AUTOMATIC NEEDLE INSERTION APPARATUS

• US 20170028142A1
• Filed: 05/27/2016
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: SONG, Yubing, XUE, Jing, YIN, Yanyan
• Granted Patent: US 10,201,668 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/0841 for locating instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/488 involving Doppler signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1585 Needle inserters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/10 with powered movement mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/08 Supports for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/20 Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically A61M5/142 , A61M5/46 take precedence; hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/427 Locating point where body is to be pierced, e.g. vein location means using ultrasonic waves, injection site templates

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an automatic needle insertion apparatus, including a frame, a bearing device on the frame and configured to bear thereon a body part into which a needle is to be inserted, an acquisition device on the frame and configured to acquire vascular information of the body part, a needle insertion device on the frame and configured to execute a needle insertion operation and a needle withdrawal operation on the body part, and a first control device connected to the needle insertion device and the acquisition device and configured to control an operating state of the needle insertion device in accordance with the vascular information acquired by the acquisition device.

Claims

1. An automatic needle insertion apparatus, comprising:

a frame;

a bearing device on the frame and configured to bear thereon a body part into which a needle is to be inserted;

an acquisition device on the frame and configured to acquire vascular information of the body part;

a needle insertion device on the frame and configured to execute a needle insertion operation and a needle withdrawal operation on the body part; and

a first control device connected to the needle insertion device and the acquisition device and configured to control an operating state of the needle insertion device in accordance with the vascular information acquired by the acquisition device.

2. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition device comprises:

an ultrasound image processing unit configured to send an ultrasound pulse to the body part, generate first image data in accordance with an ultrasound signal from the body part, and acquire the vascular information of the body part in accordance with the first image data; and

/or

an infrared scanning unit configured to generate second image data in accordance with an infrared ray radiated by the body part, and acquire the vascular information of the body part in accordance with the second image data.

3. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the needle insertion device comprises:

a syringe; and

a mechanical arm configured to grip the syringe and adjust a position of a needle of the syringe and control the syringe to execute the needle insertion operation and the needle withdrawal operation; and

the first control device comprises;

a storage circuit configured to store therein different predetermined needle insertion modes; and

a first control circuit connected to the mechanical arm, and configured to control the mechanical arm to adjust the position of the needle of the syringe and execute the needle insertion operation and the needle withdrawal operation in accordance with the vascular information of the body part and a current predetermined needle insertion mode.

4. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the needle insertion device further comprises:

a piston rod operation member connected to a piston rod of the syringe and configured to control a push-and-pull state of the piston rod of the syringe, and

the first control device further comprises;

a second control circuit connected to the piston rod operation member and configured to control an operating state of the piston rod operation member of the syringe in accordance with the current predetermined needle insertion mode, so as to control the push-and-pull state of the piston rod of the syringe.

5. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the piston rod operation member comprises:

a driving motor; and

a transmission rod connected between the driving motor and the piston rod,

wherein the second control circuit is configured to control an operating state of the driving motor in accordance with the predetermined needle insertion mode, so as to control the push-and-pull state of the piston rod.

6. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the piston rod operation member further comprises:

a stroke definition groove, into which one end of the piston rod connected to the transmission rod is arranged, and which is configured to define a movement stroke of the piston rod, so as to prevent the piston rod from being offset during a push-and-pull procedure.

7. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a plurality of liquid storage tanks configured to store liquids therein, the liquids being delivered into different syringes from different liquid storage tanks; and

a control valve configured to control on and off states between each liquid storage tank and the corresponding syringe, and

the first control device further comprises;

a first mode switch circuit configured to send a control signal to the second control circuit in accordance with the current predetermined needle insertion mode, so as to control the mechanical arm to adjust the position of the needle of the syringe corresponding to the current predetermined needle insertion mode and execute the needle insertion operation and the needle withdrawal operation; and

a second mode switch circuit configured to control an operating state of the control valve, so as to enable the liquid storage tank corresponding to the current predetermined needle insertion mode to be in communication with the syringe corresponding to the current predetermined needle insertion mode.

8. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an adhesive bandage application device configured to, before the needle withdrawal operation is executed by the needle insertion device, apply an adhesive bandage at a position of the body part into which the needle is inserted by the needle insertion device; and

a second control device configured to, in accordance with the vascular information of the body part, adjust a position of the adhesive bandage application device and control the adhesive bandage application device to execute an adhesive bandage application operation.

9. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an adjustment device connected to the bearing device and configured to adjust a position of the bearing device, so as to move the body part to a predetermined position.

10. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the adjustment device comprises:

supporters connected to two sides of the bearing device respectively;

sliding rails on the frame and at two sides of the bearing device, the supporters being movably arranged onto the sliding rails respectively; and

stoppers on the frame and configured to limit positions of the supporters on the sliding rails in the case that the bearing device moves to a predetermined position.

11. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a blood storage tank configured to store therein blood drawn from the body part.

12. The automatic needle apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sterilization device and a third control device configured to, in accordance with the vascular information of the body part, adjust a position of the sterilization device and control the sterilization device to execute a sterilization operation.

13. The automatic needle insertion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bearing device is an inflatable air bag with a pressure sensor.