111 results about "Tonsil" patented technology

Described here are devices and methods for treating one or more conditions or symptoms associated with a tonsil procedure. In some variations, a drug-releasing device may be at least partially delivered to one or more tonsillar tissues before, during, or after a tonsil procedure. In some variations, the drug-releasing device may be configured to be biodegradable. In other variations, the drug-releasing device may comprise one or more hemostatic materials or one or more adhesives. The drug-releasing device may be configured to release one or more drugs or agents, such as, for example, one or more analgesics, local anesthetics, vasoconstrictors, antibiotics, combinations thereof and the like.

Disclosed are safe, simple and effective broad-spectrum treatments for halitosis and other microbial infections of the nondental upper respiratory tract useful to treat bacterial and other microorganism species, including anaerobic bacteria. Electromagnetic radiative energy including visible, and optionally, thermal, RF and / or microwave wavelengths, is topically applied to internal surfaces of the upper respiratory tract to destroy or incapacitate superficial microorganisms without the use of antibiotics. One useful apparatus is a handheld energy applicator having a light output head suitable for treating the back of the tongue and the tonsils and which may be interchangeably provided with extensions to reach the sinuses. The energy applicator can be supported and guided by a mounting device held between the subject's teeth, if desired. Useful embodiments of the invention include preparative treatment of the target surfaces with a photosensitizing agent such as an oxidizing agent or a complementary stain. Optionally a pre-treament procedure may be employed to remove detritus and microfloral overgrowths that may mask more deeply resident target microorganisms. Novel treatments include treatment of halitosis by destruction of bacterial species associated with halitosis, such as Atopobium parvulum, by application of non-ionizing radiative energy to the tonsils and the back of the tongue. Another embodiment comprises a candy bar incorporating a halitosis treatment lamp disposed within the candy.

A method and apparatus for reducing or eliminating pain after surgical procedures related to mucosal tissue, including tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, or other pharyngeal operations. Certain embodiments provide a biodegradable film or covering that serves as a mechanical barrier to reduce pain caused, for example, by friction between solid food and healing tissue in the first few days after surgery. Some embodiments may include one or more therapeutic substances for locally reducing pain, facilitating healing and / or otherwise treating mucosal tissue at or near a tonsil bed.

A method and apparatus for reducing or eliminating pain after surgical procedures related to mucosal tissue, including tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, or other pharyngeal operations. Certain embodiments provide a biodegradable film or covering that serves as a mechanical barrier to reduce pain caused, for example, by friction between solid food and healing tissue in the first few days after surgery. Some embodiments may include one or more therapeutic substances for locally reducing pain, facilitating healing and / or otherwise treating mucosal tissue at or near a tonsil bed.

The invention provides a polymeric film-forming medical sealant. The medical sealant is useful for application to the tonsils and adenoids, wherein the sealant performs at least one of the following functions, a) inhibit the colonization of bacteria, b) inhibit the binding of bacteria to tissue, c) reduction of tissue morbidity, d) hemostasis, e) coating and protection of tissue during healing. e) promotion of healing, and f) reduction of pain.

The invention provides an amphimorphic FQ-PCR detection reagent kit for identifying African swine fever and swine fever virus wild strains. A P72 gene of ASFV and a 5'UTR noncoding region of CSFV arerespectively used as an amplification target area, a pair of specific primers and a TaqMan MGB probe (SEQ ID NO:1-6) are designed, a real-time fluorescent quantitation PCR(FQ-PCR) technique is used, and identification and detection of ASFV and CSFV are realized. The detection reagent kit provided by the invention is suitable for detecting viral nucleic acid in samples of serum, spleen, lymph nodes, tonsil, kidney and the like of suspected ASFV or CSFV infected pigs, the sensitivity can reach 1.0*10<1>copy / [mu]L, and the detection reagent kit does not have any cross reactions with other pathogens which are liable to be in mixed infection with the ASFV and the CSFV or of which the infection symptoms are similar such as PRRSV, PRV, PCV2, PPV, JEV and HPS.

The invention discloses a porcine pseudorabies virus strain and a porcine pseudorabies inactivated vaccine prepared by using the same. The porcine pseudorabies virus strain is separated from the brain, tonsil and other tissues of a still birth of a sow on a pig farm by virtue of subculture adaptation and has a microbial preservation number of GCMCC (China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center) No.5013. The virus strain separated in the invention has quick proliferation and high titer on ST (scheduled tribe) cells, can induce an animal to generate a high-titer neutralizing antibody, and has excellent immunogenicity. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the porcine pseudorabies inactivated vaccine, and the method comprises the following steps of: culturing the porcine pseudorabies virus strain to obtain a virus solution; adding an inactivator to inactivate the virus solution; and preparing an oil phase and a water phase, and emulsifying, thus obtaining the porcine pseudorabies inactivated vaccine. In the invention, each process parameter of the inactivated vaccine is optimized. Immune protective efficacy and safety tests prove that the inactivated vaccine has excellent immunogenicity and safety.

Herein disclosed are dual-mode electrosurgical devices designed to function in a first mode in which high-density RF energy is used to cut or vaporize tissue, and then a second mode in which lower-density RF energy desiccates tissue to produce hemostasis, as well as methods of performing electrosurgery using same. Devices formed in accordance with the principles of this invention may be used for any surgical procedure in which highly vascular tissue is cut electrosurgically in a dry or semi-dry field, examples of which include tonsillectomy, liver resection, and cosmetic procedures such as breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast mastopexy, and abdominoplasty.

The present invention relates to a yew branch and leaf extract, an extraction method and applications thereof. The yew branch and leaf extract is extracted by adopting branches and leaves of Taxus chinensis var. mairei as raw materials, and comprises cephalomannine and 7-epitaxol, wherein the active ingredients provide an inhabitation effect for squamous cells in skin cancers, and especially provide significant treatment effects for anal squamous cell carcinoma, esophagus squamous carcinoma and tonsil squamous cell carcinoma. According to the present invention, resource advantages of the yew are utilized to deep develop, utilize and research the Taxus chinensis var. mairei; and a yew anti-skin cancer component extraction method with a characteristic of simple operation is provided, and an effect of the component in anti-skin cancer application is determined.

The invention relates to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicine, in particular to a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating tonsillitis. The traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating tonsillitis is prepared from the following medicinal materials in parts by weight: 12-17 parts of boat-fruited sterculia, 27-32 parts of mother chrysanthemum, 12-17 parts of licorice, 8-12 parts of jasmine flower, 17-22 parts of honeysuckle, 8-12 parts of magnolia officinalis, 10-15 parts of platycodon grandiflorum, 10-15 parts of fructus arctii, 10-15 parts of scrophulariaceae, 8-12 parts of mint, 27-32 parts of rhizoma anemarrhenae, 8-12 parts of forsythia, 10-15 parts of agaric and 10-15 parts of ophiopogon root. The traditional Chinese medicine composition provided by the invention is mainly used for treating tonsillitis, and as shown in multiple years of clinical application, the total effective rate of the traditional Chinese medicine composition on symptoms caused by tonsillitis is 100%, for example, fever, sore throat, tonsil congestion, aversion to cold, hyperpyrexia, obvious sore throat, etc.

The invention provides a polymeric film-forming medical sealant. The medical sealant is useful for application to the tonsils and adenoids, wherein the sealant performs at least one of the following functions, a) inhibit the colonization of bacteria, b) inhibit the binding of bacteria to tissue, c) reduction of tissue morbidity, d) hemostasis, e) coating and protection of tissue during healing. e) promotion of healing, and f) reduction of pain.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for determining an oral sampling position, a sampling robot and a computer storage medium. The method of the present invention is used for more accurately determining a specific sampling position in the oral cavity. The method of the present invention comprises the following steps: estimating predicted coordinates of the tonsilla according to a position relation among oral parts represented by an oral three-dimensional space model, measured coordinate of the mouth and measured coordinates of the posterior pharyngeal wall; comparing the predicted coordinates of the tonsilla with the measured coordinates of the tonsilla; and determining coordinates of the tonsilla to be output according to comparison results, so that the more accurate coordinates of the tonsilla can be determined according to the estimated coordinates of the tonsilla when image recognition of the tonsilla is wrong or the specific position of the tonsilla cannot be recognized, thereby ensuring sampling accuracy of the tonsilla, and improving safety and reliability in automatic throat swab sampling.

The invention relates to a spraying agent used for oral cleaning. Raw materials, namely, isatis root, arctium lappa linne, dandelion, clove, peppermint and Chinese silkvine bark, are blended and soaked in ethanol solution which is 20 times to 30 times of the weight of the raw materials. The ethanol content in an extracting solution obtained by adjustment is 30 percent to 40 percent; the menthence and honey are added into the extracting solution, and then the spraying agent is prepared by the traditional method. The spraying agent is prepared by extraction by taking pure Chinese traditional medicine as the component, thus being applicable to the infection, gum pain and halitosis caused by bacteria and virus in oral cavity, pharynx and larynx and tonsil because of the malfunctions of bacteria. The spraying agent can cause the oral cavity to be sweet, clean, comfortable and natural, and is beneficial to human beings without harm.

A surgical instrument includes a housing having a movable handle operably coupled to the housing and movable relative thereto between an initial position and a compressed position. A trigger is operably coupled to the housing within a slot defined therein and movable relative to the housing and the movable handle between an un-actuated position and an actuated position. A flange is disposed on the trigger and configured to extend distally therefrom. The flange is dimensioned to cover the slot when the trigger is moved between the un-actuated and actuated positions to avoid creating a potential pinch point between the trigger and the slot.

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating pediatric adenoidal hypertrophy. The pharmaceutical composition comprises the following components in parts by weight: small centipeda herb, fructus gleditsiae, licorice root, orange peel, perilla, honeysuckle, sesame oil, cocklebur fruit, ligusticum wallichii, coptis root, chrysanthemum and peppermint. The pharmaceutical composition is prepared by crushing, stirring and decocting the components, and can be used for treating pediatric adenoidal hypertrophy which is treated without any special medicine except by surgical excision, even if a medicine is administered, the medicine is used for treating rhinitis or tonsils. The pharmaceutical composition provided by the invention is specially developed for adenoids, has a directeffect by dripping from nasal cavity and fills a gap in this field.

Devices and methods can be used for performing transoral surgery. For example, this document provides oral retractor devices and articulating surgical tools that are well-suited for transoral surgery uses. The devices and methods provided herein may be used to treat conditions such as, but not limited to, mouth cancer, throat cancer, tongue cancer, larynx cancer, tonsil cancer, obstructive sleep disorders, and pharyngeal diverticulum, to provide some examples.

The invention discloses an emetic device for emergency internal medicine. According to the technical scheme, the device comprises a medicine cylinder used for containing emetic medicines. The device further comprises: an extending-in pipe connected to the end of the medicine cylinder, wherein the extending-in pipe is used for extending into the deep position of the interior of the oral cavity of apatient; a reflection reinforcing part which is arranged on the extending-in pipe and is used for intensifying vomiting reflection; a tonsil stimulation part which is connected to the end part, far away from the medicine cylinder, of the extending-in pipe; a medicine injection pipe which is fixed on the medicine cylinder, wherein the medicine injection pipe is communicated with the interior of the medicine cylinder, and a valve is installed on the medicine injection cylinder; a medicine dispensing box which is connected to the top of the medicine injection pipe through a connecting part, wherein a box cover is inserted into an opening of the medicine dispensing box; two groups of structure reinforcing parts which are used for reinforcing the medicine dispensing box connecting structure; apressurizing assembly which is used for pushing medicines in the medicine cylinder to flow out in a pressurizing manner; and a hand-held assembly which is mounted on the medicine cylinder. The emeticprocess can be accelerated by using the device.

The invention relates to a nontoxic ST28 streptococcus suis and an application thereof, and belongs to the biotechnology field. A tonsil sample of a healthy slaughter pig is collected; after bacteria enrichment processing, bacteria DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is extracted; a cps2j gene is identified by polymerase chain reaction; then, pure culture bacteria can be obtained by bacteria plate separation; the pure culture bacteria is subjected to gram stain, serum agglutination, polymerase chain reaction and multilocus sequence typing to determine and separate type-2 bacterial strain of the streptococcus suis and a sequence type thereof; animal experiments of a Balb / c mice, a New Zealand rabbit and a Landrace piglet prove that the bacteria HA0609 is a nontoxic bacterial strain; after the bacteria is subjected to intramuscular injection into the New Zealand rabbit for one time and is subjected to intraperitoneal injection into a CD1 mice for two times, certain immunocompetence can be provided for an immunized animal, and analysis on a HA0609 immune protection antigen can be used for developing streptococcus suis disease subunit vaccine.

The invention discloses a straight-handle plum-blossom needle, which belongs to a medical instrument and is used for overcoming the defects of inconvenience for operating in the oral cavity of a patient, relati vely large required operating space, poor control over the force and the like caused by the hammer-like object beating action of a needle head of a plum-blossom needle which assumes a vertical angle with a needle handle during plum-blossom needle acupuncture treatment in the prior art. The straight-handle plum-blossom needle comprises needle points, a needle head and a needle handle, wherein the needle points are arranged and fixed at the front end of the needle head; the needle handle is fixed at the back end of the needle head; and 3-7 needle points are provided. The straight-handle plum-blossom needle is mainly applied to plum-blossom needle acupuncture treatment in cavities such as treatment of chronic swelling of tonsil.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine application agent for preventing and treating tonsils and throat inflammation induced by respiratory tract infection. The application agent comprises astragalus, Paris polyphylla, rhizoma corydalis, honeycomb, blackberrykiky rhizome, scrophulariaceae, borneol, evodia rutaecarpa, cinnamon, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose powder, sodium benzoate powder, purified water and sesame oil. The invention also provides a preparation method of the traditional Chinese medicine application agent for preventing and treating tonsils and throat inflammation induced by respiratory tract infection, which comprises drying, grinding, stirring and other processes. The astragalus, Paris polyphylla, rhizoma corydalis, honeycomb, blackberrykiky rhizome, scrophulariaceae, borneol, evodia rutaecarpa and cinnamon are selected as raw materials, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose powder and sodium benzoate powder are used as additives, and purified water and sesame oil are used as solvents for blending, so that the traditional Chinese medicine application agent for preventing and treating tonsils and throat inflammation induced by respiratory tract infection is produced. The traditional Chinese medicine application agent is not only affordable and effective, and has no side effects, but also the suffering of patients can be alleviated, and the efficacy is good.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating the upper respiratory infection. The traditional Chinese medicine composition comprises forsythia suspense, folium isatidis, mother chrysanthemum, blackberry lily, cyrtomium fortunei, scutellaria baicalensis, isatis root, burdock, schizonepeta, rheum officinale, the root of Chinese thorowax, divaricate saposhnikovia root, rhinoceros horn scale, gleditsia officinalis and mint. The traditional Chinese medicine composition disclosed by the invention has effects of stopping endogenous wind and relieving spasm, clearing heat and removing toxicity, dispelling wind to relieve exogenous syndrome; after being taken, the traditional Chinese medicine composition takes effects from the main body of a user, treats both symptoms and root causes, can rapidly recover the body temperature, relieve symptoms of runny nose, sneezing, nasal congestion, increase the output of viruses, enable the microbiota and an endocrine system to recover the self-regulating function and improve immunocompetence and anti-virus capability of a human body; by comprehensive treatment, the traditional Chinese medicine composition can completely relieve symptoms of headache, runny nose, sore throat, swelling of tonsil, fever, cough, thirst and the like so as to finally achieve a yin and yang balance effect and realize complete healing on the upper respiratory infection.

The invention relates to Chinese medicine preparation field. Concretely, the invention relates to improved child throat and tonsil particles, and the the particles is prepared by combining clear paste and additives containing beta-cyclodextrin by spray pelletization process or by pelletization process after clear paste atomizing drying, wherein the dosage rate of clear paste to beta-cyclodextrin is 1:0.1. The child throat and tonsil particles of the invention decreas amount of additives, and reduce bitterness, more suitable for children.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical sampling tools, in particular to a self-service sampling throat swab and a bite device, a sampler puts the bite device in the mouth, plays a guiding and positioning role when the throat swab is inserted, and guides the throat swab to accurately sample tonsil parts on two sides of the inner wall of the oral cavity. According to the throat swab, the elastic contraction device is arranged in the handle, so that a certain springback space is formed when the sampling part at the front end of the throat swab makes contact with the inner wall of the oral cavity, hard contact of the sampling part and the inner wall of the oral cavity is changed into soft contact, and the throat swab is prevented from damaging the inner wall of the oral cavity; the insertion depth and the rotation angle during sampling are identified by changing the identification position, so that the scraping sampling action of the sampling part on the tonsil part is completed, the sampling difficulty is reduced, a common crowd can perform self-service operation, the cross infection risk caused by crowd gathering sampling is avoided, and the sampling efficiency is improved. And the working intensity of medical personnel is greatly reduced.

Herein disclosed are dual-mode electrosurgical devices designed to function in a first mode in which high-density RF energy is used to cut or vaporize tissue, and then a second mode in which lower-density RF energy desiccates tissue to produce hemostasis, as well as methods of performing electrosurgery using same. Devices formed in accordance with the principles of this invention may be used for any surgical procedure in which highly vascular tissue is cut electrosurgically in a dry or semi-dry field, examples of which include tonsillectomy, liver resection, and cosmetic procedures such as breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast mastopexy, and abdominoplasty.

A surgical instrument includes a housing having a movable handle operably coupled to the housing and movable relative thereto between an initial position and a compressed position. A trigger is operably coupled to the housing within a slot defined therein and movable relative to the housing and the movable handle between an un-actuated position and an actuated position. A flange is disposed on the trigger and configured to extend distally therefrom. The flange is dimensioned to cover the slot when the trigger is moved between the un-actuated and actuated positions to avoid creating a potential pinch point between the trigger and the slot.

A surgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft extending distally from the housing, an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a knife slidably disposed within the shaft, a movable handle operably coupled to the housing, a trigger operably coupled to the housing, a drive assembly operably coupled between the movable handle and the end effector assembly such that movement of the movable handle manipulates the end effector assembly, and a linkage operably coupled between the trigger and the knife such that movement of the trigger deploys the knife. In an initial position of the movable handle, a portion of a drive housing of the drive assembly intersects a path of movement of the linkage to inhibit movement of the linkage, thereby inhibiting actuation of the trigger.

The invention relates to an in-throat emetic head and an emetic device with the emetic head for emergency internal medicine. The in-throat emetic head comprises an in-throat pipe and a stimulation contact assembly, the in-throat pipe comprises an inner pipe and an outer pipe, and the stimulation contact assembly comprises a rotating shaft and a contact; and the contact comprises a blade and a stimulation part arranged on the outer edge of the blade, and the emetic device comprises an in-vitro terminal, a negative pressure generation source, a vomit collection bottle and the in-throat emetic head. The emetic head is provided with a rotary stimulation contact which can be driven by negative-pressure airflow, the blade of the stimulation contact is driven to rotate under the action of the negative-pressure airflow, and the stimulation part is driven to perform contact stimulation on tonsil of a patient in the rotating process of the blade, so that the patient is induced to vomit, on one hand, the negative-pressure airflow plays a role in driving the stimulation contact to act, on the other hand, vomit of a patient can further be sucked away in time, and discomfort of the patient due to the fact that the vomit cannot be discharged in time is prevented.

The invention relates to a medical device for stopping bleeding in an oppressing manner after the cutting operation of tonsil. The medical device comprises oppressing hemospheres capable of stretching an oral tonsillar pit and wrapped with hemostatic sponge and a supporting mat disposed at cheek outside the mouth and provided with adhesive, wherein the hemospheres are connected with the supporting mat by virtue of a V-shaped arm and provided with an adjusting apparatus capable of adjusting a clamping and oppressing force. The hemospheres can be in a ball shape or a rugby shape, and the hemostatic sponge wrapping the hemospheres are spongy or fiber hemostatic materials with the surface covered by hemostatic gauze or hemostatic drug. When primary or secondary hemorrhage occurs after the cutting operation of the tonsil, one end of the hemospheres of the clamping and oppressing hemostat stretches into the oral tonsillar pit to accurately oppress a bleeding point, the supporting mat is adhered to an appropriate part of cheek skin, an adjusting nut is rotated or the V-shaped arm is directly pressed, the clamping and oppressing force is adjusted, and the hemostat is appropriately fixed. The tonsil postoperation clamping and oppressing hemostat is convenient to use, small in trauma, light in pain and good in hemostatic effect.

The invention relates to a buccal preparation containing cefalexin as well as a preparation method and usage thereof. The invention aims at providing a buccal preparation taking cefalexin as ingredient, which is dissolved in saliva of oral cavity by sucking to enter the periphery of the oral cavity, the pharyngeal portion and the pharyngeal tonsils part, so as to play the role of antibacterium. The buccal preparation takes the cefalexin and ramification thereof as the raw material, and can be made into preparations such as buccal tablet, candy and pill, etc. The buccal preparation has the characteristics of rapid effect, good healing efficacy and convenient administration, etc., and can directly increase the concentration of bacteriophage drug at the parts of pathological changes, enhances the antibacterial capacity and is more suitable for the patients.

The invention discloses a spleen-tonifying and intelligence-promoting ointment for children and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of medical care. The spleen-tonifying and intelligence-promoting ointment comprises the following raw materials of radix codonopsis, radix pseudostellariae, radix adenophorae and radix rehmanniae. According to the spleen-tonifying and intelligence-promoting ointment for children and the preparation method thereof, the spleen-tonifying and intelligence-promoting ointment is prepared by decocting the mixed particles, warm water and maltose, so that the spleen-tonifying and intelligence-promoting ointment is good in taste and easy to accept by children; in addition, the ointment can play a very good conditioning role on children's recurrent constipation, diarrhea, dyspepsia, poor absorption, recurrent upper respiratory tract infection and sequelae, namely pharyngitis, tonsil hypertrophy, adenoid hypertrophy, allergic rhinitis and allergic tracheitis caused by congenital spleen and stomach deficiency and postnatal spleen and stomach weakness; and therefore, the problems that an existing Chinese patent medicine cannot achieve the effects of regulating constipation and diarrhea, regulating the spleen and the stomach, tonifying the spleen, promoting intelligence and regulating repeated upper respiratory tract infection, and the existing Chinese patent medicine is difficult to accept and take by children due to poor taste are solved.