AU2020102340A4

AU2020102340A4 - A wearable manually operated sanitization device

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Publication number: AU2020102340A4
Application number: AU2020102340A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Abhirup Bhattacharjee; Manasi Vyankatesh Ghamande; Arranyak Kar; Subham Chandra Sahoo
Original assignee: Ghamande Manasi Vyankatesh Mrs
Current assignee: Ghamande Manasi Vyankatesh Mrs
Priority date: 2020-09-19
Filing date: 2020-09-19
Publication date: 2020-10-29
Anticipated expiration: 2028-09-19

Abstract

ABTRACT The present invention relates to a wearable manually operated sanitization device which is easy to use and highly durable, with a liquid sanitizing dispenser to maintain hygiene and tackle the ongoing pandemic. The invented device having a straight forward and sleek design can be used many times by refilling it. It provides users the convenience of not having to carry around a bottle of sanitizer to clean their hands and proposed product can also be used to disinfect commonly touched surfaces and prevent the risk of contracting germs greatly. The proposed machine comprises a container, a sprayer, a transparent line at the top (to facilitate reusability), a trigger to manually operate the sprayer, a silicon strap. Following invention described in detail with the help of figure 1 of sheet 1 which shows the schematic diagram of proposed invention. 1/1 1 2 4 3 5 Figure 1

Description

ABTRACT

The present invention relates to a wearable manually operated sanitization device which is easy to use and highly durable, with a liquid sanitizing dispenser to maintain hygiene and tackle the ongoing pandemic. The invented device having a straight forward and sleek design can be used many times by refilling it. It provides users the convenience of not having to carry around a bottle of sanitizer to clean their hands and proposed product can also be used to disinfect commonly touched surfaces and prevent the risk of contracting germs greatly. The proposed machine comprises a container, a sprayer, a transparent line at the top (to facilitate reusability), a trigger to manually operate the sprayer, a silicon strap. Following invention described in detail with the help of figure 1 of sheet 1 which shows the schematic diagram of proposed invention.

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A WEARABLE MANUALLY OPERATED SANITIZATION DEVICE

Technical field of invention:

The present invention in general relates to the field of sanitization, health and hygiene. More specifically to a wearable manually operated sanitization device.

Background of the invention:

The importance of cleanliness has long been recognized, particularly in the fields of health care, food preparation, employee of an organization and laboratories, to name but a few. Although traditional hand washing using soap and water is performed by most people, these same people are often unwittingly exposed to unsanitary conditions after washing their hands. For example, these people are potentially exposed to unsanitary surfaces by touching a handrail of a stairway or escalator, and/or when opening doors, handling currency, touching keyboards, etc.

Thus, sanitizer dispensers are used in a wide variety of settings to provide people with a sanitizing material to rub on their hands prior to undertaking activities where cleanliness is important, such as prior to eating, handling food, or attending to a patient at a health care facility and many public washrooms.

Approximately one in 10 people admitted to hospitals in world acquire a new infection during their stay. These nosocomial infections result in an estimated 100,000 deaths per year in world. Nosocomial infections increase the length of patient stays in hospital, contributing to increased healthcare staffing levels, increased costs and increased use of resources. This situation contributes significantly to the overall stress on the healthcare systems and increases wait times. It is estimated that approximately half of these nosocomial infections are the result of inadequate hand hygiene compliance by healthcare staff.

There is considerable evidence that hand hygiene compliance is a primary means to reduce nosocomial infections and the transmission of pathogens. Pathogens are normally present on the skin of healthcare workers and patients and on surfaces surrounding the patient. These organisms can be transferred to healthcare workers' hands where they can survive for periods ranging from minutes to hours. The final step in the transmission process is the transfer of organisms from the contaminated hands of the caregiver to other patients or clean environmental surfaces. Alcohol-based hand rubs seem to be significantly more effective than washing with soap and water and in the reduction of transmission of pathogens.

Since the beginning of pandemic of covid-19 there has been an increased awareness and concern for preventing contamination and infection of health care and allied personnel by pathogens and virus. Li Wenliang, who tried to warn the world about the coronavirus outbreak of COVID-19, also died due to corona virus. Government of India has indicated that it is taking all necessary steps to ensure that the citizens are prepared well to face the challenge and threat posed by the growing pandemic of COVID-19 the Corona Virus.

The most important factor in preventing the spread of corona virus is by ensuring that all the citizens apply sanitisers/ hand wish and frequent washing of hands to stop spreading of corona virus. The Clean Hands campaign by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) instructs the public to use Alcohol-based hand sanitizer for hand washing. Hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol or contains a "persistent antiseptic" should be used.

Alcohol rubs kill many different kinds of bacteria, including antibiotic resistant bacteria and TB bacteria. They also kill many kinds of viruses, including the flu virus, the common cold virus, coronaviruses, COVID-19, HIN Virus, Norovirus and Clostridium difficile and HIV. % alcohol rubs are more effective against viruses than most other forms of hand washing. Isopropyl alcohol will kill 99.99 % or more of all non-spore forming bacteria in less than 30 seconds, both in the laboratory and on human skin.

The use of hand sanitizers has become so common that there is a significant portion of the population that always keeps hand sanitizers at a nearby location, be it in the drawer of a desk at work or, even more readily available in a pocket or purse. Small, readily portable sanitizer dispensers are provided specifically so that the sanitizer can be stored in a manner such that it is always readily available. The dispensers most commonly employed for these purposes are simply small squeeze bottles closed off by a cap having a dispenser aperture through which the product is dispensed. The small, flexible bottle is typically inverted so that the sanitizer fills the volume near the dispensing aperture while air in the container moves upwardly toward what was previously the bottom of the container. The container is then squeezed so that a desired amount of product is forced out of the dispensing aperture and onto one's hand, at which time it can be used by rubbing the hands together to distribute the sanitizer. These dispensers are practical and popular, but they serve only the purpose of acting as a dispenser, and they are not as readily accessible as they could be because, in order to be used, they must still be retrieved from a desk drawer, pocket or purse or elsewhere, depending upon where they are stored.

Wearable dispensers of alcohol-based hand rub can provide ready access hand hygiene without the need to visit a fixed hand washing station and can reduce the time required to perform hand hygiene especially for busy staff such as nurses.

Therefore the available existing wearable sanitization devices are such as US20150129616A1 discloses wearable dispenser, US7898407B2 discloses hand hygiene compliance system in which a system and method of encouraging compliance of hand hygiene in an environment where users move from zone to zone and are required to perform hand hygiene between the zones, US20110182652A1 discloses wearable sanitizing gel dispenser, kit, and associated nethods, W02010028320A1 discloses a device and method for reminding people to maintain hand hygiene, 201717028887 apparatus method for hand sanitisation,

Therefore, there is need to introduce and develop a novel device for making portably wearable manually operated sanitisation device to overcome the drawbacks of the conventional methods.

Objective of the invention

An objective of the present invention is to attempt to overcome the problems of the prior art and provide a wearable manually operated sanitization device.

This and other objects and characteristics of the present invention will become apparent from the further disclosure to be made in the detailed description given below.

Summary of the invention:

Accordingly following invention provides a wearable manually operated sanitization device, with a liquid sanitizing dispenser to maintain hygiene and tackle the ongoing pandemic. The proposed machine comprises a container, a sprayer, a transparent line at the top (to facilitate reusability), a trigger to manually operate the sprayer, a silicon strap.

Brief description of drawing:

This invention is described by way of example with reference to the following drawing where,

Figure 1 of sheet 1 shows the schematic diagram of proposed invention. Where, 1 denotes container, 2 denotes sprayer, 3 denotes transparent line at the top (to facilitate reusability), 4 denotes trigger to manually operate the sprayer, denotes silicon strap.

In order that the manner in which the above-cited and other advantages and objects of the invention are obtained, a more particular description of the invention briefly described above will be referred, which are illustrated in the appended drawing. Understanding that these drawing depict only typical embodiment of the invention and therefore not to be considered limiting on its scope, the invention will be described with additional specificity and details through the use of the accompanying drawing.

Detailed description of the invention:

The present invention relates to a wearable manually operated sanitization device which is easy to use and highly durable, with a liquid sanitizing dispenser to maintain hygiene and tackle the ongoing pandemic. The proposed machine comprises a container, a sprayer, a transparent line at the top (to facilitate reusability), a trigger to manually operate the sprayer, a silicon strap.

The proposed device mainly comprises of following parts;

Container: It is a cubical in shape with rounded and smoothened edges. The top and bottom surfaces will appear square in shape, with edges implanted with strap fitters. On the front the sprayer is fitted for ease of use. The sanitisation fluid is to be stored here, and a sided opening is present so it can be reused and refilled.

Sprayer (fitter with the container): The mechanism of the sprayer pushes the sanitisation fluid stored within the container outwards, in the direction as required by the user.

Silicon Strap: A common silicon strap that is commonly used in numerous watches for an easy fit, durability and low cost of production.

Trigger: To manually operate the sprayer

The invented device having a straight forward and sleek design, can be used many times by refilling it. It provides users the convenience of not having to carry around a bottle of sanitizer to clean their hands and proposed product can also be used to disinfect commonly touched surfaces and prevent the risk of contracting germs greatly. It is extremely lightweight and compact so it doesn't add any hassles for using it daily. Also, the estimated costs for production would be very low on a global scale and result in it being highly affordable for the lower-classes as well. Any sanitizing liquid can be used for filling up the container.

For utilizing the invented device user have to fill the container with a suitable sanitizing liquid as per the guidelines, from the opening at the side of the product. Fasten the product on the desired wrist with the help of the silicon strap, Press the trigger to release a spray of the liquid out of the sprayer in the desired direction to either cleanse your hands or sanitize a surface.

The proposed invention having various advantages: Ease of use, Threat reduction (can be used to sanitise surfaces as well as hands), Better Flexibility in comparison to other similar products, Affordable and economic, Sleek Design and premier aesthetic as well as lightweight, Highly durable, Reusable and can be refilled, Unisex and Environment friendly.

The many features and advantages of the invention are apparent from the detailed specification, and thus, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such features and advantages of the invention which fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and variations will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation illustrated and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.

Claims

Editorial Note 2020102340 There is only one page of the claim THE CLAIMS DEFINING THE INVENTION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. A wearable manually operated sanitization device with a liquid sanitizing dispenser to maintain hygiene and tackle the ongoing pandemic, characterized in that; said device comprises

a container for storing sanitization fluid (01) cubical in shape with rounded and smoothened edges, the top and bottom surfaces appear square in shape, with edges implanted with strap fitters and on the front a sprayer (02) is fitted for ease of use, and a sided opening is present so it can be reused and refilled;

such sprayer (02) pushes the sanitisation fluid stored within the container outwards, in the direction as required by the user,

a transparent line (03) at the top to facilitate reusability,

a trigger (04) to manually operate the sprayer,

and a silicon strap (05).