47 results about "Tongue muscles" patented technology

A non-invasive, removable intraoral electrical Stimulator or Pacemaker system and method is described, for electrically-stimulating and re-establishing the tone in the upper pharyngeal dilator muscle, the genioglossus and base-of-tongue muscles, for the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in human adults and young adults. The Stimulator system consists of an intraoral Stimulator device assembly with a rechargeable battery, an external (inductive) Recharger appliance and an external hand-held (inductive) Programmer appliance. The Stimulator device assembly is inserted into the mouth by the OSA patient before sleep time and is removed when awake or during normal activity and placed in the charging cradle of the Recharger appliance for recharging the device battery. The physician uses the hand-held Programmer appliance to determine and set the patient-specific stimulation therapy parameters in the device, at the patient's initial evaluation. The stimulation therapy is delivered either in an open loop configuration without regard to patient's respiration activity, or in a closed loop configuration synchronized to the patient's respiration detected by one or more sensors in the system.

The invention provides a ligula habit appliance. A main body material is a latex component, and is in an adjustable metallic framework structure. The appliance comprises a lip bumper, a drag hook, a palate bead and an occlusal pad, wherein an metallic framework of which the deformation can be adjusted is added to inside of a latex main body of the lip bumper, so that adjustment according to different soft tissue conditions of different patients is facilitated, and lip and cheek frenum and mucosa are prevented from being oppressed; a metal ring retractor extends out of an incisor teeth position in an upper jaw of the outer side of the lip bumper, and can penetrate through an index finger, so that training of lip muscle functions is facilitated; the palate bead is located on the inner side of the appliance; an ellipsoid of which the diameter is 5*10mm is arranged on the position corresponding to incisive papilla of the upper jaw, and is suitable for training the tongue muscle position; and the occlusal pad is made of a simple latex material, and comprises canine teeth, lateral teeth and incisor teeth on the left side and the right side; second molar teeth, which extend to a posterior area, of the occlusal pad are adopted as a special design for open-bite patents.

The invention relates to a tongue muscle pressure sensor. The two ends of a pressing piece beam are provided with piezoresistance strain gauges respectively. Stress pads are arranged on the piezoresistance strain gauges. The upper jaw applies force to the stress pads, and the stress pads drive the pressing piece beam to deform. The piezoresistance strain gauge at one end is stretched, the piezoresistance strain gauge at the other end is compressed, and analog voltage signals are obtained by conversion through the Huygens electric bridge. The invention further relates to a tooth socket mold with the function of tongue muscle pressure detection. At least one tongue muscle pressure sensor is embedded into the tooth socket mold. According to the tongue muscle pressure sensor, the piezoresistance principle is adopted, the piezoresistance strain gauges are driven by deformation of the beam to deform, and the analog voltage signals are obtained by conversion through the Huygens electric bridge so as to be read by microcomputers like a single chip microcomputer. Compared with the prior art, the tooth socket mold is small and exquisite in size, easy to operate and better applicable to clinical use.

The present invention discloses an adsorption force improving complete denture, and relates to the technical field of oral dental restoration, and the adsorption force improving complete denture includes a denture base and artificial teeth, the denture base and corresponding teeth root mucosa form tissue surface, the contact side of the denture base and lip and cheek, tongue mucosa is polished surface, maxillary and mandible denture artificial teeth form occlusal surface by occlusal contact, lip and cheek muscle inward-force and tongue muscle outward-force are in a balance state to maintain the horizontal stability of the complete denture, occlusal contact of the denture artificial teeth is broad and balanced to facilitate even distribution of occlusion pressure over support tissues and the stability of the denture, and load carried by the denture in function is transmitted to the support tissues through the tissue surface.

The invention provides a tongue muscle and soft palate muscle group training integrated device which comprises a tongue muscle training component and a soft palate training component. The tongue muscle training component is embedded in the soft palate training component and comprises a long rod and an induction disc with pressure sensors, the induction disc is arranged at a tip of a patient proximal end of the long rod, the soft palate training component comprises a rubber biting pad, the rubber biting pad is nested in the patient proximal end of the long rod and comprises a guide tube and a diaphragm, the guide tube is arranged at a patient proximal end, the diaphragm is arranged at a patient distal end, and gas flow sensors are arranged on the guide tube. The tongue muscle and soft palate muscle group training integrated device has the advantages that lengthened contraction actions such as anti-resistant tongue extension and anti-resistant cheek blowing of muscle groups of upper airways can be carried out under prompting effects of images on displays and prompt tone, accordingly, the purpose of training the integral muscle groups of the upper airways can be achieved, and the tongue muscle and soft palate muscle group training integrated device is simple in structure and convenient to operate, and has powerful functions and an extremely high commercial value.

The invention discloses a tongue muscle exercising and rehabilitating device comprising a massaging component, a motor bin, a handle, a rotary massaging switch, a vibrating massaging switch, a vibrating driving device, a micro motor and a power module. The massaging component, the motor bin and the handle are in hollow structures, one end of the motor bin is fixedly connected to the handle, and the other end is rotatably connected to the massaging component. The vibrating driving device is arranged inside the massaging component, the micro motor is arranged inside the motor bin, the rotating shaft of the micro motor is connected to the massaging component, the power module is arranged inside the handle, the rotary massaging switch and the vibrating massaging switch are arranged on the outer surface of the handle, the rotary massaging switch and the micro motor are connected in series to form a rotary massaging driving circuit, the vibrating massaging switch and the vibrating driving device are connected in series to form a vibrating massaging driving circuit, and the rotary massaging driving circuit and the vibrating massaging driving circuit are connected in parallel and are connected to the poser module in series. The tongue muscle exercising and rehabilitating device is low in cost, and can effectively assist a patient with tongue paralysis to perform tongue healthy treatment.

The invention provides an intelligent tongue muscle function training appliance and a manufacturing method thereof.The appliance comprises a U-shaped steel wire, the U-shaped steel wire is arranged on the maxillary dentition palatal side, the appliance further comprises palatal side positioning assemblies, a tongue muscle training assembly and a pressure recording assembly, the two ends of the U-shaped steel wire are provided with the palatal side positioning assemblies used for being connected with first molars on the left side and the right side respectively, and the pressure recording assembly is arranged on the right side of the U-shaped steel wire; a tongue muscle training assembly is arranged in the middle of the U-shaped steel wire and comprises a base and a tongue tip positioning piece, the middle of the tongue tip positioning piece is rotationally connected with the base, the base is connected with the middle of the U-shaped steel wire and provided with a waterproof shell, and a pressure recording assembly is arranged in the waterproof shell. The pressure recording assembly comprises a pressure sensor, a microprocessor, a clock module, a storage module and a power supply module; according to the method, the tongue muscle can be accurately and effectively trained, the training effect is guaranteed, meanwhile, the time and strength of tongue muscle training can be accurately recorded, and a reliable basis is provided for subsequent diagnosis and treatment.

The invention discloses an electrode measurement device based on electromyographic signals of a genioglossus muscle. The electrode measurement device comprises a low jaw support, a reference electrode and array collection electrodes arranged in two rows and at least two lines, wherein the low jaw support is used for fixing the electrodes distributed on the low jaw support, the reference electrode is arranged in the middle of the upper portion of the lower jaw support and corresponds to the middle combination portion of the two side portions of the lower jawbone of a human body, and the array collection electrodes are sequentially arranged on the two sides of the lower portion of the reference electrode and correspond to the lower jaw tongue muscles of the human body. Compared with the prior art, the multi-electrode array measurement mode is adopted, the electrodes are large in number and wide in distribution range, the space resolution is high, the resolution ratio of the electromyographic signals of the genioglossus muscle can be increased, the electrodes are made of silver wire non-woven fabric fibers, the electrical resistivity is low, the polarized electromotive force is small, and the electrode measurement device is comfortable to wear.

The invention relates to a rehabilitation apparatus and provides a tongue muscle training and nursing device. The tongue muscle training and nursing device comprises a tooth sleeve fixed with mandibular teeth. The inside of the tooth sleeve is fixed with a support seat contacting a jaw. A lower support board which can be lifted upward and downward is arranged above a support seat. A left movable board and a right movable board, capable of relatively rotating, are hinged onto the lower support board. A support surface contacting left and right sides at the lower part of a tongue is formed by the left movable board and the right movable board. Air bags used for ejecting above boards are respectively below the lower support board, the left movable board and the right movable board. The air bags are connected with an air filling device through air pipes. Quantitative massage is decided by air pressure. A scientific exercise manner helps relieve discomfort of a patent. Pressure can be directly observed, which brings convenience for a user to consult in order to adjust. Physiotherapy is carried out in a more scientific manner.

The invention relates to a multifunctional mask for tongue rehabilitation training. The multifunctional mask comprises a mask body, an elastic fixing band and a graduated scale. Two fixing holes are formed in each of the left side and the right side of the mask; the fixing holes are formed in the upper portion and the lower portion of the left side of the mask and the upper portion and the lower portion of the right side of the mask respectively, the elastic fixing belt is fixed to the fixing holes, a plurality of air holes are formed in the upper portion of the mask, through holes are formedin the lower portions of the air holes, the through holes are embedded in the mask, and graduated scales are arranged in the through holes. The multifunctional mask has the advantages that a patient actively stretches the tongue with force to make contact with the graduated scale, the tongue muscle strength of the patient can be enhanced, recovery of dysphagia and dysphagia is promoted, the tongueis prevented from further atrophy due to disuse, meanwhile, the graduated scale can objectively reflect the change of the stretching length of the tongue of the patient, and medical staff can measurethe treatment effect conveniently.

The invention provides a snore-stopping belt with a health care function, which comprises a flexible neck belt and an integrated circuit; the flexible neck band is worn on a neck of a snore patient; the integrated circuit comprises a sensor, a linear motor, a microprocessor, a rechargeable battery and a control panel; the rechargeable battery is used for providing working power for the linear motor, the microprocessor and the control panel; a mode switching key is arranged in the control panel, and the mode switching key switches the working mode according to the selection of a user; wherein the operation modes comprise an snore-stopping mode and a health care mode; the snore stopping mode is selected for sleeping, the snore is stopped automatically; daily health care is performed by selecting the health care mode; decay body function is recovered, and snoring is relieved; meanwhile, when a patient starts to snore during sleeping, an electric device strikes or squeezes the acupuncturepoints to induce non-conditional reflex without stimulating and waking the patient; the tension of a soft palate and a tongue muscle are lifted and the tongue root is reset so as to keep the lower respiratory tract in a sleep state to be smooth and eliminate the snoring.

The invention discloses a tongue muscle rehabilitation exerciser and a tongue muscle exercising method. The tongue muscle rehabilitation exerciser comprises an exerciser body, the exerciser body is provided with an extending portion, a pressure cavity portion and a biting portion, the extending portion is communicated with the pressure cavity portion, the biting portion is located between the extending portion and the pressure cavity portion, and the biting portion comprises a biting protrusion arranged on the outer side wall of the exerciser body. When the tongue muscle rehabilitation exerciser is used for exercising tongue muscles, the exerciser is easy to bite, hold and fix, not prone to sliding off and convenient to use, the single exercising time can be prolonged, and the tongue muscle rehabilitation exercising effect is improved.

The invention discloses a language function rehabilitation training teaching device suitable for speech disorder children. The device comprises a U-shaped frame, the lower surface of the U-shaped frame is fixedly connected with a bracket I, the bottom of the bracket I is fixedly connected with a bottom protection plate, the lower surface of the U-shaped frame is provided with a through hole and is connected with two transmission columns through the through hole in an up-and-down limiting and sliding manner, tongue depressors are fixedly connected to the opposite sides of the two transmission columns, a lifting frame is fixedly connected to the top of each transmission column, and a liquid guiding device is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the lifting frame and the opposite face of the inner wall of the U-shaped frame. Through cooperative use of the structures, the invention solves the problems in the actual use process that: traditional oral muscle training devices for children are single in use effect, systematic training of tongue muscles, lip muscles and palaoropharyngeal muscles of the oral cavity of the children is difficult to achieve, the language function rehabilitation training effect of the children is poor, and inconvenience is brought to use.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical auxiliary instruments, and particularly relates to a chin-tongue muscle expanding support for improving a hypopnea respiratory tract. The expanding support is applied to chin-tongue muscle supporting and comprises a sleeve, a central tube and a support body, wherein the central tube penetrates through and is sleeved with the sleeve, and the support body is connected to the end of the sleeve; and a plurality of supporting arms are arranged between the sleeve and the support body and are of a foldable structure, one end of each supporting arm is connected with the sleeve and the central tube, and the other end of each supporting arm is connected with the support body. When the expanding support is contracted, the supporting arms are folded, and the support body is folded at the end of the sleeve; and when the expanding support is expanded, the sleeve pushes the supporting arms to be opened, and then the support body is expanded. The chin-tongue muscle expanding support is relatively small in size, can enter the respiratory tract of the human body from the oral cavity or the nasal cavity, is flexibly expanded in the respiratory tract, supports the chin-tongue muscle at the root of the tongue, prevents the chin-tongue muscle from drooping and blocking the respiratory tract when a patient lies flat, effectively relieves the suffocation phenomenon when the patient with the hypopnea symptom lies flat and sleeps, and basically achieves the purpose of being free of trauma compared with operative treatment.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical apparatus and instruments, and discloses a rehabilitation training device for nursing of an old people. The device comprises a chair plate. A horizontally arranged assembling plate is integrally arranged on the edge of one side of the chair plate, and an exercise mechanism is mounted at the upper part of the assembling plate through a bracket; and the exercise mechanism is used for performing rehabilitation exercise on atrophic oral occlusal muscles and tongue muscles. According to the rehabilitation training device for nursing of the old people, oral occlusal muscles and tongue muscles are frequently exercised, the situation of atrophy of the oral occlusal muscles and the tongue muscles can be effectively improved, therefore the normal chewing function and the clear voice function of old people are guaranteed, and applicability is good; and the height of the exercise mechanism can be adjusted according to the height of the old people so that the height of the exercise mechanism can be well matched with the height of the old people, the chair plate can rotate, the old people can conveniently rotate the body in the using process, the using requirements of the old people can be well met, and the device is particularly suitable for the old people with fat body types.

According to a pronunciation correction tool provided by the invention, the pronunciation part with a problem is accurately searched by using a special use method; postures, positions and movement tracks of a tongue, teeth, oral muscles, facial muscles and the like during pronunciation are effectively unified, repeated operation is performed, and memory is continuously enhanced, so that the defects that an existing pronunciation correction tool is single in technical method, unsatisfactory in effect, long in treatment course, slow in effect taking and the like are overcome, and the pronunciation correction tool has good practical and promotional value.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, and provides an oral muscle trainer for children, which comprises a support, an upper supporting beam and a lower supporting beam are hinged to the open end of the support, the upper supporting beam and the lower supporting beam extend towards the outer side of an opening and are opened to be in a V shape through a tensioning mechanism, and an upper brace and a lower brace are arranged at the end of the upper supporting beam and the end of the lower supporting beam respectively; two groups of parallel connecting arms are hinged between the inner sides of the upper supporting beam and the lower supporting beam, each group of connecting arms comprises an upper supporting arm hinged with the upper supporting beam and a lower supporting arm hinged with the lower supporting beam, the upper supporting beam and the lower supporting beam are respectively provided with a stop block for preventing the upper supporting arm and the lower supporting arm from rotating towards one side of the opening, the other ends of the upper supporting arm and the lower supporting arm are hinged to the same connecting rod, and a tongue depressor is arranged at the end, away from the opening, of the connecting rod. In the process that the upper supporting beam and the lower supporting beam are mutually closed, the connecting arm is driven to be in linkage with the connecting rod to push the tongue depressor into the oral cavity, the tongue is pressed, and the tongue is prevented from being bitten in the occlusion training process.

The invention aims to disclose an evaluation and rehabilitation device and an evaluation and training method for tongue muscles and oral facial muscles. The evaluation and rehabilitation device comprises a flexible surface electromyographic electrode, a control module, a wireless transmitting module and an inertial sensor, the flexible surface electromyographic electrode is electrically connected with the control module, the inertial sensor is electrically connected with the control module, and the wireless transmitting module sends surface electromyographic signals and inertial sensor signals collected by the control module to the display module. In use, the flexible surface myoelectricity electrode is attached to the face muscle or the tongue muscle like a sheet-shaped material, the real-time three-dimensional space position of the face muscle or the tongue muscle can be sensed while the muscle force of the face muscle or the tongue muscle is sensed, the evaluation basis of the face muscle or the tongue muscle can be provided for a doctor, and the accuracy of the face muscle or the tongue muscle can be improved. And the muscle activity range can be evaluated through the change information of the three-dimensional space.

The invention discloses a dysphagia treatment workstation, which comprises a main machine and a plurality of sub-machines separated from the main machine, and the main machine is connected with an electrical stimulation detection handle and a main machine tongue muscle detection handle. The dysphagia treatment workstation has the functions of comprehensive evaluation of dysphagia clinical medicine, tongue pressure detection and electrical stimulation treatment; the tongue muscle resistance can be used for multi-part training of tongue muscles at a time, emphasizes on maximum average equal-length contractility, target muscle strength and endurance training of the tongue muscles, and can reflect sequential changes of tongue pressure in real time, so that a therapist can give dynamic adjustment conveniently; besides, one host carries a plurality of sub-machines, dysphagia assessment and electrical stimulation treatment can be carried out on a plurality of patients at the same time, one host can monitor a plurality of treated patients at the same time, the working efficiency of a therapist is greatly improved, the high efficiency of a dysphagia treatment workstation is reflected, and the treatment time cost of the patients is greatly reduced. And the new-era medical development trend requirement of efficient operation of modern medical institutions is met.

The invention discloses a tongue muscle active exercise training apparatus. According to the training apparatus, templates, which are made from a hard material and are provided with holes, are arranged inside and outside an oral cavity; a tongue is guided to actively explore and extend out of holes in different positions of the templates, and the tongue does a resisting motion of resisting elastic thin films on the positions of the holes of the templates; the invention provides a technology that the motion strength, motion range and motion accuracy of the tongue are exercised as a key, so that the efficiency of existing swallowing rehabilitation language rehabilitation training is improved; and in addition, the technology of the invention also has the characteristics of being simple to operate, safe to use and easy for medical and home rehabilitation popularization in the clinical field.

The invention discloses an early-stage swallowing function evaluation and training device for an extremely-low-weight premature infant. The early-stage swallowing function evaluation and training device comprises a body group, an electrical stimulation module, a buccal muscle group training module and a tongue muscle group training module. The electrical stimulation module is arranged, and a conventional dysphagia training mode is combined, so that stimulation on motor neurons can be enhanced, central nervous is enabled to perform self-recombination and repair to the greatest extent, improvement of coordination of swallowing muscle movement is facilitated, related motor neurons and lesion nerve endings are promoted to form a new conduction path, and the dysphagia training effect is improved. By means of the cheek muscle group training module and the tongue muscle group training module, training can be conducted on swallowing related muscle groups such as the oral cavity and the tongue of the patient, coordination among the muscle groups is improved, a proper training scheme can be designed according to the actual situation of the patient, pertinence is high, adjustability is high, and the training device is suitable for popularization and application. The recovery period of the swallowing function of the patient is shortened, and the recovery effect is improved.

The invention relates to a controllable tongue muscle training device which is provided with a training device cylinder, a gun nozzle fixing table is arranged at the front end of the training device cylinder, a suction rod is fixed in the gun nozzle fixing table, a suction nozzle is arranged at the front end of the suction rod, an inserting boss is arranged at the rear end of the suction rod, and a rear end cover is fixed at the rear end of the training device cylinder through threads. A handle ring is arranged on the rear end cover, a pull rod containing hole is formed in the middle of the rear end cover, an air exhaust pull rod is installed in the pull rod containing hole, an air exhaust piston is fixed to the front end of the air exhaust pull rod through a fixing pad and a fixing screw, a compression spring is further installed on the air exhaust piston, and a transverse operation handle is arranged at the rear end of the air exhaust pull rod. The tongue movement range can be effectively expanded, brain atrophy is prevented, the tongue muscle strength and the tongue flexibility are enhanced, the tongue adding and oral cavity muscle group movement coordination is enhanced, and the control capacity of the tongue on food mass is enhanced.