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CN111773556A - Laser therapy light collector and light control handle thereof - Google Patents

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CN111773556A
CN111773556A CN202010807655.5A CN202010807655A CN111773556A CN 111773556 A CN111773556 A CN 111773556A CN 202010807655 A CN202010807655 A CN 202010807655A CN 111773556 A CN111773556 A CN 111773556A
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刘艳华
李波
林川
张恭谦
李众利
薛院晓
赵震
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Abstract

The invention relates to a laser therapy light collector and a light-operated handle thereof, belonging to the technical field of clinical physiotherapy instruments. The optical fiber connector comprises a light interface, a convex lens I, a lens barrel, a convex lens II and a plug which are sequentially arranged along the light incidence direction, wherein the lens barrel is of a cylindrical structure, the convex lens I is fixed at one end of the lens barrel through a fixing seat I, and an optical fiber of the optical fiber interface penetrates out of the tail end of the fixing seat I and is sleeved with a protective sleeve; the convex lens II is fixed at the other end of the lens barrel through a fixing seat II, and the plug is positioned at the front end of the fixing seat II; the light surfaces of the convex lens I and the convex lens II which are positioned at the inner sides of the two ends of the lens barrel are oppositely arranged; the light-operated handle of laser treatment includes the handle and is located the treatment head of handle tip, and the handle is including shell I that is located the middle part and shell II that is located the afterbody, and laser presents parallel pencil in the lens cone, and II departments of convex lens realize focus again and diverge, reach the treatment region through the treatment head, can realize the treatment of deep level, reach ideal treatment.

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Laser therapy light collector and light control handle thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to a laser therapy light collector and a light-operated handle thereof, belonging to the technical field of clinical physiotherapy instruments.
Background
The high-energy laser is an infrared laser used for clinical physiotherapy, can effectively transmit higher energy to a treatment area, can effectively eliminate inflammation and pain in a shorter time and stimulate the repair of tissues, thereby achieving the effects of improving symptoms and curing diseases. Has obvious effect on treating local inflammation, trauma, pain and the like of a human body.
The laser treatment handle on the market generally only has a treatment head with a simple structure, and the handle and the skin need to keep a certain distance in the treatment process and cannot contact with the skin. However, laser light is very easily absorbed by melanin, hemoglobin, fat, water, etc., and particularly, for obese patients with thick fat, laser light cannot be input into deep tissues. And the output mode of the laser is single, so that the laser treatment can not exert the due effect.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention provides a laser therapy light collector and a light control handle thereof.
The invention relates to a laser therapy light collector which comprises a light interface, a convex lens I, a lens cone, a convex lens II and a plug which are sequentially arranged along the light incidence direction, wherein the lens cone is of a cylindrical structure, the convex lens I is fixed at one end of the lens cone through a fixing seat I, and an optical fiber of an optical fiber interface penetrates out of the tail end of the fixing seat I and is sleeved with a protective sleeve; the convex lens II is fixed at the other end of the lens barrel through a fixing seat II, and the plug is positioned at the front end of the fixing seat II; the light surfaces of the convex lens I and the convex lens II which are positioned at the inner sides of the two ends of the lens barrel are arranged oppositely.
Preferably, a lens groove matched with the convex lens I and a positioning groove matched with the optical fiber are formed in the fixing seat I; a lens groove matched with the convex lens II and a positioning groove matched with the plug are formed in the fixing seat II; the central lines of the two positioning grooves are collinear, and the extension lines of the central lines of the two positioning grooves pass through the mirror groove.
Preferably, convex lens I and convex lens II are placed in the mirror groove, and the optical fiber interface articulates on fixing base I, and the optical fiber interface cooperates with fixing base I, and the optic fibre centre gripping that will place in the constant head tank is fixed.
Preferably, the material of the lens barrel is light-tight plastic or aluminum alloy.
The light control handle based on the laser treatment light collector comprises a handle and a treatment head positioned at the end part of the handle, wherein the handle comprises a shell I positioned in the middle part and a shell II positioned at the tail part, and the shell I coated on the outer side of a lens barrel is connected with the shell II coated on the outer side of an optical fiber interface through threads; the treatment head is arranged on the front end face of the handle, is clamped and fixed through a fixing seat III and a fixing seat IV on the inner side and the outer side and is fixed with the shell I through a connecting part positioned outside the fixing seat III and the fixing seat IV, and the fixing seat III on the inner side of the treatment head is in threaded connection with a fixing seat II of the convex lens II; be provided with friction portion I and switch on the I surface of shell, be provided with friction portion II on the connecting portion surface.
Preferably, after the laser emitted by the optical fiber is diverged to the convex lens I, the laser is in a parallel beam in the lens barrel, is focused and diverged again at the convex lens II, and reaches the treatment area through the treatment head.
Preferably, the connecting part is of a swelling structure, and the top of the swelling structure is provided with a friction part II; one end of the connecting part is in threaded connection with the fixed seat III and the shell I, and the other end of the connecting part is in threaded connection with the fixed seat IV; the two hemispherical surfaces of the treatment head are respectively positioned at the two sides of the fixing seat III and the fixing seat IV.
Preferably, the convex lens I and the convex lens II both adopt aspheric lenses. The aspheric lens has a better curvature radius, and can maintain good aberration correction to obtain the required performance.
Preferably, the treatment head adopts one of the following specifications as required:
a 50mm therapeutic head for treating injury of contactable muscle or deep soft tissue;
b, 30mm treatment head treatment massage head can be used for treating the injury of small contactable space or near sensitive area;
c. the large irradiation treatment head is used for non-contact soft tissue injury treatment;
d. small radiation therapy head non-contact focusing acupuncture therapy;
e. the focusing treatment head controls the injury treatment in a non-contact way.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the laser treatment light collector and the light control handle thereof, the convex lens and the convex lens II of the light collector enable the laser output by the lens barrel to be the convergent parallel light, so that the size of the laser to be treated is consistent with that of a light spot on a treatment area, the precision of the light collector is improved, and the healing of a wound surface is facilitated; the light control handle is matched with the light collector, so that the whole volume of the optical structure is reduced, the weight is reduced, the production cost is reduced, and the later maintenance is facilitated; reasonable structural design and powerful functions, can realize deeper treatment and achieve ideal treatment effect.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a light collector.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the photocontrol handle.
Fig. 3 is an external structural view of the photo-control handle.
In the figure: 1. a lens barrel; 2. a convex lens I; 3. a fixed seat I; 4. a plug; 5. a convex lens II; 6. a fixed seat II; 7. an optical fiber; 8. a protective sleeve; 9. a shell I; 10. a fixed seat III; 11. a treatment head; 12. a connecting portion; 13. a fixed seat IV; 14. A friction part I; 15. a shell II; 16. a friction part II; 17. and (4) switching.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Example 1:
as shown in fig. 1, the laser therapy light collector of the invention comprises a light interface, a convex lens i 2, a lens barrel 1, a convex lens ii 5 and a plug 4 which are sequentially arranged along a light incidence direction, wherein the lens barrel 1 is of a cylindrical structure, the convex lens i 2 is fixed at one end of the lens barrel 1 through a fixing seat i 3, and an optical fiber 7 of the optical fiber 7 interface penetrates out of the tail end of the fixing seat i 3 and is sleeved with a protective sleeve 8; the convex lens II 5 is fixed at the other end of the lens barrel 1 through a fixed seat II 6, and the plug 4 is positioned at the front end of the fixed seat II 6; the light surfaces of the convex lens I2 and the convex lens II 5 which are positioned at the inner sides of the two ends of the lens barrel 1 are opposite to each other.
A lens groove matched with the convex lens I2 and a positioning groove matched with the optical fiber 7 are formed in the fixing seat I3; a lens groove matched with the convex lens II 5 and a positioning groove matched with the plug 4 are formed in the fixing seat II 6; the central lines of the two positioning grooves are collinear, and the extension lines of the central lines of the two positioning grooves pass through the mirror groove.
Convex lens I2 and convex lens II 5 are placed at the mirror inslot, and 7 interfaces of optic fibre articulate on fixing base I3, and 7 interfaces of optic fibre cooperate with fixing base I3, will place 7 centre gripping of optic fibre in the constant head tank fixed.
The lens cone 1 is made of opaque plastics or aluminum alloy.
And the convex lens I2 and the convex lens II 5 both adopt aspheric lenses. The aspheric lens has a better curvature radius, and can maintain good aberration correction to obtain the required performance.
As shown in fig. 2 to 3, the light control handle based on the laser therapy light collector comprises a handle and a therapy head 11 located at the end of the handle, wherein the handle comprises a shell i 9 located at the middle part and a shell ii 15 located at the tail part, and the shell i 9 coated on the outer side of the lens barrel 1 is connected with the shell ii 15 coated on the outer side of the interface of the optical fiber 7 through threads; a treatment head 11 is arranged on the front end face of the handle, the treatment head 11 is clamped and fixed through a fixing seat III 10 and a fixing seat IV 13 on the inner side and the outer side and is fixed with a shell I9 through a connecting part 12 positioned outside the fixing seat III 10 and the fixing seat IV 13, and the fixing seat III 10 on the inner side of the treatment head 11 is in threaded connection with a fixing seat II 6 of a convex lens II 5; a friction part I14 and a switch 17 are arranged on the outer surface of the shell I9, and a friction part II 16 is arranged on the outer surface of the connecting part 12.
After laser emitted by the optical fiber 7 is diverged to the convex lens I2, the laser presents a parallel line bundle in the lens barrel 1, is focused and diverged again to the convex lens II 5, and reaches a treatment area through the treatment head 11.
The connecting part 12 is of a swelling structure, and the top of the swelling structure is provided with a friction part II 16; one end of the connecting part 12 is in threaded connection with the fixed seat III 10 and the shell I9, and the other end of the connecting part 12 is in threaded connection with the fixed seat IV 13; two hemispherical surfaces of the treatment head 11 are respectively positioned at two sides of the fixed seat III 10 and the fixed seat IV 13.
It should be noted that: the treatment head 11 adopts the following different specifications:
a 50mm therapeutic head for treating injury of contactable muscle or deep soft tissue;
b, 30mm treatment head treatment massage head can be used for treating the injury of small contactable space or near sensitive area;
c. the large irradiation treatment head is used for non-contact soft tissue injury treatment;
d. small radiation therapy head non-contact focusing acupuncture therapy;
e. the focusing treatment head controls the injury treatment in a non-contact way.
The protective jacket 8 for the optical fiber 7 is located at the junction of the optical fiber 7 and the housing II 15.
The use process of the invention is as follows: according to the laser treatment light collector and the light control handle thereof, the convex lens and the convex lens II 5 of the light collector are used for enabling the laser output by the lens barrel 1 to be the convergent parallel light, so that the size of the laser to be treated is consistent with that of a light spot on a treatment area, the precision of the light collector is improved, and the healing of a wound surface is facilitated; the light control handle is matched with the light collector, so that the whole volume of the optical structure is reduced, the weight is reduced, the production cost is reduced, and the later maintenance is facilitated; reasonable structural design and powerful functions, can realize deeper treatment and achieve ideal treatment effect.
The invention can be widely applied to the occasions of clinical physical therapy apparatuses.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. A laser therapy light collector is characterized by comprising a light interface, a convex lens I (2), a lens barrel (1), a convex lens II (5) and a plug (4) which are sequentially arranged along the light incidence direction, wherein the lens barrel (1) is of a cylindrical structure, the convex lens I (2) is fixed at one end of the lens barrel (1) through a fixing seat I (3), and an optical fiber (7) of the interface of the optical fiber (7) penetrates out of the tail end of the fixing seat I (3) and is sleeved with a protective sleeve (8); the convex lens II (5) is fixed at the other end of the lens cone (1) through a fixing seat II (6), and the plug (4) is positioned at the front end of the fixing seat II (6); the light surfaces of the convex lens I (2) and the convex lens II (5) which are positioned at the inner sides of the two ends of the lens barrel (1) are arranged oppositely.
2. A laser therapy light collector according to claim 1, characterized in that the fixing base i (3) is provided with a lens groove fitting with the convex lens i (2) and a positioning groove fitting with the optical fiber (7); a lens groove matched with the convex lens II (5) and a positioning groove matched with the plug (4) are formed in the fixing seat II (6); the central lines of the two positioning grooves are collinear, and the extension lines of the central lines of the two positioning grooves pass through the mirror groove.
3. A laser therapy light collector according to claim 2, characterized in that the convex lens i (2) and the convex lens ii (5) are placed in the lens groove, the interface of the optical fiber (7) is hinged on the fixing base i (3), and the interface of the optical fiber (7) is matched with the fixing base i (3) to clamp and fix the optical fiber (7) placed in the positioning groove.
4. A laser therapy light collector according to claim 1, characterized in that the material of the lens-barrel (1) is opaque plastic or aluminum alloy.
5. A light control handle based on a laser treatment light collector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by comprising a handle and a treatment head (11) positioned at the end of the handle, wherein the handle comprises a shell I (9) positioned at the middle part and a shell II (15) positioned at the tail part, and the shell I (9) coated on the outer side of the lens barrel (1) and the shell II (15) coated on the outer side of the interface of the optical fiber (7) are connected through threads; the treatment head (11) is arranged on the front end face of the handle, the treatment head (11) is clamped and fixed through a fixing seat III (10) and a fixing seat IV (13) on the inner side and the outer side and is fixed with the shell I (9) through a connecting part (12) positioned outside the fixing seat III (10) and the fixing seat IV (13), and the fixing seat III (10) on the inner side of the treatment head (11) is in threaded connection with a fixing seat II (6) of the convex lens II (5); a friction part I (14) and a switch (17) are arranged on the outer surface of the shell I (9), and a friction part II (16) is arranged on the outer surface of the connecting part (12).
6. The optical control handle of the laser therapy light collector according to claim 5, characterized in that the laser light emitted from the optical fiber (7) is diverged to the convex lens I (2), and then the laser light is presented with parallel beams in the lens barrel (1) to the convex lens II (5) to realize focusing and divergence again, and reaches the treatment area through the treatment head (11).
7. The optical control handle of the laser therapy light collector according to claim 5, characterized in that the connecting part (12) is a swelling structure, and the top of the swelling structure is provided with a friction part II (16); one end of the connecting part (12) is in threaded connection with the fixed seat III (10) and the shell I (9), and the other end of the connecting part (12) is in threaded connection with the fixed seat IV (13); two hemispherical surfaces of the treatment head (11) are respectively positioned at two sides of the fixed seat III (10) and the fixed seat IV (13).
8. The optical control handle of a laser therapy light collector according to claim 5, characterized in that the convex lens I (2) and the convex lens II (5) both adopt aspheric lenses.
9. A light control handle for a laser therapy light collector according to claim 5, characterized in that the treatment head (11) adopts one of the following specifications as required:
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