The present application claims the priority of Chinese Utility Model application Ser. No. 202322860352.1, filed on Oct. 24, 2023, and entitled “SUSPENDED TRAVELLING EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of medical equipment, and in particular to a suspended travelling device and a medical imaging system.
Suspended digital subtraction angiography (DSA) equipment is usually used in an interventional operating room or a hybrid operating room. Generally, the DSA equipment is suspended from the ceiling of the operating room through an assembly of a movable mechanism and a rail, and the assembly of the movable mechanism and the rail also meets the mobility of the DSA equipment. In order to ensure a movement range of the DSA equipment, the rail is generally configured to be relatively long, and the rail is generally processed and shaped through an aluminum drawing process. However, the length of the rail is relatively large, and thus it is difficult to ensure the uniformity of the spacing between two rails. In addition, in order to ensure the movement capability of the movable mechanism, the surface of the rail for supporting the rollers needs to be flat, while the rollers of the movable mechanism need to be curved-surface supported rollers. The curved-surface supported rollers and the surface of the rail for supporting the rollers engage to ensure the displacement capability of the movable mechanism relative to the rail. However, such an arrangement will cause a large amount of wear between the curved-surface supported rollers of the movable mechanism and the rail processed by the aluminum drawing process to various degrees, thus not only increasing the rolling resistance to the DSA equipment during operation, but also affecting a surgical procedure and cleanliness of the operating room.
The present application aims at providing a suspended travelling device and a medical imaging system to solve the problem in the prior art that a relatively large rolling friction between a roller of a movable mechanism and a rail affects movement capability of a DSA equipment and cleanliness of an operating room.
In order to solve the above technical problem, in one aspect, the present invention provides a suspended travelling device, including: at least one rail, at least one guide belt, and a movable mechanism.
Each guide belt is arranged on each rail along an extension direction of each rail.
The movable mechanism has at least one first travel roller. Each first travel roller is rollable on and abuts against a surface of a corresponding guide belt, and a difference between material hardness of an outer peripheral surface of the first travel roller and material hardness of the guide belt is less than or equal to a preset material hardness threshold.
In some embodiments, the material of the outer peripheral surface of the first travel roller and the material of the guide belt are the same.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the at least one rail is two rails (i.e., two rails), and an extension direction of each rail is a straight-line direction, and the two rails are arranged in parallel. The at least one guide belt is two guide belts, and the two guide belts are arranged on the two rails respectively along the extension direction of each rail. The at least one first travel roller is a plurality of first travel rollers, and the plurality of first travel rollers are rollable on and abut against surfaces of the two guide belts respectively.
In some embodiments, each rail has a mounting groove concave in a direction perpendicular to a plane, where each rail is located. The mounting groove extends along the extension direction of each rail. Each guide belt is configured to be inserted into a corresponding mounting groove along the extension direction of each rail, and the mounting groove is configured to engage with and fix the guide belt.
In some embodiments, each rail has an extension part extending toward the movable mechanism. A corresponding guide belt is installed on a first end face of the extension part, and the first end face is an upper end face of the extension part when the suspended travelling device is in use.
In some embodiments, the movable mechanism further includes a plurality of second travel rollers. Each second travel roller is rollable on a second end surface of a corresponding extension part, and the second end surface is a lower end surface of the corresponding extension part when the suspended travelling device is in use.
In some embodiments, the movable mechanism further includes an adjusting shaft. An axis direction of the adjusting shaft is parallel to an axis direction of each of the plurality of first travel rollers. The adjusting shaft is configured to adjust a distance between each second travel roller and the second end surface of the corresponding extension part.
In some embodiments, the movable mechanism has a limiting assembly, and the limiting assembly abuts against two side surfaces of a corresponding extension part to limit an axial movement freedom of the movable mechanism along an axis direction of each first travel roller; the axis direction of each first travel roller is parallel to the corresponding extension part, and perpendicular to the extension direction of each rail.
In some embodiments, the limiting assembly includes a first supporting roller and a second supporting roller, and the first supporting roller and the second supporting roller are configured to abut against the two side surfaces of the corresponding extension part, respectively, and are rollable along the two side surfaces of the corresponding extension part.
In some embodiments, the limiting assembly further includes a supporting-roller seat, and the first supporting roller and the second supporting roller each are installed on the supporting-roller seat.
In some embodiments, an axis direction of the first supporting roller and an axis direction of the second supporting roller each are parallel to a plane, where each rail is located, and are perpendicular to the extension direction of each rail.
In some embodiments, the movable mechanism further includes a restraining shaft; an axis direction of the restraining shaft is parallel to an axis direction of each first travel roller; and two first travel rollers are arranged at two sides of the restraining shaft respectively along the extension direction of each rail.
In some embodiments, the plurality of first travel rollers are evenly distributed on the periphery of the movable mechanism.
In some embodiments, a plurality of supporting seats are arranged on the movable mechanism. Each first travel roller is installed on a corresponding supporting seat through a bearing seat.
Each of the plurality of supporting seats is provided with one of the plurality of first travel rollers. Or each of the plurality of supporting seats is provided with one of the plurality of first travel rollers and one of the plurality of second travel rollers.
In some of embodiments, the plurality of first travel rollers and the plurality of second travel rollers are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence along a direction perpendicular to the first end face and the second end face of the corresponding extension part.
In some embodiments, at least one of an outer peripheral surface of each first travel roller, or the surface of the corresponding guide belt is coated with a lubricating layer.
In some of the embodiments, an outer peripheral surface of each travel roller is coated with a plastic layer.
In another aspect of the present disclosure, the present disclosure further provides a medical imaging system, including any one of the suspended travelling devices above, and an imaging device connected to the movable mechanism of the suspended travelling device.
In some embodiments, the imaging device includes a C-shaped arm, a ray source, and a detector. The arm has two opposite ends, the ray source is installed on one end of the C-shaped arm, and the detector is installed on the other end of the C-shaped arm. The ray source and the detector are aligned with each other.
In some embodiments, the movable mechanism has a mounting hole. The medical imaging system further includes a mounting module connected to the arm of the imaging device. The mounting module is connected to the movable mechanism through the mounting hole on the movable mechanism.
In summary, in the suspended travelling device and the medical imaging system proposed in the present disclosure, the suspended travelling device includes the rail, the guide belt, and the movable mechanism. The rail is fixed on a preset position. The guide belt is arranged on the rail along the extension direction of the rail. The movable mechanism is configured to connect with the imaging device, and has the first travel roller. The first travel roller is rollable on and abuts against the surface of the guide belt. The difference between the material hardness of the outer peripheral surface of the first travel roller and the material hardness of the guide belt is less than or equal to a preset material hardness threshold. In this way, with an engagement of the first travel roller and the guide belt which have the similar material hardness, the wear, which is caused by the friction generated between the first travel roller and the guide belt when the movable mechanism moves along the rail, can be greatly reduced without increasing the resistance to the imaging device during the movement, reducing the generation of debris, and guaranteeing the cleanliness of the operating room.
Those skilled in the art should understand that the drawings are provided for a better understanding of the present invention but not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
In order to make the purposes, advantages and features of the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that the drawings are all drawn in a very simplified form and are not drawn to scale, and are only used to assist in explaining the purpose of the embodiments of the present application conveniently and clearly. In addition, structures shown in the drawings are often part of actual structures. In particular, the emphases of the drawings are different, and sometimes different scales are applied.
As used in the present disclosure, the singular forms “one”, “an”, and “the” include plural objects, the term “or” is generally used to include the meaning of “and/or”, the term “various” is generally used to include the meaning of “at least one”, and the term “at least two” is generally used to include the meaning of “two or more”. In addition, the terms “first”, “second”, and “third” are used only for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, the feature defined as “first”, “second”, or “third” may explicitly or implicitly includes one of the features or at least two of the features. “One end” and “another end” and “proximal end” and “distal end” generally refer to two corresponding parts, which include not only the endpoints. The terms “installed”, “connected”, and “attached” should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral body; it may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it may be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; and it may be an internal communication between two elements, or an interaction between two elements.
In addition, as used in the present disclosure, an element arranged on another element generally only indicates that there is a connection, coupling, cooperation or transmission relationship between the two elements, and that the connection, coupling, cooperation or transmission between the two elements may be direct or indirect through an intermediate element, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying a spatial position relationship between the two elements, that is, an element may be in any orientation such as inside, outside, above, below or on one side of another element, unless otherwise clearly indicated in the content. For the ordinary skilled in the related art, the specific meanings of the terms in the present disclosure may be understood according to specific circumstances.
The present invention provides a medical imaging system, and the medical imaging system includes a suspended travelling device, and an imaging device 50 connected to a movable mechanism 20 of the suspended travelling device.
In an embodiment, the present invention provides a suspended travelling device, and the suspended travelling device includes at least one rail 10, at least one guide belt 30 and a movable mechanism 20. The at least one guide belt 30 is arranged on each rail 10 along an extension direction of each rail 10, and the movable mechanism 20 has at least one first travel roller 21. Each first travel roller 21 is rollable on and abuts against a surface of a corresponding guide belt 30, and a difference between material hardness of an outer peripheral surface of each first travel roller 21 and material hardness of the corresponding guide belt 30 is less than or equal to a preset material hardness threshold.
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In an embodiment of the present application, a lubricating layer may be coated on the outer peripheral surface of the first travel roller 21, and/or a lubricating layer may also be disposed on the surface of the guide belt 30, that is, at least one of an outer peripheral surface of each first travel roller 21, or the surface of the corresponding guide belt 30 is coated with the lubricating layer. thereby further reducing the rolling friction between the first travel roller 21 and the guide belt 30. The material of the lubricating layer is biological grease. In specific implementation, the lubricating layer may be formed by applying the biological grease on the outer peripheral surface of the first travel roller 21 or on the surface of the guide belt 30.
As for specific implementation of installing the guide belt 30 onto the rail 10, the rail 10 has a concave mounting groove 11. In an embodiment, the rail 10 has a mounting groove 11 concave in a direction perpendicular to the plane (namely, the XOY plane shown in
In a specific embodiment, a plurality of supporting seats 26 are arranged on the movable mechanism 20, and each first travel roller 21 is installed on a corresponding supporting seat 26 through a bearing seat 40. Each of the plurality of supporting seats 26 is provided with one of the plurality of first travel rollers 21, or each of the plurality of supporting seats 26 is provided with one of the plurality of first travel rollers 21 and one of the plurality of second travel rollers 22. As shown in
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In an embodiment of the present invention, the movable mechanism further comprises a plurality of second travel rollers 22. Each second travel roller 22 is rollable on a second end surface of a corresponding extension part 12, and the second end surface is a lower end surface of the corresponding extension part 12 when the suspended travelling device is in use. Referring to
In an embodiment of the present application, the movable mechanism 20 further includes an adjusting shaft 23. The axis direction of the adjusting shaft 23 is parallel to the axis direction of the first travel roller 21, and the adjusting shaft 23 is configured to adjust a distance between the second travel roller 22 and the second end surface of the extension part 12. In an embodiment, the adjusting shaft 23 is an adjustable eccentric shaft, two second travel rollers 22 are arranged on each supporting seat 26, and the adjusting shaft 23 is disposed between the two second travel rollers 22. The arrangement of the adjusting shaft 23 makes it convenient, on one hand, to adjust the second travel roller 22 according to the thickness of the extension part 12 between the two end surfaces thereof, and one the other hand, to install the movable mechanism 20 onto the rail 10.
In an embodiment, the limiting assembly 25 includes a first supporting roller 251 (i.e., a first supporting wheel) and a second supporting roller 252 (i.e., a second supporting wheel). Further, in an embodiment, both the axis direction of the first supporting roller 251 and the axis direction of the second supporting roller 252 are parallel to the plane (the XOY plane in
In an embodiment of the present application, at least one of an outer peripheral surface of each of the second travel roller 22, an outer peripheral surface of the first supporting roller 251, or an outer peripheral surface of the second supporting roller 252 is coated with a lubricating layer. The lubricating layer may be a plastic layer, or any other material layer that can take functions of lubricating. Specifically, the outer spherical surfaces of these three rollers each are coated with engineering plastics, and the self-lubricating property of the engineering plastics is utilized to reduce the wear of these three rollers.
The above description is only a description of the preferred embodiments of the present application, but not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Any changes and modifications made by the ordinary skilled in the related art of the present application based on the above disclosure shall fall within the scope of protection of the technical solutions of the present application.
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202322860352.1 | Oct 2023 | CN | national |