CN217827876U - Tongue muscle tension measuring device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a tongue muscle tension survey device belongs to tongue muscle tension experiment field, including detecting the room, electronic water feeder, a controller, a data processor, pressure detector and survey dish, pressure detector assembles in detecting the room, it is connected with biography power piece to receive the pressure face, survey dish level sets up, survey the inside cavity that is equipped with of dish, its upper surface is equipped with the delivery port rather than inside cavity intercommunication, survey the bottom of dish and pass the one end that pressure detector was kept away from to power piece and be connected, the cavity of hose connection survey dish is passed through to electronic water feeder's play water end, electronic water feeder electricity connection director, data processor is connected with pressure detector and controller electricity respectively. The advantages are that: the change of the tongue muscle tension of the animal can be sensitively measured, the maximum tongue muscle tension and the average tongue muscle tension can be obtained by refining a research scheme, a plurality of indexes are obtained, the barrier degree and the treatment outcome of the dysphagia can be evaluated from a plurality of dimensions, and the indexes are objective and accurate.

Description

Tongue muscle tension measuring device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a tongue muscle tension experiment field, in particular to tongue muscle tension survey device.

Background

Dysphagia is one of the common complications in diseases such as Parkinson, cerebral apoplexy and the like, the dysphagia can cause dehydration, malnutrition, aspiration pneumonia and the like, and suffocation death of patients can be caused in serious cases, so that the life quality of the patients is seriously reduced. Therefore, the research on the treatment method and mechanism of the swallowing disorder is of great importance. There are many current methods for assessing swallowing disorders, but there is a lack of objectivity and uniform criteria for diagnosis and assessment. In the mechanism research using animals, the measurement of tongue muscle tension closely related to swallowing disorder mostly depends on simple measurement of tongue muscle maximum elongation tension, the detection index is single, and the physiological and psychological damage can be generated to the research object.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a tongue muscle tension measuring device is provided, the defect of prior art has effectually been overcome.

The utility model provides an above-mentioned technical problem's technical scheme as follows:

the utility model provides a tongue muscle tension survey device, including detecting the room, electronic water feeder, a controller, a data processor, pressure detector and survey dish, above-mentioned pressure detector assembles in above-mentioned detection room, its pressurized face is connected with passes power piece, above-mentioned survey dish level sets up, above-mentioned survey dish is inside to be equipped with the cavity, its upper surface is equipped with the delivery port rather than inside cavity intercommunication, the bottom of above-mentioned survey dish is connected with the one end that above-mentioned pressure detector was kept away from to above-mentioned power piece, the play water end of above-mentioned electronic water feeder passes through the cavity of hose connection above-mentioned survey dish, above-mentioned controller is connected to above-mentioned electronic water feeder electricity, above-mentioned data processor is connected with above-mentioned pressure detector and controller electricity respectively.

The beneficial effects are that: structural design is reasonable, the change of survey animal tongue muscle tension that can be sensitive, can obtain tongue muscle maximum tension and average tension through refining of research scheme, obtains the index many, can assess swallowing disorder's obstacle degree and treatment outcome from a plurality of dimensions, and the index is comparatively objective accurate.

On the basis of the technical scheme, the utility model discloses can also do following improvement.

Furthermore, the detection chamber is a transparent cavity, or a transparent observation window is arranged on one side of the detection chamber.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that: the whole design is beneficial to the experimenter to observe the behavior of the animal inside the testing room through the testing room, so that the behavior standard of the animal is corrected in time, and the accuracy of the testing result is ensured.

Further, the pressure detector is arranged outside the detection chamber, and one end of the force transmission piece penetrates through a through hole matched with the detection chamber.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that: the pressure sensor is designed outside the detection chamber, so that the inaccurate measurement caused by the direct touch of animals is avoided.

Further, the electric water feeder is mounted on the detection chamber outer wall.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that: the design integrates the structure of the electric water feeder and the detection chamber, is favorable for carrying and is more convenient to use.

Furthermore, a pet box for placing experimental animals is arranged in the detection chamber, and the other end of the determination plate is close to one side of the pet box.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that: the design of pet box can do benefit to the activity of animal in the particular position for the inside space of whole measuring room divides more clearly, does benefit to follow-up survey.

Further, the pressure detector is a pressure sensor.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that: the pressure detector adopts a conventional pressure sensor, and is more flexible and convenient to use.

Further, the force transmission piece is a rod-shaped component which is horizontally arranged.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that: the force transmission piece adopts a rod-shaped component, the structure is simpler, and the assembly is more convenient.

Further, the indoor cell body that is used for holding above-mentioned survey dish that is equipped with of above-mentioned detection, the upper end of above-mentioned survey dish exposes outside the upper end opening of above-mentioned cell body, and the breach of adaptation is passed on above-mentioned cell body lateral wall to the above-mentioned power piece of biography.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that: the design of cell body can the certain degree the restriction survey dish remove the position, makes it can not take place big skew when licking by the animal.

Furthermore, the upper part of the detection chamber is open, and a cover plate is detachably arranged at the open part.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that: whole detection room upper portion design is uncovered, conveniently assembles the experimental device in wherein, simultaneously, also can conveniently use more conveniently to its inside routine maintenance.

Further, a handle is arranged at the upper end of the cover plate.

The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that: the design of handle can conveniently carry the removal of whole device, and is very convenient.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the tonometry device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the tonometry device of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of another embodiment of the tonometry device of the present invention.

In the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:

1. a detection chamber; 2. an electric water feeder; 3. a controller; 4. a data processor; 5. a pressure detector; 6. a measuring tray; 11. a pet box; 12. a tank body; 13. a cover plate; 14. a handle; 51. a force transfer member.

Detailed Description

The principles and features of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, which are provided for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Example (b): as shown in fig. 1, the tongue muscle tension measuring device of the present embodiment includes a detection chamber 1, an electric water feeder 2, a controller 3, a data processor 4, a pressure detector 5, and a measurement panel 6, wherein the pressure detector 5 is assembled in the detection chamber 1, a force transmission member 51 is connected to a pressure receiving surface of the pressure detector 5, the measurement panel 6 is horizontally disposed, a cavity is disposed in the measurement panel 6, a water outlet communicated with the cavity is disposed on an upper surface of the measurement panel 6, a bottom end of the measurement panel 6 is connected to an end of the force transmission member 51 away from the pressure detector 5, a water outlet end of the electric water feeder 2 is connected to the cavity of the measurement panel 6 through a hose, the electric water feeder 2 is electrically connected to the controller 3, and the data processor 4 is electrically connected to the pressure detector 5 and the controller 3, respectively.

The experimental procedure was as follows:

this technical scheme aim at is through restricting the mouse drinking water gradually, and the training mouse licks and licks the disc and obtain drinking water to the biggest tongue tension and the average tongue tension of record mouse. In the process, an animal (mouse) is placed in the detection chamber 1, and drinking water with a corresponding volume is output from a water outlet at the upper part of the measurement disc 6 according to different tongue tensions. Before tongue tension detection, adaptive training for 4 weeks is required, and the adaptive training is divided into a guide period and a training period; the induction period is 6 days, during which, when the mouse approaches the measuring disc 6 in the first 3 days, drinking water is manually added, and the fourth day, the mouse needs to lick the measuring disc 6 and the pressure reaches 0.2g to obtain the drinking water (the force is applied to the measuring disc 6 in the licking process and is transmitted to the pressure detector 5 through the force transmission piece 51), and in the training period, each mouse receives 10 minutes of licking training every day. All training and data acquisition was performed under visual conditions to ensure that the mouse touched the disc 6 by the tongue licking the disc 6 rather than the teeth to increase the tongue tension detection value. Tongue tension is measured by a pressure detector 5 and collected by a data processor 4, the data collection frequency is 40Hz, and the minimum threshold value of the collection pressure is set to be 0.2g. All data were analyzed only daily maximum tongue tension and average tongue tension.

In this embodiment, whole device structural design is reasonable, the change of measurement animal tongue muscle tension that can be sensitive, can obtain tongue muscle maximum tension and average tension through refining of research scheme, obtains the index many, can assess swallowing disorder's obstacle degree and treatment outcome from a plurality of dimensions, and the index is comparatively objective accurate.

It needs to be added that:

when the animal licks the delivery port of survey dish 6, survey dish 6 can move down under the effect of tongue muscle tension, then transmit to pressure detector 5 through passing power piece 51 and collect pressure data.

Of course, the pressure detector 5 may be directly disposed in the detection chamber 1 and directly connected to the bottom of the measuring tray 6, but since the animal experiment is performed in the detection chamber 1, the pressure detector 5 is directly disposed in the detection chamber 1 and is easily damaged by the animal.

Because the behavior of animal needs direct observation in the whole experimental process, ensure that the animal licks survey dish 6 and drinks water, consequently, the behavior that can direct observation its inside animal is required to detection room 1, and detection room 1 does the following design according to this experiment:

1) Above-mentioned detection room 1 designs for transparent cavity, through designing into transparent cavity, can make things convenient for the audio-visual inside condition of observation of experimenter, also is the action of observing the animal promptly, and convenient timely correction detects room 1 and can adopt transparent glass, or ya keli material, or plastics are made.

2) A transparent observation window is arranged on the side wall of one side of the detection chamber 1, the observation window can be glass, plastic or acrylic plates, the area of the observation window is designed to be larger as much as possible, and the observation window can be fully distributed on the whole side wall or multiple side walls of the detection chamber 1.

In a preferred embodiment, the pressure detector 5 is disposed outside the detection chamber 1, and one end of the force transmission member 51 is inserted through a through hole fitted in the detection chamber 1.

In the above embodiment, the pressure detector 5 is installed outside the detection chamber 1, specifically on the outer side wall of the detection chamber 1, the force transmission member 51 passes through the through hole on the side wall of the detection chamber 1 to be connected with the pressure detector 5, so that the force transmission effect is not affected, and meanwhile, the pressure detector 5 is protected, thereby avoiding the situation that the animals possibly take the water to the pressure detector 5 to disturb normal detection due to the internal movement of the detection chamber.

In a preferred embodiment, the electric water feeder 2 is attached to an outer wall of the detection chamber 1.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the design of electronic water feeder 2 does not influence the space volume size of detecting room 1 inside as far as outside detecting room 1, gives sufficient activity and experimental space of animal, and simultaneously, electronic water feeder 2 is in the same place with detecting room 1 installation, and the wholeness is better, very easily carries and removes whole device.

In the above embodiment, the electric water feeder 2 is a product of the prior art, specifically, the electric water feeder 2 includes a water tank and a pump body, the pump body may be a peristaltic pump or a micro water pump, and the pump body conveys water to the inner cavity and the water outlet of the measuring disk 6 through a pipeline, and in the using process, the controller controls the output power and parameters of the pump body according to the pressure data collected by the data processor, so that the water outlet of the measuring disk 6 outputs a certain volume of water.

In a preferred embodiment, a pet case 11 for holding a laboratory animal is provided in the detection chamber 1, and the other end of the measurement disk 6 is close to one side of the pet case 11.

In the above embodiment, the single pet box 11 is disposed in the detection chamber 1, so that the animal is in the range of the pet box 11 during the experiment, and the force transmission member 51 will not be touched by the animal, thereby ensuring more accurate measurement result.

Of course, can be with the restriction of animal certain degree in pet box 11, specifically, pet box 11 can be set up a breach that supplies the animal head to expose, sees through this breach, and the animal can lick survey dish 6, so both can alleviate follow-up degree of difficulty to the inside washing and sterilizing of detection room 1, can ensure again that the animal can not walk about at will and influence the testing result.

In a preferred embodiment, the pressure detector 5 is a pressure sensor.

In the above embodiment, the pressure detector 5 may be a pressure sensor in the prior art, and the specific model and parameters thereof may be reasonably selected according to actual experimental requirements, which is not described herein.

In a preferred embodiment, the force transmission member 51 is a horizontally disposed rod-shaped member.

In the above embodiment, the force transmission member 51 is a rod-shaped member with a relatively simple structure, which is convenient to assemble, and generally, the force transmission member 51 is a light transmission rod without resistance, which can effectively transmit the tongue muscle force of the animal to the pressure detector 5.

As a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, a groove 12 for accommodating the measuring disc 6 is provided in the detecting chamber 1, the upper end of the measuring disc 6 is exposed out of the upper opening of the groove 12, and the force transmission member 51 passes through a matching notch on the side wall of the groove 12.

In the above embodiment, the measuring disc 6 is embedded in the tank body 12, which has the advantages that the tank body 12 is fixed in the detection chamber 1, and does not participate in the force transmission, and the measuring disc 6 only exposes out of the upper surface, thereby avoiding the tank body 12 from shaking horizontally and skewly.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the detection chamber 1 is open at the top, and a cover 13 is detachably provided at the opening.

Among the above-mentioned embodiment, because the daily regular washing of needs of detection room 1, the etc. of disinfecting, simultaneously, the animal also can conveniently put into or take out detection room 1, consequently, adopts and opens the mode in the open upper portion design of detection room 1, in the experimentation, covers 1 upper portion of detection room through apron 13, need wash or take out the animal then open the apron 13 can, structural design is more reasonable, it is more convenient to use.

The cover plate 13 can be installed at the opening at the upper end of the detection chamber 1 in a hinged mode, a lock can be added on the movable side, and the cover plate 13 can be locked through the lock after covering the opening at the upper end of the detection chamber 1.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, a handle 14 is provided at the upper end of the cover plate 13.

In the above embodiment, the design of the lifting handle 14 can facilitate the lifting and pulling to drive the whole device to move and carry, and the use is more convenient.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship indicated based on the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "on" or "under" a second feature may be directly contacting the second feature or the first and second features may be indirectly contacting the second feature through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "above," and "over" a second feature may be directly on or obliquely above the second feature, or simply mean that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature "under," "beneath," and "under" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the second feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Moreover, various embodiments or examples and features of various embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without being mutually inconsistent.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A tongue muscle tonometry device, characterized in that: including detecting room (1), electronic water feeder (2), controller (3), data processor (4), pressure detector (5) and survey dish (6), pressure detector (5) assemble in detect room (1), it is pressed the face and is connected with biography power piece (51), survey dish (6) level setting, survey the inside cavity that is equipped with of dish (6), its upper surface is equipped with the delivery port rather than inside cavity intercommunication, survey the bottom of dish (6) with it keeps away from to pass power piece (51) the one end of pressure detector (5) is connected, the play water end of electronic water feeder (2) passes through the hose connection survey the cavity of dish (6), electronic water feeder (2) electricity is connected controller (3), data processor (4) respectively with pressure detector (5) and controller (3) electricity are connected.

2. A tonometry device for tongue muscle according to claim 1, wherein: the detection chamber (1) is a transparent cavity, or a transparent observation window is arranged on one side of the detection chamber (1).

3. A tonometry device, as recited in claim 1, wherein: the pressure detector (5) is arranged outside the detection chamber (1), and one end of the force transmission piece (51) penetrates through a through hole matched with the detection chamber (1).

4. A tonometry device, as recited in claim 1, wherein: the electric water feeder (2) is arranged on the outer side wall of the detection chamber (1).

5. A tonometry device for tongue muscle according to claim 1, wherein: the detection chamber (1) is internally provided with a pet box (11) for placing experimental animals, the determination disc (6) is close to one side of the pet box (11), and one side of the pet box (11) is provided with a hole site for the head of the animal to pass through.

6. A tonometry device for tongue muscle according to claim 1, wherein: the pressure detector (5) is a pressure sensor.

7. A tonometry device, as recited in claim 1, wherein: the force transmission piece (51) is a rod-shaped component which is horizontally arranged.

8. The tonometry device for tongue muscle according to claim 7, wherein: be equipped with in detection room (1) and be used for holding cell body (12) of survey dish (6), the upper end of survey dish (6) exposes outside the upper end opening of cell body (12), pass power piece (51) and pass the breach of adaptation on the cell body (12) lateral wall.

9. A tonometry device for tongue muscle according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: the upper part of the detection chamber (1) is open, and a cover plate (13) is detachably arranged at the open part.

10. A tonometry device, as recited in claim 9, wherein: and a handle (14) is arranged at the upper end of the cover plate (13).

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