This application is a US National Stage entry of International Application No. PCT/CN2018/115957, filed Nov. 16, 2018, published in Chinese. This application also claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201810208702.7 filed with CNIPA on Mar. 14, 2018, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present application relates to the technical field of medical device, and specifically to a combined machine head and a ray imaging device.
The combined machine head comprising a ray tube is used to generate rays. For example, the X ray tube in the X-ray combined machine head is used to generate X-rays. The combined machine head is usually assembled with an image sensor such as a CCD, a processor, and a bracket to form a complete X-ray machine product, such as C-arm X-ray devices, widely used in fluoroscopy in medical operations. The structure of an X-ray combined machine head with a fixed anode X ray tube in the prior art is shown in
For this reason, the X ray tube with a fixed anode shown in
In this regard, embodiments of the present application provide a combined machine head and a ray imaging device.
A first aspect of the present application provides a combined machine head, comprising: a housing, having an enclosed cavity; a ray tube, arranged in the enclosed cavity; and a pump and a pipe, arranged in the enclosed cavity; wherein the pump is arranged on one side away from an anode of the ray tube, the pipe has a first end connected with an outlet of the pump and a second end extending to be near the anode of the ray tube; or the pump is arranged near the anode of the ray tube, the pipe has a first end connected to an inlet of the pump and a second end extending to one side away from the anode of the ray tube.
Optionally, the housing comprises a cover plate and a housing body, and the combined machine head further comprises: a first insulating barrier, arranged in the enclosed cavity and dividing the enclosed cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity which are communicated; the cover plate is located on a side wall of the first cavity; the ray tube is arranged in the first cavity; and the pump is arranged on one side of the second cavity away from the anode of the ray tube.
Optionally, the cover plate is provided with a first opening which is provided with a transparent cover in a sealed manner, and a ray emergent surface of the ray tube corresponds to a position of the transparent cover.
Optionally, the combined machine head further comprises: a second insulating barrier, arranged in the second cavity to be intersected with the first insulating barrier, and dividing the second cavity into a first sub-cavity and a second sub-cavity, the pump is arranged in the first sub-cavity, and the first sub-cavity is further used to arrange: a high frequency transformer of the combined machine head, with both terminals on a high-voltage side thereof respectively connected with the anode and the cathode of the ray tube; and a filament transformer of the combined machine head, with both terminals on a high-voltage side thereof respectively connected with two terminals of a cathode filament of the ray tube; the second sub-cavity is used to arrange a circuit board of the combined machine head.
Optionally, the high frequency transformer comprises: a first magnetic core, having a column shape; a first frame, having a cylindrical shape and sleeved on the exterior of the first magnetic core; a first coil, wound around an outer wall surface of the first frame; a second frame, having a cylindrical shape and sleeved on the exterior of the first coil; a second coil, wound around an outer wall surface of the second frame; and a second magnetic core, having a column shape, with both ends respectively connected with two ends of the first magnetic core to form a closed magnetic ring.
Optionally, the first coil is a low-voltage coil, and the second coil is a high-voltage coil, with the middle thereof connected to ground.
Optionally, the housing is provided with a second opening, and the combined machine head further comprises: a capsule body, arranged in the enclosed cavity and having an opening connected to the second opening in a sealed manner.
Optionally, an anode target of the ray tube is fixedly arranged, and the ray tube further comprises: a cooling fin, connected to an end of the anode target and extending through the ray tube into the enclosed cavity.
A second aspect of the present application provides a ray imaging device, comprising the combined machine head in any of claims 1 to 8.
Optionally, the ray imaging device is a C-type arm X-ray device.
In the combined machine head and the ray imaging device provide by the embodiments of the present application, a ray tube, a pump and a pipe is arranged in the enclosed cavity, the pump is arranged on one side away from an anode of the ray tube, the pipe has a first end connected with an outlet of the pump and a second end extending to be near the anode of the ray tube; or the pump is arranged near the anode of the ray tube, the pipe has a first end connected to an inlet of the pump and a second end extending to one side away from the anode of the ray tube. The temperature of insulation medium at a position far away from the anode of the ray tube is quite different from that of the insulation medium near the anode. When the pipe works, the other end of the pipe and the other port of the pump are soaked in the insulation medium, allowing the insulation medium at a position away from the anode to be drawn to the vicinity of the anode, and driving the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity to cycle, thereby gradually reducing the temperature difference between the anode position and other positions, making the temperature gradient of the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity distribute more uniformly.
The features and advantages of the present application will be more clearly understood by referring to the drawings, which are schematic and should not be construed as limiting the present application in any way, in the drawings:
In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages in embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described as follows clearly and completely referring to figures accompanying the embodiments of the present application, and surely, the described embodiments are just part rather than all embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all the other embodiments acquired by those skilled in the art without delivering creative efforts shall fall into the protection scope of the present application.
Through a large number of simulation analysis, the inventor found that in the existing X-ray combined machine heads, if the X ray tube works for a long time, the temperature of the insulating oil near the anode of the X ray tube is likely to be higher above that at other parts in the X-ray combined machine head, the uneven temperature gradient distribution causes the temperature of the local insulating oil to be higher than 85° C., resulting in greatly reduced insulation, so that local part in the X-ray combined machine head is prone to sparking. Since X ray tubes usually work for a short period of time (for example, 20 minutes), this problem has not drawn attention from R&D personnel as a safety hazard. Based on this discovery, the inventor obtains the technical solution of the present application during the process of improving the existing X-ray combined machine head.
It should be noted that, the combined machine head in the present application can be an X-ray combined machine head, or a machine head that generates a lot of heat in the process of generating other forms of rays.
An embodiment of the present application provides a combined machine head, as shown in
As shown in
Alternatively, the pump 30 is arranged to be near the anode of the ray tube 20, the pipe 40 has a first end connected with the inlet of the pump 30, and a second end extending to one side away from the anode of the ray tube 20. The second end of the pipe 40 and the inlet of the pump 30 are soaked in the insulation medium. The temperature of insulation medium at a position far away from the anode of the ray tube 20 is quite different from that of the insulation medium near the anode. When the pipe 30 works, the insulation medium at a position away from the anode is drawn by the pipe 40 to the position of the pump 30 to reduce the temperature of the bulb tube of the anode, and drive the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity to cycle, thereby gradually reducing the temperature difference between the position of the anode and other positions, making the temperature gradient of the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity distribute more uniformly.
It needs to be supplemented that the specific heat capacity of the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity is often great, which can generally meet the heat dissipation requirements of the ray tube; in addition, the existing ray machine head is of large size and heavy, therefore, for the existing products, the pump is generally not arranged in the enclosed cavity to occupy the originally limited space.
In addition, it needs to be emphasized that in the embodiments of the present application, the pump is arranged in the enclosed cavity to realize the thermal circulation inside the enclosed cavity, so that the temperature gradient inside the enclosed cavity is evenly distributed. In the prior art, the design of arranging the pump outside the enclosed cavity is to take the heat of the enclosed cavity to the outside to be dissipated, that is, to solve the heat dissipation problem of the insulation medium in the sealed cavity. Actually, the specific heat capacity of the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity is often large, and the insulation medium generally will not experience a great rise in the average temperature as a whole after absorbing a lot of heat, therefore, normally those skilled in the art will not opt to arrange the pump to further solve the heat dissipation problem of the insulation medium.
It should be added that, the specific heat capacity of the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity is often large, which can generally meet the heat dissipation requirements of the ray tube; in addition, generally the volume of the combined machine head is increased to the total heat capacity thereof, so as to achieve long-term exposure, and allow the working temperature to meet the regulatory requirements (less than 65° C.), therefore, for the existing products, a pump is not generally arranged in the enclosed cavity to increase the heat transfer efficiency and reduce the temperature gradient.
In addition, it should be emphasized that in the embodiment of the present application, the pump is arranged in the enclosed cavity to achieve thermal circulation therein, so that the temperature gradient inside the enclosed cavity is evenly distributed, and the heat capacity of the combined machine head is increased. In the prior art the design of arranging the pump outside the enclosed cavity is used to take the heat of the enclosed cavity to the outside to be dissipated, that is, to solve the heat dissipation problem of the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity. Actually, the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity has a great specific heat capacity margin, and the total heat capacity meets the requirement that the average temperature rise during continuous fluoroscopy does not exceed the value stipulated by regulations. Those skilled in the art usually do not arrange the pump to further solve the heat dissipation problem of the insulation medium.
An embodiment of the present application provides a combined machine head, which is different from that of the embodiment 1 in that, as shown in
It should be supplemented that the first opening 13 can be provided on the cover plate 11 or the housing body 12.
Further, the combined machine head further comprises a second insulation plate 70 arranged in the second cavity to be intersected with (preferably, perpendicular to) the first insulating barrier 50, for dividing the second cavity into a first sub-cavity and a second sub-cavity. The pump 30 is arranged in the first sub-cavity. The first sub-cavity is further used to accommodate a high frequency transformer 80 and a filament transformer 90 arranged therein which are essential for the combined machine head, as shown in
Optionally, this embodiment provides a high frequency transformer, as shown in
The first coil and second coil of the high frequency transformer are respectively sleeved on the first frame and the second frame, the second frame is sleeved on the exterior of the first coil, a column portion in the closed magnetic ring passes through a cavity of the first frame, therefore, the winding parameters of the first coil and the second coil are uniform, and the magnetic leakage, inductance leakage, and distributed capacitance of different turns of the same coil are also the same. Therefore, the positive and negative high voltages output by the high frequency transformer provided by the embodiment of the present application are more balanced.
Optionally, the above-mentioned first magnetic core 811 is of a more regular straight column shape, further improving the consistency of coil winding parameters. The second magnetic core 812 can be U-shaped to form a closed magnetic ring. It should be supplemented that in this optional implementation, the first magnetic core 811 and second magnetic core 812, which are not necessarily separate parts, can be divided conceptually, as long as they can form a closed magnetic ring, with a part thereof being a straight column type. For example, as shown in
As shown in
The annular protrusion is provided with a notch 832 that connects two adjacent annular grooves. In the winding direction of the second coil, for the coils in the two adjacent annular grooves, the coil in the rear annular groove has a tail end passing through the notch to be connected to a start end of the coil in the front ring groove. For example, the second coil can be wound in annular groove A for multiple turns, and then the tail end of the coil extends through the notch on the annular protrusion into the annular groove to be wound in multiple turns. It can be seen that the design of the annular groove on the second frame 83 enables the second coil to be wound in quite a lot of turns even when the outer wall surface is small, thereby outputting a higher voltage. The second frame 83 is made of an insulating material, and insulating protrusions in adjacent annular grooves can improve the insulation between coils in adjacent annular grooves. Optionally, connection lines among all of the notches 832 are a straight line which is parallel to the axis of the second frame.
There can be one second coil with the middle grounded. As an optional implementation of the embodiment, as shown in
It needs to be supplemented that, the number of above-mentioned second coil can be even number, such as 2, 6, 8 . . . other than 4. Correspondingly, the number of the voltage doubling circuit modules can correspondingly be 2, 6, 8 . . . .
As a variable implementation, the notch can also be a through hole provided on the annular protrusion.
The winding method of the first frame 82 and the second coil (not shown in the drawings) can refer to the design of the second frame 83 and the second coil. Or the groove on the outer wall surface of the first frame 82 can also be a spiral shape, and the corresponding coil is wound on the outer wall surface spirally. However, with this design, the coil must be wound to follow the groove. Only one turn of coil can be wound in the groove, leading to a low utilization rate of the groove, thus it is difficult for the second frame to output a high voltage when the second frame has a small diameter and short length. Therefore, in order to miniaturize the high frequency transformer, it is not recommended to use spiral grooves for the second frame 83.
As an optional implementation of this embodiment, the closed magnetic ring has a rectangular frame structure. As shown in
As an optional implementation of this embodiment, when the combined machine head works, most of the heat emitted by the ray tube 20 is eventually absorbed by the insulation medium in the enclosed cavity, causing the insulation medium to expand in volume, which in turn deforms the housing. To this end, the housing 10 of the combined machine head provided by the embodiment of the present application is provided with a second opening 14, as shown in
The anode target of the ray tube in the embodiment of the present application can be a fixed anode target or a rotating anode target. As an optional implementation of this embodiment, the anode target of the ray tube 20 is fixedly arranged (usually referred to as a Monoblock or Monotank), and the ray tube 20 further comprises a cooling fin (see
An embodiment of the present application provides a ray imaging device, comprising the combined machine head in embodiment 1 or embodiment 2 or in any optional implementations thereof.
Optionally, the ray imaging device C-type arm X-ray device.
Although the embodiments of the present application are described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, and such modifications and variations fall into the scope defined by the attached claims.
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