KR102451306B1 - Mouthpiece for endoscopic procedure - Google Patents

Abstract

A mouthpiece for endoscopic procedures is provided. The mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery is an insertion opening member having a pressing member for maintaining the airway of the recipient and a wing portion in close contact with the face, and a distance formed to have a length in a direction away from the insertion opening member to be spaced a predetermined distance from the face of the recipient. and a protector connected to the member and the spacer member to be connected to the insertion opening member.

Description

Mouthpiece for endoscopic procedures

The present invention relates to a mouthpiece for an endoscopic procedure, and more particularly, to a mouthpiece for an endoscopic procedure capable of preventing droplet infection caused by coughing of a patient during an endoscopic procedure.

In general, a conventional mouthpiece used in an endoscopic procedure has an opening formed so that an endoscope tube can be inserted. A space is formed between them.

When such a space is formed, while the patient breathes during the endoscopic procedure, a problem occurs in which the saliva and air flow out of the mouth as the exhalation passes through the space.

In order to solve this problem, needles and air continue to flow out during the endoscopic procedure, which interferes with the precise surgical operation, and a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery is needed to solve this problem.

However, during the endoscopic procedure, the distance between the medical staff and the patient's mouth is inevitably within 1.5 m, so it is exposed at a distance where droplet infection is possible.

That is, when entering the endoscope, the airway is often stimulated, and coughing is common. Therefore, when a patient coughs during the procedure, the medical staff is exposed to foreign substances such as sputum and saliva, and there is a problem of droplet infection.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1730544, 2017.04.26. Announcement

An object of the present invention is to provide a mouthpiece for an endoscopic procedure capable of preventing droplet infection due to coughing of a patient during an endoscopic procedure.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mouthpiece for an endoscopic procedure capable of stably supporting an endoscope tube.

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the problems mentioned above, and other problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems includes an insertion opening member having a pressing member for maintaining the airway of the recipient and a wing portion in close contact with the face, and spaced apart from the face of the recipient by a predetermined distance and a spacer member formed to have a length in a direction away from the insertion opening member, and a protector connected to the spacer member and connected to the insertion opening member.

An insertion hole may be formed in the center of the protector so that the endoscope cable is inserted.

An insertion guide member made of a flexible material may be installed in the insertion hole.

The insertion guide member may include a cutout that is cut in a radial direction around the center of the insertion guide member.

The insertion guide member may be made of a silicone material.

The spacer member may be hingedly coupled to the insertion opening member.

The spacer member may be hinged to be able to rotate up and down.

The protector is formed in a shape having a pair of long sides parallel to each other in a horizontal direction, and may further include a bent portion connecting the pair of long sides.

Connection rings may be included in both wing portions of the insertion opening member, respectively.

The insertion opening member, the spacer member and the protector may be integrally molded.

Other specific details of the invention are included in the detailed description and drawings.

The mouthpiece for an endoscopic procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention can prevent the endoscopic procedure from being disturbed by the patient's saliva and air.

In addition, even if coughing occurs by stimulating the airway of the patient during the endoscopic procedure, splashes from the patient to the medical staff can be prevented by the protector installed at a distance from the patient's droplet range to spread.

In addition, an insertion guide member having a cutout is provided in the insertion hole of the protector, so that the endoscope cable can be stably fixed.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a front view of a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1 .
3 is a perspective view of FIG. 1 ;
4 is a perspective view of a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a perspective view of a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only these embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the present invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural, unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, “comprises” and/or “comprising” does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the stated components. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout, and "and/or" includes each and every combination of one or more of the recited elements. Although "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various elements, these elements are not limited by these terms, of course. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Therefore, it goes without saying that the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the spirit of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein will have the meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in a commonly used dictionary are not to be interpreted ideally or excessively unless clearly specifically defined.

Spatially relative terms "below", "beneath", "lower", "above", "upper", etc. It can be used to easily describe the correlation between a component and other components. A spatially relative term should be understood as a term that includes different directions of components during use or operation in addition to the directions shown in the drawings. For example, when a component shown in the drawing is turned over, a component described as “beneath” or “beneath” of another component may be placed “above” of the other component. can Accordingly, the exemplary term “below” may include both directions below and above. Components may also be oriented in other orientations, and thus spatially relative terms may be interpreted according to orientation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a front view of a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of FIG.

1 to 3 , the mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to the first embodiment of the present invention may include an insertion opening member 100 , a spacer member 110 , and a protector 120 .

The insertion opening member 100 may have a pressing member 101 for maintaining the airway of the recipient and a wing part 103 in close contact with the face.

The pressing member 101 is formed to have a predetermined curvature, and may function to prevent the patient's airway from being blocked during an endoscopic procedure.

In other words, the pressing member 101 is formed to protrude from the central region of the insertion opening member 100 to support the patient's tongue. That is, when the mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to an embodiment of the present invention is bitten in the mouth, the pressing member 101 supports the tongue while pressing the patient's tongue.

The pressing member 101 may have a curvature in the vertical direction to correspond to the human body structure, and may have a structure having a contact surface that is at least wider than the tongue area so as to press the tongue with a large surface area.

The wing portion 103 is preferably formed in a curved shape so that it can be supported over the entire area as a portion in which the patient's mouth and face are in close contact.

The insertion opening member 100 may include a lip fixing part 101a formed to extend to a predetermined thickness from the hollow guide tube 102 positioned in the patient's mouth.

The guide tube 102 is formed to have a space in which the endoscope cable can be freely drawn in or drawn out, and the lip fixing unit 101a is the guide tube 102 of the insertion opening member 100 between the upper and lower lips of the patient. It is formed so as to be positioned in the , and can be expanded to a thin thickness so that the upper lip and lower lip can be fixedly supported in a state where the patient's mouth is open.

For this reason, it is made not to put a burden on the whole mouth, including the lips of a patient.

The spacing member 110 may be formed to connect between the protector 120 and the insertion opening member 100 to be described later.

The protector 120 may be connected to the insertion opening member 100 through the spacing member 110 , or the protector 120 , the spacing member 110 and the insertion opening member 100 may be integrally formed.

Here, when the protector 120 is formed of a plastic material such as polypropylene, a vacuum casting process or injection molding may be applied, but when the protector 120 is formed of a soft metal material, a casting method such as die casting is used. It can be formed integrally by being applied.

In addition, when any one heterogeneous material is included, since various methods such as insert molding or outsert may be applied, the present invention is not limited thereto.

An insertion hole 121 penetrating through the thickness may be formed on one surface of the protector 120 .

The insertion hole 121 is formed in a long hole shape including a circular or elliptical shape so that the endoscope cable can be inserted or discharged into the mouth, so that the endoscope cable can be easily removed by a medical staff.

When the insertion hole 121 is formed in a circular shape, it may be formed at least equal to or larger than the diameter of the endoscope cable. It may be formed in the shape of an elongated hole in the included oval shape.

An insertion guide member 122 made of a flexible material may be installed in the insertion hole 121 . The insertion guide member 122 may include a soft or silicone material having a predetermined elastic restoring force.

It may include a cutout 122a cut in a radial direction with respect to the center of the insertion guide member 122 .

The cutout 122a may be a linear gap cut through the thickness of the insertion guide member 122 , and in this case, at least two gaps may be formed to cross each other.

In particular, the cut-out 122a is cut out radially from the center of the insertion guide member 122, thereby causing elastic deformation at the moment the endoscope cable passes and expanding the gap so that the endoscope cable is smoothly inserted and penetrated. .

At this time, in a state in which the endoscope cable is inserted into the insertion guide member 122, the insertion guide member 122 is fixed in close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the endoscope cable by a predetermined elastic restoring force, thereby providing strong support of the endoscope cable during the endoscopy procedure. becomes possible

On the other hand, each of the connecting rings 104 may be formed at the ends of the wing portions 103 on both sides of the insertion guide member 122 .

When the patient wears the mouthpiece for an endoscopic procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting ring 104 inserts one end of the elastic fixing band (not shown) into the one side connecting ring 104, and then the fixing After the band is wound around the subject's head, the other end of the fixed band is inserted into the other connecting ring 104 and fixed, so that the endoscope mouthpiece can be closely adhered to the patient's mouth by the elasticity of the fixed band. have.

4 is a perspective view of a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to the second embodiment of the present invention has a different configuration in which the spacing member 210 is hinged to the insertion opening member 200 as compared with the configuration of FIG. 3 , Since other configurations are similar, a description of the overlapping configuration will be omitted.

That is, it is formed on the front part of the insertion opening member 200, the hinge parts 211 protruding to both sides are formed, and the spacer member 210 can be formed to be rotatable in the vertical direction through the hinge part 211. have. At this time, each end of the hinge part 211 is formed so that the diameter is expanded by a predetermined size, and the insertion hole (not shown) formed in each spacer member 210 is elastically deformed to the hinge part 211 on both sides. It can be coupled to fit.

Accordingly, since the protector 220 can be rotated up and down around the hinge portion 211 , the position of the protector 220 can be slightly adjusted to correspond to the position or posture of the patient while the patient is lying on his or her side.

5 is a perspective view of a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , when compared with the configuration of FIG. 3 , the mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to the third embodiment of the present invention has a protector 320 formed in a shape having a pair of long sides parallel to each other. It is different in that the bent portions 320a connecting the pair of long sides are formed at both ends of the 320, but other configurations are similar, and the description of the overlapping configuration will be omitted.

The bent portion 320a is formed along the short side of the protector 320 to have a thinner thickness than the peripheral portion by press processing, etc., and performs a function of preventing interference with the bed or pillow while the patient is lying on his side. can

In other words, depending on the patient's shoulder width or face size, both ends of the protector 320 are rotated at a predetermined angle toward the patient's face to prevent interference with surrounding objects so that the patient's face does not have an unintentionally extended length. become adjustable.

As described above, the mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery according to an embodiment of the present invention can prevent the endoscopic procedure from being disturbed by the patient's saliva and air.

In addition, even if coughing occurs by stimulating the airway of the patient during the endoscopic procedure, splashes from the patient to the medical staff can be prevented by the protector installed at a distance from the patient's droplet range to spread.

In addition, an insertion guide member having a cutout is provided in the insertion hole of the protector, so that the endoscope cable can be stably fixed.

As mentioned above, although embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can realize that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without changing its technical spirit or essential features. you will be able to understand Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

100: insertion opening member
100a: long hole
101: press member
102: guide
103: wing
104: linkage
110: spaced member
120: protector
121: insertion hole
122: guide member
122a: cutout
211: hinge
320a: bend

Claims (10)

an insertion opening member having a wing portion in close contact with the face and a pressing member for maintaining the airway of the recipient;
a spacer member formed to have a length in a direction away from the insertion opening member to be spaced a predetermined distance from the face of the recipient;
a protector connected to the spacer member and connected to the insertion opening member and having an insertion hole formed in the center so that the endoscope cable is inserted;
an insertion guide member made of a flexible material installed in the insertion hole;
It includes a cutout that is cut in a radial direction around the center of the insertion guide member,
The protector is formed in a shape having a pair of long sides parallel to each other in the horizontal direction, and includes a bent portion that connects the pair of long sides and has a relatively thinner thickness than the periphery,
The spacer member is hinge-coupled to the insertion opening member, a mouthpiece for an endoscopic procedure. delete delete delete According to claim 1,
The insertion guide member is made of a silicone material, a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery. delete According to claim 1,
The spacer member is hinged so that it can be rotated up and down, a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery. delete 6. The method of claim 5,
A mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery, each of which includes a connecting ring on both wing portions of the insertion opening member. According to claim 1,
The insertion opening member, the spacer member and the protector are integrally molded, a mouthpiece for endoscopic surgery.

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