JPH0245032A - Differential type belly probe - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To measure abdominal resistance harmlessly without any pain by arranging a compression spring supported around a rod capable of moving axially and by showing the measured value of a muscular resistance with the tip end of a probe connected to the free end of the rod which freely passes through the lower cup of a cylinder. CONSTITUTION: The movement of a rod 2 connected to a tip 3 end of a probe is converted to the display of its measured values. The rod is surrounded by a compression spring 4 capable of measuring a tare properly according to a muscular resistance. A spring 8 makes it contact on a lower cup 7. The rod 2 passes through these freely when the probe is not used and functions according to the resistance sensed by the tip end 3 of the probe, and when the rod 2 is moved, the spring 4 transfers and measures the musculer resistance through the action of the free end of the rod. The tip end 3 of the probe protrudes and changes the protruding degree to a crown 10 corresponding to the obesity of a patient due to fat or its storage, and is supported on the epidermis of a patient when applied, and measures the muscular resistance by pressing and transfers this measured value to the indicating mechanism 1. By the measured value, the megalogia of abdoment and appendicitis can be detected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a device for early detection of acute abdominal pain or appendicitis using pressure by a probe tip of a rod surrounded by a spring suitably disposed within a cylindrical body. , the inner end of the rod is pressed against the abdomen overcoming the tension of the spring to direct the muscular resistance exerted on the tip of the probe, and the mechanism is connected to the opposite end of the cylindrical body with respect to the tip of the probe. a collar is disposed inside the cylindrical body, the collar occupying an adjusted position, and an outer crown is pressed against the patient's epidermis, whereby the position of the crown is aligned with the tip of the probe. is adjustable, thereby protruding to vary the degree of muscle resistance when applying pressure to the patient's muscles.

The object of the invention described herein is to:
The purpose of this invention is to ensure unique use and ownership of a differential abdominal probe device that represents a clear and substantial improvement over currently known technology.

The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the risk of death due to surgery or at least transport to the hospital for patients with acute abdominal pain, especially acute appendicitis, and to reduce the high cost and delay in diagnosis of the patient. The purpose is to make decisions quickly.

A study in the United States concluded that more than 2000 young people are dying as a result of a lack of timely diagnosis of acute appendicitis or only a localized diagnosis. When appendicitis is diagnosed in a timely manner and surgery is performed in a timely manner, the mortality rate is low; 1/100,00
It may not be easy to distinguish 0° appendicitis from other mild cases with similar symptoms, but if you follow the ``when in doubt, do it'' approach, you can significantly reduce the number of deaths.

Acute appendicitis, whose so-called "acute abdominal pain" and its most common symptoms are frequently persistent, is very easy to diagnose in some cases, but difficult or extremely difficult to diagnose in other cases. Early diagnosis means that if surgical treatment of the patient is delayed, it can lead to death of the patient, as shown in the studies mentioned above, or increase the length of hospital stay due to many postoperative complications. This is extremely important because medical costs will increase accordingly.

In general, surgeons judge acute appendicitis analytically and on the basis of medical history, body temperature, and examination, especially examination with a probe.
It is almost rare to find symptoms that are even more certain than this.

Even more valuable than analytical data, temperature, etc., extremely valuable data from a large number of surgeons is obtained from abdominal probes, especially abdominal resistance and contractions.

Therefore, medical professionals require long periods of training to be able to evaluate such an excellent body of material, and the majority of graduate students are similar to doctors practicing in agricultural areas or in more or less isolated societies. However, it is indeed difficult to assess abdominal resistance. This abdominal resistance is determined by the amount of difficulty in pushing against the abdominal wall in this critical treatment area.

The importance of this material is well known, and therefore a device according to the invention was developed, which is applied to the abdomen and provides objective information to the patient in order to measure abdominal resistance harmlessly and painlessly. It made it possible to get evaluations.

After a long course of research, a device according to the invention was developed,
With it, the surgeon can have his experience with extremely important data that can be measured even without being a P'a person, i.e. can be easily and without causing pain to the patient, and can be easily and painlessly used by objective assessment. Abdominal resistance can be measured as an alternative to subjective evaluation.

This device is essentially a dynamometer that applies a known force to an appropriate sensor and reads the extent to which the sensor is over or under indented.

Various sensing systems can be used for reading, such as mechanical or electrical.

Because of its simple design and use, this device can be found in the equipment of most medical practitioners and is an essential piece of equipment in any society, especially in locations far removed from medical centers. It is worth noting that it can be prepared as

In order to provide a better understanding of the specifications described herein, a proposed example is cited and briefly illustrated, and therefore does not limit the invention.

In this figure, the probe device is shown in partial longitudinal section.

As can be seen from a careful examination of this figure, the device for the purpose of this specification consists of an indicator f'*1, which may be a dial type, electronic or other suitable calibrated gauge; Converting the movement of a rod 2 connected to the tip 3 of the probe into an indication of the measured value, said rod is surrounded by a compression spring 4 suitably tared according to the muscle resistance, said spring being connected to each end 6 and It is arranged inside a sleeve or cylinder 5 designed with a cup at 7, whereby the spring is supported at one end in the upper cup 6, thereby stopping and holding the support rod of the indicating mechanism 1, and at the other end. is rod 2
The ring 8 rests on the lower cup 7, through which the rod 2 passes freely when the device is not in use, thereby allowing the probe tip 3 to sense the The spring 4 acts with its free end on the indicating mechanism 1 to transmit and measure the muscle resistance when the loft 2 is moved.

Disposed on the outside of the cylinder 5 is a collar 9 which has an outwardly extending crown or rim 10 and which has a crown I.
O is configured to be movable along the outside of a cylinder 5 equipped with a set screw 11, so that the probe tip 3 can protrude and change its degree relative to the crown lO depending on the degree of fat obesity or accumulation of the patient. During application it is supported on the patient's epidermis and the probe tip 3 is pressed to measure muscle resistance and transmit this measurement to the indicating mechanism 1.

The device works similar to a hand-held stethoscope, i.e. muscle resistance is first measured on the right side of the abdomen, then on the left side, both measurements are compared, and if there is a difference in the measurements, the Abdominal pain or appendicitis is detected. The device described above is therefore designed to serve two purposes: simultaneous probes on both the right and left sides and simultaneous measurement display with a single indicator mechanism 1.

The industrial purpose of this invention has been fully and clearly explained as above and can be put to practical use. Unintended details may be changed at any time with respect to any or all of its components without departing from the scope of the claims.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The figure is a partial vertical sectional view of a probe device according to the present invention. Symbols in the figure: 1... Indication mechanism, 2... Rod, 3... Probe tip, 4... Compression spring, 5... Cylindrical body 6... Upper cup, 7...・Lower cup, 8...ring,
9...Color, 10...Crown,
11... Shows a set screw. Proceedings 1 (Method) September 6, 1999 14H 17i''' Mr. Secretary 1゜Indication of the incident 1999 Patent Application No. 88159 2゜Name of the invention Differential type abdominal probe device Name Fernando・Badron Barrera 4゜

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A compression spring supported around a rod designed to be axially movable is disposed inside a cylindrical tubular body with both closed ends, the rod having one end of the spring. the other end of the spring is supported on the upper cup at the opposite end of said cylindrical body, and a support pipe passes through the spring and is connected to an indicating mechanism, the other end of the spring being Differential abdominal probe device, characterized in that the resistance measurement is indicated by a probe tip connected to the free end of a rod that passes freely through the lower cup of the cylinder. 2. A collar is disposed at the lower end of the cylinder and on the outside thereof, the position of the collar is adjustable, and the collar has on its outside a wide outer crown or rim that abuts against the patient's epidermis; The difference according to claim 1, characterized in that the position of the probe is adjusted with respect to the crown according to the degree of obesity of the patient to apply the correct intra-abdominal pressure, which is transmitted to the indicating mechanism via a corresponding rod. Dynamic abdominal probe device. 3. The differential abdominal probe according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the position of the adjustable collar is fixed by a set screw, so that the position of the support crown can be adjusted at any time with respect to the tip of the probe. Needle device. 4. The differential abdominal probe device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the position of the adjustable collar can be adjusted by the threads of the set screw as well as the threads of the collar. 5. The differential abdominal probe according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tension of a spring fixed around the rod having the probe tip determines the degree of muscle resistance. Device. 6. A differential abdominal probe device for which the object of the present invention is to have a patent registered in Spain for 20 years.