through buckling connection, and the measurement result is more accurate.

[0030] The utility model discloses a measuring tape 3, can make two tape measures 5 from both ends opening 6 respectively draw out, carry out two -section type measurement, so when actual measurement limb perimeter, need not lift the limb from the bed surface, can effectively alleviate the patient's limb pain, compared with the measurement mode of surrounding the limb a week, two -section type measurement mode is more efficient, and the measurement result is more accurate, and effectively improves the work efficiency.

[0031] The utility model discloses a measuring tape 3 containing two tape measures 5, can make the measurement end of two tape measures 5 from both ends opening 6 respectively draw out, rotate the patient's limb, first measure the data of one side of the limb, then rotate the limb in the opposite direction, measure the other side of the limb, add two measurement data and the width of the shell, accurate limb circumference can be obtained, two -section type measurement is carried out, compared with the measurement mode of surrounding the limb a week in the prior art, need not lift the limb from the bed surface, only need to rotate the limb to complete measurement, can alleviate the patient's limb pain.

[0032] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model, and does not restrict the utility model, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement etc. that are made within the spirit and principle of the utility model should be included in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A limb circumference measurer characterized by comprising: The utility model relates to a kind of skin measurement device, including positioning cover (1), the measuring scale (3) is connected with two flexible connecting pieces (2) respectively on the two sides of positioning cover (1), and the measuring scale (3) includes shell (4) and two measuring tapes (5) arranged in shell (4), two openings (6) are oppositely provided on shell (4), and the measuring end of two measuring tapes (5) is extracted respectively.

2. The limb circumferential measurement device according to claim 1, wherein The opening (6) is located at the bottom edge of the shell (4) so that the measuring tape (5) is extracted parallel to the skin.

3. The limb circumference measuring device according to claim 1, wherein The positioning cover (1) is provided with an observation hole (7) at the center.

4. The limb-circumference measuring device according to claim 1, wherein The positioning cover (1) is provided with a fixing belt (8) at the end, and the fixing belt (8) is provided with a connecting auxiliary material (9) at the end.

5. The limb-circumference measuring device according to claim 4, wherein The connecting auxiliary material (9) is a magic tape.

6. The limb-circumference measuring device according to claim 1, wherein The flexible connecting piece (2) is a connecting rope.

7. The limb-circumference measuring device according to claim 1, wherein The flexible connecting piece (2) is a connecting measuring tape, and the shell (4) is provided with a brake button (10) for controlling the connecting measuring tape, and the brake button (10) is convex on the shell (4).

8. The limb-circumference measuring device according to claim 1, wherein The bottom surface (13) of the shell (4) is provided as a concave arc surface structure.

9. The limb-circumference measuring device according to claim 1, wherein The shell (4) is provided with a buckle structure that cooperates with each other.

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