Feeding device for internal medicine nursing

Abstract

The utility model discloses a feeding device for internal medicine nursing, and relates to the technical field of internal medicine nursing appliances, the feeding device comprises a heat preservation base, a food conveying pipe, a covered bowl and a pressure pump, a food storage cavity and a heating mechanism are arranged in the heat preservation base, and the heating mechanism is located below the food storage cavity and used for heating food; one end of the food conveying pipe is connected with the heat preservation base and communicated with the food storage cavity. The covered bowl is connected to the upper end of the heat preservation base and provided with a pressurizing cavity communicated with the food storage cavity. The pressurizing pump is installed on the covered bowl, and a pressurizing opening of the pressurizing pump is communicated with the pressurizing cavity. The feeding nursing device solves the problems that an existing feeding nursing device is inconvenient to use and has no heating function.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of internal medicine nursing equipment technology, and in particular to a feeding device for internal medicine nursing. Background Technology

[0002] Some postoperative patients in internal medicine have difficulty eating normally due to their physical condition; similarly, patients in gastroenterology often rely on liquid foods to reduce the burden on their digestive system during the recovery phase. Caring for these patients involves not only feeding, hydrating, and administering medication, but also heating liquid foods and drinking water to ensure they are suitable for the patient's digestion.

[0003] Traditionally, administering medication and food to internal medicine patients relies primarily on manual operation by medical staff, nursing assistants, or family members, or using simple feeding utensils. This method is not only cumbersome and significantly increases the workload of nursing staff, but also causes considerable inconvenience to patients and has several shortcomings. These traditional feeding utensils generally lack heating functions. Considering that the digestive systems of internal medicine patients are often sensitive and fragile, directly ingesting uncooked liquids or foods may have adverse effects on their stomachs.

[0004] Furthermore, these simple feeding utensils fail to meet another need of patients during meals—food pulverization. Patients often need to pulverize food before mixing it into their liquid diet. This extra step undoubtedly increases the complexity of care and brings more inconvenience to caregivers. However, currently, there is no integrated device on the market that combines feeding, watering, medication administration, and heating functions. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of this invention is to provide a feeding device for internal medicine care, which can solve the problems of inconvenience in using existing feeding and care tools and the lack of heating function.

[0006] To solve the above problems, the technical solution adopted by this utility model is as follows: This feeding device for internal medicine care includes a warming base, a food delivery tube, a covered bowl, and a pressure pump. The warming base has a food storage cavity and a heating mechanism located below the food storage cavity for heating the food. One end of the food delivery tube is connected to the warming base and communicates with the food storage cavity. The covered bowl is connected to the upper end of the warming base and has a pressure chamber communicating with the food storage cavity. The pressure pump is installed on the covered bowl, and the pressure port of the pressure pump is connected to the pressure chamber.

[0007] In some possible implementations, the heating mechanism includes an insulation partition and a heating element disposed within the insulation partition.

[0008] In some possible implementations, the heat-insulating base is also provided with a stirring mechanism, which includes a stirring frame and a rotating motor that drives the stirring frame to rotate. The stirring frame is located in the food storage cavity, and the rotating motor is installed in an independent cavity below the heat-insulating partition.

[0009] In some possible implementations, the mixing rack includes horizontally arranged mixing arms and a plurality of mixing rods arranged on the mixing arms for crushing food.

[0010] In some possible implementations, the main body of the stirring arm is a rectangular rod with an upward-curving arc structure at its end; the stirring rod includes a round rod and rectangular thin rods symmetrically arranged on both sides of the round rod.

[0011] In some possible implementations, the inner circumference of the lidded bowl is provided with an upper limit protrusion ring and a lower limit protrusion ring, and a sliding plate is slidably connected between the upper limit protrusion ring and the lower limit protrusion ring on the inner circumference of the lidded bowl.

[0012] In some possible implementations, the edge of the sliding plate is fitted with a sealing ring.

[0013] In some possible implementations, the lid is threadedly connected to the heat-insulating base.

[0014] In some possible implementations, a sensor is provided on the food delivery pipe near the outlet.

[0015] A more specific technical solution for the aforementioned feeding device for internal medicine nursing could be:

[0016] By adopting the above technical solution, this utility model has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:

[0017] 1. The pressure pump and pressure chamber design of the device make it easier to deliver liquid food into the patient's mouth through the food delivery tube connected to the food storage chamber. This not only improves the convenience of feeding but also makes the feeding process more stable, reducing spillage and waste during delivery. Considering the sensitive and fragile digestive systems of internal medicine patients, the device has a built-in heating mechanism that can appropriately heat liquid food and drinking water to ensure that the food temperature is suitable for the patient's digestion. This avoids the adverse effects on the stomach that may be caused by directly ingesting uncooked food or liquid, thus ensuring the patient's digestive safety. The device integrates feeding, watering, medication administration, and heating functions, greatly simplifying the nursing process, reducing the operational complexity for nursing staff, and improving nursing efficiency and quality.

[0018] 2. The heating element is cleverly placed inside the insulation partition. This layout ensures that heat is transferred more evenly to the food in the storage cavity. The insulation partition not only plays a role in heat conduction, but also serves as a support and protective layer for the heating element, enhancing the structural stability of the entire heating mechanism and extending its service life.

[0019] 3. The addition of a stirring mechanism can break down some ingredients and mix them into the liquid diet, reducing swallowing difficulties for patients. It also ensures that the food is thoroughly stirred during heating, thereby improving the uniformity of food and heating. A uniform food texture helps patients digest and absorb food. Furthermore, it improves heating efficiency, optimizes heating effects, and prevents localized overheating of food. Installing the rotating motor in an independent chamber below the insulation partition can effectively isolate the heat and vibration generated by the motor, reducing the impact on the heating mechanism and food.

[0020] 4. The horizontal mixing arms of the mixing rack can cover the bottom and sides of the mixing container more extensively, ensuring that the food is mixed more evenly in the container; the arrangement of multiple mixing rods increases the contact area with the food, thereby improving the mixing speed and efficiency. At the same time, the multiple distribution points of the mixing rods help to hit and cut the food from multiple angles, ensuring that the food particles can be broken more thoroughly, thus maintaining the uniformity and texture of the food.

[0021] 5. The main structural design of the stirring arm increases the contact area between the stirring arm and the material being stirred, enabling it to withstand greater stirring and impact forces. The upward-curving arc structure at the end of the stirring arm can more effectively push and flip the material, ensuring a more uniform mixing process. The combination design of the round bar and the rectangular thin bar of the stirring rod can more effectively cut, crush, and mix the material. The rectangular thin bar can increase the contact area between the stirring rod and the material, improving stirring efficiency, while the round bar can more effectively push and flip the material.

[0022] 6. The lid is equipped with a sliding plate, which allows for flexible adjustment of the size of the stirring area according to the characteristics of different foods or liquids and the required volume, thereby optimizing the stirring effect.

[0023] 7. Installing sensors in the food delivery tube can detect whether the amount of food in the patient's mouth has reached or exceeded a certain level, thus preventing swallowing difficulties or spillage and improving safety. Attached Figure Description

[0024] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a feeding device used in internal medicine nursing.

[0025] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a feeding device used in internal medicine nursing.

[0026] Figure 3 yes Figure 2 Enlarged view of point A in the middle.

[0027] Explanation of the reference numerals: 1. Insulated base; 2. Stirring mechanism; 3. Lid bowl; 4. Pressure pump; 5. Air pipe; 6. Sliding plate; 7. Food delivery pipe; 8. Sensor; 9. Rotating motor; 10. Insulated partition; 11. Stirring arm; 12. Stirring rod; 13. Upper limit protrusion ring; 14. Sealing ring; 15. Lower limit protrusion ring. Detailed Implementation

[0028] The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments:

[0029] Figure 1 and Figure 2 The feeding device for internal medicine nursing shown mainly includes a warming base 1, a food delivery tube 7, a heating mechanism, a stirring mechanism 2, a covered bowl 3, and a pressure pump 4. The warming base 1 has a storage cavity for storing liquid food or liquids to be fed. One end of the food delivery tube 7 is securely connected to the warming base 1 and communicates with the storage cavity; the other end is placed in the patient's mouth for smooth food delivery. A heating mechanism is located at the bottom of the warming base 1 to heat and maintain the temperature of the food in the storage cavity, ensuring a suitable food temperature and avoiding adverse effects on the patient. A stirring mechanism 2 is also installed inside the warming base 1 to break up and stir the food, preventing food from clogging the delivery tube. Furthermore, during the heating process, the stirring mechanism 2 continuously stirs the food, ensuring more even heating. The lid bowl 3 is connected to the upper end of the heat preservation base 1 and is used to seal the opening of the food storage cavity. The lid bowl 3 has a pressure chamber inside, which is connected to the food storage cavity. The pressure generated by the pressure pump 4 installed on the lid bowl 3 is used to pressurize and deliver the food, so that the food can enter the patient's mouth stably and evenly.

[0030] In some possible embodiments, such as Figure 2 As shown, a heating mechanism is provided in the lower part of the food storage cavity within the heat-insulating base 1. This heating mechanism includes a heat-insulating partition 10 and a heating element. The heating element is disposed within the heat-insulating partition 10, and a heat-insulating layer is provided at the bottom of the heat-insulating partition 10. The heating element can be a heating wire, which is electrically connected to the battery box or an external power source via a wire. The configuration of the battery box or the connection structure of the external power source follows conventional technical standards and will not be described in detail here.

[0031] like Figure 2 As shown, a stirring mechanism 2 is installed inside the insulated base 1. The stirring mechanism 2 includes a stirring rack and a rotary motor 9 that drives the stirring rack to rotate. To prevent heat from adversely affecting the motor, an independent chamber is provided below the insulated partition 10. This independent chamber is used to install the rotary motor 9 of the stirring mechanism 2. The stirring rack is located inside the food storage chamber and is used to break up and stir the food to prevent blockage of the food delivery pipe 7. Figure 3 As shown, the mixing rack in this embodiment includes a horizontally arranged mixing arm 11 and a plurality of mixing rods 12 arranged on the mixing arm 11 for crushing food. The main body of the mixing arm 11 is a rectangular rod with an upward-curving arc structure at its end; the mixing rod 12 includes a round rod and rectangular thin rods symmetrically arranged on both sides of the round rod, which can more effectively crush food and prevent food from clogging the conveying tube. Preferably, the mixing rack is made of a non-stick material.

[0032] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the lid bowl 3 and the heat-insulating base 1 are fixed together by a threaded connection. The inner circumference of the lid bowl 3 is provided with an upper limit protrusion ring 13 and a lower limit protrusion ring 14. A sliding plate 6 is slidably connected between the two protrusion rings, and a sealing ring 14 is fitted around the edge of the sliding plate 6 to ensure sealing performance. It is worth mentioning that the lid bowl 3 of this utility model is a multi-functional lid bowl. The design of the lid bowl 3 reduces food spillage during movement or transportation, and facilitates manual feeding by adjusting the position of the sliding plate 6 according to the required amount of food. Most importantly, the lid bowl 3 can achieve a pressurization function by sealing the food storage cavity.

[0033] A pressure pump 4 is installed on the outer wall of the lid bowl 3, and the pressure pump 4 is also equipped with an air tube 5 that communicates with the outside. In some possible embodiments, the pressure pump 4 can be started and stopped manually. When in use, the food delivery tube 7 is placed in the patient's mouth, the pressure pump 4 is started, and the pressure is stopped or restarted at any time by observing the feeding status in the patient's mouth. In other embodiments, quantitative feeding can also be performed. In some other possible embodiments, a sensor 8 is provided on the food delivery tube 7 near the outlet. This sensor 8 can sense the amount of food in real time and automatically control the operation of the pressure pump 4 based on the sensing result, thereby realizing the automatic feeding function.

[0034] When using this internal medicine feeding device, the nurse places the food to be fed into the food storage chamber of the warming base 1, and then tightens the lid 3 to the warming base 1. Next, the heating element is turned on to heat and keep the food warm, and the rotating motor 9 is started to drive the stirring rack to rotate. After heating and stirring for a period of time, the nurse can place the outlet end of the food delivery tube 7 into the patient's mouth. Adjust the position of the sliding plate and the working pressure of the pressure pump 4 as needed, and start the pressure pump 4. Under pressure, the food in the food storage chamber is conveyed outward from the food delivery tube 7, ensuring that the food can be delivered to the patient's mouth at a uniform speed. During the process of food delivery to the patient's mouth, the sensor 8 senses the amount of food in real time and controls the operation of the pressure pump according to the sensing results to ensure that the amount of food in the patient's mouth is always within a safe range. Specifically, if the sensor 8 senses that the amount of food in the patient's mouth has reached or exceeded a certain amount (i.e., the food overflows the detection area of ​​the sensor 8), the pressure pump 4 will immediately stop running to prevent discomfort or safety risks caused by excessive food in the patient's mouth. After the patient finishes swallowing, sensor 8 will sense when the amount of food has decreased to a safe level or when there is no food in the mouth. Then, pressure pump 4 will restart and continue to deliver an appropriate amount of food to the patient's mouth until feeding is complete. The whole process is both safe and efficient.

[0035] The present invention and its specific embodiments have been described above, but this description is not restrictive. The embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings are merely one manifestation of the present invention, and the actual structure is not limited thereto. If those skilled in the art, inspired by the present invention, can design similar or equivalent structures and embodiments without departing from the inventive spirit of the present invention, such designs should be considered to fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A feeding device for internal medicine nursing, characterized in that: The device includes a warming base, a food delivery tube, a lidded bowl, and a pressure pump. The warming base has a food storage cavity and a heating mechanism located below the food storage cavity for heating food. One end of the food delivery tube is connected to the warming base and communicates with the food storage cavity. The lidded bowl is connected to the upper end of the warming base and has a pressure chamber communicating with the food storage cavity. The pressure pump is installed on the lidded bowl, and the pressure port of the pressure pump is connected to the pressure chamber.

2. The feeding device for internal medicine nursing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The heating mechanism includes an insulation partition and a heating element, wherein the heating element is disposed within the insulation partition.

3. The feeding device for internal medicine nursing according to claim 2, characterized in that: The heat-insulating base is also equipped with a stirring mechanism, which includes a stirring frame and a rotating motor that drives the stirring frame to rotate. The stirring frame is located in the food storage cavity, and the rotating motor is installed in an independent chamber below the heat-insulating partition.

4. The feeding device for internal medicine nursing according to claim 3, characterized in that: The mixing rack includes horizontally arranged mixing arms and multiple mixing rods arranged on the mixing arms for crushing food.

5. The feeding device for internal medicine nursing according to claim 4, characterized in that: The main body of the stirring arm is a rectangular rod with an upward-curving arc structure at its end; the stirring rod includes a round rod and rectangular thin rods symmetrically arranged on both sides of the round rod.

6. The feeding device for internal medicine care according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The inner circumference of the lidded bowl is provided with an upper limit protrusion ring and a lower limit protrusion ring, and a sliding plate is slidably connected between the upper limit protrusion ring and the lower limit protrusion ring on the inner circumference of the lidded bowl.

7. The feeding device for internal medicine nursing according to claim 6, characterized in that: A sealing ring is fitted around the edge of the sliding plate.

8. The feeding device for internal medicine nursing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The covered bowl is threadedly connected to the heat-insulating base.

9. The feeding device for internal medicine nursing according to claim 1, characterized in that: A sensor is installed on the food delivery pipe near the outlet.

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