CN209032351U - Phono sensor integral type application - Google Patents
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Abstract
Phono sensor integral type application, there are heart sound probe and multiple electrocardioelectrodes including the patch with mucigel, on patch, electrocardio probe and heart sound probe expose to mucigel, wherein three electrocardioelectrodes are arranged to three-legged structure, and three electrocardioelectrodes are respectively formed limb leads two-by-two.The utility model is upper in an application while being integrated with electrocardioelectrode and heart sound probe, can obtain electrocardiogram and caardiophonogram simultaneously.
Description
Technical field
The utility model relates to wearable health of heart care medicine instrument fields, especially a kind of to monitor electrocardio simultaneously
The integral electrode of heart sound applies.
Background technique
In human heart, sinoatrial node automatically, generate electric current with having the rhythm and pace of moving things, electric current is transmitted to the heart by the sequence of conductive tissue
Dirty each position, so as to cause the contraction and diastole of cardiac muscle cell.Certain approach and mistake are pressed by the excitement that sinoatrial node issues
Cheng Yici is transmitted to atrium and ventricle, causes the excitement of entire heart.Therefore, the electricity occurred in heart each section excited process becomes
Direction, approach, order and the time of change have rule.This biology Electrical change is anti-by conductive resistance value around heart and body fluid
Body surface is reflected, makes parts of body that regular Electrical change occur in each cardiac cycle.Limb is placed in leading electrode
The cardiac electric change curve that the appointed part of body or body records out becomes electrocardiogram.
Electrocardiogram is usually to be recorded by cardiac diagnosis lead.Cardiac diagnosis lead refers to when recording ECG signal, input lead
The specific test position of matrix (positive input terminal), reference position (negative input end) and the connection side for being grounded position are placed on electrode
Formula.Wherein, if one or two electrode is connected with heart, referred to as direct lead;If electrode (is more than that heart is straight far from heart
Diameter 2 times or more) then it is known as indirect lead;When one or two electrode is connected directly close to heart, but not with heart, then it is known as
Semidirect lead.Clinically most commonly used at present is 12 lead system of standard, wherein standard I, II, III lead is indirect
Bipolar lead, V1~V6 unipolar chest lead are semi-direct unipolar leads;AVR, aVL, aVF monopole augmented limb lead are indirect
Unipolar lead.
Caardiophonogram shows heart sound and heart adventitious sound, noise figure.Caardiophonogram is to the form and frequency for determining heart murmur
Composition has great role, more can determine that the time of heart sound and noise, clearly distinguishes the sequence that certain heart sound occur, identifies week aroused in interest
Interim coherent continuous murmur.Caardiophonogram has 4 waveforms, right atrial wall wave pattern A, ventricular systolic wave SW, rapid filling wave RFW and
Slow filling wave SFW.For first heart sound S1 usually by tetra- waveforms of A, SW, RFW, SFW, second heart sound S2 has two waveforms of A, P.It is right
There is tricuspid valve between atrium and right ventricle, there is bicuspid valve between atrium sinistrum and left ventricle, has lung dynamic between right ventricle and pulmonary artery
Arteries and veins valve, there is aorta petal between left ventricle and aorta.Atrium dextrum is excited, and tricuspid valve is opened, and blood flow enters right ventricle, tricuspid valve
It closes, right ventricle is excited, and blood flow inputs pulmonary artery.Blood after pulmonary circulation enters atrium sinistrum, and bicuspid valve opens blood and enters a left side
Ventricle, mitral valve closure, left ventricle is excited, and blood flow inputs aorta.S1's results from bicuspid valve (T1) and tricuspid valve (M1)
It is closed related, the generation of S2 is that the closure of aorta petal (A2) and pulmonary valve (P2) causes.
The initiating agent of heart variation, shows, first heart sound S1 lags behind the R of electrocardiogram at first when heart potential changes
Wave, second heart sound S2 is after electrocardio repolarization wave (T wave).
Heart valve area of auscultation is usually there are five area, 1. mitral area M: being located at apex beat point of maximum intensity, also known as apical region of heart;
2. pulmonary area P: in the 2nd intercostal of left border of sternum;3. aortic area A: heart bottom right is located at the 2nd intercostal of right border of sternum;
4. the second area of auscultation of aorta petal E: heart bottom left is conducive to diagnose aorta in the 3rd intercostal of left border of sternum, the also known as area Erb
Valve incompetence;5. tricuspid valve area T: in breastbone lower end left border, i.e. left border of sternum the 4th, 5 intercostals.Cardiophony sequence are as follows: 1. two
Cusp area M starts -2. pulmonary area P -3. aortic area A -4. the second area of auscultation of aorta petal E -5. tricuspid valve area
T.Either: 5. tricuspid valve area start -4. the second area of auscultation of aorta petal -3. aortic area -2. pulmonary area -1. two point
Valve area.Normal heart, first heart sound is most clear in apex, and portion is most clear deep down for second heart sound.
Multiple electrocardioelectrodes are pasted on human skin surface, electrocardio respectively by existing electrocardio or heart sound monitoring instrument needs
After electrode and human contact are good, then heart sound is popped one's head in and is placed on cardiac auscultation area, is easy to cause between each electrocardio pole piece and be bonded
It mismatches, and electrocardio pole piece position patch will affect the correct in place of heart sound probe, using trouble, low efficiency when having deviation
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Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is to provide one kind to apply upper at one while be integrated with electrocardioelectrode and heart sound probe
Phono sensor integral type application.
Phono sensor integral type application, including the patch with mucigel, it is characterised in that: there is the heart on patch
Sound probe and multiple electrocardioelectrodes, electrocardioelectrode and heart sound probe expose to mucigel, wherein three electrocardioelectrodes are arranged to
Three-legged structure, three electrocardioelectrodes are respectively formed limb leads two-by-two.
Electrocardioelectrode and heart sound probe are not covered by mucigel, therefore heart sound probe can be with human skin with electrocardioelectrode
It directly contacts, therefore heart sound probe measurement is to the biological Electrical change of human body surface, what heart sound probe measurement to heart movement generated
Sound wave.Region in application in addition to electrocardioelectrode is with heart sound probe is covered by mucigel, so as to apply reliable patch
In human skin.
Form the scheme of six lead of electrocardio: heart sound probe position membrane type auscultation probe, the film of heart sound probe have contre electrode, in
Centre electrode is located at the center of three-legged structure, and three electrocardioelectrodes form lead with contre electrode respectively.In this way, four electrocardioelectrodes
Form six leads.
Preferred scheme: the fixed center with film of contre electrode, and contre electrode protrudes from film.
The scheme of formation additional leads: having additional electrocardioelectrode in application, each additional electrocardioelectrode is electric with center
Pole forms lead.Therefore, N number of additional electrocardioelectrode forms the N lead except six leads.
Scheme about electrocardioelectrode and heart sound probe wire: the conducting wire of conducting wire and the heart sound probe of all electrocardioelectrodes converges
Collection pops one's head in form bundle conductor with heart sound, and bundle conductor is connect by connection wiring harness with Signal connector, has on Signal connector and conducting wire
One-to-one signal terminal.Signal connector will apply and electrocardioelectrode thereon, heart sound pop one's head in and be connected with host.
Be arranged detector judge application electrocardioelectrode whether the scheme with skin contact: electrocardio apply detector, including
Shell, weak mains, probe, detection terminal and signal lamp, it is logical to form detection for indicating lights connected in series between probe and each detection terminal
Road, all detection paths are in parallel, and weak mains are detection path power supply.The signal terminal one of detection terminal and Signal connector is a pair of
It answers, probe is can be with the conductor of skin contact.
The detection terminal and signal terminal of detector are conductor, after detection terminal is well contacted with signal terminal, probe
With user's skin contact, when only electrocardioelectrode is with user's skin contact, the indicator light of corresponding detection path can just be lighted.
The indicator light of certain one or several detection path is not bright, then illustrate corresponding electrocardioelectrode not with skin contact.After the completion of test
Detector is removed, the Signal connector of application is connect with host can monitor the electrocardiogram and caardiophonogram for obtaining user.
As a preferred option, when Signal connector is the pin end of protrusion, detector is the female connector for having slot or pothole;
Or Signal connector is when having the female connector of slot or pothole, detector is the pin end of protrusion.
As a preferred option, weak mains are detachable battery, or are built in the lithium battery of detector, and detector has lithium
The charge port of battery.
Utility model has the advantages that
1, upper while integrated electrocardioelectrode and heart sound probe in disposable application, can obtain use using an application simultaneously
The electrocardiogram and caardiophonogram of person.
2, multi-lead Simultaneous Monitoring user's electrocardio of six leads or more is integrated in an application.
3, conducting wire needed for all leads is unified draws, and is conducive to be connected using standard signal connector with host.
4, application is disposable, a people one patch, clean hygiene.
5, after detector and Signal connector connect, it is able to detect whether each electrocardioelectrode well contacts with skin, and give
Do well instruction, i.e., when electrocardioelectrode is with skin attachement, indicator light is bright;When electrocardioelectrode is not with skin contact, indicator light off.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the first application.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram that second of application of electrocardioelectrode is integrated on heart sound probe.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of the third application with additional electrocardioelectrode.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram that heart sound probe is integrated with electrocardioelectrode.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of detector.
Specific embodiment
In some embodiments, as shown in Figure 1, phono sensor integral type applies, including the patch with mucigel
Piece 2 has heart sound probe 1 and multiple electrocardioelectrodes on patch 2, and electrocardioelectrode and heart sound probe 1 expose to mucigel, wherein
Three electrocardioelectrodes D1, D2, D3 are arranged to three-legged structure, and three electrocardioelectrodes D1, D2, D3 form limb leads two-by-two.
Electrocardioelectrode and heart sound probe 1 are not covered by mucigel, therefore heart sound probe 1 can be with human body skin with electrocardioelectrode
Skin directly contacts, therefore heart sound probe 1 measures the biological Electrical change of human body surface, and heart sound probe 1 measures heart movement production
Raw sound wave.Region in application in addition to electrocardioelectrode is with heart sound probe 1 is covered by mucigel, reliable so as to apply
Be attached to human skin.In this disposable application while electrocardioelectrode and heart sound probe 1 are integrated, it can be simultaneously using an application
Obtain the electrocardiogram and caardiophonogram of user.
In some embodiments, the application structure of six lead of electrocardio is formed: 1 membrane type auscultation as shown in Fig. 2, heart sound is popped one's head in
The film 11 of probe, heart sound probe 1 has contre electrode DC, contre electrode DC to be located at the center of three-legged structure, three electrocardioelectrode D1,
D2, D3 form lead with contre electrode DC respectively.In this way, three electrocardioelectrodes D1, D2, D3 form three leads, center electricity two-by-two
Pole DC and three electrocardioelectrode D1, D2, D3 are respectively formed three leads, have six leads altogether in application.
Preferred scheme: as shown in figure 4, the fixed center with film 11 contre electrode DC, and contre electrode DC protrudes from film
11.Heart sound probe 1 is adjacent to skin, contre electrode DC is tensioned film 11, and the minim gap between film 11 and skin forms level-one
The chamber of humorous chamber, heart sound 1 script of probe forms the humorous chamber of second level, and the humorous chamber of two-stage amplifies heart sound twice.
In some embodiments, the scheme of additional leads is formed: as shown in figure 3, there is additional electrocardioelectrode DF in application,
Each additional electrocardioelectrode DF forms lead with contre electrode DC.Therefore, N number of additional electrocardioelectrode DF is formed except six leads
N lead.Multi-lead Simultaneous Monitoring user's electrocardio of six leads or more is integrated in an application.
In some embodiments, pop one's head in the scheme of 1 conducting wire about electrocardioelectrode and heart sound: the conducting wire of all electrocardioelectrodes and
The conducting wire of heart sound probe 1 comes together in heart sound probe 1 and forms bundle conductor, and bundle conductor connect with Signal connector, has on Signal connector
With the one-to-one signal terminal of conducting wire.Signal connector will apply and electrocardioelectrode thereon, heart sound probe 1 are connected with host.
Conducting wire needed for all leads is unified to draw, and is conducive to be connected using standard signal connector with host.
In some embodiments, setting detector judge apply electrocardioelectrode whether the scheme with skin contact: such as Fig. 5
Shown, electrocardio applies detector, including shell, weak mains, probe 3, detection terminal and signal lamp 4, probe 3 and each test side
Indicating lights connected in series forms detection path between son, and all detection paths are in parallel, and weak mains are detection path power supply.Detection terminal with
The signal terminal of Signal connector corresponds, and probe 3 is can be with the conductor of skin contact.
The detection terminal and signal terminal of detector are conductor, after detection terminal is well contacted with signal terminal, probe 3
With user's skin contact, when only electrocardioelectrode is with user's skin contact, the indicator light of corresponding detection path can just be lighted.
The indicator light of certain one or several detection path is not bright, then illustrate corresponding electrocardioelectrode not with skin contact.After the completion of test
Detector is removed, the Signal connector of application is connect with host can monitor the electrocardiogram and caardiophonogram for obtaining user.
As a preferred option, when Signal connector is the pin end of protrusion, detector is the female connector for having slot or pothole;
Or Signal connector is when having the female connector of slot or pothole, detector is the pin end of protrusion.
As a preferred option, weak mains are detachable battery, or are built in the lithium battery of detector, and detector has lithium
The charge port of battery.
It after detector is connect with Signal connector, is able to detect whether each electrocardioelectrode well contacts with skin, and provides
When state instruction, i.e. electrocardioelectrode and skin attachement, indicator light is bright;When electrocardioelectrode is not with skin contact, indicator light off.
In some embodiments, using the method for cardiac monitoring unit, the heart sound disposably applied probe is attached to heart sound
Area of auscultation, the three-legged structure that three electrocardioelectrodes are formed in vertex under, bottom edge upper, mucigel is close to human skin;It will inspection
It surveys device and is connected to the Signal connector disposably applied, the probe of detector is close to skin, when all indicator lights on detector are equal
It lights, then removes detector, Signal connector is connected to phono instrument, phono instrument is opened, obtains the electrocardio of user
Figure and caardiophonogram.The above is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model, it is noted that for the common of the art
Technical staff can also make several improvements and modifications without departing from the concept of the premise utility, these are improved and profit
Decorations also should be regarded as in scope of protection of the utility model.
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1. phono sensor integral type applies, including the patch with mucigel, it is characterised in that: have heart sound on patch
Probe and multiple electrocardioelectrodes, electrocardio probe and heart sound probe expose to mucigel, wherein three electrocardioelectrodes are arranged to three
Corner structure, three electrocardioelectrodes are respectively formed limb leads two-by-two.
2. phono sensor integral type application as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: heart sound probe position membrane type auscultation
The film of probe, heart sound probe has a contre electrode, and contre electrode is located at the center of three-legged structure, three electrocardioelectrodes respectively with center
Electrode forms lead.
3. phono sensor integral type application as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that: contre electrode fixation and film
Center, and contre electrode protrudes from film.
4. the phono sensor integral type as described in one of claim 1-3 applies, it is characterised in that: have in application attached
Add electrocardioelectrode, each additional electrocardioelectrode forms lead with contre electrode.
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