Patent Publication Number: US-2023145949-A1

Title: Sound detecting device for pelvic floor muscle exercise

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a detecting device, especially to a sound detecting device for pelvic floor muscle exercise capable of receiving low frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle is contracted and relaxed. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     For strengthening the resilience of the urethral sphincter for improving urinary incontinence and improving frequent urination, urgent urination, urine leaking and nocturia, the Kegel exercise is necessary and a detection for ensuring whether the exercise being accurate is also required to be provided; a conventional detecting device is to use electrodes being adhered at an outer side of a location to be detected, or to use an inserting type device  9  having a rod member  91 , which is used for detections, being inserted in a private part, for example a vagina  82 , of a human body (as shown in  FIG.  9   , which is a schematic view showing an operating status of the conventional inserting type device); however, whether using the electrodes or the inserting type device having the rod member require to be in contact with an inner part or an outer part of the human body, thus the detecting operation may not be performed when the user wears an outfit or a skirt, and may not be used at any time desired by the user; moreover, the detecting operation is required to be performed in a private place or a room, and the detecting device requires to be in contact with the human body thereby possibly causing the private part of the human body to be infected, and the detection may not be precise when the placing location is incorrect; in addition, the structure of a stethoscope is used for listening the sounds of a heart or lungs in the whole world, a contacting part thereof contacting to human is made of a hard material such as plastic and formed as a planar surface for being served to collecting sounds, because the stethoscope itself is not provided with a membrane and a supporter, the stethoscope has to be operated by a doctor to collect and listen the active sound of the heart or the lungs though the hard plastic plate; however, the plastic plate made of the hard material and formed as the planar surface cannot be used for detecting the low frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle is contracted or relaxed, especially the pelvic floor muscle is located at an inner part of the human body. Accordingly, the practicability is very much limited, and the shortages existed in the prior art shall be improved by the skilled people in the art. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     For solving the shortages existed in the prior art, one primary objective of the present invention is to provide a sound detecting device for pelvic floor muscle exercise, in which the interior and the top end of a main body are respectively disposed with a base seat, a sound collecting chamber, an elastic sound receiving membrane, a support ring, a microphone and an electric circuit board, for solving the shortages existed in the prior art. 
     Another objective of the present invention is to provide a sound detecting device for pelvic floor muscle exercise, in which an elastic sound receiving membrane is downwardly pressed through the pressure supplied by the skin muscle weight for being in a recessed status so as to be tightly adjacent to an outer side of skin or an outfit or a skirt and a sound collecting chamber is used for amplifying, thus the low frequencies generated through the vibrations caused by the pelvic floor muscle being contracted and relaxed can be collected with a more precise effect, and a Bluetooth device is used for transferring to a smart device installed with an application program (APP). 
     One another objective of the present invention is to provide a sound detecting device for pelvic floor muscle exercise, which has advantages of satisfies the ergonomics and conveniently operated without the needs of the electrodes and being inserted in a human part. 
     The problem to be solved by the present invention is that: for strengthening the resilience of the urethral sphincter for improving urinary incontinence and improving frequent urination, urgent urination, urine leaking and nocturia, the Kegel exercise is necessary and a detecting device for ensuring whether the exercise being accurate is to use electrodes being adhered at an outer side of a location to be detected, or to use an inserting type device having a rod member, which is used for detections, being inserted in a private part; however, whether using the electrodes or the inserting type device having the rod member require to be in contact with an inner part or an outer part of the human body, thus the detecting operation may not be performed when the user wears an outfit or a skirt, and may not be used at any time desired by the user; moreover, the detecting operation is required to be performed in a private place or a room, and the detecting device requires to be in contact with the human body thereby possibly causing the private part of the human body to be infected, and the detection may not be precise when the placing location is incorrect; in addition, the structure of a stethoscope is that a contacting part thereof contacting to human skin is made of a hard material such as plastic and formed as a planar surface for being served to collecting the sounds of a heart or lungs; however, the plastic plate made of the hard material and formed as the planar surface cannot be used for detecting the low frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle is contracted or relaxed, especially the pelvic floor muscle is located at an inner part of the human body. Accordingly, the operation is inconvenient and the practicability is very much limited. 
     For achieving the aforesaid objectives, one technical solution provided by the present invention is to provide a sound detecting device for pelvic floor muscle exercise, applied to receive low frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle is relaxed and contracted, characterized in that: including: 
     a main body, having a base seat disposed therein and used for supporting; 
     a sound collecting chamber, disposed in the main body and used for amplifying and collecting sounds for increasing the sensibility, wherein an opening having a sound receiving function is formed at a top end of the sound collecting chamber; 
     an elastic sound receiving membrane, disposed in the main body and located at the opening of the sound collecting chamber, wherein the elastic sound receiving membrane covers on at a desired detecting location of an outer skin layer or an outfit or a skirt where the lower frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle is relaxed or contracted; 
     a support ring, disposed at a top end of the main body, arranged at a periphery of the elastic sound receiving membrane and corresponding to an outer periphery of the opening of the sound collecting chamber, wherein a center of the support ring is formed with a middle hole allowing the elastic sound receiving membrane to be exposed; 
     a microphone, disposed at a bottom end of the sound collecting chamber; and 
     an electric circuit board, disposed on the base seat, used for providing a wave filtering function and an amplifying function, and connected to the microphone; 
     wherein, the elastic sound receiving membrane is downwardly pressed through a pressure supplied by the skin muscle weight for being in a recessed status so as to be tightly adjacent to the skin or the outfit or the skirt, thus the low frequencies generated through the vibrations caused by the pelvic floor muscle being contracted and relaxed are able to be amplified and precisely collected. 
     Wherein, according to the present invention, a bottom end of the base seat of the main body is disposed with at least one anti-skid sound isolating pad used for avoiding displacements. 
     Wherein, according to the present invention, a shape of the elastic sound receiving membrane includes, but not limits to, an arc-shaped surface or a curved surface. 
     Wherein, according to the present invention, a material of which the elastic sound receiving membrane is made is a soft material. 
     Wherein, according to the present invention, a material of which the support ring is made includes, but not limits to, a metal material or a plastic material. 
     Wherein, according to the present invention, a top end of the support ring is additionally disposed with at least one accessory unit including, but not limiting to, an infrared unit or a magnet unit which is used for soothing the pelvic floor muscle and blood circulation. 
     Wherein, according to the present invention, the base seat is disposed with at least one vibrating motor which enables the main body to vibrate, massages the pelvic floor muscle and is connected to the electric circuit board, and at least one press button used for controlling the vibrating motor is disposed at an outer side of the main body and connected to the electric circuit board. 
     Wherein, according to the present invention, a top end of the main body is disposed with a charging light, a Bluetooth light, a switch light and a power switch which are connected to the electric circuit board; a charging hole is formed for a purpose of charging electricity, at least one battery connected to the electric circuit board is disposed in the main body. 
     Wherein, according to the present invention, the electric circuit board is used for providing a functional operating function and a received sound data transferring function through being connected to at least one smart device installed with an application program (APP) via a Bluetooth device. 
     Advantages achieved by the present invention are as follows: The interior and the top end of the main body are respectively disposed with the base seat, the sound collecting chamber, the elastic sound receiving membrane, the support ring, the microphone and the electric circuit board; as such, the elastic sound receiving membrane is downwardly pressed through the pressure supplied by the skin muscle weight for being in a recessed status so as to be tightly adjacent to the outer side of the skin or the outfit or the skirt and the sound collecting chamber is used for amplifying, thus the low frequencies generated through the vibrations caused by the pelvic floor muscle being contracted and relaxed can be collected with a more precise effect, and the Bluetooth device is used for transferring to the smart device installed with the application program (APP); moreover, the device provided by the present invention satisfies the ergonomics and can be conveniently operated without the needs of the electrodes and being inserted in the human part. Accordingly, the present invention is novel, more practical in use and satisfies the requirements of the users. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is a perspective exploded view according to the present invention; 
         FIG.  2    is a perspective view showing the assembly according to the present invention; 
         FIG.  3    is a cross sectional view showing the assembly according to the present invention; 
         FIG.  4    is a schematic view showing the accessory unit being disposed at the top end of the support ring according to one embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG.  5    is a schematic view showing the vibrating motor and the press button being disposed on the base seat according to one embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG.  6    is a schematic view showing the device of the present invention being interacting with the perineum according to one embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG.  7    is a schematic view showing the elastic sound receiving membrane being applied with the press of the skin muscle weight according to one embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG.  8    is a schematic view showing the sound detecting device for pelvic floor muscle exercise being covered by the things according to one embodiment of the present invention; and 
         FIG.  9    is a schematic view showing an operating status of the conventional inserting type device. 
     
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CODES 
     (Conventional)
       82 : Vagina     9 : Inserting type device     91 : Rod member   

     (Present Invention)
       1 : Main body     10 : Battery     101 : Power switch     102 : Charging light     103 : Bluetooth light     104 : Switch light     11 : Changing hole     2 : Base seat     21 : Anti-skid sound isolating pad     3 : Sound collecting chamber     31 : Opening     32 : Support ring     321 : Middle hole     33 : Accessory unit     34 : Vibrating motor     341 : Press button     4 : Elastic sound receiving membrane     5 : Microphone     6 : Electric circuit board     7 : Smart device     71 : Application program (APP)     8 : Thigh     81 : Perineum   

     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     One preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings for illustrating the structural assembly, the technical means and the functions to be achieved by the present invention; and the actual ratios and the arrangement of components shall not be limited by the ratios and the arrangement of components in the provided figures. 
     Please refer from  FIG.  1    to  FIG.  8   , wherein  FIG.  1    is a perspective exploded view according to the present invention;  FIG.  2    is a perspective view showing the assembly according to the present invention;  FIG.  3    is a cross sectional view showing the assembly according to the present invention;  FIG.  4    is a schematic view showing the accessory unit being disposed at the top end of the support ring according to one embodiment of the present invention;  FIG.  5    is a schematic view showing the vibrating motor and the press button being disposed on the base seat according to one embodiment of the present invention;  FIG.  6    is a schematic view showing the device of the present invention being interacting with the perineum according to one embodiment of the present invention;  FIG.  7    is a schematic view showing the elastic sound receiving membrane being applied with the press of the skin muscle weight according to one embodiment of the present invention; and  FIG.  8    is a schematic view showing the sound detecting device for pelvic floor muscle exercise being covered by the things according to one embodiment of the present invention. According to one preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a sound detecting device for pelvic floor muscle exercise, which is for applied to receive low frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle is relaxed and contracted, and includes: a main body  1 , a sound collecting chamber  3 , an elastic sound receiving membrane  4 , a support ring  32 , a microphone  5  and an electric circuit board  6 . 
     A base seat  2  used for supporting is disposed in the main body  1 , a bottom end of the base seat  2  of the main body  1  is disposed with at least one anti-skid sound isolating pad  21  used for avoiding displacements. Accordingly, the present invention can be fastened and not easy to be displaced, and an error generated through the sound caused by displacements can be prevented. 
     The sound collecting chamber  3  is disposed in the main body  1  and used for amplifying and collecting sounds for increasing the sensibility. An opening  31  having a sound receiving function is formed at a top end of the sound collecting chamber  3  (as shown in  FIG.  1   ,  FIG.  2    and  FIG.  3   ). 
     The elastic sound receiving membrane  4  is disposed in the main body  1  and located at the opening  31  of the sound collecting chamber  3 , the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  is used for covering on an outer skin layer or an outfit or a skirt where the lower frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle generates the relaxing or the contracting motions. The shape of the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  includes, but not limits to, an arc-shaped surface or a curved surface, and the material of which the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  is made is a soft material (as shown in  FIG.  1   ,  FIG.  2    and  FIG.  3   ). 
     The support ring  32  is disposed at the top end of the main body  1 , arranged at a periphery of the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  and corresponding to an outer periphery of the opening  31  of the sound collecting chamber  3 ; the center of the support ring  32  is formed with a middle hole  321  allowing the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  to be exposed, the material of which the support ring  32  is made includes, but not limits to, a metal material or a plastic material (as shown in  FIG.  1   ,  FIG.  2    and  FIG.  3   ). The microphone  5  is disposed at a bottom end of the sound collecting chamber  3  (as shown in  FIG.  1   ,  FIG.  2    and  FIG.  3   ). 
     The electric circuit board  6  is disposed on the base seat  2  and used for providing a wave filtering function and an amplifying function; the electric circuit board  6  is connected to the microphone  5  and used for filtering high sound waves, middle sound waves and low sound waves so that the low frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle is relaxed or contacted can be individually kept. Moreover, the electric circuit board  6  can be used for providing a functional operating function and a received sound data transferring function through being connected to at least one smart device  7  installed with an application program (APP)  71  via a Bluetooth device (as shown in  FIG.  1   ,  FIG.  2    and  FIG.  3   ). With the gravity of the outer skin muscle weight and the sound collecting chamber  3 , the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  is able to descend to be tightly adjacent to the skin or the outfit or the skirt, thus the lower frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle vibrates can be amplified and precisely collected. 
     According to the present invention, the top end of the main body  1  is disposed with a charging light  102 , a Bluetooth light  103 , a switch light  104  and a power switch  101  which are connected to the electric circuit board  6 ; a charging hole  11  is formed for a purpose of charging electricity, at least one battery  10  connected to the electric circuit board  6  is disposed in the main body  1 ; when the battery  10  is electrically charged through the charging hole  11 , the charging light  102  is able to emit lights; when the smart device  7  is connected to the Bluetooth device, the Bluetooth light  103  is able to emit lights; when being operated, the power switch  101  is pressed to allow the switch light  104  to emit lights. 
     Please refer to  FIG.  4    and  FIG.  5   , according to the present invention, a top end of the support ring  32  is additionally disposed with at least one accessory unit  33  including, but not limiting to, an infrared unit or a magnet unit which is used for soothing the pelvic floor muscle and blood circulation (as shown in  FIG.  4   ). According to the present invention, the base seat  2  is disposed with at least one vibrating motor  34  which enables the main body  1  to vibrate, massages the pelvic floor muscle and is connected to the electric circuit board  6 , and at least one press button  341  used for controlling the vibrating motor  34  is disposed at an outer side of the main body  1  and connected to the electric circuit board  6  (as shown in  FIG.  5   ). 
     Please refer to  FIG.  6   ,  FIG.  7    and  FIG.  8   , the shape of the main body  1  provided by the present invention includes, but not limits to, an oval shape or an enlarged status so as to be formed as a chair cushion; when a user is in a sitting status, regardless wearing the outfit or the skirt, for a long time (for example 5 to 10 minutes), the device provided by the present invention is disposed at a perineum  81  located between two thighs  8  of the user (as shown in  FIG.  6   ), the perineum  81  is corresponding to the membrane of the elastic sound receiving membrane  4 , and the sound collecting area can be enlarged to become a recessed three-dimensional sound collecting area through the weight of the skin muscle (as shown in  FIG.  7   ), thus the vibrating low frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle is relaxed or contracted can be heard more clearly through reaching the deeper pelvic floor muscle layer; when the user does the Kegel sphincter exercises to train the muscle strength and the muscle endurance and the instant responsiveness of the pelvic floor muscle, the device provided by the present invention, which satisfies the ergonomics, is able to be directly and deeply positioned on the pelvic floor muscle, thus the device is prevented from being displaced and noises generated due to relative displacements between the device and cloth can be avoided, the structure of the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  can also isolate the muscle frequency of the thighs  8 ; when the pelvic floor muscle is contracted and relaxed to do the lifting anus and the pelvic floor muscle group exercises, the low frequencies generated when the pelvic floor muscle is contracted and relaxed can be received by the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  provided by the present invention without the needs of electrodes and being inserted into any human part (as shown in  FIG.  8   ), when the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  is subjected to the downward pressing force of the skin muscle, the three-dimensional recessed surface is formed to increase the sound receiving area, in other words the three-dimensional recessed surface can receive more low frequencies generated by the pelvic floor muscle under the same cross section area, thus the detection is more precise and the received low frequencies of the pelvic floor muscle are provided to the electric circuit board  6  which is connected to the sound collecting chamber  3  and the microphone  5  used for amplifying and filtering waves. 
     According to the present invention, the interior and the top end of the main body  1  are respectively disposed with the base seat  2 , the sound collecting chamber  3 , the elastic sound receiving membrane  4 , the support ring  32 , the microphone  5  and the electric circuit board  6 ; as such, the elastic sound receiving membrane  4  is downwardly pressed through the pressure supplied by the skin muscle weight for being in a recessed status so as to be tightly adjacent to the outer side of the skin or the outfit or the skirt and the sound collecting chamber  3  is used for amplifying, thus the low frequencies generated through the vibrations caused by the pelvic floor muscle being contracted and relaxed can be collected with a more precise effect, and the Bluetooth device is used for transferring to the smart device  7  installed with the application program (APP)  71 ; moreover, the device provided by the present invention satisfies the ergonomics and can be conveniently operated without the needs of the electrodes and being inserted in the human part. Accordingly, the present invention is novel, more practical in use and satisfies the requirements of the users. 
     Based on what have been disclosed above, while this present invention has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention set forth in the claims. 
     Many modifications and other embodiments of the inventions set forth herein will come to mind to one skilled in the art to which these inventions pertain having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is to be understood that the inventions are not to be limited to the specific examples of the embodiments disclosed and that modifications and other embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. Although specific terms are employed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.