This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwanese application serial no. 106203351, filed on Mar. 9, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a reduced-pressure device for providing reduced-pressure to a negative-pressure wound dressing. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a reduced-pressure device suitably for generating negative-pressure manually.
In recent years, with the advancement of medical technology, physicians often need to carry out surgery for patients. The surgery procedure will result in significant incision to the epidermis and the related tissues, and then the incision is closed with a U-shaped nails, a suture or an adhesive. When the skin has a wound, whether it is caused by surgery or accident, the normal wound healing process generally can be divided into three stages, respectively, inflammation stage, proliferation stage and remodeling stage, but the stages often overlap and interact with each other.
In the inflammatory stage, usually occurs in 0 to 3 days after the wound forming, vascular rupture causes red blood cells and blood to exudate into the tissues, and to reveal swelling and pain of inflammation. In the proliferative stage, usually occurs in 3 to 12 days after the wound forming, the wound mainly forms granulation tissues and epithelial cells. While in the remodeling stage, usually occurs in 6 to 12 months after the wound forming. Fibroblasts rely on microvascular for supplying oxygenation to result in consistent migration and to synthesize collagen matrix. The maturity and the tensile strength of collagen fibers reach the maximum in 2 to 3 weeks after the wound forming. With the maturity of collagen fibers, the collagen fibers gradually become scar tissues, and the epithelial cells are gradually mature and binding with the base membrane. Then the healing of the tissues is gradually formed.
If the wound is exposed to dirt, bacteria or other microorganism during the closure and healing of the wound, the wound healing time will be prolonged, and even the wound will worsen. Providing a device which can effectively accelerates the wound healing and reducing the amount of microorganism in order to avoid further infection is a common demand of the physicians and the patients.
In accordance with the above-mentioned, the present disclosure provides a reduced-pressure device with a pressure indicating module for the users to see the information shown on the pressure indicating module to be easily aware of how much capacity of negative pressure the reduced-pressure device can continuously be provided in order to determine when to operate the compression unit again for providing the desired negative pressure, thereby accelerating the healing of the wound.
The present disclosure provides a reduced-pressure device for wound treatment comprising a housing having recesses on sidewalls thereof, an air pressure storage unit installed in the housing, comprising a pressure storage container, a piston assembly having a piston cover and a piston, and the piston assembly slidably installed in the pressure storage container, and a piston spring installed between the base of the pressure storage container and the piston assembly, a compression unit mounted on the piston assembly of the air pressure storage unit; and a pressure indicating module engaged to the pressure storage container and the piston assembly.
In a reduced-pressure device of a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the pressure indicating module includes a pressure indicator having a fixing opening, an indicating portion, and an elastic member, wherein the fixing opening is used for engaging a fixing portion of the piston assembly, and the elastic member is mounted on an indicator engaging portion of the pressure storage container.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the piston cover comprises a transparent window to expose the indicating portion of the pressure indicating module.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the indicating portion further comprises sections with different colors to indicating different pressure value.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the indicating portion further comprises sections with numerical ratios to show the pressure information.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the compression unit includes a pressing element and a turntable, wherein for generating a negative pressure, the pressing element is pulled out of the recesses and rotated to a predetermined position to compress the piston assembly down to generate the negative pressure in the pressure storage container and the pressing element is pulled up again and rotated back to the original position for being accommodated into the recesses.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the compression unit further comprises a sliding element connected to the pressing element and to the turntable to stabilize the movement between the pressing element and the turntable and simultaneously rotate the turntable.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the pressing element further includes a pair of push rods and a pressing portion connecting the push rods, wherein each of the push rods further comprises a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion, and the sliding element includes a cap and an extended shaft, wherein the cap has a pair of first positioning portions for engaging with the first engaging portion of each push rods, and the turntable includes a pair of second positioning portions for engaging with the second engaging portion of each push rod, and when the first engaging portion of each push rods is coupled to the first positioning portion of the sliding element, the pressing element can pull the sliding element at the same time, and when the second engaging portion of each of the push rods is coupled to the second positioning portion of the turntable resepectively, the pressing element can be prevented from being pulled out of the reduced-pressure device.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the piston cover have a pair of push rod openings for push rods of the pressing element, and the push rods of the pressing element can pass through the push rod openings to push the piston of the piston assembly when the pressing element is positioned at the predetermined position.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the air pressure storage unit further comprises a sealing element to seal the pressure storage container.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the sealing element further comprises a check valve for connecting a connecting pipe of a negative-pressure wound dressing.
In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the sealing element further comprises a working indicator to indicate the negative-pressure state in the air pressure storage unit.
The pressure indicator module provides visual information that allows the user to be more aware of the working condition and the remaining workability of the present reduced-pressure device. In addition, the pressing element of the present reduced-pressure device is accommodated in the recesses of the housing, and only when the air pressure storage unit needs to be evacuated to generate a negative pressure, the pressing element is pulled out, rotated to a predetermined position and pushed into the opening of the piston cover, and then return to be accommodated in the recesses. The present compression unit can effectively prevent from being worn-out and the aesthetics of the reduced-pressure device can be obtained. The working indicator enables the users easily to know the working condition of the current reduced-pressure device in a tactile manner. Users can always use the compression unit to generate a reduced-pressure state to keep the wound clean, and to accelerate the efficacy and speed of the wound healing.
So that the manner in which the above recited features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the disclosure, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the disclosure may admit to other equally effective embodiments. The above and other aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description of the present disclosure taken in conjunction with the drawings.
Referring now to the drawings to illustrate the embodiments of the present reduced-pressure device. In the following embodiments of the present disclosure, the like elements refer to like symbols in the figures. The following description will introduce the embodiment of the above-described reduced-pressure device. For being better understood the embodiments of the present disclosure, a detailed description thereof is provided. However, well-known functions or constructions may not be described in detail for brevity and/or clarity. The drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the disclosure rather than to limit and restrict of the scope of the present disclosure defined in the appended claim.
The advantages and features of the present disclosure will become better understood with reference to the following more detailed description and claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be modified in many different ways without departing from the inventive principles disclosed herein, and the scope of the present disclosure is therefore not limited to these particular embodiments. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the disclosure to those skilled in the art by way of example and not of limitation. In the drawings, the thickness of layers, films, and regions are exaggerated for clarity. The present disclosure is only defined by the appended claims.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the specification and relevant art and should not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
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In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the compression unit 110 includes a pressing element 210 and a turntable 220. The pressing element 210 is accommodatable in the recesses 160 of the housing 140, and rotatable by the turntable 220 in relative to the air pressure storage unit 130 and the housing 140, and when the pressing element 210 is pulled out of the recesses 160 and rotated to a predetermined position to compress the piston assembly 250 to produce a negative pressure in the pressure storage container 260. The pressing element 210 can be rotated back to the original position and be accommodated in the recesses 160 again after using. Accordingly, when the reduced-pressure device 100 is not in use or after generate a reduced pressure, the pressing element 210 of the compression unit 110 can be housed in the recesses 160 of the housing 140 without protruding from the housing 140. The present reduced-pressure device is easily to be carried and used.
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The extended shaft 217 of the sliding element 218 is used for inserting into a positioning opening 222 of the turntable 220. The extended shaft 217 has a non-circular cross-section, for example, a square, an oval, an I-shaped or a triangular shape, and is not limited thereto, and the positioning opening 222 has a shape corresponding to the cross-section of the extended shaft 217, so that the sliding element 218 can drive the turntable 220 to rotate.
Each of the push rods 212 further comprises a first engaging portion 214 and a second engaging portion 215 at the inner sidewall, and the cap 221 of the sliding element 218 includes a pair of first positioning portions 219, and the turntable 220 includes a pair of second positioning portions 225. When the pressing element 210 is pulled up, the first engaging portion 214 is firstly engaged to the first positioning portion 219 of the cap 221 of the sliding element 218 and pull up the sliding element 218 at the same time, and when the pressing element 210 is pulled up further, the second engaging portion 215 is engaged to the second positioning portion 225 of the turntable, and thus, the pressing element 210 can be prevented from being pulled out of the reduced-pressure device 100. The turntable 220 also has accommodating openings 224 for receiving the first positioning portions 219 when the sliding element 218 is pressed down and stops on the turntable 220.
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The piston assembly 250 further comprises a resilient ring 252 and a fixing portion 254, which is a one-way valve of a soft material, for example, an annular check valve of a rubber material.
The sealing element 280 further comprises a check valve 282 for connecting the connecting pipe 150 of a negative-pressure wound dressing to provide a negative pressure for the negative-pressure wound dressing and to avoid the gas backflow to the connecting pipe 150 and the negative-pressure wound dressing.
The sealing element 280 further comprises a working indicator 284 to indicate the negative-pressure state of the pressure storage container 260. The sealing element 280 further comprises a spring 266 disposed between the working indicator 284 and the pressure storage container 260. The spring 266 provides a resilient force, and the resilient force can be set in accordance with the negative-pressure value actually generated in the pressure storage container 260. When the air pressure storage unit 130 is in a negative-pressure state, the suction force of the working indicator 284 can be sucked by the suction of the negative pressure due to the suction force of the negative pressure greater than the resilient force of the spring 266, and when the air pressure storage unit 130 fails to provide sufficient negative pressure, the working indicator 284 protrudes outwardly from the housing 140. Therefore, it is easy for the user to confirm whether the air pressure storage unit 130 is in a negative-pressure state or not by touching the working indicator 284 without watching the reduced-pressure device 100. If there is no sufficient negative pressure, the user can manually compress the air pressure storage unit 130 to produce negative pressure again.
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In a reduced-pressure device of another preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the piston cover 230 further comprises a transparent window 236 to expose the indicating portion 244 of the pressure indicating module 120. Thus, the user's eye 330 can see the pressure information on the indicating portion 244 through the transparent window 236 of the piston cover 230 along the sight direction of the arrow 340, and the user can be easily aware of how much capacity of negative pressure the current reduced-pressure device 100 can continuously be provided in order to determine when to operate the compression unit 110 again for providing the desired negative pressure.
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While the disclosure has been described by way of example(s) and in terms of the preferred embodiment(s), it is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited thereto. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.
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106203351 A | Mar 2017 | TW | national |
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