CN1154434C - Device for diagnosing the condition of human or animal skin - Google Patents
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Abstract
An apparatus for diagnosing a skin condition of a human or animal, comprising: a probe (10) is brought into contact with the skin in a region to be measured. The probe has an electrical resistance measuring device (14) to measure the moisture content of the skin in the region, and a sound meter (16) having a sound receiving conduit extending down to the end of the probe to measure the sound produced by the skin in the region.
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Technical field
The location of the soft tissue injury that the bright mankind of relating to of we and animal tissue's pain are shown and the method and apparatus of evaluation.
Background technology
As everyone knows, the resistance of skin is subjected to neural control to a great extent.1,254, No. 269 Canadian Patents authorizing Woodly etc. in 1989 have disclosed a kind of to measure the diagnostic equipment of skin resistance, are used to detect the abnormal area that body has pain or sympathetic nerve function to lose.4,966, No. 158 United States Patent (USP)s authorizing Honman etc. have disclosed a kind of device with two probes, and its measures the water content that keratodermatitis and deep layer keep, so that the information of skin to be provided.Patent cooperation treaty application PCT/GB90/01991 has disclosed a kind of device that a public probe and a reference probe are arranged.The measurement of resistance value is switched between a public probe that imposes on tested skin area and the reference probe in health opposite side same district.The impaired dermatotome of difference indication of reading.Like this, known device is only measured a parameter of skin.
For the dissimilar measurements in the given dermatotome that can be associated, and determine situation, diagnosed more accurately that it can be practical can measuring several different parameters simultaneously with this.Technical, can remove to measure the resistance of specific region earlier with a device, and then be used to measure moisture device with one.Yet such method is unpractiaca, because not only the situation in tested dermatotome can change in each time measured, and places probe same zone if not infeasible exactly in twice measurement, also is difficult to accomplish.Secondly, many such measuring devices require to impose on the corresponding side that health separates with two probes that separate.
Therefore the purpose of this invention is to provide a method and apparatus of measuring at least two different skin parameters simultaneously.
Summary of the invention
Cell injury can metabolite be piled up and the long-term pressure of tissue ischemia takes place because of increasing.The direct stimulation pain sensor of the latter's accumulation also causes the regression or the necrosis of cell.Apraxia, posture be improper, overwork, impact or excessively stretch and all can cause the damage that causes inflammation.Inflammation products such as histamine, Kallidin I, acid are released into capillary bed and produce pain.Pain causes the muscle protection reflex response, and/or spasm.This reaction causes immobility, and for want of the alternately diastole and the contraction of muscle finally cause useless in atrophy in other words.Muscle provides the effect of circulating pump when normal diastole and contraction, lose in this zone that influenced by atrophy that acts on.Usually, adhesion, tuberosity or little interface, fatigue or tissue elasticity that the pain district of skin follows temperature change, water content change, sensitivity, swelling, edema, inflammation, fibrous tissue to change and causes lack, and with stagnant the grade unusually of metabolite that be characteristics of crystalline formation thing in the tissue.These abnormal areas, routine positions by palpation.
Acupuncture, massage etc. are manually pushed to remove and are caused pain stimulation and stop sweat gland and the stimulation of arteries obstruction, and these stimulations are main causes of pain and tissue deterioration pathological changes.Thisly push and massage with metabolite and organize the sound of by-product destruction process.Therefore, factors such as water content, sound, temperature, electrical conductivity, edema all are the functions of skin, and can be used for measuring the existence of pain or damage.
According to the present invention, provide the device of a kind of people of diagnosis or animal skin situation, it comprises the probe of a contact skin requirement measured zone.The device of the sound that this probe produces when the device of measuring the tested regional water content of skin being arranged and measuring the massage of the tested zone of skin.
The end of described probe can be circle and enough little, makes it to be pressed on the impaired dermatotome to cause indenture because of edema.
The device of measuring water content can be measures the electric resistance measuring apparatus that skin resistance is used.
The device of measuring sound can be phonemeter, and it is contained in the probe, and a chamber that receives sound is being arranged near the probe end place.
The device of measuring temperature can comprise a temperature sensor of pressing close to probe end.
The device of measuring water content can be the electric resistance measuring apparatus that a contact is arranged in described probe end, be used for measuring resistance, thereby and measurement moisture content of skin, the device of measuring sound can be has a phonemeter that reaches the sound reception pipeline of described probe end, the sound that skin histology sends when being used to measure the damage of swelling on the described probe process skin.
The temperature sensor of putting can be the thermocouple that is placed in described probe end, is used to measure the skin temperature of described probe contact.
Can put a pressure transducer in the end of probe, and be used for when probe process skin, indicating the power that imposes on the probe.
Pressure transducer can be telescopic to adapt to because of damage and to swell the contoured skin variation that causes.
Another aspect of the present invention provides the method for a kind of location and treatment soft tissue injury, and it comprises: make probe by on patient's the skin and measure the sound that skin sends, promptly locating the algesiogenic zone of skin, and measure the resistance of this district's skin.This method comprises that also massage pain produces the zone and measures consequent sound simultaneously, this zone is executed by the magic, and then measure the skin resistance in this district and sound to determine the amount of its minimizing.
The method is also measured the temperature of skin and probe contact point.
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By by way of example following, the detailed description that preferred embodiment is done can be understood other feature and advantage in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the longitudinal section of the probe of measuring temperature, sound, water content and stressed instrument;
Fig. 2 is the top view of this probe, and the ratio of this figure is less than the ratio of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the temperature curve song of corresponding probe position of the line of one process damage in the skin upper edge;
Fig. 4 is the resistance plot as probe function of the position of the line of one process damage in the skin upper edge;
Fig. 5 be as probe in the skin upper edge one function through the position of the line of damage, the curve chart of the sound that skin sends when massaging with probe;
The function pressue-graph of the position of the line that Fig. 6 damages through a protuberance in skin upper edge one for popping one's head in.
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Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, comprise that according to the device of diagnosis according to the present invention people or animal skin situation a contact skin requires the probe 10 of measured zone, shown in probe 10 have from the end 18 and return the shape that housing 20 is the semi-circular section substantially.Probe 10 comprises the device of measuring the skin area water content, the device of measured zone skin histology sound of generation when massage and the device of measured zone skin histology temperature.Specifically, stretch out three pick offs 14,12 and 19 from 10 the rectangular aperture 13 of popping one's head in.Center on the end 18 of an open zone 16 of pick off near probe 10, this open zone 16 accepts pipeline as sound or the chamber is used to receive sound, and play sound upwards is transmitted to the phonemeter or the stethoscope (not shown) of a conventional design, thereby the sound that skin histology sends when being used to measure described probe through damage on the skin or protuberance.
A galvanometer joint 15 is positioned at pick off 12 ends.Lead 21 upwards leads to the detection meter (not shown) of demonstration joint 15 temperature from galvanometer joint 15.
The device of measuring water content can be used for measuring resistance for the electric resistance measuring apparatus or the pick off 14 of a contact are arranged in probe 10 ends 18, thereby and measures the water content of described regional skin.
Pick off 19 has dual function.It plays ground terminal together with terminal or pick off 14, also provides stress so that the power that latter's energy measurement applies to transducer 17.The power that applies provides useful objectively estimating for 10 power of being executed of popping one's head in.
In the work, probe 10 moisture measurement assembly is made of agitator 22, transport element or pick off 14, transport element or pick off 19, amplifier, wave filter, commutator and analog-digital converter, as United States Patent (USP) 4,966, shown in 158, draws at this and to be reference.
Signal corresponding to water content, temperature and sound occurs making all three factors energy interrelated simultaneously, to confirm wherein any one indicated situation and the nature and extent of definite this situation more accurately.Pressure indicator makes the user can monitor and control the amount of being exerted pressure.Can determine to cause the desired pressure of edema indenture, this is another indication of damage.Along with the development and the fibrosis of protuberance damage, their produce popping one's head in 10 " velocity disturbance " during by the protuberance damage zone at probe 10.The rising of the exerting pressure when pressure transducer on probe is by the protuberance damage zone as shown in Figure 6.Pick off 19 can allow to have slightly recovery to adapt to the variation of the contoured skin that occurs because of the protuberance damage.
Fig. 3 to Fig. 5 probe trend, through and expression temperature, resistance harmony pronunciation number curve when leaving damage.Phase diagram is also represented the reading (see dotted line) of same damage after massage.Like this, this probe makes the masseur determine effect that damage is massaged a quantitative degree.The doctor can find out the skin damage district of suspection with voice output rapidly, utilizes other reading of temperature, water content and resistance to confirm damage then.The external reading of any one in temperature, water content, resistance and the sound or a plurality of factors can be by checking former reading with the read-around ratio of other factors.
Therefore, although describe the present invention with reference to illustrative examples, this explanation does not plan to constitute limiting meaning.Those skilled in the art can understand the various modifications of illustrative examples of the present invention and other embodiment in this area with reference to this explanation.Therefore, appended claims falls into modification and embodiment in the actual range of the present invention with covering.
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1. device of diagnosing people or animal skin situation comprises: a contact skin requires the probe (10) of measured zone, it is characterized in that described probe has:
Measure described skin area water content device and
Measure the device of described regional skin histology sound of generation when massage.
2. the described device of claim 1 is characterized by, and the end (18) of described probe (10) can be circle and enough little, can cause indenture because of edema when making it to be pressed on the impaired dermatotome.
3. the described device of claim 1 is characterized by, and the device of described diagnosis people or animal skin situation comprises the device of measuring described regional skin histology temperature.
4. the described device of claim 1 is characterized by, and the device of measuring water content is for measuring the electric resistance measuring apparatus (14) that skin resistance is used.
5. the described device of claim 3 is characterized by, and the device of measuring sound is a stethoscope, and it is contained in the probe, locates a chamber that receives sound pressing close to described probe (10) end (18).
6. the described device of claim 3 is characterized by, and the device of measuring described regional skin histology temperature comprises the thermocouple that is placed in described probe (10) end (18).
7. the described device of claim 1 is characterized by, and imposes on the device of the power on the probe (10) when comprising measuring probe through skin.
8. the described device of claim 1 is characterized by, and the device of described measurement water content is used for measuring resistance for the electric resistance measuring apparatus (14) of a contact is arranged in described probe (10) end (18), thereby and measure the water content of described regional skin; And the device of described measurement sound is to have a phonemeter that reaches the sound reception pipeline of described probe end, the sound that skin histology sends when being used to measure described probe through damage on the skin or protuberance.
9. the described device of claim 8 is characterized by, and comprises the temperature sensor that is positioned at described probe end, is used to measure the temperature of the skin of described probe contact.
10. the described device of claim 9 is characterized by, and comprises a pressure transducer that is positioned at described probe end, imposes on the power on the probe (10) when being used for the indication probe through skin.
11. the described device of claim 10 is characterized by, described pressure transducer is scalable, changes with the contoured skin that adapts to because of damage and protuberance generation.
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