385 results about "Tongue depressor" patented technology

A tongue depressor and throat viewing mechanism adapted to facilitate inspection of the larynx and a medical diagnosis of its condition, the mechanism includes a blade insertable into the mouth to depress the tongue so as to expose the larynx. A camera and a light illuminating unit are located in the front end of the blade. The camera is configured to send image signals to a transmitter which is located in the rear end of the blade. The transmitter sends the images to a display for viewing.

Embodiments of the present invention include an insertion aid device with a handle, a tongue depressor, a tracheal suction catheter guide, and a guide with a recess formed by a pair of prongs. The guide may be configured to accommodate the cross-sectional shape of a tracheal suction catheter, a nasogastric tube, or an orogastric tube. The tracheal suction catheter guide may include a connection port configured to couple to an in-line suction catheter. A light source may be included with the insertion aid device.

Described is an oral appliance for providing sleep apnea relief. The appliance includes a body formed in a u-shape ending in a rear portion having a first end and a second end. A malleable metal spine is molded into the body and protrudes from at least one of the first and second ends. A tongue depressor is connected with the malleable spine, thereby allowing a user to bend the malleable spine to position the tongue depressor into the desired position.

A combination bite block, tongue depressor / retractor and airway for establishing and maintaining an open airway while preventing emergence clenching and the resulting dental and soft tissue damage associated with emergence clenching in procedures where anesthesia and / or sedation are used, or when the patient is not in control of their own airway, regardless of the cause. The inventive subject matter includes a tongue depressor / retractor component in both right and left conformations; and a bite block component. The bite block component is a wedge shaped, compressible component that is inserted between the upper and lower molars on either the right or left side of the mouth. The tongue depressor component is comprised by a flat portion of that is inserted into the side of the bite block, and an optional curved portion that retracts the tongue off of the posterior pharynx when in place.

The oral appliance for the treatment of sleep apnea provides greater comfort to the user and maintains an open air passage through the mouth by preventing the tongue from blocking the windpipe during sleep. The appliance has a mouthpiece including a frame of hard material and a tooth tray of softer material that conforms closely to the tooth pattern of the user. A spoon-like tongue depressor extends adjustably from the forward center of the device, the tongue depressor having a downward convex bowl that holds the tongue away from the windpipe of the user. The tongue depressor has a stein captured by and rotating in the adjuster, so that the tongue depressor may be prevented from rotating as the adjuster is threaded inwardly or outwardly in the front of the device. An air passage is preferably provided to each side of the tongue depressor adjuster.

A body force measurement system for both assessment and therapeutic usage comprising a non-rigid tongue depressor with a force sensing element attached to it and a means of converting the force sensed into quantifiable data. The system provides convenient method for making body force measurements consistent with current clinical practice and without the need for a fixed registration point.

A throat examination device, suitable for telemedical application, comprising a mouthpiece structure, a positioning device, a constrained tongue depressor, and a receptacle for an imaging device whereby an unskilled examiner may safely perform an examination of a patient's throat and send the results to a remotely located medically qualified personnel.

The invention discloses a closed type throat swab sampling device. According to the device, the upper end of a handle is connected with a display screen through a connecting shaft, the lower part of the handle is connected with a long plate, the top end of the long plate is connected with a tongue depressor, and the long plate is provided with a sampling cavity and a camera; a fixed valve is arranged at the joint of the long plate and the handle; and a sealing cover is fixedly or movably sleeved on the long plate, and an elastic band is arranged at the middle hole to be tightly bonded with thelong plate. The invention has the advantages that: the device can be used to solve the problem of how to safely and correctly collect throat swab specimens by medical staff for infectious respiratorydiseases, particularly for patients with corona virus disease 2019 at present. Oral and nasal parts of the patient are properly covered in a closed manner, thus avoiding an extremely high risk of infection since the medical staff directly face respiratory tract pathogenic bacteria when collecting throat swab specimens of patients; and a real-time image in the oral cavity is displayed in vitro byleading-in the camera with a light source to the oral cavity, and the medical staff can correctly and quickly acquire an ideal throat swab specimen under the guidance of the real-time image.

A tongue depressor for illuminating an oral cavity, the tongue depressor including a handle which includes a light source and a switch for connecting a power supply to the light source. The tongue depressor also includes a blade for depressing the tongue, the blade being removably coupled to the handle, and wherein coupling the blade to the handle actuates the switch so that light emitted from the light source is transmitted by the blade into the oral cavity.

A combination bite block, tongue depressor / retractor and airway for establishing and maintaining an open airway while preventing emergence clenching and the resulting dental and soft tissue damage associated with emergence clenching in procedures where anesthesia and / or sedation are used, or when the patient is not in control of their own airway, regardless of the cause. The inventive subject matter includes a tongue depressor / retractor component in both right and left conformations; and a bite block component. The bite block component is a wedge shaped, compressible component that is inserted between the upper and lower molars on either the right or left side of the mouth. The tongue depressor component is comprised by a flat portion of that is inserted into the side of the bite block, and an optional curved portion that retracts the tongue off of the posterior pharynx when in place.

The invention discloses an anti-infective mask for respiratory endoscopic diagnosis and treatment. The mask comprises a mask body, an air inlet formed in the mask body is connected with an oxygen tank, an air outlet is connected with a collection tank, the collection tank is provided with a filtering layer and a negative pressure device for collecting gas exhaled by a patient, filtering and collecting processing is conducted on exhaled gas by a filtering device, the mask body comprises an operation area, the operation area is provided with a sealing sleeve isolating the operation area from theouter world, the sealing sleeve is capable of deforming, by arranging a first installation seat for an endoscope to extend in, a second installation seat for installing a tongue depressor and a thirdinstallation seat for installing a sputum aspirator in the operation area, a doctor is capable of performing endoscope inspection relative to the mask, operation can be conducted on the tongue depressor, the endoscope and the sputum aspirator directly outside the mask by the doctor or a nurse to solve the problem that the mask needs to be taken down when the endoscope is operated in the prior art, and droplet contamination generated by the coughing of the patient in the endoscope operation process is prevented.

Described are insertion aid devices including a handle, a tongue depressor, a first passageway, and a guide with a recess formed by a pair of prongs. The first passageway includes an entry portal and an exit portal, and may also include an alternative entry portal. The insertion aid devices may also include one or more additional passageways, each with an entry portal and an exit portal. The additional passageway may be formed by a plurality of C-clips or a shelf. The tongue depressor may be pivotally coupled to the handle.

A combination bite block, tongue elevator / retractor and airway for establishing and maintaining an open airway while preventing emergence clenching and the resulting dental and soft tissue damage associated with emergence clenching in procedures where anesthesia and / or sedation are used, or when the patient is not in control of their own airway, regardless of the cause. The inventive subject matter includes a tongue elevator / retractor component in both right and left conformations; and a bite block component. The bite block component is a wedge shaped, compressible component that is inserted between the upper and lower molars on either the right or left side of the mouth. The tongue elevator component is comprised by a flat portion of that is inserted into the side of the bite block, and an optional curved portion that retracts the tongue off of the posterior pharynx when in place.

The invention provides a portable teleoperation tracheal intubation robot. A tongue depressor gesture adjustment mechanism for picking up the epiglottis and exposing the glottis, a catheter tail end gesture adjustment mechanism for adjusting the gesture of the tail end of a catheter and a catheter feeding control mechanism for conveying the catheter to the glottis are compactly integrated in a shell, full-automatic operation of tracheal intubation is achieved, the robot can be connected with a teleoperation system, professional doctors can conduct remote intubation operation on patients, and the robot is compact in structure, low in manufacturing cost, and capable of saving the size, achieving the vehicle-mounted function and facilitating large-batch production.

The invention relates to a synchronous feeding mechanism for a tongue depressor machine, which comprises two paired rollers connected in rolling way and two feeding rollers; the lower paired roller is fixed; the roller shaft of the upper paired roller is mounted on a pre-tightening spring; the pre-tightening spring bears against a pushing block; the pushing block is mounted on the shell through screws and can be adjusted in position by the screws; a guide roller is arranged between the upper feeding roller and each of the two paired rollers; and the lower side of the guide roller and the lower side of the upper paired roller are located on the same horizontal height. The synchronous feeding mechanism for the tongue depressor machine provided by the invention has the beneficial effects that: feeding speeds of two material belts are adjusted by the pre-tightening spring to ensure that feeding speeds of two feeding rollers are completely the same. And pre-tightening force of the pre-tightening spring can be adjusted in real time according to different thicknesses, friction coefficients and feeding speeds of material belts, so that better synchronization effect is realized. While the stability of the paired rollers can be better ensured by the arrangement of a guide wheel and the tension force in other directions may not be acted on the paired rollers.

A suction device for evacuating fumes includes a tongue depressor having a pair of opposed walls; at least one suction tube connected to the tongue depressor; an elongated support member to which the suction tube is connected; and a connecting member attached to an end of the suction tube for connecting the suction tube to a suction generating device. A light such as a fiber optic light can be added to the suction device. The tongue depressor, suction tube and elongated support member can be made of one piece.

A throat examination device, suitable for telemedical application, whereby an unskilled examiner may safely perform an examination of a patient's throat and send the results to a remotely located medically qualified personnel. The device may be used with a smartphone having a camera and comprises a viewing port, a positioning device to properly position the camera and a constrained tongue depressor to safely position the patient's tongue.

The invention discloses an oral cavity expander for traditional Chinese medicine pediatric diagnosis and treatment. The expander comprises a base, and two groups of supporting columns which are symmetrically distributed are arranged on the upper side of the base; the end, close to the supporting columns, of an occlusion device is provided with two or more groups of cold light lamps which are symmetrically distributed at equal angles; the end, close to the cold light lamps, of the inner side of a through hole is provided with a connecting boss; the side, away from the occlusion device, of the connection boss is provided with a micro camera; an arc-shaped tongue depressor is arranged on one side in the through hole; the arc-shaped tongue depressor is connected with the occlusion device through a rotating shaft; the micro camera and the cold light lamps are electrically connected with an external control panel; a jaw supporting table and a head fixing table can solve the problem that a child patient feels uncomfortable and accordingly diagnosis and treatment can not be conducted because the child patient struggles and cries; the occlusion device is provided with the cold light lamps and the arc-shaped tongue depressor so that accurate treatment can be conducted; U-shaped through grooves are formed in the outer side of the occlusion device, the oral cavity of the child patient can be well protected, the expander is convenient to operate, and diagnosis of medical staff is more accurate.

The invention discloses a cleaning and disinfecting device for a medical pediatric tongue depressor. The device comprises a disinfection box, an independent disinfection cavity, a washing cavity and adrying cavity are sequentially formed in the disinfection box from left to right, a through groove is formed in one side wall, close to the disinfection cavity, of the disinfection box in a penetrating manner, the outer wall of the disinfection box is fixedly connected to a receiving hopper, first power rollers are installed on the inner wall of the receiving hopper and the inner wall of the disinfection box correspondingly, the two first power rollers are connected through a first net-shaped transmission belt, a plurality of half-crescent-shaped blocks are fixedly connected to the first net-shaped transmission belt, and a brushing mechanism is arranged between the first power rollers of the disinfection box and the disinfection box. The device is reasonable in structure, a plurality of tongue depressors can be cleaned, the cleaning and disinfection effect is good, the disinfected tongue depressors can be cleaned and dried conveniently, the tongue depressors are convenient to place, workers do not make contact with the tongue depressors any more after the tongue depressors are placed, and it is guaranteed that the tongue depressors cannot be polluted artificially after being cleaned.

The invention is a device for use as a prop to hold the mouth open which consists essentially of a bite block with an elongated portion that is deflected and to provide a physiologically shaped elongated portion extends along the buccal border of the tongue to form a tongue depressor and light reflector as the bite block is held in position. The retaining arm, tongue guiding hole and the flange retain the patient's tongue in the bottom cavity of the patient's mouth.

An insertion aid device includes a handle to hold the insertion aid device and a tongue depressor to depress the tongue of the patient. A curved wedge-shaped tongue depressor maintains the patient's mouth in an open position.

The invention relates to cleaning and drying equipment, in particular to stainless steel tongue depressor cleaning and drying equipment for the otolaryngology department. The invention aims to providethe stainless steel tongue depressor cleaning and drying equipment for the otolaryngology department which is high in cleaning and drying efficiency and thorough in cleaning. The stainless steel tongue depressor cleaning and drying equipment for the otolaryngology department comprises a cleaning fame, a drainage pipe, a valve, a transverse plate, a support, a top plate, a sliding rod, a pulling block and the like; and the drainage pipe is connected to the lower part of the right side of the cleaning frame, the drainage pipe communicates with the cleaning frame, and the valve is arranged on the drainage pipe. According to the equipment, clean water and cleaning agents in the cleaning frame are shifted through a shifting plate, so that a stainless steel tongue depressor is washed through the water flow, a brush rotates to sweep the surface of the stainless steel tongue depressor, so that the cleaning efficiency is improved, a piston moves left and right so that air can be blown out of aporous pipe, then the cleaned stainless steel tongue depressor is dried, and the effects of high cleaning and drying efficiency and thorough cleaning are achieved.

The present invention relates to an accessory apparatus for use with conventional tongue depressors. The apparatus comprises a platform, a lens / guard piece wherein said lens / guard has a diameter larger than an average adult's open mouth, and a hinge unit for attachment of said lens / guard to said platform. The apparatus may further comprise a light source and a USB camera.

The invention discloses a convenient chopstick made from conyza japonica and a production process, which is characterized in that, the stem of the mature conyza japonica is adopted; branches are cut off; epidermis is skinned in water and xylem is presented; the material is cut into the normal size of common chopsticks; the integral shape is straightened, dried, disinfected and made into chopsticks; or the material can be steamed and boiled in sticky slurry made from boiled glutinous rice, and then extrusion, formation, drying, cutting and packaging are carried out. The production process of the invention can also be applied to the production of ice cream sticks, toothpicks, medical tongue depressor, cotton swab sticks and other products. The convenient chopsticks and the tooth picks made from the conyza japonica have the advantages of high surface smoothness, low cost, convenient manufacture, large cultivation acreage, high productivity and strong reproducibility; the conyza japonica can be used for replacing precious forest wood resources.

The invention discloses a self-service collector for a throat swab, and relates to the technical field of medical devices. The self-service collector comprises a tongue depressor, a handle and a collector, wherein the collector is installed above the handle, the tongue depressor is installed on one side of the handle, and the throat swab is installed above the tongue depressor; the collector is used for detecting whether the throat swab reaches the throat or not and driving the throat swab to move and rotate. The self-service collector is simple and reasonable in structure, the throat swab isinstalled in a collecting hole firstly, then the tongue root is pressed by the tongue depressor part, then the collector automatically collects a throat swab specimen, then the collector exits, and the throat swab is recycled and inspected. According to the device, a patient can conveniently take a throat swab specimen by himself / herself without operation of medical staff, the probability of crossinfection between doctors and patients can be effectively reduced, the use of protective equipment such as a protective suit is saved at the same time, the practicability is extremely high, and the self-service collector can be used for throat swab sampling of infectivity pneumonia.

The invention discloses ear-nose-throat endoscope equipment. The ear-nose-throat endoscope equipment comprises a camera host (1) and a hand-held handle (2), wherein the camera host is arranged at one end of the hand-held handle; the camera host is provided with a liquid crystal display screen (3); a wireless transmitting-receiving module is arranged in the camera host; a shooting switch (4) and a photographing switch (5) are arranged on one side of the camera host; a camera host socket end (8) is arranged on the camera host; an endoscope pipe interface end (9) is arranged on the camera host socket end; an endoscope pipe (10) is arranged on one side of the endoscope pipe interface end; an endoscope (11) and an annular heating ring (12) are arranged on the inner wall at one end of the endoscope pipe; the hand-held handle is provided with an expansion trigger (14); and the expansion trigger is connected with a disposable expander or a tongue depressor (15) though the hand-held handle. The endoscope pipe adopts medical silica gel or an anti-microbial nanomaterial; the flexibility and bending performance of the endoscope pipe are reinforced due to the medical silica gel; the anti-microbial nanomaterial has the long-term anti-microbial and sterilizing function due to the slow release effect of the anti-microbial nanomaterial, so that the anti-microbial and sterilizing long-term effect of the ear-nose-throat endoscope equipment is improved.

The invention provides an intelligent throat swab collecting robot. The intelligent throat swab collecting robot comprises a box body, wherein a cavity is formed in the box body and is divided into acontrol cavity, a storage cavity and a recovery cavity, a processor is arranged in the control cavity and is connected with an identity recognition device; the storage cavity sequentially stores cotton swabs, a bottle cap, a bottle body, a tongue depressor and a micro printer, and the recovery cavity comprises a throat swab recovery cavity and a garbage recovery cavity; and manipulators are arranged on the two side surfaces of the box body respectively, provided with recognition devices respectively and connected with the processor. The cotton swabs are grabbed through the first manipulator, the tongue depressor is grabbed through the second manipulator and enters the oral cavity of a patient, the recognition devices recognize the pharyngeal rear wall and the tonsil, the cotton swab head is arranged at the position, the tongue depressor and the cotton swabs are taken out after the first manipulator rotates by a certain angle, and a bottle body is obtained after the second manipulator throws the tongue depressor into a garbage cavity. The first manipulator puts the cotton swabs into the bottle body to obtain the bottle cap, and after the bottle cap and the bottle body are screwed down, the first manipulator puts the stored throat swabs into the throat swab recovery cavity, so that infection of medical staff is avoided.

The invention discloses a pediatric clinical oral examination device comprising a lower jaw support. An upper jaw support is arranged above the lower jaw support, the top of the lower jaw support is provided with a first supporting pipe, the upper jaw support is provided with a second supporting pipe, the top end of the first supporting pipe is connected to the bottom end of the second supporting pipe through a screw and a nut, the center of the top surface of the lower jaw support is connected to a tongue depressor through a pin joint device, and the upper surface of the tongue depressor is provided with a liquid collection groove provided with a thin glass tube inside. The upper and lower jaw supports are adopted to fix the oral cavity of a child, the oral examination is facilitated, oral cross infection is reduced, the thin glass tube and an air ball can be adopted to remove a small amount of sputum, the examination can be performed more thoroughly, the device can be used more conveniently, the practicality is high, and the examination effect is fine.

A mouth appliance for maintaining effective airflow in a wearer's airway comprises a frame formed to engage the wearer's upper and lower teeth to retain the frame in a selected position in the wearer's mouth in accord with the wearer's natural bite. A tongue depressor is mounted to the frame and formed to extend to a rear portion of the wearer's throat and exert pressure directly on the tongue in the area of the wearer's soft palate, thereby facilitating comfort and ease in occasional swallowing, while providing airflow effectiveness to prevent the wearer from snoring and experiencing sleep apnea.