WO2002038066A1

WO2002038066A1 - Bleeding point searching and operating device of comprising air brush

Info

Publication number: WO2002038066A1
Application number: PCT/KR2001/000927
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hee-Young Lee
Original assignee: Lee Hee Young
Priority date: 2000-11-13
Filing date: 2001-06-01
Publication date: 2002-05-16

Abstract

This is a device intented to find out and treat bleeding points and it is composed of (a) a cauterizer that cauterizes the bleeding points with the high-frequency energy coming from the adatper and (b) an air brush that is designed to spray compressed air supplied from the air unit through the air nozzle. Airbrush is mounted on the cauterizeer and the bleeding point is searched using the air sprayed from the air nozzle and cauterizer burns the bleeding point. Search of bleeding point is done very conveniently since accumulated blood is dispersed at once by using the compressed air to clean the area for cauterization. Since the airbrush and electric cauterizer are combined in one equipment, swift search and cauterization of bleeding point is completed at the same time to enable quick treatment and cure.

Description

[DESCRIPTION]

BLEEDING POINT SEARCHING AND OPERATING DEVICE OF COMPRISING AIR BRUSH

[Technical Field]

This invention is useful of closing the bleeding point of operated regions by cauterizing with an electric device, and thus it is used for surgical operations.

[Background Art]

The operation is completed by stanching the created bleeding point, and the compulsory stanching method is used to cauterize with the electric cauterizer like ELECTROROD.

The electric cauterization method stops bleeding by cauterizing the blood vessel tissues with electric heat. You have to get rid of blood or liquid around the cauterized region after swift search, in order to perform the successful electric cauterization. The blood or liquid flowed out from the bleeding point should be removed to perform the successful cauterization, since they hamper the exact search and cauterization.

Although there were two previously-used methods such as using gauze and SUCTION for removal of blood or liquid, they had many problems.

In case of the former method, we had to change gauze many times to get rid of blood or liquid, because wet gauze couldn't absorb them. If bleeding too much, another bleeding started continuously even before cauterizing after removal. Additionally, we needed an assistant.

Also, in case of SUCTION, the absorbing nozzle was going to the operated region with the assistant's help. After that, we had to suck blood or liquid through the nozzle, but there was still a problem that the soft bodily tissues formed the new bleeding points or the already-formed bleeding points enlarged.

To settle this problem, we applied for a patent of the BLEEDING POINT SEARCHING AND OPERATING DEVICE OF COMPRISING AIR BRUSH, in accordance with Korean patent application 2000-0029383.

This can get rid of stuffs around cauterized region using compressed air by spraying gathered blood in a moment, and thus solved the problems from using gauze or SUCTION. This enables us to swiftly search and cauterize the bleeding points. As a result, it saves time required for operations and effects easier cure.

However, the above device could enhance the compatibility by using the previously-used devices, when air brush and cauterizer were separated. In this case, the surgeon and the assistant should make a complete teamwork, because the handling of the cauterizer and the air brush is separately performed. According to circumstances, a problem might occur, because blood or liquid are gathered due to the difference between cauterized region and brushing region

If the cauterizer and the brush are combined, the problem could be solved, because just one surgeon can search and cauterize the bleeding points. However, this can't be used in the previous cauterizer, because the cauterizer and the brush are combined.

Also, the above device might dry out the operated region and thus decrease water necessary for cauterizing, because it dries out water when spraying air.

On the other hand, a variety of operating devices are used for a series of operation simultaneously, and the suitable supplier is applied, because each operating device is used independently or jointly.

Let me give an example of chin. The operation is composed of four procedures as follows. 1. Incision of side or external chin in order to secure the space for operation and operation devices. ; 2. The pulled procedure in order to adjust the open gap of the broken part. ; 3. Fixing with a metal screw after drilling both sides of the broken part and fixing it with a metal buttress. ; 4. Stitching up the incised region.

During this operation, the following devices are used. Operating knife for incision, the puller for pulling and fixing chin, partially cutting saw, drill and driver tip for fixing the metal buttress, washing and sucking device for removing stuffs from operation, air brush for searching the bleeding point after stitching up, cauterizer for the bleeding point, , mirror for checking the operation procedures and securing the sight.

Since each device uses its own supplier and the supplier is connected to other devices, wires and tubes individually, the operation room is so messy and mixed confusingly. Accordingly, the accidents such as being taken out due to carelessness, power outage, tripping over the wires during operation and bursting of air tubes or water-supplying tubes may occur.

Furthermore, the switching devices for operating the devices are separated, because supplying devices are separated individually. Therefore, even when the simultaneous handling is required, the time difference might be occurring or the surgeon might not be harmonious with the assistant.

For example, we will search the bleeding point using air brush, which is the new technique, after stitching up the incised region. When cauterizing the found bleeding point, the switch handling of the air brush and the electric cauterizer should be done simultaneously to cauterize effectively. However, since each device has its own switch, the simultaneous handling is not easy. Additionally, the blood or liquid around the point might recover the bleeding point, because of the time difference of both handling.

[Disclosure of Invention]

This invention makes handling easy by improving the bleeding point searching and operating device. This enables the operator to search and cauterize by using it with previous cauterizers. This makes it easy to control air by improving the switch handling structure of brush.

Also, this invention prevents the operated region from drying out too much by giving waters in sprayed air. This aims at providing the bleeding point searching and operating device that can use a single air nozzle and selectively spray water or air by convertible valve.

This invention prevents the accidents due to carelessness by providing the suitable supplying devices and improving the environment of the operation room. This aims at the effective performance of operations by making it possible to handle simultaneously.

The followings are the description about the structure and operation of the invention, based on an example in the attached drawings.

Fig 1 shows the structure of this invention. This invention is composed of the cauterizer(a), air brush(b) combined with the cauterizer. We can search the bleeding point with the air brush sprayed from the air nozzle, and cauterize the bleeding point with the cauterizer.

The Cauerizer(a) is passing the high frequency with 4,000,000Hz or the electric impact from the electric adaptor(lθ) to the rod(12) which is connected to the front part(l l), and then closing the bleeding point by burning it. The type depends on the rod type of the body, which is made of the insulator, and there are two types such as the Monopolar type and Bipolar type. This invention is applied to both the Monopolar type and Bipolar type.

The air brush(b) enables us to easily search the bleeding point by blowing blood or liquid with the air sprayed through the air nozzle. The previously-stated air brush was composed of the independent body or combined to the cauterizer in a body. However, the invention of the air brush is possible to attach and detach to the cauterizer, because it's independent. It also makes the air supplied by the air controlling valve which is run by the pendant-typed switch or the wireless switch.

For this, this invention is composed of the body(20) of the air brush, the air unit(30), the external air tube(40) making air supplied from the air unit to the body of the air brush, the switch(βθ) to control the controlling valve(50), as showed in Fig 2.

The body(20) of the air brush is composed of cylinder-typed body(21), the air guiding pipe(22) made of the flexible materials and projected from the body, the air pipe(23) in the air guiding pipe and the clip(24) connected to the external part of the body. The air pipe(23) is connected to the air nozzle(25) located in the front part of the air guiding pipe and to the tube connecting jack(26) in the rear body. This is the structure spraying the air supplied from the external air tube through the internal air pipe and the air nozzle.

The body of the above air brush is combined to the body of the cauterizer by the clip(24) as described in Fig 3. This makes it possible to search the bleeding point easily and to cauterize it by blowing the hampering blood or liquid with the air pressure supplied from the external air tube, after bending the air guiding pipe at a proper angle for the air nozzle to face the rod of the cauterizer.

In the above structure, The clip structure showed in the drawing may be composed of the butterfly-typed clip meshed by the elasticity of the spring(24a) or other types.

The air guiding pipe(22) has a diameter of 2mm. The last part is very flexible, because it is made of plastics or very thin nozzles. It leads the air through the internal air nozzle.

The air unit(30) is the device for making the air for cure and supplying. Although it was not described as the generally used one in hospitals, it includes the motor and the air compressor, and can also have the structure that uses the air unit equipping the device to maintain the optimum pressure by self-operating program or the device supplying the charged air from the air tank.

The above integrated air unit can be explained by the following supplying device.

The controlling valve(50) controls the air supplied from the air unit in order to supply it only if necessary. It makes it possible to control effectively by equipping it on the external air tube. The control of the controlling valve is performed by the switch device(60).

The switch device controls the controlling valve with the wire or wireless controls. It can save the operation time, if it's easy, and prevent the accidents due to carelessness during operating.

In other words, there are power wires, switch wires and other absorbing tubes in general operation rooms, because surgeons usually use various devices simultaneously. In this situation, surgeons might trip over these wires or, when worst, down the power. Accordingly, the electric wires, switch wires and tubes having the same purpose should be bound in each group and handled by only one surgeon when handling the cauterizer and the air brush.

For this, this invention provides us with the wire pendant-typed switch, wire foot switch and wireless foot switch.

In case of the pendant-typed switch (61) of this invention, the ellipsoidal switch case (61a) should be established to hang in the body of the air brush. The switch knob (61b) in the case pushes the switch case to turn on and off in the switch knob (61b).

The switch withdrawal wire (61c) from the controlling valve(50) is combined to the external air tube(40) in one body so that it is connected to the withdrawal wire in the internal body when combining with the tube connector.

In the above structure, the length of the switch case projected from the body is about 15cm properly.

The above pendant-typed switch plays a role in preventing errors happening while handing over the body of the cauterizer from one hand to the other hand to spray air or missing the timing to search the bleeding point and cauterize when spraying air is controlled by an assistant, because the main activity of operations is to cauterize the bleeding point.

In other words, the bleeding point exposed to the air spray maintains it in a moment. If stopping the air spray, the bleeding point is covered with the additional blood or the around liquid. Therefore, the same person should control the cauterizer and the air brush.

The pendant-typed switch of this invention makes it possible to control the cauterizer switch using thumb and the air brush using a little finger at the same time, since the switch case is caught by the part of a little finger while the surgeon is holding the cauterizer with thumb and index finger. Therefore, the operation room can be maintained clean, because the switch withdrawal wire is grouped in the external air tube in a body. ^' The foot switch of this invention can be composed wire or wireless typed. In both types, surgeons can control the cauterizer using a hand and the air brush using a foot. Accordingly, he/she can control the cauterizer and the air brush at the same time.

The wire foot switch(62) simply extends from the controlling valve(62) to the withdrawal wire (62a).

The wireless foot switch(63) is combined on the foot switch and run by batteries. It includes the transmitter sending remote controls(63a) and the receiver attached to the controlling valve(50). Therefore, the controlling valve is controlled remotely according to ON/OFF of the remote foot switch.

The above switch and the air unit are provided separately with supplier types or combined types. The explanation of independent-typed supplying device is specifically stated in the following.

This invention makes it possible to search the bleeding point by spraying the air supplied from the air unit. The air from the above air unit is so dry that it may dry out waters from the operated region if it's used for a long time. Therefore, the proper amount of water necessary for cauterizing couldn't be maintained.

To prevent this problem, this invention provides us with the structure combined with the separate water supplying device(70) on the air supply line. The above water supplying device is combined with the external air tube (40), and providing it with air and water after mixing them. This is described in Fig 7 and 8.

Fig 7 shows the structure that the external air tube sprays the mixed air and water through the upper part of the water tank(71). This forms a filter layer(72) on the water so that the steamed vapor is not sprayed in liquid type.

Fig 8 shows the structure that combines the ultrasonic waves vapor generator(73) with the external air tube. This device produces vapor using the wave pressure by vibrating the vibration board(74) with the ultrasonic wave assigned to the board. If necessary, it's working by producing vapor with self- controlling circuit.

Another application of this invention is described in Fig 9. In other words, we can increase the usefulness by combining the above structure with the water supplying device(80) for selectively supplying air and water.

Since the bad stuffs around the operated region were cut out during excising and stitching, we need to spray water around the operated region and clean by sucking, prior to cauterizing the bleeding point. More cleaning is necessary with another water- spraying device, because the residual stuffs might hamper searching and cauterizing the bleeding point. In other words, cleaning is performed even during cauterizing.

The water supplying device of this invention doesn't use another water supplying device when cleaning by spraying water. This water supplying device is added to use it systemically when cauterizing and searching.

Fig 10 is the example of this invention. The structure is composed of the follows,^" The convertible valve(δl) having two entrances(81a)(81b) and one exit(81c) on the external air tube(41) between the controlling valve(50) for controlling air and the air unit(30) is installed. The tube(41) connected to the controlling valve is linked to the exit(δlc). The tube(42) connected to the air unit(30) is linked to one entrance (8 la), and the tube(83) connected to the water supplying unit is linked to the other entrance(δlb) of the convertible valve using another water supplying unit(δ2). The air and water are selectively supplied according to the switch handling of the convertible valve(81).

The above structure shows that the selected one among air and water is supplied to the controlling valve(50) according to the switch handling of the convertible valve(δl), and the water(Saline water) and air are selectively supplied through the air nozzle by opening or shutting the controlling valve with the switch device(60).

Fig 11 describes the structure that is combined with the supplying device for providing air, water, power and suction when using the processor of the above BLEEDING POINT SEARCHING AND OPERATING DEVICE. This supplying device of this invention has the power supply (110) / the suction unit(120)/ the air unit(130)/ the water supplying unit(1 0) within a single case(150). The air supplied from the air unit is controlled by the controlling valve(131) within each. The power cable(ll l) from the power supply/ the switch wire(121) for activating the suction unit/ the switch wire(132) for controlling the air unit/ the switch wire) 141) for activating the water supplying unit are withdrawn to the outside of the case.

These wires are connected by the socket(160) to the externally integrated cable(170). The externally integrated cable is linked by the compound operation device(180) and the jack(181). Each tube(122)(133)(142) combined with the suction unit/the air unit/the water supplying unit is connected to the related jack of the compound operation device.

The above structure could be combined with the adaptor(Frequency maker, 190) for cauterizing if necessary. In this case, the withdrawn wire(191) of the adaptor is connected by the socket to the externally integrated cable.

The power supply(llθ) is the device for supplying power for activating the lamps for illumination, the hot wire within the mirrors for operations, drills and drivers. This supplies the useful direct current power for activating the operation devices.

The non-described suction unit in Fig s has the pump for absorbing the bad stuffs, the case for temporarily storing the absorbed stuffs and the filter for purifying and discharging the noxious gas. This absorbs the water, the skin pieces or the bad stuffs used for cleaning and the blood from the suction device within the combined operation devices. This is activated by the switch handling connected to the switch wire which is withdrawn to the combined cable.

The air unit can be using the stored air by storing the air produced by the compressor which is activated by the self-controlling device. However, it's desirable that only the air tank is equipped within the case or that the air tank charged outside is connected to the controlling valve, because the general operation room should be quiet. The air supply could be remotely controlled by opening and shutting the controlling valve with the switch handling.

The non-described water supplying unit is composed of a water tank and a small pump. Pumping is performed by the remote switch handling connected to the switch wire which is externally withdrawn. The optimum temperature should be maintained by equipping a temperature sensor and a hot wire in the water tank, because the water used during operation is also used for cleaning the operated region by directly spraying or for washing a lens or a mirror for sight.

The supplying device of this invention is applied to the combined type of operating devices as well as each individual type of operating devices. For example, if you want to apply it to the existing suction device, you can combine the suction tube with the tube connecting jack in the back of the suction device and link up the related switch wire of the combined cable to the switch wire connecting jack. If it is a non-compatible jack, you can also use it unrestrictedly by connecting another connector.

Also, the combined operating device, which is activated by electricity, combined with the water spraying device, the suction device and the air brush can be integrated by using the pertinent combined cable jack and the tube jack.

The above combined supplying device also presents the switch device so that the operation devices can be handled effectively. Fig 12 is the example of the switch device(200) by the wire foot switch(201). The parallel terminal(201a) is installed on the socket which is connected to the integrated cable. The foot switch is linked up with the withdrawn wire(201b) connected to each terminal.

The above structure enables one switch to activate the related unit by parallel connecting the foot switch with the switch installed in each operation device. Therefore, in case of the compound operating device, the operator can simultaneously control the compound operating device by handling one device by hand and the other by foot.

For example, in case of the combined water spraying device with the suction compound operation device, he can operate the water supplying unit by pushing the switch on the water supplying device by hand and operate the suction unit by pushing the foot switch by foot. Therefore, he can clean it by spraying water and absorbing at the same time.

There is another example. In case that the compound operating device is combined to the a bove cauterizer for cauterizing the bleeding point, the air brush for searching the bleeding point and the suction device for discharging the smokes generated when cauterizing, the operator searches the bleeding point by operating the air unit and spraying air using the foot switch. After searching it, he should push the cauterizing switch on stopping the air unit in order to search and cauterize the bleeding point immediately. When cauterizing, he can effectively discharge the smokes generated when cauterizing by operating the suction unit using another foot switch.

Fig 13 shows the example of the structure of the wireless foot switch(202) of the above switch device. The parallel terminal(202a) is installed on the socket connected to the combined cable. The withdrawn wire of each terminal receives the switch driving knob(202b) and the remotely controlled signs, and this is the receiving part(202c), which is operating the driving knob. It is also composed of the receiver, which is generating the remotely controlled signs by self-power according to ON/Off of the foot switch(202). Therefore the operator can control the related unit by changing ON/OFF of the foot switch.

The above wireless foot switch has an effect on decreasing in disorder in operation rooms by reducing the withdrawn wires related to the foot switch.

The unexplained 210 on Fig s is the illuminating lamp, which is one of the factors of the compound operating device, 211 is the electric rod for cauterizing, 212 is the suction device, 213 is the device for spraying air and water and 214 is the puller, which is composed of the mirror(214a), the illuminating lamp(214b), the water spraying nozzle(214c), the air spraying nozzle(214d) and the suction device(214e). 215 is the power switch for common use.

The supplying device as stated above provides various functions in a compound operation, and thus it is suitable for searching and treating the bleeding point. It is also designed for operators to use each kind of operation device effectively and can solve the problems brought about from mishandling of switches, by integrating the power supply, the suction unit, the air unit and the water supplying unit which are usually used in the general operation rooms. [Brief Description of Drawings] ,

Fig 1. The basic structure of this invention Fig 2. The example of the air brush

Fig 3. The application of combination of the air brush and the cauterizer

Fig 4. The example of the wire foot switch for handling the air brush Fig 5. The example of the wireless foot switch for handling the air brush

Fig 6. The example of this invention combined with water supplying device

Fig 7 and 8. The example of the water supplying device Fig 9. The example of this invention combined with water supplying device

Fig 10. The example of the water supplying device

Fig 11. The basic structure of the water supplying device

Fig 12. The example of the wire switch device for controlling the supplying device

Fig 13. The example of the wireless switch device for controlling the supplying device

^Explanation of Major Signs* a. Cauterizer b.Air brush lO.Adapter 11. Body of the cauterizer 12.Rod 20.The body of air brush 21. body 22.Air guiding pipe

23.Air pipe 24.Clip 25.Air nozzle

26.Tube connecting jack 30.Air unit 40.External air tube

50. Controlling valve 60. Switch device 61. Pendant-typed switch 62. Wire foot switch 63. Wireless foot switch 63a.Transmitter 63b.Receiver 70.Water supplying device 1. Water tank

72.Filter layer 73.Vapor generator 74. Vibration board δO.Water supplying device 81. Convertible valve δ2.Water supplying unit

HO.Power supply 111. Power cable 120.Suction unit

130. Air unit 131. Controlling valve 140.Water supplying unit

150.Case 160. Socket 170.Externally integrated cable

180. Compound operating device 190.Adapter of cauterizer

200. Switch device 201. Wire foot switch 202.Wireless foot switch

Claims

[CLAIMS]

[Claim 1]

A bleeding point searching and operating device for use in operation, comprising a cauterizer(a) for cauterizing a bleeding point with high frequency energy from an adaptor and an air brush(b) designed to spray the compressed air supplied from an air unit through an air nozzle! and the air brush is combined to the cauterizer, whereby a bleeding point searched with the compressed air sprayed from said air brush and cauterized with said cauterizer.

[Claim 2]

An operating device according to Claim 1, wherein said air brush(a) comprises a body, an air unit, an external air tube connected to said body for supplying an air from an air unit, a controlling valve installed on said external air tube for controlling air and a switch for controlling said controlling valve; and said body is composed of a cylinder-typed body, an air guiding pipe made of the flexible materials and projected from said body, an air pipe in said air guiding pipe and a clip connected to the external part of said body; said air pipe is connected to an air nozzle located in the front part of said air guiding pipe and to a tube connecting jack in the rear said body, whereby the air supplied from said external air tube through sad internal air pipe and said air nozzle.

[ Claim 3]

An operating device according to Claim 2, wherein a switch device makes a switch knob within a switch case connected to hang in said body of said air brush and therefore operators can turn On/Off said switch knob by pushing said switch case, whereby a withdrawn switch wire from said controlling valve is combined with said external air tube, which is the pendant-typed switch designed to link up with said withdrawn wire in said body when combined with the tube connecting jack.

[ Claim 4]

An operating device according to Claim 2, wherein said switch device consists of a wire foot switch connected said withdrawn wire from said controlling valve, whereby this is the processor for searching the bleeding point using the compressed air.

[ Claim 5]

An operating device according to Claim 2, wherein said switch device is combined with a wireless foot switch, which includes the transmitter that sends remote control signs and the receiver attached to said controlling valve, which is controlled remotely according to ON/OFF of a foot switch, whereby this is composed of said wireless foot switch.

[ Claim 6]

An operating device according to Claim 1,2,3,4 or 5, a water supplying device for supplying mixed water in an air is combined, whereby this is the processor to search the bleeding point using the compressed air.

[Claim 7]

An operating device according to Claim 1,2,3,4 or 5, a convertible valve having two entrances and one exit on an external air tube between said controlling valve for controlling air and said air unit is installed; and said tube connected to said controlling valve is linked up with a exit; and a tube connected to said air unit is linked up with one entrance; and a tube connected to said water supplying unit is linked up with the other entrance of said convertible valve using another water supplying unit, whereby air and water are selectively supplied according to the switch handling of a convertible valve.

[Claim 8] An operating device according to Claim 1, said supplying device has a power supply / a suction unit / an air unit / a water supplying unit within a single case, and the air supplied from said air unit is controlled by a controlling valve within each; and a power cable from said power supply/ a switch wire for activating said suction unit/ a switch wire for controlling said air unit/ a switch wire for activating said water supplying unit are withdrawn to the outside of the case, whose wires are connected by a socket to an externally integrated cable, which is linked by a compound operation device and a jack, whereby each tube combined with said suction unit/ said air unit/ said water supplying unit is connected to the related jack of said compound operation device.

[Claim 9]

An operating device according to Claim 8, an adapter for cauterizing is included, and a withdrawn wire of said adaptor is connected by a socket to said externally integrated cable, whereby this is the processor to search the bleeding point using the compressed air.

[Claim 10] An operating device according to Claim 8 or 9, a parallel terminal is installed on the socket which is connected to an integrated cable, and a foot switch is linked up with a withdrawn wire connected to each terminal, whereby this includes a switch device by said wire foot switch.

[Claim 11]

An operating device according to Claim 8 or 9, a parallel terminal is installed on a socket connected to a combined cable, and the withdrawn wire of each terminal receives a switch driving knob and remotely controlled signs, and this is a receiving part, which is operating said driving knob, and it is also composed of a transmitter, which is generating remotely controlled signs by self-power according to ON/Off of a foot switch and therefore the operator can control the related unit by changing ON/OFF of said foot switch, whereby this includes said switch device by said wireless foot switch.