Three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device
By designing a three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device, the problems of unstable head positioning and lack of strength measurement in post-tongue cancer training devices were solved, enabling stable training and quantitative assessment of tongue function and improving training effectiveness.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF BENGBU MEDICAL COLLEGE
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-23
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-30
AI Technical Summary
Existing post-tongue cancer training devices are not ideal for head positioning, causing patients' heads to shake and affecting the training effect. At the same time, they lack active training and strength measurement tools for tongue protrusion movements, making it difficult to assess the functional recovery status of different areas of the tongue and unable to provide personalized training programs.
A three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device was designed. The device achieves stable positioning of the patient's head through a positioning component, and performs tongue protrusion training and strength measurement through three points: the center of the tongue tip, the left and right anterior edges of the tongue. The device includes a head placement frame, a positioning component, and a training device. The positioning component prevents head shaking, and tongue muscles are trained through a tongue sleeve and a stretching line.
It achieves stable positioning of the patient's head, preventing shaking, provides active training and strength measurement for different parts of the tongue, can objectively assess the recovery status of tongue function, provides quantitative basis for personalized training programs, and improves training effectiveness.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of tongue muscle recovery training technology, and more specifically, to a three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device. Background Technology
[0002] The tongue is a muscular organ, with the anterior two-thirds being the body and the posterior one-third being the root, bounded anteriorly and posteriorly by the circumvallate papillae. The body is the movable part, and the midline groove divides the tongue into left and right halves. The dorsum of the tongue has fungiform, filiform, and foliate papillae. Each papillae is closely connected to the muscles, and the ventral mucosa is smooth and thin. The muscles of the tongue are divided into two groups: the internal tongue muscles and the external tongue muscles. The internal tongue muscles include the superior and inferior longitudinal muscles of the tongue, the transverse tongue muscles, and the rectus tongue muscles; the external tongue muscles include the genioglossus, hyoidohyoidus, stylohyoid, palatoglossus, and glossopharyngeal muscles. Except for the palatoglossus muscles, which are innervated by the accessory nerve and the pharyngeal plexus of the vagus nerve, the rest are innervated by the hypoglossal nerve.
[0003] Currently, surgery is the primary treatment for tongue cancer. There are two main surgical methods: one is direct resection followed by suturing; the other is flap repair. Regardless of the method chosen, postoperatively, patients often experience abnormal tongue protrusion due to muscle loss, hypoglossal nerve damage, and scar traction. Therefore, clinical practice usually involves using the compensatory function of the healthy tongue muscles to perform tongue protrusion exercises to help patients regain speech function.
[0004] Currently, existing training devices for tongue protrusion function training after tongue cancer surgery have significant limitations. On the one hand, existing devices are not ideal for positioning the patient's head during use, and prolonged training can easily lead to fatigue, causing head movement and affecting training effectiveness. On the other hand, there is a lack of active training devices for tongue protrusion movements, and even more so, a lack of tools to measure the training effect on different parts of the tongue, such as a device that can measure tongue protrusion force separately from the normal tongue and repaired skin flap. The lack of such tools makes it difficult to accurately assess the functional recovery status of different areas of the tongue in clinical practice, and also fails to provide quantitative evidence for the development of personalized training programs, becoming a major bottleneck restricting the improvement of postoperative tongue function rehabilitation. Therefore, a three-point tongue protrusion force measurement and training device is needed to solve these problems. Utility Model Content
[0005] To overcome the aforementioned deficiencies of the prior art, embodiments of this utility model provide a three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device. The device uses a positioning component to position the patient's head, preventing the patient's head from shaking and affecting the training effect. Through tongue protrusion training and strength measurement based on three points—the center of the tongue tip, the left and right anterior edges of the tongue—it achieves active tongue protrusion training and objective measurement of the training effect on different parts of the tongue.
[0006] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides the following technical solution: a three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device, including a head placement frame, a supporting base plate in the middle of the head placement frame, a chin placement plate and a training device on the top of the supporting base plate, an arc-shaped groove on the top side of the head placement frame, and a positioning component on one side of the head placement frame.
[0007] The positioning assembly includes a connecting side plate, an H-shaped slider is provided in the middle of the connecting side plate, and a top connecting plate and connecting bolt are provided on the top of the H-shaped slider. An extension threaded rod, a limiting ring and a mounting base are provided in the middle of the H-shaped slider, and a mounting side plate and a sponge positioning block are provided on the side of the mounting base.
[0008] The training device includes a support frame, with a housing on the top of the support frame, and a telescopic plate, a tension line, a positioning clamp, and a tongue sleeve in the middle of the housing.
[0009] Furthermore, the connecting side plate is fixedly connected to a mounting slide rail on the side near the head placement frame, and there are two mounting slide rails, which are symmetrically distributed on the side of the connecting side plate. There are two connecting side plates, which are symmetrically distributed on the middle of both sides of the head placement frame. The head placement frame has a mounting groove on the side near the connecting side plate, and the mounting slide rail is slidably connected inside the mounting groove.
[0010] Furthermore, a positioning bolt is threadedly connected to the middle of the end of the connecting side plate near the head placement frame, and the positioning bolt passes through the connecting side plate and connects to the head placement frame. The positioning bolt is correspondingly set to the connecting side plate and is located between two mounting slide rails. A through groove is opened in the middle of the end of the connecting side plate away from the positioning bolt.
[0011] Furthermore, an H-shaped slider is slidably connected in the middle of the through groove, and a top connecting plate is fixedly connected to the top of the H-shaped slider. The bottom of the top connecting plate contacts the top of the connecting side plate, and a connecting bolt is threadedly connected in the middle of the top connecting plate. The bottom end of the connecting bolt contacts the top of the connecting side plate.
[0012] Furthermore, the H-shaped slider is connected to an extension threaded rod in the middle by a thread, and the extension threaded rod passes through the H-shaped slider. One end of the extension threaded rod is fixedly connected to a rotating handle, and the end of the extension threaded rod away from the rotating handle is fixedly connected to a limit ring. A mounting seat is sleeved on the outside of the limit ring, and a mounting side plate is bolted to the side of the mounting seat away from the extension threaded rod. A sponge positioning block is installed on the side of the mounting side plate, and the sponge positioning block and the mounting side plate are located on the side of the connecting side plate near the head placement frame.
[0013] Furthermore, a support base plate is slidably connected to the bottom center of the head placement frame, and a chin placement plate is installed at the top center of the support base plate. A training device is installed on the side of the support base plate, and the training device is correspondingly set with the chin placement plate. An arc-shaped groove is opened on one side of the top of the head placement frame, and the arc-shaped groove is located on the top side of the head placement frame away from the training device.
[0014] Furthermore, the support frame is connected to the support base plate by bolts, and a housing is installed on the top of the end of the support frame away from the support base plate. A driving component is installed on the bottom of the housing, and the top of the driving component is connected to the inside of the housing. A telescopic plate is slidably connected to the middle of the side of the housing, and a tension line is provided in the middle of the telescopic plate. The tension line is connected to the driving component through a rotating shaft, and a positioning clamp is installed on the end of the tension line away from the telescopic plate. A tongue sleeve is provided on the side of the positioning clamp away from the tension line. A CNC screen is installed on the top of the housing, and the CNC screen is connected to the driving component through wires.
[0015] The technical effects and advantages of this utility model are as follows:
[0016] 1. This utility model achieves head positioning for the patient through a positioning component. By rotating the handle, the extension threaded rod is rotated, causing the extension threaded rod to drive the limiting ring to push out the mounting side plate and the sponge positioning block, so that the sponge positioning block contacts the side of the patient's head, thereby achieving head positioning and preventing head shaking during training, which would affect the training effect. Furthermore, the H-shaped slider causes the extension threaded rod to slide in the middle of the connecting side plate, making the device suitable for users with different head circumferences and further improving the ease of use of the device. Attached Figure Description
[0017] To more clearly illustrate the embodiments of this utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art can derive other embodiments based on the provided drawings without creative effort.
[0018] The structures, proportions, sizes, etc. illustrated in this specification are only for the purpose of assisting those skilled in the art in understanding and reading the content disclosed herein, and are not intended to limit the implementation conditions of this utility model. Therefore, they have no substantial technical significance. Any modifications to the structure, changes in the proportions, or adjustments to the size, without affecting the effects and objectives that this utility model can produce, should still fall within the scope of the technical content disclosed in this utility model.
[0019] Figure 1This is a first-view structural schematic diagram of the device of this utility model.
[0020] Figure 2 This is a second-view structural schematic diagram of the device of this utility model.
[0021] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the positioning component of this utility model.
[0022] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of one end of the extended threaded rod of this utility model;
[0023] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the training device of this utility model.
[0024] The attached figures are labeled as follows: 1. Head placement frame; 2. Support base plate; 3. Jaw placement plate; 4. Training device; 5. Arc-shaped groove; 6. Positioning component; 7. Mounting slide; 8. Mounting slide rail; 9. Connecting side plate; 10. Positioning bolt; 11. Through groove; 12. H-shaped slider; 13. Top connecting plate; 14. Connecting bolt; 15. Extension threaded rod; 16. Limiting ring; 17. Mounting base; 18. Mounting side plate; 19. Sponge positioning block; 20. Rotating handle; 21. CNC screen; 22. Bearing frame; 23. Outer shell; 24. Drive component; 25. Telescopic plate; 26. Stretching line; 27. Positioning clamp; 28. Tongue sleeve. Detailed Implementation
[0025] The following specific embodiments illustrate the implementation of this utility model. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of this utility model from the content disclosed in this specification. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this utility model. Based on the embodiments of this utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of this utility model.
[0026] like Figure 1 , Figure 2 As shown, the specific implementation method is as follows: This utility model provides a three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device, including a head placement frame 1, a support base plate 2 is provided in the middle of the head placement frame 1, and a mandibular placement plate 3 and a training device 4 are provided on the top of the support base plate 2. An arc-shaped groove 5 is provided on the top side of the head placement frame 1, and a positioning component 6 is provided on one side of the head placement frame 1. The support base plate 2 is slidably connected to the bottom middle of the head placement frame 1, and the mandibular placement plate 3 is installed in the middle of the top of the support base plate 2. The training device 4 is installed on the side of the support base plate 2, and the training device 4 is correspondingly arranged with the mandibular placement plate 3. An arc-shaped groove 5 is opened on one side of the top of the head placement frame 1, and the arc-shaped groove 5 is located on the top side of the head placement frame 1 away from the training device 4.
[0027] In use, the patient's forehead is aligned with the arc-shaped groove 5 in the middle of the top of the head placement frame 1, so that the patient's chin is placed in the middle of the mandibular placement plate 3. The mandibular placement plate 3 provides support for the patient's head. The training device 4 is set up to push out the training device inside, thereby facilitating the training of the tongue muscles.
[0028] like Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 As shown, the specific implementation method is as follows: the positioning component 6 includes a connecting side plate 9, an H-shaped slider 12 is provided in the middle of the connecting side plate 9, and a top connecting plate 13 and a connecting bolt 14 are provided on the top of the H-shaped slider 12. An extension threaded rod 15, a limiting ring 16 and a mounting base 17 are provided in the middle of the H-shaped slider 12. A mounting side plate 18 and a sponge positioning block 19 are provided on the side of the mounting side plate 9 near the head placement frame 1. There are two mounting slide rails 8, which are symmetrically distributed on the side of the connecting side plate 9. There are two connecting side plates 9, which are symmetrically distributed on the middle of both sides of the head placement frame 1. A mounting groove 7 is opened on the side of the head placement frame 1 near the connecting side plate 9, and the mounting slide rail 8 is slidably connected inside the mounting groove 7. A positioning bolt 10 is threadedly connected to the middle of the end of the connecting side plate 9 near the head placement frame 1. The positioning bolt 10 passes through the connecting side plate 9 and connects to the head placement frame 1. The positioning bolt 10 is correspondingly set to the connecting side plate 9 and is located between two mounting slide rails 8. A through groove 11 is opened in the middle of the end of the connecting side plate 9 away from the positioning bolt 10. The positioning component 6 is set to position the patient's head. By rotating the rotating handle 20, the extension threaded rod 15 is rotated, which drives the limiting ring 16 to push out the mounting side plate 18 and the sponge positioning block 19, so that the sponge positioning block 19 contacts the side of the patient's head, thereby achieving the positioning of the patient's head and preventing the head from shaking during training, which would affect the patient's training effect.
[0029] In use, push the connecting side plate 9 so that the mounting slide rail 8 at one end of the connecting side plate 9 slides into the mounting groove 7, thereby adjusting the height of the connecting side plate 9. Then rotate the positioning bolt 10 at one end of the connecting side plate 9 so that the positioning bolt 10 passes through the connecting side plate 9 and connects to the head placement frame 1 through the thread, thereby achieving the positioning connection of the connecting side plate 9.
[0030] An H-shaped slider 12 is slidably connected to the middle of the through groove 11, and a top connecting plate 13 is fixedly connected to the top of the H-shaped slider 12. The bottom of the top connecting plate 13 contacts the top of the connecting side plate 9, and a connecting bolt 14 is threadedly connected to the middle of the top connecting plate 13. The bottom end of the connecting bolt 14 contacts the top of the connecting side plate 9. An extension threaded rod 15 is threadedly connected to the middle of the H-shaped slider 12, and the extension threaded rod 15 passes through the H-shaped slider 12. A rotating handle 20 is fixedly connected to one end of the extension threaded rod 15, and the extension threaded rod 15 is away from the rotating handle 20. One end of the rotating handle 20 is fixedly connected to a limiting ring 16. A mounting base 17 is sleeved on the outside of the limiting ring 16. A mounting side plate 18 is bolted to the side of the mounting base 17 away from the extension threaded rod 15. A sponge positioning block 19 is installed on the side of the mounting side plate 18. The sponge positioning block 19 and the mounting side plate 18 are located on the side of the connecting side plate 9 near the middle of the head placement frame 1. The extension threaded rod 15 is driven to slide in the middle of the connecting side plate 9 by the H-shaped slider 12, so that the device is suitable for users with different head circumferences and further improves the ease of use of the device.
[0031] By pushing the H-shaped slider 12, it slides inside the through groove 11 in the middle of the connecting side plate 9, thereby moving the extension threaded rod 15 to a suitable position. Rotating the connecting bolt 14 at the top of the H-shaped slider 12 causes the connecting bolt 14 to pass through the top connecting plate 13 and contact the connecting side plate 9, thus achieving simple positioning of the H-shaped slider 12. At the same time, rotating the rotating handle 20 causes the extension threaded rod 15 to rotate, thereby causing the extension threaded rod 15 to drive the limiting ring 16 to push out the mounting base 17 and the mounting side plate 18. A sponge positioning block 19 is installed on the side of the mounting side plate 18. The sponge positioning block 19 contacts the side of the patient's head, thereby positioning the patient's head and preventing the patient's head from shaking during training, which would affect the training effect.
[0032] like Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 5As shown, the training device 4 includes a support frame 22, with a housing 23 on the top of the support frame 22. A telescopic plate 25, a tension line 26, a positioning clamp 27, and a tongue sleeve 28 are arranged in the middle of the housing 23. The support frame 22 is connected to the support base plate 2 by bolts, and the housing 23 is installed on the top of the end of the support frame 22 away from the support base plate 2. A driving component 24 is installed on the bottom of the housing 23, and the top of the driving component 24 is connected to the inside of the housing 23. A telescopic plate 25 is slidably connected to the middle of the side of the housing 23, and a tension line 26 is arranged in the middle of the telescopic plate 25. The tension line 26 is connected to the driving component 24 through a rotating shaft, and a positioning clamp 27 is installed on the end of the tension line 26 away from the telescopic plate 25. A tongue sleeve 28 is arranged on the side of the positioning clamp 27 away from the tension line 26. A CNC screen 21 is installed on the top of the housing 23, and the CNC screen 21 is connected to the driving component 24 through wires.
[0033] The CNC screen 21 is connected to the drive unit 24 via wires. The CNC screen 21 controls the drive unit 24 to drive the tongue sleeve 28 into a disposable tongue sleeve. The tongue sleeve 28 and the disposable tongue sleeve are then placed on the patient's tongue. The positioning clip 27 at one end of the stretching line 26 is clamped onto the tongue sleeve 28, the disposable tongue sleeve, and the patient's tongue in sequence. The drive unit 24 then drives the stretching line 26 to stretch the positioning clip 27 in an orderly manner, thereby training the tongue. The tongue sleeve 28 is located outside the training device 4, which is convenient for disassembly and cleaning, improving the ease of use of the device.
[0034] Although the present invention has been described in detail above with general descriptions and specific embodiments, some modifications or improvements can be made to it, which will be obvious to those skilled in the art. Therefore, all such modifications or improvements made without departing from the spirit of the present invention fall within the scope of protection claimed by the present invention.
Claims
1. A three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device, including a head placement frame (1), characterized in that: The head placement frame (1) has a supporting base plate (2) in the middle, and a chin placement plate (3) and a training device (4) are provided on the top of the supporting base plate (2). The head placement frame (1) has an arc groove (5) on the top of its side, and a positioning component (6) is provided on one side of the head placement frame (1). The positioning component (6) includes a connecting side plate (9), an H-shaped slider (12), a top connecting plate (13) and a connecting bolt (14) are provided in the middle of the connecting side plate (9), an extension threaded rod (15), a limiting ring (16) and a mounting base (17) are provided in the middle of the H-shaped slider (12), and a mounting side plate (18) and a sponge positioning block (19) are provided on the side of the mounting base (17); The training device (4) includes a support frame (22), the top of which is provided with a shell (23), and the middle of the shell (23) is provided with a telescopic plate (25), a tension line (26), a positioning clip (27) and a tongue sleeve (28).
2. The three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The connecting side plate (9) is fixedly connected to the side of the head placement frame (1) with an installation slide rail (8), and there are two installation slide rails (8), which are symmetrically distributed on the side of the connecting side plate (9). There are two connecting side plates (9), which are symmetrically distributed on the middle of the two sides of the head placement frame (1). The head placement frame (1) is provided with an installation groove (7) on the side of the connecting side plate (9), and the installation slide rail (8) is slidably connected inside the installation groove (7).
3. The three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The connecting side plate (9) is connected to the head placement frame (1) by a threaded positioning bolt (10) at the middle of one end. The positioning bolt (10) passes through the connecting side plate (9) and is connected to the head placement frame (1). The positioning bolt (10) is correspondingly set with the connecting side plate (9) and is located between two mounting slide rails (8). A through groove (11) is opened in the middle of the connecting side plate (9) away from the positioning bolt (10).
4. The three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device according to claim 3, characterized in that: An H-shaped slider (12) is slidably connected in the middle of the through groove (11), and a top connecting plate (13) is fixedly connected to the top of the H-shaped slider (12). The bottom of the top connecting plate (13) is in contact with the top of the connecting side plate (9), and a connecting bolt (14) is threadedly connected in the middle of the top connecting plate (13). The bottom end of the connecting bolt (14) is in contact with the top of the connecting side plate (9).
5. The three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The H-shaped slider (12) is connected to an extension threaded rod (15) by a thread in the middle, and the extension threaded rod (15) passes through the H-shaped slider (12). One end of the extension threaded rod (15) is fixedly connected to a rotating handle (20), and the end of the extension threaded rod (15) away from the rotating handle (20) is fixedly connected to a limiting ring (16). The limiting ring (16) is fitted with a mounting seat (17), and the mounting seat (17) away from the extension threaded rod (15) is bolted to a mounting side plate (18). A sponge positioning block (19) is installed on the side of the mounting side plate (18), and the sponge positioning block (19) and the mounting side plate (18) are located on the side of the connecting side plate (9) near the middle of the head placement frame (1).
6. The three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The head placement frame (1) is slidably connected to a support base plate (2) at the bottom center, and a chin placement plate (3) is installed at the top center of the support base plate (2). A training device (4) is installed on the side of the support base plate (2), and the training device (4) is correspondingly set with the chin placement plate (3). An arc-shaped groove (5) is opened on one side of the top of the head placement frame (1), and the arc-shaped groove (5) is located on the top of the head placement frame (1) away from the training device (4).
7. The three-point tongue protrusion strength measurement and training device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The support frame (22) is connected to the support base plate (2) by bolts, and a shell (23) is installed on the top of the end of the support frame (22) away from the support base plate (2). A drive component (24) is installed at the bottom of the shell (23), and the top of the drive component (24) is connected to the inside of the shell (23). A telescopic plate (25) is slidably connected to the middle of the side of the shell (23), and a tension line (26) is provided in the middle of the telescopic plate (25). The tension line (26) is connected to the drive component (24) through a rotating shaft, and a positioning clamp (27) is installed on the end of the tension line (26) away from the telescopic plate (25). A tongue sleeve (28) is provided on the side of the positioning clamp (27) away from the tension line (26). A CNC screen (21) is installed on the top of the shell (23), and the CNC screen (21) is connected to the drive component (24) through a wire.