Novel cleft lip and palate infant medicine feeder
By designing a medication feeder with an arc-shaped feeding tube and an adjustable auxiliary plate adapted to infants with cleft lip and palate, the problem of medication feeders coming into contact with wounds in existing technologies has been solved, achieving a more comfortable, safe, and accurate medication feeding process.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422925971.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-29
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-23
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-11-29
AI Technical Summary
Existing infant medicine feeder designs do not take into account the special needs of patients with cleft lip and palate, and are prone to contact with wounds and affect wound healing.
A medication feeder was designed, comprising an arc-shaped feeding tube, a detachable feeding tube, a support plate, an auxiliary plate, and a control rod. This ensures that the feeding tube does not contact the wound and controls the drug flow through the outlet. The auxiliary plate allows for adjustment of the insertion depth, and the support plate provides a stable grip.
It reduces the patient's pain and discomfort, improves the comfort and accuracy of medication administration, avoids medication irritating the wound, and enhances the safety and stability of medication administration.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to the field of medicine feeder, especially to a novel cleft lip and palate infant medicine feeder. BACKGROUND
[0002] Infant medicine feeding is a problem for many parents, and common infant medicine feeders are classified into the following categories: dropper medicine feeder, measuring cup medicine feeder, needle cylinder medicine feeder, nipple medicine feeder, compression head type medicine feeder and medicine spoon medicine feeder.
[0003] Most of the existing infant medicine feeders are designed for normal infants, and their shape and feeding method do not take into account the special needs of patients with cleft lip and palate. Due to the particularity of the lesion site, the wound of such patients is usually located in the middle part of the upper jaw. During postoperative medicine feeding, the use of traditional infant medicine feeders often contacts the wound, not only causing additional pain to the patient, but also possibly causing the medicine to flow around the incision, stimulating the surgical incision and affecting wound healing. SUMMARY
[0004] To solve the above-mentioned problems, the utility model is implemented by the following technical solutions:
[0005] A novel cleft lip and palate infant medicine feeder, comprising: a syringe for loading and injecting medicine; a medicine feeding tube installed at the injection end of the syringe, the end away from the syringe is provided with an arc structure to enable the medicine feeding tube to enter the oral cavity from the corner of the patient's mouth, and the arc part is tightly fitted with the patient's cheek; a plurality of liquid outlets are provided at the end of the medicine feeding tube away from the syringe to limit the flow of medicine.
[0006] The syringe comprises: an inner tube installed at the injection end of the syringe, the inner tube is used to support the medicine feeding tube, and the medicine feeding tube is provided to be detachably sleeved on the inner tube for replacing different medicine feeding tubes.
[0007] The syringe further comprises: two support plates installed on the syringe and symmetrically arranged to provide support points for the syringe when holding the syringe.
[0008] It further comprises: an auxiliary plate provided on the medicine feeding tube to fit the patient's face and maintain the distance of the medicine feeding tube inserted into the patient's oral cavity.
[0009] The auxiliary plate is provided to be movable on the medicine feeding tube to adjust the use position of the auxiliary plate and adjust the distance of the medicine feeding tube inserted into the patient's oral cavity.
[0010] The auxiliary plate comprises: a limiting strip installed on the auxiliary plate, a plurality of limiting grooves are provided on the medicine feeding tube, and the limiting strip is arranged in the limiting groove to fix the position of the auxiliary plate on the medicine feeding tube.
[0011] Further comprising: a control rod arranged in the injection tube for pushing the medicine in the injection tube to make the medicine enter into the medicine feeding tube from the inner tube.
[0012] The control rod comprises: a piston head mounted at one end of the control rod and in contact with the inner wall of the injection tube; a handle mounted at the other end of the control rod and arranged in an arc shape for fitting the palm web space; and a connecting ring mounted on the handle.
[0013] The utility model provides a novel cleft lip and palate infant medicine feeder, which has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:
[0014] 1. The scheme is suitable for cleft lip and palate infants. The arc-shaped structure of the medicine feeding tube and the arrangement of the auxiliary plate ensure that the patient's wound is not contacted during the medicine feeding process, the patient's pain and discomfort are reduced, a plurality of liquid outlets are formed at the end of the medicine feeding tube away from the injection tube for limiting the medicine flow, ensuring that the medicine can slowly and uniformly flow into the patient's oral cavity, and the medicine is prevented from flowing into or stimulating the surgical incision in large quantities.
[0015] 2. The design of the auxiliary plate enables the medicine feeding tube to be stably inserted into the patient's oral cavity at a distance, improves the comfort and accuracy of medicine feeding, the adjustable design of the auxiliary plate adapts to the size and shape of different patients' oral cavities, the two support plates on the injection tube provide stable holding points for the user, enabling the injection tube to be more stably controlled during use of the medicine feeder, and improving the safety of medicine feeding. The design of the control rod realizes accurate transmission of the medicine, the piston head enables the medicine to be stably pushed, and the arc-shaped design of the handle provides a comfortable holding experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0016] Figure 1 The utility model provides a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram.
[0017] Figure 2 The utility model provides another perspective three-dimensional structure schematic diagram.
[0018] Figure 3 The utility model provides an injection tube, a medicine feeding tube and a control rod cross section structure schematic diagram.
[0019] Figure 4 The utility model provides a medicine feeding tube and an auxiliary plate structure schematic diagram.
[0020] Figure 5 The utility model provides a medicine feeding tube and an auxiliary plate cross section structure schematic diagram.
[0021] The reference numerals in the drawings are:
[0022] 1. Injection tube; 101, support plate; 102, inner tube;
[0023] 2, feeding tube; 201, liquid outlet; 202, limiting groove;
[0024] 3, auxiliary plate; 301, limiting strip;
[0025] 4, control rod; 401, piston head; 402, handle; 403, connecting ring. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0026] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the utility model more clear, the technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model is described clearly and completely, obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor belong to the protection scope of the utility model.
[0027] Referring to Figures 1-5 A novel cleft lip and palate infant medicine feeder, comprising: a syringe 1 for loading and injecting medicine, ensuring that the medicine can be stably stored in the medicine feeder and accurately injected into the feeding tube 2 when needed; the feeding tube 2 is installed at the injection end of the syringe 1, and the end away from the syringe 1 is provided with an arc-shaped structure, so that the feeding tube 2 can enter the oral cavity from the corner of the patient's mouth, and the arc-shaped part is tightly attached to the patient's cheek; a plurality of liquid outlets 201 are formed at the end of the feeding tube 2 away from the syringe 1, for limiting the flow of medicine; the design of the arc-shaped structure of the feeding tube 2 makes the feeding tube 2 easily enter the oral cavity from the corner of the patient's mouth, and the arc-shaped part is tightly attached to the patient's cheek, effectively avoiding contact with the cleft lip and palate wound during feeding, reducing the patient's discomfort, and avoiding the pipe opening to touch the incision, the medicine flows to the pharynx through the buccal mucosa, avoiding coughing, reducing the incidence of aspiration and incision bleeding; the liquid outlet 201 is used to limit the flow of medicine, ensuring that the medicine can flow slowly and uniformly into the patient's oral cavity, avoiding a large amount of medicine flowing in, and preventing the medicine from flowing directly or stimulating the surgical incision.
[0028] Referring to Figure 2 and Figure 3, the injection tube 1 comprises: an inner tube 102 mounted at the injection end of the injection tube 1, which is used to support the feeding tube 2, and the feeding tube 2 is designed to be detachably sleeved on the inner tube 102, which is used to replace different feeding tubes 2, and the inner tube 102 serves as a support structure for the feeding tube 2, ensuring the stability of the feeding tube 2 during use, and the detachable sleeving design of the feeding tube 2 makes it convenient and fast to replace different specifications or types of feeding tubes 2, adapting to the needs of different patients; two support plates 101 are mounted on the injection tube 1 and are symmetrically arranged, which are used to provide support points for the injection tube 1 when holding the injection tube 1, providing a stable holding point for the user, so that the injection tube 1 can be controlled more stably when using the feeding device, improving the accuracy and safety of feeding.
[0029] Referring to Figure 4 and Figure 5 , the auxiliary plate 3 is arranged on the feeding tube 2 and is used to fit the patient's face to maintain the distance of the feeding tube 2 inserted into the patient's oral cavity, and the auxiliary plate 3 maintains the distance of the feeding tube 2 inserted into the patient's oral cavity stable, improving the accuracy and comfort of feeding, and its adjustable design enables the user to adjust the use position of the auxiliary plate 3 according to actual needs, further adapting to the size and shape of the oral cavities of different patients; the auxiliary plate 3 is arranged to be movable on the feeding tube 2, which is used to adjust the use position of the auxiliary plate 3 and adjust the distance of the feeding tube 2 inserted into the patient's oral cavity; the auxiliary plate 3 comprises: a limiting strip 301 mounted on the auxiliary plate 3, and a plurality of limiting grooves 202 are formed on the feeding tube 2, and the limiting strip 301 is arranged in the limiting groove 202, which is used to fix the position of the auxiliary plate 3 on the feeding tube 2, and through the cooperation of the limiting strip 301 and the limiting groove 202, the fixing of the auxiliary plate 3 on the feeding tube 2 is realized, ensuring the stability of the auxiliary plate 3 during use, and at the same time, it is also convenient for the user to adjust the position as needed, and the limiting strip 301 is made of rubber material or silicone material, and the limiting strip 301 can be deformed when subjected to external force, and can be moved from one limiting groove 202 to another limiting groove 202.
[0030] Referring to Figure 2 and Figure 3 , the control rod 4 is arranged in the injection tube 1 and is used to push the medicine in the injection tube 1 to make the medicine enter the feeding tube 2 from the inner tube 102; the control rod 4 comprises: a piston head 401 mounted at one end of the control rod 4 and in contact with the inner wall of the injection tube 1; a handle 402 mounted at the other end of the control rod 4 and arranged in an arc shape, which is used to fit the palm web space; and a connecting ring 403 mounted on the handle 402, the control rod 4 is used to push the medicine in the injection tube 1 to realize the accurate transmission of the medicine, the design of the piston head 401 enables the medicine to be stably pushed, the arc design of the handle 402 provides a comfortable holding experience, making the operation more convenient, and the arrangement of the connecting ring 403 facilitates the control of the user's thumb.
[0031] In use, according to the age and oral size of the patient, select the appropriate feeding tube 2 specification and detachably set it on the inner tube 102, ensure that the injection tube 1 has loaded the appropriate amount of medicine, and prepare the required auxiliary equipment, attach the auxiliary plate 3 to the patient's face, adjust its position on the feeding tube 2 as needed, set the limiting strip 301 on the auxiliary plate 3 in the corresponding limiting groove 202 of the feeding tube 2 to ensure the stability of the auxiliary plate 3 during use, hold the injection tube 1, place the index finger and middle finger on the two support plates 101, insert the thumb into the connecting ring 403, and place the web between the thumb and index finger at the handle 402 to provide a stable support point for the injection tube 1, ensure that the holding method is stable, so that the injection tube 1 can be accurately controlled when using the feeding device, align the arc-shaped structure of the feeding tube 2 with the patient's corner of the mouth, gently insert it into the oral cavity, ensure that the arc-shaped part of the feeding tube 2 is tightly attached to the patient's cheek, avoid contacting the labial cleft wound, use the control rod 4 to push the medicine in the injection tube 1, make the medicine flow from the inner tube 102 into the feeding tube 2, and stably push the medicine through the contact between the piston head 401 and the inner wall of the injection tube 1, ensure that the medicine can flow slowly and uniformly into the patient's oral cavity, closely observe the patient's reaction during feeding, ensure that the medicine does not directly flow into or irritate the surgical incision, and gently pull out the feeding tube 2 after the medicine has completely flowed into the patient's oral cavity, clean the feeding device and related equipment for next use.
[0032] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following advantages:
[0033] The present application is suitable for infants with labial cleft, the arc-shaped structure of the feeding tube 2 and the design of the auxiliary plate 3 ensure that the patient's wound will not be contacted during feeding, and the patient's pain and discomfort are reduced.
[0034] The end of the feeding tube 2 away from the injection tube 1 is provided with a plurality of liquid outlets 201 for limiting the flow of medicine, ensuring that the medicine can flow slowly and uniformly into the patient's oral cavity, and avoiding the medicine flowing into or irritating the surgical incision.
[0035] The design of the auxiliary plate 3 enables the feeding tube 2 to maintain a stable distance inserted into the patient's oral cavity, improving the comfort and accuracy of feeding, and the adjustable design of the auxiliary plate 3 adapts to the size and shape of different patients' oral cavities.
[0036] The two support plates 101 on the injection tube 1 provide a stable holding point for the user, enabling more stable control of the injection tube 1 when using the feeding device, improving the safety of feeding, and the design of the control rod 4 realizes accurate transmission of the medicine, with the piston head 401 enabling the medicine to be stably pushed, and the arc-shaped design of the handle 402 providing a comfortable holding experience.
[0037] It is to be noted that the relational terms herein, such as first and second, and the like, are used solely to distinguish one from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can also include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element proceeded by "comprises... a" does not, without more constraints, exclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
[0038] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, but not limit the present application; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments can be modified, or some technical features can be replaced by equivalent ones; and these modifications or replacements do not make the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.
Claims
1. A novel medicine feeder for infants with cleft lip and palate, characterized in that, include: Injection tube (1), used for loading and injecting drugs; The feeding tube (2) is installed at the injection end of the injection tube (1), and the end away from the injection tube (1) is set with an arc-shaped structure so that the feeding tube (2) can enter the oral cavity from the corner of the patient's mouth, and the arc-shaped part fits tightly against the patient's cheek. The feeding tube (2) has several outlets (201) at the end away from the injection tube (1) to limit the drug flow.
2. A novel medicine feeder for infants with cleft lip and palate according to claim 1, characterized in that, The injection tube (1) includes: The inner tube (102) is installed at the injection end of the injection tube (1). The inner tube (102) is used to support the feeding tube (2). The feeding tube (2) is detachably sleeved on the inner tube (102) for replacing different feeding tubes (2).
3. A novel medicine feeder for infants with cleft lip and palate according to claim 1, characterized in that, The injection tube (1) also includes: Two support plates (101) are mounted on the injection tube (1) and are arranged symmetrically to provide support points for the injection tube (1) when it is held.
4. A novel medicine feeder for infants with cleft lip and palate according to claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: An auxiliary plate (3) is set on the feeding tube (2) to fit the patient's face and maintain the distance of the feeding tube (2) inserted into the patient's mouth.
5. A novel medicine feeder for infants with cleft lip and palate according to claim 4, characterized in that, The auxiliary plate (3) is configured to be movable on the feeding tube (2) to adjust the position of the auxiliary plate (3) and adjust the distance of the feeding tube (2) inserted into the patient's mouth.
6. A novel medicine feeder for infants with cleft lip and palate according to claim 4, characterized in that, The auxiliary plate (3) includes: A limiting strip (301) is installed on the auxiliary plate (3). Several limiting grooves (202) are provided on the feeding tube (2). The limiting strip (301) is set in the limiting groove (202) to fix the position of the auxiliary plate (3) on the feeding tube (2).
7. A novel medicine feeder for infants with cleft lip and palate according to claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: The control lever (4) is located inside the injection tube (1) and is used to push the drug in the injection tube (1) so that the drug enters the feeding tube (2) from the inner tube (102).
8. A novel medicine feeder for infants with cleft lip and palate according to claim 7, characterized in that, The control lever (4) includes: The piston head (401) is installed at one end of the control rod (4) and contacts the inner wall of the injection tube (1); The handle (402) is installed at the other end of the control lever (4) and is arc-shaped to fit the palm of the hand. A connecting ring (403) is mounted on the handle (402).