KR102140739B1 - Upper airway spraying device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an upper respiratory system. The upper respiratory tract device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a spray container having a receiving space in which a chemical liquid is accommodated; It is provided on the outside of the spray container, the mouth portion for a user to blow air into the accommodation space by mouth; And a chemical liquid discharge part disposed at a position spaced apart from the intake part in the spray container and discharging the chemical solution in the accommodation space into the nasal cavity of the user as air flows into the intake part.

Description

Upper airway spraying device {Upper airway spraying device}

The present invention relates to an upper respiratory tract spray device for spraying a drug solution for treating respiratory diseases, etc. into the nasal cavity, nasopharynx, and throat and larynx areas of a patient.

The upper respiratory tract spray device is a device for spraying a drug solution for treating it into the nasal cavity or inhaling it into the oral cavity in order to relieve symptoms of respiratory diseases such as asthma or rhinitis. In other words, by injecting a liquid drug containing a pharmaceutical ingredient that relieves symptoms of respiratory disease into the nasal cavity or inhaling it into the oral cavity, absorbing it directly into capillaries or washing the mucosal surface, patients treat and prevent self-administration of respiratory diseases. can do.

In general, the upper spray device has a structure in which an actuator, such as a pumping mechanism, is installed in a container containing a chemical to spray the chemical through a pressing action, and when the patient presses and presses the pumping mechanism, the chemical is sucked into the nozzle and sprayed It works in a way.

However, according to this configuration, the chemical liquid is caught in the nasal valve, which is the narrowest part of the nasal cavity, and is not effectively transmitted to the back of the nasal cavity. In addition, the actuator may be damaged or not operated properly due to repeated use of the actuator. There is a problem that cannot be used.

[Patent Document 1] Published Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0100334 (2013.09.10 published)

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and is configured to spray the medicine liquid into the nasal cavity by blowing in the mouth, so that the drug is effectively delivered to the back of the nasal cavity, the nasal cavity, and the opposite nasal cavity, and excludes the chemical discharge portion. The present invention is to provide an upper respiratory tract spray device capable of effectively delivering drugs to the entire respiratory tract, which can be inhaled by mouth or that can be used semipermanently without the use of an actuator.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a spray container having a receiving space in which a chemical solution is accommodated; It is provided on the outside of the spray container, the mouth portion for a user to blow air into the accommodation space by mouth; And a chemical liquid discharge unit disposed at a position spaced apart from the intake port in the spray container and discharging the chemical liquid in the accommodation space into the nasal cavity of the user as air flows into the intake port. .

In addition, the chemical liquid discharge portion is inserted into the nostril of the user and has a shape of a nose piece detachably coupled to the spray container so as to be connected to a chemical liquid discharge path inside the spray container. When separating, the user may be configured to inhale air through the mouth portion to inhale the chemical liquid in the spray container into the oral cavity.

In addition, an ampoule installation part in which an ampoule containing a chemical solution is installed is formed in the nose piece, and an insertion hole into which an ampoule installed in the ampoule installation part is inserted is formed in the spray container.

In addition, the spray container may be provided with a cutter for cutting the ampoule and applying the chemical liquid in the ampoule into the accommodation space.

In addition, a first one-way valve for preventing backflow of the chemical liquid may be additionally installed on the chemical liquid discharge path inside the spray container.

In addition, the airway spraying apparatus may further include a chemical liquid suction pipe that sucks the chemical liquid in the accommodation space and discharges it to the chemical liquid discharge portion as air flows into the air intake hole of the intake portion.

Here, the chemical liquid intake pipe has a form of a three-way pipe having an air inlet, a chemical liquid inlet, and a chemical liquid outlet, and the flow path area of the air inlet may be formed to be small along the inflow direction of air.

In addition, the chemical liquid suction pipe may be provided with an air inlet pipe communicating between the air inlet of the chemical liquid suction pipe and the intake, and a chemical liquid discharge pipe communicating between the chemical liquid outlet of the chemical liquid suction pipe and the discharge hole of the nose piece.

In addition, the air inlet hole of the mouth portion may be formed to decrease the flow path area along the air inlet direction.

In addition, a chemical recovery mechanism for recovering a chemical liquid injected into one nostril of the user through the chemical liquid discharge portion through the other nostril may be further coupled to one side of the spray container.

In addition, the chemical recovery mechanism, the recovery container is detachably coupled to one side of the spray container, and is provided on the outside of the recovery container is inserted into the user's nostrils to recover the chemical liquid discharged from the nasal cavity of the user It may include a nose piece.

In addition, the recovery container may be configured to be selectively coupled to one surface and the other surface of the spray container.

In addition, the recovery container is provided with a recovery hole through which the solution recovered through the recovery nose piece flows, and a second one-way valve for preventing back flow of the chemical solution may be installed on the recovery hole.

In addition, the chemical liquid recovery mechanism may further include a recovery plate that receives the chemical liquid that has not been recovered to the recovery nose piece, and a recovery hole through which the chemical liquid of the recovery plate is recovered may be formed in the recovery container or the recovery nose piece. .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a structure in which a chemical liquid is sprayed into the nasal cavity by a user blowing the air is implemented, and when the medicine liquid is sprayed while blowing wind through the mouth, the research and development site of the uvula area is closed, so that the chemical liquid is behind the neck Without going over, the nasal cavity is applied after applying the nasal cavity on one side, and the drug can be delivered to the nasal cavity on the other side, thereby effectively delivering the drug.

In addition, since the use of the actuator is not necessary as in the prior art, and problems such as breakage of the actuator do not occur, there is an effect that semi-permanent use of the above spray device is possible.

In addition, the nose piece inserted into the nostril of the user is detachably configured, and there is an advantage of selectively performing nasal injection and oral injection using a single device.

In addition, it is possible to recover the drug discharged through the nostril on the opposite side of the patient by additionally installing a chemical liquid recovery mechanism in the spray container, and there is an advantage to solve the inconvenience and cleanliness of the patient due to the discharged drug. .

In addition, there is an advantage in that the nose piece is provided with an ampoule mounting portion to conveniently fill the spray container with an ampoule containing the chemical solution.

1 is a perspective view of an upper respiratory tract device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the upper respiratory tract device shown in Figure 1;
3 is a view showing an operating state of the upper respiratory tract device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the upper spray device shown in Figure 1;
5 is a bottom perspective view of the nose piece shown in FIG. 1;
Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the cutter shown in Figure 4;
7 is a view sequentially showing the chemical liquid filling process of the upper respiratory tract device through the ampoule injection.
8 is a view sequentially showing the chemical liquid filling process of the upper respiratory tract device through direct injection.
9 is a cross-sectional view of a one-way valve that can be installed on the chemical discharge pipe shown in FIG.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which a chemical liquid recovery mechanism is additionally installed in the upper respiratory system shown in FIG. 1.
11 is a perspective view showing a modified embodiment of the upper respiratory tract device shown in FIG. 10;
12 is a perspective view of an upper respiratory tract device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the upper respiratory tract device shown in FIG. 12;

The present invention can be applied to a variety of transformations and may have various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include all conversions, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the description of the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of known technologies related to the present invention may obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description is omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components.

Terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, terms such as “comprises” or “have” are intended to indicate the presence of features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts or combinations thereof described herein, one or more other features. It should be understood that the existence or addition possibilities of fields or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof are not excluded in advance.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the upper respiratory tract apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in describing with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components are assigned the same reference numbers and for the same. Duplicate description will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view of the upper respiratory tract device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the upper respiratory tract device shown in FIG. 1.

1 and 2, the upper spray apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a spray container 10, a mouthpiece 20, and a chemical liquid discharge part 30.

The spray container 10 is provided with an accommodation space in which the chemical liquid 1 is accommodated. The spray container 10 is provided with a through hole 11 through which the chemical liquid 1 in the accommodation space is discharged.

The mouthpiece 20 is provided outside the spray container 10 and is configured to allow a user to blow air into the receiving space. The intake portion 20 may be formed to protrude from the outer surface of the spray container 10, and has an air inlet hole 21 communicating with the receiving space in the spray container 10. The mouthpiece 20 may be formed integrally with the spray container 10 or may have a configuration coupled to the spray container 10 as a separate member.

The chemical liquid discharge part 30 is disposed at a position spaced apart from the intake part 20 in the spray container 10, and as the air flows into the intake part 20, the chemical solution 1 in the receiving space is inserted into the user's nasal cavity (N ).

The chemical liquid discharge unit 30 may have a shape of a nose piece 31 coupled to the outside of the spray container 10. The nose piece 31 is inserted into the user's nostril, and has a discharge hole 32 that is connected to a chemical liquid discharge path inside the spray container 10. According to this embodiment, the mounting portion 12 is formed on the upper portion of the spray container 11, the nose piece 31, the mounting portion 12 so that the discharge hole 32 is connected to the through hole 12 of the mounting portion 11 ).

The nose piece 31 may be detachably coupled to the spray container 10, for example, it can be coupled to the mounting portion 12 of the spray container by a fitting or screwing method. Through the detachable configuration of the nose piece 31, it is possible to selectively perform nasal injection and oral injection.

Figure 3 is a view showing the operating state of the upper respiratory tract device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 (a) represents a nasal injection, (b) represents an oral injection, respectively.

As shown in Fig. 3 (a), when performing nasal injection, the user inserts the chemical discharging portion 30 into the nostril at the same time as the intake portion 10. In this state, when the user exhales and blows air into the mouthpiece 10, the chemical liquid 1 inside the spray container 10 is sprayed through the chemical liquid discharge part 30, and the chemical liquid is introduced into the user's nasal cavity N It will be sprayed. Arrows shown in FIG. 3(a) indicate air movement directions in the user's oral cavity O and chemical movement directions in the nasal cavity N, respectively.

As such, when blowing the medicine by blowing the wind through the mouth, the research and development site of the uvula area is closed and the medicine does not fall over the back of the neck, and after applying the nasal cavity on one side, the nasal cavity is turned and the drug can be delivered to the opposite nasal cavity. Effective delivery of is possible.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 3 (b), when performing oral injection, the chemical discharge unit 30 is used in a state separated from the spray container (10). When the user breathes in the state in which the mouth portion 10 is inhaled, the chemical liquid 1 inside the spray container 10 is sprayed into the mouth O of the user through the mouth portion 10.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the upper respiratory tract device shown in FIG. 1, and the internal structure of the upper respiratory tract device will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

As shown in Figure 4, the inside of the spray container 10, as the air flows into the air inlet 21 of the inlet 20, by inhaling the chemical liquid (1) in the receiving space (the outlet hole of the nose piece 31) 32) is installed a chemical suction pipe 40 to discharge.

The chemical liquid suction pipe 40 may have a form of a three-way pipe having an air inlet 41, a chemical liquid inlet 42, and a chemical liquid outlet 43, as in the present embodiment. The end of the chemical liquid suction pipe 40 on the side of the chemical liquid suction port 42 is formed to extend to a position close to the bottom of the spray container 10 so as to be immersed in the chemical liquid 1.

An air inlet pipe 51 communicating and connecting therebetween is provided between the air inlet 41 of the chemical liquid suction pipe 40 and the intake portion 20. The air inlet pipe 51 functions to block the air inlet passage from the chemical liquid and prevent the chemical liquid in the receiving space from flowing out, whereby the chemical liquid in the spray container 10 is the air inlet hole of the inlet 20 It can be prevented from leaking to the outside through (21).

In addition, the flow path area of the air inlet 41 of the chemical liquid suction pipe 40 may be formed to be smaller along the inflow direction of air. According to this configuration, the velocity of the air passing through the chemical liquid suction pipe 40 increases as the flow path area decreases, and accordingly, the pressure of the portion having a small flow path area decreases (the principle of Bernoulli), and through the chemical liquid suction port 42 The chemical liquid 1 is able to rise to the low pressure side.

The chemical liquid discharge pipe 52 is installed between the chemical liquid discharge port 43 of the chemical liquid suction pipe 40 and the through hole 12 of the spray container 10, which is a discharge liquid of the chemical liquid discharge port 43 and the nose piece 31 ( 32) Communicate between them. The air introduced through the mouth portion 20 and the chemical liquid 1 sucked through the chemical liquid suction pipe 40 move together through the chemical liquid discharge pipe 52 and are discharged from the nose piece 31 to the user's nasal cavity N .

Meanwhile, a sealing member 33 for preventing leakage of the chemical liquid may be installed in the chemical liquid discharge unit 30. According to the present embodiment, it is illustrated that the o-ring-shaped sealing member 33 is interposed between the mounting portion 12 and the nose piece 33.

5 is a bottom perspective view of the nose piece shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 5, the nose piece 31 may be formed with an ampoule installation portion 35 in which an ampoule (A, see FIG. 7) in which a chemical solution is accommodated is installed. Through this, as described later, the chemical solution 1 can be conveniently filled into the spray container 10 by assembling the nose piece 31 in the state where the ampoule A is installed on the nose piece 31.

The ampoule installation part 35 may be formed to extend a certain length from the bottom surface of the nose piece 31, and is provided with an insertion hole 31 corresponding to the shape of the ampoule A so that the ampoule A can be inserted. do.

Referring to FIG. 4 again, an insertion hole 13 into which the ampoule A installed in the ampoule installation part 35 is inserted is formed in the spray container 10, specifically, the mounting part 12. Then, the inside of the spray container 10 is provided with a cutter 50 for cutting the ampoule A and applying the chemical liquid in the ampoule A into the accommodation space.

6 is a cross-sectional view of the cutter shown in FIG. 4, referring to this, the tip of the cutter 50 has a sharp edge, which is formed up and down along the entry direction of the ampoule A. When the nose piece 31 is mounted, the cutter 50 is configured such that its edge is located in the insertion hole 31 of the ampoule installation part 35, and accordingly, the ampoule A in the process of mounting the nose piece 31 This can be cut.

7 is a view sequentially showing a chemical liquid filling process of the upper respiratory tract device through the ampoule injection method.

Referring to the ampoule injection method with reference to this, first, install the ampoule (A) in the ampoule installation part 35 of the nose piece 31 as shown in (a), and spray the nose piece 31 as shown in (b) It is coupled to the mounting portion 11 of (10). In this process, the cutter 50 cuts the ampoule (A) so that the chemical liquid in the ampoule (A) is applied to the receiving space of the spray container 10 as shown in (c).

8 is a view sequentially showing the chemical liquid filling process of the upper respiratory tract device through a direct injection method, after separating the nose piece 31 from the spray container 10, as shown in (a), through hole 11 or The chemical solution may be directly injected through the insertion hole 13.

Referring again to FIG. 4, a one-way valve 60 for preventing backflow of the chemical liquid may be additionally installed on the chemical liquid discharge path inside the spray container 10, for example, the chemical liquid discharge pipe 52. The structure using the one-way valve 60 is applied only when spraying into the nasal cavity.

9 is a cross-sectional view of a one-way valve 60 that can be installed on the chemical discharge pipe 52 shown in FIG. 4. The one-way valve 60 flows only in the direction in which the chemical liquid is discharged and does not flow in the opposite direction.

As shown in FIG. 9, the one-way valve 60 includes a valve body 61 in which a first flow path 62 and a second flow path 63 having a larger diameter are sequentially formed, and a valve body 61 according to the flow in the discharge direction of the chemical liquid. It may have a configuration including a ball 64 that moves to open the one flow path 61, the ball 64 may be supported to be pressed in the closing direction by a spring or the like, if necessary. According to this, the ball 64 is movable in the direction of the arrow in which the chemical liquid is discharged, so that the chemical liquid can flow, but the chemical liquid cannot flow because the ball 64 cannot move in the opposite direction, so that the chemical liquid is It can only flow in the direction. Such a configuration is an example of one of several configurations of the one-way valve 60, and may be replaced by another configuration.

10 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a chemical liquid recovery mechanism is additionally installed in the upper respiratory tract device shown in FIG. 1.

According to this embodiment, a chemical recovery mechanism 70 is additionally coupled to one side of the spray container 10. The chemical liquid recovery mechanism 70 is configured to recover the chemical liquid injected into one nostril of the user through the chemical liquid discharge unit 30 through the other nostril.

The chemical liquid recovery mechanism 70 is configured to be selectively coupled to both sides of the spray container 10 so that it can be applied to both nostrils of the user, and FIGS. 10A and 10B are chemical liquid recovery mechanisms 70 ) Indicates a state in which the one side and the other side of the spray container 10 are respectively coupled.

The chemical liquid recovery mechanism 70 includes a recovery container 71 detachably coupled to one side of the spray container 10 and a recovery nose piece 72 provided outside the recovery container 71.

The recovery container 71 has a shape similar to the spray container 10, but the intake unit 20 is not provided. The recovery container 71 is configured to be selectively coupled to one surface and the other surface of the spray container 10, which can be implemented through a fastening structure such as a male and female coupling method.

The recovery nose piece 72 is configured to recover the chemical liquid that is inserted into the user's nostril and discharged from the user's nasal cavity, and has a configuration substantially the same as the nose piece 31 coupled to the spray container 10. However, the recovery nose piece 71 is not required to have the same configuration as the chemical solution installation part 35.

A through-hole (recovery hole) in a shape corresponding to the through-hole 11 of the spray container 10 may also be formed in the mounting portion 73 of the recovery container 71, through which it is introduced into the recovery nose piece 72 The chemical liquid can be recovered into the recovery container 71. A one-way valve for preventing backflow of the chemical may be installed in the through hole of the recovery container 71, which may have the same configuration as the one-way valve 60 described above.

According to the present embodiment, by additionally installing the chemical recovery mechanism 70 in the spray container 10, it is not absorbed in the nasal cavity of the patient can recover the drug discharged through the other nostril, through which the other nostril It can solve the inconvenience and cleanliness caused by the drug flowing out.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a modified embodiment of the upper spray device shown in FIG. 10.

The upper respiratory tract device according to this embodiment has a structure in which the recovery plate 80 is additionally installed on the upper respiratory tract device shown in FIG. 10. The recovery plate 80 may be coupled to the recovery container 71 and is configured to receive unrecovered chemicals through the recovery nose piece 72. In the case of the present embodiment, the recovery plate 80 illustrates a shape having a coupling hole through which the mounting portion 73 of the recovery container 71 is fitted.

A recovery hole 74 for recovering the chemicals received by the recovery plate 80 into the recovery container 71 may be formed in the recovery container 71 or the recovery nose piece 72, and in this embodiment, the recovery plate A recovery hole 74 is formed in the mounting portion 73 of the recovery container 71, which is a portion that is coupled to the 80.

12 is a perspective view of the upper respiratory tract device according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the upper respiratory tract device shown in FIG. 12.

The upper spray device according to this embodiment also includes a spray container 10, a mouthpiece 20, and a chemical liquid discharge part 30, as in the embodiment shown in FIG.

In the case of this embodiment, the air inlet pipe 51 and the chemical liquid discharge pipe 52 of the previous embodiment (see FIG. 4) are not installed, and the chemical liquid suction pipe 40 is inserted into the nose piece 31 in the form of a straight pipe It has a configuration.

When adopting such a configuration, the air inlet hole 21 of the inlet 20 is formed to decrease the flow path area along the air inflow direction, which increases the velocity of the air introduced through the flow path area reduction (pressure Reduction), a structure for raising the chemical liquid 1 through the suction pipe 40.

In the case of this embodiment, as a simplified form compared to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the operating principle and operating state are the same as in the previous embodiment, and the configurations adopted in the previous embodiments may be equally applicable.

Although described above with reference to specific embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art may vary the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You can understand that it can be modified and changed.

10: spray container 20: mouth
30: chemical discharge unit 31: nose piece
32: vent hole 35: ampoule mounting section
40: chemical suction tube 50: cutter
51: air inlet pipe 52: chemical liquid discharge pipe
60: one-way valve 70: chemical recovery mechanism
71: recovery container 72: recovery nose piece
74: recovery hole 80: recovery plate

Claims (14)

A spray container having a receiving space in which a chemical liquid is accommodated;
It is provided on the outside of the spray container, the mouth portion for a user to blow air into the accommodation space by mouth; And
It is disposed at a position spaced from the mouth portion in the spray container, and includes a chemical liquid discharge portion for discharging the chemical liquid in the accommodation space into the nasal cavity of the user as air flows into the mouth portion,
The chemical liquid discharge part is inserted into the nostril of the user and has a shape of a nose piece detachably coupled to the spray container so as to be connected to a chemical liquid discharge path inside the spray container,
When the nose piece is separated, the upper airway spray device, characterized in that the user is configured to inhale the air through the mouthpiece to inhale the chemical liquid in the spray container into the oral cavity. delete According to claim 1,
The nose piece is formed with an ampoule installation part in which an ampoule containing a chemical solution is installed,
The spray container is characterized in that the insertion hole is formed in the ampoule installed in the ampoule installation portion is inserted. According to claim 3,
The spray container is cut to the ampoule, characterized in that the spray device is provided with a cutter for applying a chemical solution in the ampoule into the accommodation space. According to claim 1,
The upper airway spray device further comprising a first one-way valve installed on a chemical liquid discharge path inside the spray container and preventing backflow of the chemical liquid. According to claim 1,
The upper airway spraying device further comprises a chemical liquid suction pipe that sucks the chemical liquid in the accommodation space and discharges it to the chemical liquid discharge portion as air enters the air inlet hole of the mouth portion. The method of claim 6,
The chemical liquid suction pipe has a form of a three-way pipe having an air inlet, a chemical liquid inlet, and a chemical liquid outlet,
The upper airway spray device, characterized in that the flow path area of the air inlet is formed to be smaller along the inflow direction of the air. The method of claim 7,
An air inlet pipe communicating between the air inlet of the chemical intake pipe and the intake portion; And
The upper respiratory tract spray device further comprises a chemical liquid discharge pipe communicating between the chemical liquid outlet of the chemical liquid suction pipe and the discharge hole of the nose piece. The method of claim 6,
The air inlet hole of the mouth portion is characterized in that the upper spray device is formed to decrease the flow path area along the air inlet direction. According to claim 1,
The upper respiratory tract spray device is coupled to one side of the spray container, characterized in that it further comprises a chemical liquid recovery mechanism for recovering the chemical liquid injected into one nostril of the user through the other chemical liquid discharge portion through the other nostril. The method of claim 10, wherein the chemical recovery mechanism,
A recovery container detachably coupled to one side of the spray container; And
It is provided on the outside of the recovery container, the upper respiratory tract device characterized in that it comprises a recovery nose piece that is inserted into the user's nostrils to recover the chemical liquid discharged from the user's nasal cavity. The method of claim 11,
The collection container is the upper spray device, characterized in that configured to be selectively coupled to one surface and the other surface of the spray container. The method of claim 11,
The recovery container is provided with a recovery hole through which the solution recovered through the recovery nose piece flows,
The upper spray device, characterized in that a second one-way valve is installed on the recovery hole to prevent the backflow of the chemical. The method of claim 11,
Further comprising a recovery plate for receiving the unrecovered chemical liquid in the recovered nose piece,
The above-mentioned spray device, characterized in that a recovery hole in which the chemical liquid of the recovery plate is recovered is formed in the recovery container or the recovery nose piece.

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