CN213883268U

CN213883268U - Ultrasonic probe coupling assembly, ultrasonic probe and detection equipment

Info

Publication number: CN213883268U
Application number: CN202021358985.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 何琼; 宋玉芬; 王本祥; 邵金华; 孙锦; 段后利
Original assignee: Wuxi Hisky Medical Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Hisky Medical Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-10
Filing date: 2020-07-10
Publication date: 2021-08-06
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-10

Abstract

The utility model relates to an ultrasonic probe coupling subassembly, ultrasonic probe and check out test set. The ultrasonic probe coupling assembly comprises a coupling sleeve body and a fixing part; the fixing part is detachably connected with the ultrasonic probe; one end of the coupling sleeve body is open, the other end of the coupling sleeve body is closed, and the open end of the coupling sleeve body is fixed on the fixed part; the inner surface of the coupling sleeve body is attached to the ultrasonic probe, and the head part of the outer surface of the coupling sleeve body is protruded to be in contact with the skin. Ultrasonic probe coupling subassembly as the isolation barrier between probe working surface and the human skin, solved cross infection's in the ultrasonic examination process problem when playing the effect of ultrasonic wave sound-transparent medium.

Description

Ultrasonic probe coupling assembly, ultrasonic probe and detection equipment

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of ultrasonic image check out test set, concretely relates to ultrasonic probe coupling subassembly, ultrasonic probe and check out test set.

Background

The organs of human or animal body have certain elasticity, if a certain organ has fibrosis lesion, the elasticity value will change, and the elasticity values corresponding to different fibrosis degrees are different. Therefore, by detecting the elasticity value of the organ, the degree of fibrosis of the organ can be known.

At present, mechanical vibration and ultrasonic waves are generally used to detect the elasticity of organs. When the organ of a human body or an animal body is detected, certain mechanical vibration is generated outside the organ to be detected, ultrasonic waves are transmitted to the organ to be detected through the ultrasonic transducer, the propagation speed of the ultrasonic waves is far greater than the propagation speed of shear waves, the wave speed value of the shear waves generated by the mechanical vibration is detected through the ultrasonic waves, the elastic value of the organ to be detected is calculated through the wave speed value, and therefore the fibrosis degree of the organ to be detected is judged.

In the above-mentioned detection method, the examined part needs to be coated with gel-like couplant as the sound-transmitting medium of ultrasonic wave, then the examined part needs to be slid on the ultrasonic probe, and after the examination is finished, a large amount of paper towel needs to be wiped clean. On one hand, the gel-like coupling agent smeared during the examination has sticky and greasy feeling, and the user experience is poor; on the other hand, after one patient is examined by the same ultrasonic probe clinically, the common situation is that the disinfection is not performed or the disinfection is not complete, and particularly, when the ultrasonic probe is used for the ultrasonic examination of the department of infectious diseases, the cross infection is easy to occur because the ultrasonic probe is contacted with the gel on the skin surfaces of different patients.

In the prior art, a solution that the solid coupling patch is laid on the surface of the inspection position is adopted, but when the solid coupling patch is used, the solid coupling patch needs to be moved along with the movement of the inspection position, the use is troublesome, and the coupling patch is polluted in the moving process.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

According to the to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model, the utility model provides an ultrasonic probe coupling subassembly, it has solved cross infection's problem in the ultrasonic examination process as the ultrasonic wave when the sound-transmitting medium as the isolation barrier between probe working surface and the human skin.

The utility model also provides an ultrasonic probe and check out test set adopt above-mentioned supersound coupling subassembly, mainly solve the cross infection problem among the ultrasonic examination process.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses an ultrasonic probe coupling assembly, which comprises a coupling sleeve body and a fixed part;

the fixing part is detachably connected with the ultrasonic probe;

one end of the coupling sleeve body is open, the other end of the coupling sleeve body is closed, and the open end of the coupling sleeve body is fixed on the fixed part; the inner surface of the coupling sleeve body is attached to the ultrasonic probe, and the head part of the outer surface of the coupling sleeve body is protruded to be in contact with the surface of the detection object.

Further, the coupling sleeve body is integrally formed by coupling materials in an injection molding mode.

Furthermore, the fixed part is matched with the ultrasonic probe in shape, and the fixed part is provided with a slot to form an annular buckle structure to be clamped with the ultrasonic probe.

Furthermore, the upper surface or the upper and lower surfaces of the fixing part are provided with grooves, and the opening end of the coupling sleeve body is arranged in the groove of the fixing part.

Furthermore, the coupling sleeve body comprises a main body part and a bulge part, the lower end of the main body part is open, the upper end of the main body part is raised to form the bulge part, and the upper end of the bulge part is closed; the main body part is used for being attached to the main body of the ultrasonic probe, and the bulge part is used for being attached to the head of the ultrasonic probe.

Further, a grip portion for attachment and detachment is provided on an outer surface of the fixing member.

Furthermore, a plurality of openings communicated with the upper surface and the lower surface of the groove body are arranged on the surface of the groove body of the fixing part.

Further, the wall thickness of the coupling sleeve body is set to be uniform.

Furthermore, the wall thickness of the coupling sleeve body from the opening end to the closed end is gradually reduced.

Further, the wall thickness of the bottom of the bulge is less than or equal to 5mm, and the wall thickness of the side of the bulge is less than or equal to 10 mm.

Further, the bottom thickness of the boss of the coupling sleeve body is set to be uniform.

The utility model also provides an ultrasonic probe the foretell ultrasonic probe coupling subassembly of detachable installation on the ultrasonic probe.

The utility model also provides a detection device, detection device includes: the ultrasonic probe and the host computer are connected.

The utility model discloses create the advantage specifically as follows:

1. ultrasonic coupling subassembly can regard as the isolation barrier between probe working surface and the human skin, can solve ultrasonic inspection in-process cross infection's problem when playing the effect of ultrasonic wave sound-transparent medium.

2. The utility model discloses a fixed part is installed the coupling sleeve body on ultrasonic probe, and it is comparatively convenient to load and unload to change on the one hand, and on the other hand fixed part can guarantee the waterproof isolation effect of the coupling sleeve body.

3. The ultrasonic probe and the detection equipment adopt the ultrasonic coupling assembly as an acoustic transmission medium of ultrasonic waves, and the thickness of the coupling sleeve body is controllable and stable, so that the coupling performance in the ultrasonic detection process can be ensured to be stable.

4. The utility model discloses well coupling sleeve body and fixed part between connection structure can fully guarantee the firm in connection of the coupling sleeve body, cause the damage to the coupling sleeve body when having reduced the assembly to and assemble unsafe problem.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the ultrasonic probe coupling assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the ultrasound probe coupling assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the ultrasound probe coupling assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the fixing member of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the ultrasonic probe according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals: 1-coupling sleeve body; 2-a stationary part; 11-a body portion; 12-a boss; 21-slotting; 22-groove body and 23-opening.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are further described below.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms other than those described herein, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the schematic drawings, and in the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, for convenience of illustration, the sectional view showing the device structure will not be enlarged partially according to the general scale, and the schematic drawings are only examples, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. In addition, three-dimensional dimensions of length, width and depth should be included in the implementation.

In addition, the terms "upper surface", "lower surface", "upper end" or "lower end" and the like in the present invention indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the drawings, and based on such understanding, if the specific component or component "face" or "side" is thinned or thickened, the specific component or component "face" or "side" can also be referred to as the extension based on the specific component or component, but the present invention is not required to be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore, the present invention is not to be construed as being limited to the present invention.

The first embodiment is as follows:

the present embodiment provides an ultrasonic probe, which is mainly a liver detection fiber ultrasonic probe, and a head of the ultrasonic probe protrudes out of a main body of the ultrasonic probe. As shown in fig. 5, the ultrasonic probe coupling assembly is detachably mounted on the ultrasonic probe, so that an ultrasonic coupling agent can be omitted; as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the ultrasound probe coupling assembly includes a coupling sleeve body 1 and a fixing member 2, the coupling sleeve body 1 is fixed on the fixing member 2, and the fixing member 2 is clamped on the ultrasound probe, so as to fix the coupling sleeve body 1 on the ultrasound probe.

The coupling sleeve body 1 comprises a main body part 11 and a bulge part 12, the lower end of the main body part 11 is open, the middle part of the upper end of the main body part 11 is bulged to form the bulge part 12, and the upper end of the bulge part 12 is closed; the main body part 11 is attached to the main body of the ultrasonic probe, the protruding part 12 is attached to the head of the ultrasonic probe, and the protruding part 12 is in contact with the skin during detection, so that the ultrasonic wave of the ultrasonic probe is transmitted to the skin after passing through the protruding part 12 in sequence.

The ultrasonic probe in this embodiment may be an ultrasonic probe or a shear wave probe, and accordingly the coupling sleeve body 1 can penetrate through low-frequency shear waves or ultrasonic waves as required; and the acoustic impedance of the top of the coupling sleeve body 1 is close to that of the object to be detected.

Example two:

as shown in fig. 1-3: the embodiment provides an ultrasonic probe coupling component, which is mainly applied to a liver fiber ultrasonic probe, wherein the head of the ultrasonic probe protrudes out of the main body of the ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe coupling assembly of the embodiment comprises a coupling sleeve body 1 and a fixing part 2 which are integrally formed; the coupling sleeve body 1 is integrally formed by solid coupling materials in an injection molding mode and comprises a main body part 11 and a bulge part 12, the lower end of the main body part 11 is open, the middle part of the upper end of the main body part 11 is bulged to form the bulge part 12, and the upper end of the bulge part 12 is closed; as shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the openings of the fixing part 2 and the coupling sleeve body 1 are circular, and it can be understood that, in other embodiments, the ultrasound probe coupling assembly of the present invention can also be applied to other types of ultrasound probes, the shapes of the openings of the fixing part 2 and the coupling sleeve body 1 are matched with the ultrasound probe, and the shape of the coupling sleeve body 1 is matched with the head of the ultrasound probe. The main body part 11 of the coupling sleeve body 1 is used for being attached to the main body of the ultrasonic probe, the bulge part 12 is used for being attached to the head part of the ultrasonic probe, and the bulge part 12 is contacted with the skin during detection, so that the ultrasonic wave of the ultrasonic probe is transmitted to the skin after passing through the bulge part 12 in sequence.

The coupling sleeve body 1 is detachably connected to the ultrasonic probe through the fixing part 2, so that an ultrasonic coupling agent can be omitted, the used coupling sleeve body 1 can be conveniently replaced, and cross infection in the clinical examination process is avoided. The fixing part 2 is integrally annular (as shown in a ring shape in fig. 4), the shape of the fixing part 2 is matched with the shape of the ultrasonic probe, and the fixing part 2 is provided with a slot 21 to form an annular buckling structure, so that the fixing part 2 is clamped and fixed with the ultrasonic probe through elastic deformation of the material of the fixing part 2 and the annular buckling structure; the upper surface or the upper and lower surfaces of the fixed part 2 are provided with grooves 22, and the lower end surface of the coupling sleeve body 1 is arranged in the grooves 22 on the upper surface of the fixed part 2, so that the coupling sleeve body 1 is connected with the fixed part 2. When the coupling sleeve is used, the coupling sleeve body 1 covers the ultrasonic probe, the main body part 11 of the coupling sleeve body 1 covers the main body of the ultrasonic probe, the head part of the ultrasonic probe is covered by the bulge part 12, the fixing part 2 is fixedly connected with the ultrasonic probe in a clamping manner, the sealing and waterproof effects of the lower part of the coupling sleeve body 1 and the ultrasonic probe are guaranteed, and the isolation effect between the inside and the outside of the coupling sleeve body 1 is further guaranteed.

In order to avoid pollution caused by contact of the hand and the outer surface of the coupling sleeve body 1 when the ultrasonic probe coupling assembly is assembled and disassembled, the width of the outer surface of the fixing part 2 exceeds the outer surface of the coupling sleeve body 1 to serve as a holding part when the ultrasonic probe coupling assembly is assembled and disassembled, the fixing part 2 can be held by hands when the ultrasonic probe coupling assembly is assembled and disassembled, pollution caused by contact of the fixing part 2 and the coupling sleeve body 1 is avoided, and due to the characteristic that the coupling sleeve body 1 is soft, the problems that the coupling sleeve body 1 is damaged during assembly and the assembly is inaccurate due to the fact that the coupling sleeve body 1 is easy to deform during assembly can be effectively solved. The above-mentioned holding portion may be formed by providing a special protrusion on the fixing member 2.

In order to increase the connecting force between the fixing member 2 and the coupling sleeve body 1, a plurality of openings 23 communicating the upper and lower surfaces of the groove 22 may be formed on the surface of the groove 22 of the fixing member 2, and the openings 23 may be filled with a coupling material, so that the coupling sleeve body 1 and the fixing member 2 have a greater engaging force, and the fixing effect of the coupling sleeve body 1 is enhanced.

The wall thickness of the coupling sleeve body 1 can be set to be uniform and consistent, and can also be as shown in fig. 3, the wall thickness of the main body part 11 of the coupling sleeve body 1 from the opening end to the protrusion part 12 is gradually reduced, so that on one hand, the thickness of the opening of the coupling sleeve body 1 is ensured to be thicker, and therefore, the connection with the connection part of the ultrasonic probe is stable, and on the other hand, the thickness of the protrusion part 12 is thinner, and the effect of the sound transmission medium of the coupling material is ensured not to be interfered.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the wall thickness of the bottom of the protruding portion 12 of the coupling sleeve body 1 contacting the skin is generally less than or equal to 5mm (e.g. 3mm is adopted), and the wall thickness of the side portion of the protruding portion 12 is generally less than or equal to 10 mm.

The coupling sleeve body 1 of the above embodiment can be hydrogel or any type of gel, gel-like substance, latex, silica gel or the like which can be used as an ultrasonic sound transmission medium.

Ultrasonic probe coupling subassembly is in the use, through 2 joints of fixed part on ultrasonic probe, the internal surface and the ultrasonic probe laminating of the coupling cover body 1, the bellying 12 of the coupling cover body 1 head and the head laminating of ultrasonic probe to bellying 12 surfaces and skin contact, ultrasonic probe's ultrasonic wave loops through and transmits to skin behind the bellying 12. After completing the ultrasonic examination of a patient, the ultrasonic probe coupling assembly can be detached by holding the holding part on the fixing part 2, and a new ultrasonic probe coupling assembly can be replaced. The coupling sleeve body 1 can also be directly disassembled to be replaced by a new coupling sleeve body.

Example three:

this embodiment provides a detection device, detection device includes at least: the ultrasonic probe and the host computer of embodiment one, the ultrasonic probe is connected with the host computer. The ultrasonic probe adopted by the detection equipment is provided with a probe coupling component which is used as an ultrasonic sound transmission medium and is used as a probe and skin isolation component.

The ultrasound probe coupling assembly and the ultrasound probe provided by the present application are introduced in detail above, and specific examples are applied herein to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the present application, and the above descriptions of the embodiments are only used to help understand the method and the core ideas of the present application; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. An ultrasound probe coupling assembly, characterized by: comprises a coupling sleeve body (1) and a fixed part (2);

the fixing part (2) is detachably connected with the ultrasonic probe;

one end of the coupling sleeve body (1) is open, the other end of the coupling sleeve body is closed, and the open end of the coupling sleeve body is fixed on the fixed part (2); the inner surface of the coupling sleeve body (1) is attached to an ultrasonic probe, and the head part of the outer surface of the coupling sleeve body (1) is protruded to be in contact with the surface of a detection object.

2. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein: the coupling sleeve body (1) is integrally formed by coupling materials in an injection molding mode.

3. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein: the fixed part (2) is matched with the shape of the ultrasonic probe.

4. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 3, wherein: the fixing part (2) is provided with a slot (21) to form an annular buckle structure to be clamped with the ultrasonic probe.

5. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein: the upper surface or the upper and lower surfaces of the fixed part (2) are provided with grooves (22), and the opening end of the coupling sleeve body (1) is arranged in the grooves (22) of the fixed part (2).

6. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein: the coupling sleeve body (1) comprises a main body part (11) and a bulge part (12), the lower end of the main body part (11) is open, the upper end of the main body part (11) is raised to form the bulge part (12), and the upper end of the bulge part (12) is closed; the main body part (11) is used for being attached to the main body of the ultrasonic probe, and the bulge part (12) is used for being attached to the head part of the ultrasonic probe.

7. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein: the outer surface of the fixing component (2) is provided with a holding part for assembling and disassembling.

8. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 4, wherein: a plurality of openings (23) which are communicated with the upper surface and the lower surface of the groove body (22) are arranged on the surface of the groove body (22) of the fixed component (2).

9. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein: the wall thickness of the coupling sleeve body (1) is set to be uniform.

10. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein: the wall thickness of the opening end to the closed end of the coupling sleeve body (1) is gradually reduced.

11. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 6, wherein: the wall thickness of the bottom of the bulge (12) is less than or equal to 5mm, and the wall thickness of the side part of the bulge (12) is less than or equal to 10 mm.

12. The ultrasound probe coupling assembly of claim 6, wherein: the bottom thickness of the bulge (12) of the coupling sleeve body (1) is set to be uniform.

13. An ultrasound probe characterized by: detachably mounting an ultrasound probe coupling assembly according to any of claims 1 to 12 on said ultrasound probe.

14. A detection device, characterized in that the detection device comprises: the ultrasound probe of claim 13 and a host, the ultrasound probe connected to the host.