Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide carotid artery ultrasonic scanning equipment.
In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a carotid artery ultrasound scanning apparatus, including: the ear shield type scanning device comprises a wearing bracket, an ear shield, a rotating device and a scanning device;
the wearing support comprises two side plates which are oppositely arranged at the left and the right, the side plates comprise a rear plate part and a front plate part, the earmuffs are arranged on the inner side of the rear plate part, the front plate part is provided with a pivot shaft which is rotatably connected with the rotating device, the pivot shaft is positioned in front of the earmuffs and is 10-40 mm away from the centers of the earmuffs, and the front plate part is inclined from top to bottom inwards by 5-18 degrees and is inclined from back to front inwards by 5-18 degrees;
the scanning device comprises an adjusting mechanism and an ultrasonic scanning probe, wherein the adjusting mechanism is connected between the ultrasonic scanning probe and the rotating device and drives the ultrasonic scanning probe to reciprocate up and down parallel to the front plate part so as to change the vertical height of the ultrasonic scanning probe.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the pivot shaft is perpendicular to the front plate portion.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the adjusting mechanism may further drive the ultrasonic scanning probe to reciprocate inside and outside perpendicular to the front plate portion.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the adjusting mechanism includes a first adjusting member reciprocally movable in a first direction parallel to the front plate portion, and a second adjusting member directly or indirectly connected to the first adjusting member and reciprocally movable in a second direction perpendicular to the front plate portion, and the ultrasonic scanning probe is reciprocally movable selectively in the first direction and/or the second direction by the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member.
As a further improvement of one embodiment of the invention, the scanning surface of the ultrasonic scanning probe is parallel to the front plate part and is inclined from the back to the front by 5-18 degrees.
As a further improvement of one embodiment of the invention, the ultrasonic scanning probe is inclined inwards by 5-18 degrees from top to bottom through the adjusting mechanism.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, two side plates are arranged in bilateral symmetry, and each side plate is connected to the scanning device through the rotating device;
in the two scanning devices, the front ends of the two ultrasonic scanning probes are relatively close to each other, and the rear ends of the two ultrasonic scanning probes are relatively far away from each other.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the earmuff includes: the earmuff body, embedded in audio device on the earmuff body and set up the noise isolation layer on the earmuff body.
As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, upper end portions of the two side plates extend inward toward each other and are fixedly connected by a locking device.
Another embodiment of the present invention provides a carotid artery ultrasound scanning apparatus, comprising: the ear shield type scanning device comprises a wearing bracket, an ear shield, a rotating device and a scanning device;
the wearing bracket comprises two side plates which are oppositely arranged at the left and the right, the side plates comprise a rear plate part and a front plate part, the earmuffs are arranged on the inner side of the rear plate part, the front plate part is provided with a pivot shaft which is rotatably matched and connected with the rotating device, and the pivot shaft is positioned in front of the earmuffs and is 10-40 mm away from the centers of the earmuffs;
the scanning device comprises an ultrasonic scanning probe and an adjusting mechanism connected between the ultrasonic scanning probe and the rotating device, the scanning surface of the ultrasonic scanning probe is inclined by 5-18 degrees from back to front, and the ultrasonic scanning probe is inclined by 5-18 degrees from top to bottom inwards through the adjusting mechanism.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) according to the carotid artery ultrasonic scanning equipment, the pivot shaft connected with the side plate is arranged in front of the earmuff, and the side plate and the ultrasonic scanning probe are arranged to incline by 5-18 degrees from top to bottom inwards and incline by 5-18 degrees from back to front inwards, so that medical personnel can quickly and correctly find the starting position of carotid artery scanning, the visual area range scanned by the probe can completely cover the carotid artery at one time during scanning, the carotid artery does not exceed the scanning range due to the inclination of the carotid artery, the scanning is more accurate, the scanning speed is higher, and the obtained image is more stable;
(2) in the scanning process, the adjustable joint of the ultrasonic auxiliary scanning device is less in arrangement, so that the ultrasonic auxiliary scanning device is convenient for the operation of medical workers, can relatively reduce the number of the medical workers, improves the working efficiency of the medical workers and simultaneously reduces the production cost of equipment.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.
The carotid ultrasound scanning apparatus described below is an ultrasound scanning apparatus applied to treat carotid plaque.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a carotid artery ultrasound scanning apparatus including: a wearable mount 10, a scanning device 20, an ear cup 30, a rotation device 40, and a mobile standby power supply 50.
For convenience of description, the carotid ultrasound scanning device is worn by a user as a reference, the user faces forwards, and the carotid ultrasound scanning device faces inwards towards the user and outwards away from the user.
Dress support 10 includes two curb plates 11, and two curb plates 11 are located user's the left side and the right respectively, and relative setting about two curb plates 11 to the carotid artery to the left and right sides scans simultaneously and detects, raises the efficiency.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the side plate 11 includes: the earmuffs 30 are arranged on the inner side of the rear plate part 111, and the earmuffs 30 can cover the ears of a user by adjusting the position of the wearing support 10 when the earmuffs are worn. The front plate part 112 has a pivot shaft 1121 rotatably coupled to the rotating device 40, as shown in fig. 6, the pivot shaft 1121 is located in front of the ear muff 30 and is 10-40 mm away from the center of the ear muff 30, the front plate part 112 is inclined from top to bottom inwards by 5-18 degrees, preferably 10 degrees, and the front plate part 112 is inclined from back to front inwards by 5-18 degrees, preferably 10 degrees, so that the scanning device 20 fits the neck of the user, on one hand, the visible region range scanned by the probe can completely cover the carotid artery at one time during scanning, the carotid artery does not exceed the scanning range due to the inclination of the carotid artery, the scanning is more accurate, the scanning speed is increased, and the obtained image is more stable; on the other hand, in the scanning process, the number of joints which need to be adjusted by medical staff is reduced, the operation difficulty of the medical staff is reduced, the working efficiency of the medical staff is improved, and the production cost of equipment is reduced.
The scanning device 20 includes: the adjusting mechanism is connected between the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 and the rotating device 40 and drives the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 to reciprocate up and down in parallel with the front plate part 112, so that the vertical height change and the internal and external position change of the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 are realized, and medical staff can quickly and correctly find the initial position of carotid scanning.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pivot shaft 1121 is perpendicular to the front plate portion 112, so that the rotating device 40 can rotate around the pivot shaft 1121 in a plane parallel to the front plate portion 112, so that the adjusting mechanism drives the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 to rotate around the pivot shaft 1121 in a plane parallel to the front plate portion 112; alternatively, the rotating device 40 reciprocates along the pivot shaft 1121, so that the adjusting mechanism drives the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 to approach or move away from the front plate portion 112.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the adjusting mechanism may further drive the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 to reciprocate vertically inside and outside the front plate portion 112.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the adjustment mechanism includes: a first adjusting member 21 reciprocally movable in a first direction parallel to the front plate portion 112, and a second adjusting member 22 directly or indirectly connected to the first adjusting member 21 and reciprocally movable in a second direction perpendicular to the front plate portion 112. The ultrasonic scanning probe 2 is fixed on the second adjusting piece 22, and the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 can reciprocate along the first direction and/or the second direction under the action of the first adjusting piece 21 and the second adjusting piece 22, so that medical personnel can adjust the initial position of the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 conveniently.
It will be appreciated that there are various ways of attaching the first adjustment member 21 to the wearable mount 10, such as: is connected to the wearable support 10 by means of gluing, clamping, screwing, etc.
In a variant embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the adjustment mechanism further comprises: a third adjusting member 23, wherein the third adjusting member 23 is rotatably connected to the first adjusting member 21 and movably connected to the second adjusting member 22, so that the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 can rotate in a plane perpendicular to the first direction, and the medical staff can accurately adjust the starting position of the ultrasonic scanning probe 24.
Preferably, the scanning surface of the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 is parallel to the front plate portion 112, and is inclined from back to front by 5-18 degrees, so that the contact area between the scanning surface of the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 and the neck of a user and the scanning range of the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 are enlarged, on one hand, the visible area range scanned by the probe can completely cover the carotid artery at one time during scanning, the carotid artery cannot exceed the scanning range due to the inclination of the carotid artery, scanning is more accurate, scanning speed is increased, and an obtained image is more stable; on the other hand, in the scanning process, the number of joints which need to be adjusted by medical staff is reduced, the operation difficulty of the medical staff is reduced, the working efficiency of the medical staff is improved, and the production cost of equipment is reduced.
Furthermore, the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 can tilt inward from top to bottom by 5-18 degrees through the adjusting mechanism, so that the scanning range of the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 in the scanning process can be further expanded, and the carotid artery is prevented from exceeding the scanning range due to the inclination of the carotid artery.
Thus, when scanning the left (right) carotid artery, the head of the patient is twisted to the right (left), so that the distance from the top to the bottom of the carotid artery on the circumference of the neck is shortened, and the whole carotid artery can be brought into the visual area of the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 by scanning the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 from top to bottom.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the two side plates 11 are arranged in bilateral symmetry, and each side plate 11 is connected to the scanning device 20 through the rotating device 40, so as to facilitate synchronous scanning and detection of carotid arteries on both sides; in the two scanning devices 20, the front ends of the two ultrasound scanning probes 24 are relatively close to each other and the rear ends of the two ultrasound scanning probes are relatively far away from each other, so that the contact area between the ultrasound scanning probes 24 and the neck of a user can be conveniently enlarged, and the carotid artery is completely brought into the visible area of the ultrasound scanning probes 24 in the scanning process.
In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the ear muffs 30 are symmetrically disposed at the inner sides of the back plate parts 111 of the two side plates 11, and when the carotid artery ultrasound scanning apparatus is worn on the head of a user, the ear muffs 30 correspond to the ears of the user; preferably, the ear muff 30 comprises: the earmuff body, embedded in audio device on the earmuff body and set up in noise isolation layer on the earmuff body, so, in carotid artery supersound is swept and is looked into equipment course of work, accessible audio device broadcast music or output instruction password in order to alleviate user's mood, build comfortable atmosphere, keep apart supersound through the noise isolation layer and sweep and look into probe 24 because the produced noise of motion in the course of work.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mobile standby power supply 50 is disposed above the wearable bracket 10, and supplies power to the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 through a wire embedded in the side plate 11; it can be understood that the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 can also be powered by mains supply, and when the mains supply cannot be accessed during power failure or during an outgoing visit, the mobile standby power supply 50 can be started, so that the equipment can normally operate, and the convenience of the equipment is further improved.
Compared with the prior art, the carotid artery ultrasonic scanning equipment has the advantages that the pivot shaft connected with the side plate through the scanning device is arranged in front of the earmuff, the side plate and the ultrasonic scanning probe are arranged to incline by 5-18 degrees from top to bottom and incline by 5-18 degrees from back to front, and/or the vertical height change and the internal and external position change of the ultrasonic scanning probe 24 can be realized through the matching of the adjusting mechanism, the rotating device and the adjusting mechanism and the rotating device, so that medical personnel can quickly and correctly find the initial position of carotid artery scanning, the visual area range of the probe can completely cover the carotid artery at one time during scanning, the carotid artery cannot exceed the scanning range due to the inclination of the carotid artery, scanning is more accurate, the scanning speed is higher, and the obtained image is more stable; in the scanning process, the ultrasonic auxiliary scanning device has fewer adjustable joints, is convenient for medical workers to operate, can relatively reduce the number of the medical workers, improves the working efficiency of the medical workers, and simultaneously reduces the production cost of equipment; in addition, the left side and the right side can be scanned simultaneously, and the scanning efficiency is further improved.
It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.
The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.