CN104029963A - Sharp Collector - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a sharp collector, namely a container used for disposal of medical wastes. The container is used for disposal of contaminated medical devices of sharps such as syringe needles. The container provides a safety property preventing tempering and re-use.

Description

Sharp instrument catcher

Technical field

The disclosure relates to a kind of container for waste, especially relate to a kind of for Biohazard Waste the container such as the sharp instrument of having polluted.

Background technology

In operation and clinical scene, safety is important with effectively removing pollutants for medical professional, and it is protected workman in order to avoid is exposed to such pollutants waste, thereby avoids unexpected injury and disease.The waste of particular problem comprises that sharp instrument is such as scalpel, blade and hypodermic needle.

Developed over several years and put the container of waste product, it provides the safety of resonable degree for disposable sharp instrument and other Biohazard Waste product.

Some container has lid, if can prevent that contents from spilling from described container to overturn it.This lid can be made up of polymeric material, and with respect to the main body of described container with chain connection.Equally, in the life-span of described container, exist the tired and final risk disconnecting of described hinge, this will cause described container not cover, and the risk that has described contents partially or completely to spill.

And, in some country, increase the recycling of the medical facilities to comprising medical wastes treatment container.The reusing to relate to of obvious this container empties the contents that polluted, and this causes for important risk of the side of being engaged in described activity, and damages potentially the important risk of described container, is unsafe thereby cause it for following user.

Exist for safety and the actv. container demand of disposing rejected material in Yi Liao ∕ surgical scene, this container has mechanism to allow the safe disposal of waste, and the risk that does not have described contents to spill, and substantially prevent reusing of described container.

To comprise arbitrary discussion of file in this manual, behavior, material, device, article etc. should not be considered to admit arbitrary or all these things formed the basic part of prior art, or the common practise in the field relevant to the disclosure, because it just existed before the preceence date of every kind of claim of the application.

Summary of the invention

One aspect of the present invention comprises a kind of container, and it comprises:

There is aperture to receive the receiving unit of at least part of disposable use object;

Substantially close configuration and opening between configuration movably door;

By making described object relatively insert described aperture, described in being movable to, described door opens configuration;

For making at least a portion of described object from the remainder cutting cutting element of described object;

Wherein, in the time closing in configuration described in described door is in, described cutting element is through stoping in order to avoid engaging with described object, and in the time opening in configuration described in described door is in, described cutting element engages with described object; And

For receiving and hold the receiving member of the cutting part of described object.

One side more of the present invention comprises a kind of container, and it comprises:

There is aperture to receive the receiving unit of the object that will dispose at least partly;

Substantially closing configuration and opening between configuration removable to receive the door of at least part of described object;

For making at least a portion of described object from the remainder cutting cutting element of described object;

For receiving and hold the receiving member of the described cutting part of described object, described receiving member has base and cover, and described cutting element is connected to described receiving member;

Removing at least in part described lid from described pedestal herein makes described cutting element discharge from the engagement state of it and described receiving member.

In another aspect of this invention, provide a kind of external member, it comprises:

Multiple syringe needle members; And

Container, it comprises:

There is aperture to receive at least part of receiving unit of syringe needle member described at least one;

Substantially close configuration and opening between configuration movably door;

By making described at least one syringe needle member relatively insert described aperture, described in being movable to, described door opens configuration;

For making at least a portion of described at least one syringe needle member from the remainder cutting cutting element of described object;

Wherein in the time closing in configuration described in described door is in, described cutting element is through stoping in order to avoid engage with described at least one syringe needle member, and in the time opening in configuration described in described door is in, described cutting element engages with described at least one syringe needle member; And

For receiving and hold the receiving member of the described cutting part of described syringe needle member.

Provide a kind of external member more on the one hand of the present invention, it comprises:

Multiple syringe needle members; And

Container, it comprises:

There is aperture to receive at least part of receiving unit of syringe needle member described at least one;

Substantially closing configuration and opening between configuration removable to receive at least part of door of syringe needle member described at least one;

For making at least a portion of described at least one syringe needle member from the remainder cutting cutting element of described object;

For receiving and hold the receiving member of the described cutting part of described at least one syringe needle member, described receiving member has base and cover, and described cutting element is connected to described receiving member;

Wherein removing at least in part described lid from described pedestal makes described cutting element discharge from the engagement state of it and described receiving member.

Typically, described cutting element covers described in being positioned at.

Described container is sharp instrument disposal container typically, to receive the medical treatment or the operation sharp instrument object that have polluted.The example of the object that a part will be disposed is the needle assembly that comprises described shank and needle hub.

Described container generally comprises receiving unit, and it relatively receives a part of receiving member.Described receiving unit and receiving member can be connected to each other, and for example, by one or more hinges, and it is relative to each other movably.In this, these two assemblies can be relative to each other in the first non-cutting position biasing.In this position, the major part of described receiving member can be setovered with spring substantially from described receiving unit.

Described receiving member may comprise main body and lid.For fear of altering described receiving member, described lid can be connected to described main body safely.

One or more hinges can be through providing to make described receiving unit be connected with described receiving member.Described hinge can be provided by connected by spring lock component.For example, groove can be outstanding from described receiving member or receiving unit, and the receiving unit in another parts is entered in interlock.

Described receiving member may further include at least one spring member from its extension.Described spring member makes described container eccentricity at the first non-cutting position, but the compression of the container that it allows to comprise described receiving unit and receiving member in the time suitably compressing.

Described container comprises door.Described door is movably substantially closing configuration and opening between configuration.Described door can comprise multiple members, for example two relative door members.Each member can both relatively move to and open configuration from closing configuration.Described door member can by elasticity easily curved material make.They can be mounted in the lip-deep spring in inside of described receiving unit.

In one embodiment, described door member can relative to each other biasing in the configuration of closing.So, described door member provides barrier for described pollution contents from spilling in described container.

Each member can comprise main body.The main body of a door member can have concavity joining edge.The main body of another member can have convex joining edge.The concavity at described point of other edge and convexity can be complementary, thereby are in while closing in configuration when described door, and described two joining edges can form sealing substantially closely in abutment.

Two described door members can have remote edge at the far-end of described abutment.Each of these edges can be connected to spring structure.Described spring structure can extend to stationary member from described far-end.Described stationary member can be installed to from the internal table of the top wall of described receiving unit face down extend cylindrical member.

Each spring structure can both comprise two relative flexibilities, bending and the arm extending.These arms can be configured to the described door of box lunch member and be movable relative to each other while coming relative to each other outwardly-bent at least in part.

When described door member be in they close in configuration time the described abutment that forms is typically basic aligns below with the aperture of the top wall extension through described receiving unit.

In one embodiment, can tentatively realize and relative to each other open described door member for the strength of described abutment by for example shank of object.Along with the tip of shank is pressed in described abutment, described door member can relative to each other be pried open.By this caused eliminant gap of prying open, described shank can be passed by it.The syringe of syringe needle has the diameter larger than described shank, and therefore in the time that described syringe moves forward in described gap, it will promote described door member and separate fartherly, and their normal bias off position further away from each other.Described syringe needle and described syringe divide the fixing feature of other stationary member for strength and each spring arm of the joining edge of each member at it, can cause the outwardly-bent or outside deflection largelyr of described arm, this is in the time that they compress between the main body of described door member and stationary member.

Each upper face can both have syringe and receive crypts.These crypts can be close to described point of other joining edge.The syringe of each member receives crypts and allows for two kinds of described door member strength longitudinally and radially, and this is that relative to each other to open each member needed.

Described door member is typically in substantially recessed described container, and this makes end user during normal use physically contact described door member difficulty relatively, if possible.This feature can have further benefit, and described door member is avoided the benefit of the infringement being caused by the relatively high impulse force that drops at least in part.

In the situation that described disposing object is syringe etc., cut the syringe of described syringe instead of the Metallic rod of described syringe needle is needed.In order to ensure cutting described syringe but not described shank, thereby described door can be configured while only location between two joining edges of described door member, and described door member just can open to fully open position.Cutting path for cutting mechanism is only limited between it in described fully open position.

Described cutting element can be positioned in the lid of described receiving member, in the above or contiguous with it.Described cutting element can be the blade that has fixation ends and extend to free cut edge.

Described blade can further be arranged on safety connector, and described safety connector typically comprises the platform of the blade with mounted thereto.Described safety gear also can comprise one or more supporting legs, and it has connecting flange, to guarantee that described safety connector is connected to described receiving member.Described connecting flange can receive the catch member extending from the sidewall of described receiving member.Once described connecting flange can be taper and the stressed catch member that exceedes, so described supporting leg just can not remove from described receiving member easily.

Described platform can join the lid that is attached to described receiving member removedly by one or more tear fracture labels.But described cutting element can be partly stacked safely between described platform and crypts, described crypts is in surface, the inside formation of described lid and through formalizing to mate the shape of described cutting element.This stepped construction of described cutting element can be used in that it is held in place at normal used life chien shih.Can adopt other fixing means to strengthen described connection.For example, can make described cutting element be attached to described platform with lining cement.

Alter described container and remove described lid such as attempting from described main body, the connection that can fracture described tear fracture label and also can fracture between the platform of described safety connector and the lid of described receiving member.Along with described platform discharges from described lid, described cutting element is also through discharging and typically dropping in described main body.

Although said mechanism causes described device invalid owing to altering (altering for the typical case who allows user to reuse described device after emptying its contents), user also can intentionally make described container invalid to prevent reusing of it.In this, described lid can be included in the aperture of at least part of described cutting element and the above position of described platform.Insert object and on described cutting mechanism and described platform, apply the connection being formed by described disconnection label that can fracture of downward strength described platform and described lid through described aperture, and described cutting element is through discharging into described main body.Discharge by this way described cutting mechanism and also can have advantages of and allow its removing of controlling subsequently, to promote the recirculation of the residuum of the plastic material of described container.

Being placed on of described receiving member wherein typically defines cut-out aperture.Described cutting element extends at least in part and extends into this aperture from the platform of described safety connector, thereby described free cut edge is positioned in described cut-out aperture.The parts in described cut-out aperture are partly circular.When container 10 is that while being in non-cutting configuration, this partly central portion aligns in bottom with the aperture of described receiving unit substantially.Its part circular shape is supplemented to the outer surface of the syringe of syringe needle at least in part.In the time that syringe inserts described container, its syringe is orientable substantially in described part circular parts.

In one embodiment, described part circular parts through being cut into specific dimensions to receive the syringe of syringe that reaches special diameter.If end user attempts needle assembly further to insert described container, the dimensional restriction being applied by the aperture in described receiving unit so and ∕ or between the sky between the door member of opening completely and the part circular parts of the cut-out parts of ∕ or described lid will prevent from having than arbitrary part of the syringe of described syringe larger diameter through described vessel moving.

But in an embodiment of described container, the aperture of described receiving member can relatively be amplified, to not only receive described syringe needle syringe but also receive the far-end of described syringe Luer joint.In the present embodiment, can cut described Luer joint tip and described syringe needle syringe, this causes forbidding the result of described syringe and described syringe needle.

In use, once syringe is positioned in the part circular parts of described lid, it just can be substantially in position so, and when described receiving member is relatively in the time that described receiving unit promotes, described fixing syringe will be engaged and be cut from the residuum of described needle assembly by described cutting element.

The key character of current disclosed container is all will prevent that described cutting element from cutting described syringe needle or syringe until described door member is in their fully open position.Once open completely, the door member of described joining edge will limit bending cutting path, to receive described cutting element.Due to the rotation path when cutting element cutting element on described receiving member in the time that described receiving unit rotates along pivot, bending cutting path may be desirable.

Cutting block piece can be provided in the upper face of described lid and upwards extends from it.Described cutting block piece can be positioned at the cut-out aperture place of contiguous described lid.If described door member fails to open completely to limit the cutting path of described bending, so described cutting block piece will with at least one adjacent sidewalls of one or two member, thereby mutual interlocking gear is provided, and has prevented that described cutting element is along with the described container of compression relatively moves forward.

In the time that the syringe of described syringe needle is opened described door member completely and be positioned in the cut-out parts of described part circular, substantially forbid described mutual interlocking gear, because there is no abutment points between described cutting block piece and described door member.

Can imagine other mutual interlocking gears.For example, described door member can comprise one or more supporting pins, in the time that described door member has been opened completely, its in described cutting blade or guide groove adjacent thereto in be receivable.In the time that described door member is closed or is only partially opened, the described supporting pin of region adjacency of described blade or contiguous described blade, thus prevent cutting.

Described receiving member may further include one or more inner timbers, and ramp member is extended and formed on its surface, inside from sidewall, and the needle component abandoning or other sharp instruments can drop in this ramp member.This timber has strengthened the stacking of the needle component that abandons in the main body of described receiving member.In this, the needle component that described timber abandons described in can making is away from centralized positioning.Make syringe needle that the center of main body do not abandon substantially and syringe provide insertion region for new syringe needle and the syringe inserting.End user will preferably not experience any resistance for the material abandoning in described main body, and this is ∕ or until described main body when having reached maximum capacity and can not having received further waste until described syringe needle inserts cutting position Shi completely at least.

In one embodiment, container 10 can be the parts that comprise the external member of one or more syringes and needle assembly.Thereby to medical practitioner provide syringe for using and syringe needle suitably with manual sharp instrument container.

Brief description of the drawings

By way of example, with reference now to accompanying drawing disclosed embodiment, wherein:

Fig. 1 and 6 illustrates the transparent view of a kind of embodiment of described container in use;

Fig. 2 illustrates the top view of the described container shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates the planar view of the biopsy cavity marker devices of the described container shown in Fig. 1, and still described door component description is in place wherein to have removed described receiving unit;

Fig. 4 illustrates the exploded drawings of the mutual interlocking gear between described door member and the cutting block piece that is in non-cutting position;

Fig. 5 illustrates the exploded drawings of the mutual interlocking gear between described door member and the cutting block piece that is in cutting position;

Fig. 7 illustrates the top view of the receiving member of described container;

Fig. 8 illustrates the cross-sectional side elevational view of the receiving member shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 illustrates the below transparent view of the receiving unit of described container;

Figure 10 illustrates the partial cross sectional views of another embodiment of container;

Figure 11 and 12 illustrates the transparent view of another embodiment of container;

Figure 13 a illustrates the planar view below described lid, and Figure 13 b illustrates the planar view of the main body of described receiving member;

Figure 14 illustrates the below transparent view of another embodiment of described container; And

Figure 15 illustrates the transparent view of the receiving unit of the embodiment shown in Figure 11.

Detailed description of the invention

Described container is sharp instrument disposal container typically, to receive the medical treatment or the operation sharp instrument object that have polluted.

In the accompanying drawings, described some embodiment of container, wherein said container usually represents with 10, and the example of the object that wherein a part will be disposed is the needle assembly that comprises the interface 102 of shank 101 and syringe 100.In one embodiment, container 10 is for cutting the interface 102 through syringe 100.In another embodiment, container 10 cuts through described syringe for the position at Luer joint.

Container 10 generally comprises receiving unit 11 and receiving member 120.Receiving unit 11 comprises bottom wall 21, and it extends between two end wall 22a and 22b.Bottom wall 21 has inner surface 26.Sidewall 23 also joins bottom wall 21 to and extends between two end wall 22a and 22b, to form the exterior panel of described receiving unit.Top wall 24 is also extended between wall 22a and 22b endways and is joined sidewall 23 to.Top wall 24 has inner surface 27.From Fig. 1, should be noted that with respect to sidewall 23, the contrary side of receiving unit 11 is opened.This allows receiving unit 11 relatively to receive at least part of receiving member 120(referring to Fig. 1).

Disposing object of the present disclosure can comprise needle assembly as shown in the figure, but it is contemplated that it may receive and dispose the clinical chip of other types on a 50-50 basis.

Receiving unit 11 and receiving member 120 are attachable each other and are relative to each other movably.In this, these two assemblies can be relative to each other usually as shown in Figure 1 in the first non-cutting position biasing.As long as container 10 is started to usually configuration as shown in figure 12 by user, receiving unit 11 and receiving member 120 are exactly relative to each other movably.

In the embodiment of the container shown in Fig. 1, described two assemblies (receiving unit 11 and receiving member 120) at the first non-cutting position with chain connection.In this position, the major part of receiving member 120 is setovered with spring from the sidewall 23 of receiving unit 11 substantially.

Receiving member 120 may move with respect to substantially fixing receiving unit 11.Alternately, receiving member 120 possibilities are basic and receiving unit 11 is fixing, and as long as user compresses it and will move with respect to described receiving member 120.Further again, in one embodiment, both are all relative to each other movably for receiving member 120 and receiving unit 11.

As shown in the figure, receiving member 120 through being cut into specific dimensions to receive many disposable pollutantss and many sharp-pointed object in one embodiment.

Fig. 8 shows the embodiment of receiving member.Receiving member 120 comprises main body 121 and lid 123.For fear of altering receiving member 120, lid 123 removes as the mode of target and closes main body 121 from main body 121 to prevent from covering 123.

The top edge 126 that main body 121 has lower surface 124, at least one outward extending sidewall 125 and opens.Edge 126 can relatively receive and cover 123, to form the receiving member 120 of sealing.

As can be seen from Figure 8, lower surface 124 has annular groove 127, and it is outstanding going forward side by side into main body 121 outwards.Should be appreciated that groove 127 may occur with other shapes.Groove 127 can relatively receive supplementary prodger or the spring 25 on the surface, inside 26 of the bottom wall that is positioned at receiving unit 11.This supplementary joint (receiving unit 11 and receiving member 120) of described two assemblies provides the first link fastener between described two assemblies.

The second link fastener can be provided.In the illustrated embodiment, it is through providing between the lid 123 of receiving member 120 and the surface, inside 27 of the top wall 24 of receiving unit 11.As shown in Figure 9, this second link is nibbled part and is closed and can be provided by the prodger 28 on the surface, inside 27 of top wall 24, in its groove 128 that can form in the lid of receiving member 120 123, relatively receives.

Described the first and second link fasteners provide pivot point at pin jointed end for container 10, and receiving member 120 and receiving unit 11 are relative to each other movably around this pivot point.

Receiving member 120 further comprises at least one spring member 129 from its extension.As shown in the figure, described at least one spring member 129 extends from sidewall 125, and it extends to free terminal 131 from the first end 130 that is connected to described sidewall 125.Angulation A between spring member 129 and sidewall 125.Spring member 129 is relative pieceable with part adjacent thereto with the surface, inside of for example sidewall 23 of receiving unit 11 on free terminal 131.Spring member 129 is flexibly substantially, thereby relatively can cause that towards receiving unit 11 compressed container parts 120 angle A reduces.

In example configuration as shown in Figure 1, described at least one spring member 129 is setovered receiving member 120 in non-cutting configuration with respect to receiving unit 11.In the configuration of this biasing, the part of receiving member 120 contiguous pin jointed ends is partly contained in the supplementary pin jointed end 29 of receiving unit 11.

The receiving member 120 of the lid 123 that comprises main body 121 and engage extends to non-pin jointed end 133 from the pin jointed end 132 partly holding, and this non-pin jointed end 133 is basic spaced apart from the sidewall 23 of receiving unit 11.In the time that container 10 is in non-cutting configuration (as shown in Figure 1), the major part of non-pin jointed end 133 is not all contained in receiving unit 11.

Relatively compress toward each other described two assemblies (receiving member 120 and receiving unit 11) and can cause that receiving member 120 turns around its pin jointed end 132 axles, from but not pin jointed end 133 move towards the sidewall 23 of receiving unit 11.

Container 10 comprises door 200.Described door 200 is movably substantially closing configuration and opening between configuration.Door 200 can comprise multiple members.As in Figure 3-5, described door can have two relative door member 201a, 201b in one embodiment.Each member 201a, 201b can relatively move to the configuration of opening as shown in Figure 5 from the configuration of closing as shown in Figure 3.Door member 201a, 201b can by elasticity, easily curved material and the spring that is arranged on the surface, inside 27 of top wall 24 of receiving unit 11 be made.

Although it is contemplated that door 200 can be connected to another part of container 10, it is typically connected to inner surface 27.For example, described door may be connected to end wall 22a and the 22b of receiving unit 11.In one embodiment, door member 201a, 201b relative to each other biasing in the configuration of closing.So, described door member provides barrier for described pollution contents from spilling in container 10.

In the illustrated embodiment, each member 201a, 201b comprise main body 202.The main body 202 of door member 201a has concavity joining edge 203a.The main body 202 of door member 201b has convex joining edge 203b.It is complementary dividing concavity and the convexity of other edge 203a, 203b, thereby when door 200 is in while closing in configuration, two joining edge 203a, 203b have formed sealing substantially closely in abutment 208 at least major part at the each edge engaging with another.

Both have edge 204 at the far-end of abutment 208 door member 201a, 201b.Each edge 204 is connected to spring structure 205.Each spring structure 205 extends to stationary member 206 from point other edge 204, and stationary member 206 is mounted to the cylindrical member to downward-extension from the surface, inside 27 of top wall 24.As shown in the figure, in one embodiment, each spring structure 205 can both comprise two relative flexibilities, bending and the arm 207 extending.These arms are configured to box lunch door member 201a, 201b and are movable relative to each other while coming relative to each other outwardly-bent at least in part.Arm 207 allows point other main element 202 to move to relatively point other stationary member 206 places of more close each member 201a, 201b, thereby provides opening between point other edge 203a, 203b.

The abutment 208 forming in the time that door member 201a, 201b are in them and close in configuration typically basic 30 bottom, aperture of extending with the top wall 24 of passing receiving unit 11 is alignd.

As mentioned above, in the time that door member 201a, 201b close substantially, container 10 is in non-cutting configuration, to prevent that syringe needle or other sharp instrument from spilling from container 10.Tentatively realize and relative to each other opened member 201a, a 201b for the strength of abutment 208 by object in one embodiment.As shown in the figure, such object can comprise syringe 100.Along with the tip 103 of shank 101 is pressed in abutment 208, door member 201a, 201b can relative to each other pry open.By this caused eliminant gap of prying open, shank 101 can be passed by it.The syringe 102 of syringe 100 has the diameter larger than described shank.Described syringe is followed the removable described gap that enters, and can move facing to the upper face 209 of each member 201a, 201b.Described syringe 102 further separates for promoting member 201a, a 201b, and away from the off position that goes out their normal bias.The feature that described syringe needle and described syringe are fixed to inner surface 27 for the strength of joining edge 203a, the 203b of each member and each arm 207 at stationary member 206 has caused arm 207 outwardly-bent or outside deflection largelyr, and this is in the time that they compress between main body 202 and stationary member 206.

As shown in Figure 5, each upper face 209 can both have the syringe reception crypts 210 of contiguous point other joining edge 203a, 203b.The syringe of each member 201a, 201b receives crypts 210 and allows for door member 201a, 201b two kinds strength longitudinally and radially, and this is that relative to each other to open each member needed.

In door member 201a, the substantially recessed container 10 as shown in the figure of 201b.This makes end user, and during normal use physically contact door member 201a, 201b are relatively difficult, if possible.It can have further benefit, and door member 200 is avoided the benefit of the infringement being caused by the relatively high impulse force that drops at least in part.

In being wherein in the embodiment of syringe etc., preferably, cut the Metallic rod 101 of syringe 102 instead of the described syringe needle of described syringe at described disposing object.In order to ensure cutting syringe 102 but not shank 101, thereby being configured, door 200 locates between two joining edges of described door member, described door member will open to fully open position.Cutting path for cutting mechanism 300 only limits between it in described fully open position.

Cutting mechanism 300 comprises cutting element 301.Cutting mechanism 300 is positioned in top wall 24, is close in the above or with it.Cutting element 301 is blade 303 typically, and it has fixation ends 304 and extends to free cut edge 305.Blade 303 is arranged on safety connector 400.Safety connector 400 typically comprises platform 401 and one or more supporting leg 402, and supporting leg 402 has connecting flange 403 to guarantee that safety connector 400 is connected to the safety of receiving member 120.As shown in Figure 8, supporting leg 402 is received in the receiver member 134 of receiving member 120.Once connecting flange 403 is the receiver members 134 that exceed taper and stressed, supporting leg 402 just can not remove from receiving member 120 easily so.

Cutting mechanism 300 is positioned on the upper face of platform 401 of safe transom 400.

Platform 401 joins to be attached to removedly by one or more tear fracture labels 404 and covers 123.Cutting element 301 is partly stacked between platform 401 and crypts 140, crypts 140 form on surface, lid 123 inside and through setting so that the shape of coupling cutting element 301.This stepped construction of described cutting element is at normal used life chien shih, it is held in place.Can adopt other fixed mechanisms, for example, can use lining cement that cutting element 301 is adhered on platform 401.

Alter container 10 and remove and cover 123 from main body 121 such as attempting, the connection that has fractureed tear fracture label 404 and fractureed between platform 401 and the lid 123 of safety connector 400.Along with platform 401 discharges from covering 123, cutting element 301 is also through discharging and typically dropping in main body 121.

Although said mechanism causes described device invalid owing to altering (altering for the typical case who allows user to reuse described device after emptying its contents), but user also can intentionally make container 10 invalid to prevent reusing of it, in this, lid 123 is included in the aperture 135 of at least part of cutting element 301 and platform 401 above positions.Insert object and on described cutting mechanism and described platform, apply the connection forming by disconnecting label 404 that fractureed described platform and described lid of downward strength through aperture 135, and described cutting element is through discharging into main body 121.Discharge by this way described cutting mechanism and also can have advantages of and allow its removing of controlling subsequently, to promote the recirculation of the residuum of the plastic material of container 10.

In order to receive the object that will dispose, the lid 123 of receiving member 120 cuts off aperture 136 in wherein defining.As shown in Figure 7, cutting element 301 extends into this aperture 136 at least in part from platform 401, thereby cut edge 305 is positioned in described cut-out aperture 136.In the position of adjacent sidewall 125, lid 123 also defines the part circular parts 137 that cut off aperture 136.

The part circular parts 137 that cut off aperture 136 substantially align below with the aperture 30 of receiving unit 11 in the time that receptor 10 is in non-cutting configuration.Once insert through aperture 30, part circular parts 137 will receive shank 101 and syringe 102.

In one embodiment, part circular parts 137 through being cut into specific dimensions to receive the syringe 102 of syringe 100 that reaches special diameter.If user attempts needle assembly further to insert container, this dimensional restriction that cuts off the size of the open space that creates together with aperture 30 with by door 200 of parts 137 will prevent from thisly further excessively inserting with possible damage capacity.But as shown in figure 10, aperture 30 can be through amplifying to not only receive the tip of syringe needle syringe 102 but also reception syringe Luer joint 306.In this case, in the time using described in container cutting Luer joint most advanced and sophisticated 306 and described syringe needle syringe, wherein said syringe needle syringe has the result that makes described syringe and described syringe needle both lose ability.

Part circular parts 137 are spaced apart from the cut edge 305 of cutting element 301.In the present embodiment, once syringe 102 is positioned in part circular parts 137, it will be substantially in position by aperture 30, and therefore, when receiving member 120 is relatively in the time that receiving unit 11 promotes, fixing syringe 102 is engaged by cutting element 301 and cuts from the residuum of described needle assembly.

In the illustrated embodiment, until door member 201a, a 201b while being in their fully open position, will prevent that cutting element 301 from cutting described syringe needle or syringe.Once open completely, joining edge 203a, the 203b of door member 201a, 201b will limit bending cutting path, and it can find out in Fig. 5.

Cutting block piece 302 provides at the upper face of lid 123 and upwards extends from it.It is positioned at contiguous 136 places, aperture that cut off.If door member 201a, 201b fail to open completely to limit the cutting path of described bending, cut so block piece 302 will with at least one sidewall 211 adjacency of one or two member 201a, 201b, thereby mutual interlocking gear is provided, and has prevented that cutting element 301 is along with compression container 10 relatively moves forward.In this example, the position of not opening completely at door member 201a, 201b, in the time that they attempt relatively toward each other compressed container part 120 and receiving unit 11, end user will experience the resistance from described mutual interlocking gear.Be necessary to forbid this mutual interlocking gear, to promote the described object of cutting, and this syringe 102 that only may work as described syringe needle is opened member 201a, a 201b completely and is positioned at realization while cover in 123 part circular cut-out parts 137 in the illustrated embodiment.This safety system has prevented cutting shank (this will damage described cutting element), instead of prevents from cutting syringe 102.

Can imagine other mutual interlocking gears.For example, described door member can comprise one or more supporting pins, in the time that described door member has been opened completely, in its guide groove in described cutting blade, is receivable.In the time that described door member is closed or is only partially opened, the described supporting pin of described blade adjacency, thus prevent cutting.

The top wall 24 of receiving unit 11 further comprises the track 31 around aperture 30 at least in part.Track 31 comprises the flange of the material of receiving unit 11.Track 31 can be positioned on described receiving unit 11 uniquely.Alternately, as shown in Figure 11-12, the first component 32 of track 31 can be positioned in the top wall 24 of receiving unit 11, and second component 33 can be positioned on the lid 123 of receiving member 120.

Track 31 plays the effect of the most advanced and sophisticated protective device of described syringe needle, to prevent from slipping over the surface of container 10, causes the accident injury to end user.

As shown in Figure 13 b, container 10 may further include one or more inner timbers 138, and ramp member is extended and formed on its surface, inside from sidewall 125, and the needle component abandoning or other sharp instruments can drop in this ramp member.This timber 138 plays the function of the stacking ability of the needle component that enhancing abandons in main body 121.In this, the shank that timber 138 abandons described in making is away from center oriented.Make syringe needle that main body 121 center do not abandon substantially and syringe provide insertion region for new syringe needle and the syringe inserting.End user will preferably not experience any resistance for the material abandoning in main body 121, and this is ∕ or until main body 121 when having reached maximum capacity and can not having received further waste until described syringe needle inserts cutting position Shi completely at least.

Container 10 may further include the one or more regions that tear, and they are weak regions in the thickness of wall of receiving member 120 He ∕ or receiving unit 11.Typically, these tear guide groove 41(in the wall that region is included in receiving member 120 He ∕ or receiving unit 11 referring to Figure 14).This guide groove can be formed on the pin jointed end of receiving unit 11 or contiguous with it, and if end user attempts to open forcefully described container or takes off described assembly from hinge, described container will split and ∕ or disconnection in the described region that tears, to use after preventing.

The shape of container 10 through design in case strengthen end user grip force and wieldy device is provided.Container 10 can be through providing with finger grips crypts 139, so that anti-skidding during use.

In use, container 10 can be placed on smooth surface.End user vertically inserts container 10 by syringe needle via aperture 30 with that hand mainly operating.The mechanism of said vesse 10 has guaranteed that door member 201a, 201b only open when correctly locating in container 10 internal cuttings completely at syringe 102 instead of shank 101.Once be opened completely by described syringe, discharge the configuration that door 200 and cutting block piece 302 will relative to each other interlock from them, to be the stroke limiting cutting path of cutting element 301.At this one-phase, successfully cut the syringe 102 of described syringe with their another hand compression container 10 by end user.Can then discharge the compression of another hand, and described syringe is recalled via aperture 30.In this configuration, door member 20la, 201b again setover and close and prevent from overflowing described contents.

Described container can be made up of one or more suitable materials.In one embodiment, described receiving member and receiving unit can be made up of polypropylene.Described door member can be made up of suitable material.Described blade can be by suitable metal, and for example corrosion-resistant steel is made.

In the time that container 10 is filled, it can suitably be disposed simply.Alternately, be desirable if make described material recirculation, described container can be sent to autoclaving.Once sterilization, described two assemblies (receiving unit 11 and receiving member 120) may be pried open at their point other pin jointed ends with instruments such as screwdrivers.In order to empty discarded contents from receiving member 120, be necessary to make main body 121 to separate with lid 123.This can be pulled simply and cover 123 and realize from main body 121 by end user.Alternately, can be first by with instrument in cut edge 305 or the position adjacent thereto of its exposure or clash into cutting blade 303 through aperture 135 and make described cutting mechanism invalid.Once separately, described sharp instrument and described metal blade can be collected and bury according to the regulation of this type of material of management.Then container 10 can shred and recirculation.

In one embodiment, container 10 can be the parts that comprise the external member of one or more syringes and needle assembly.Thereby to medical practitioner provide syringe for using and syringe needle suitably with manual sharp instrument container.

Those skilled in the art should be appreciated that in the situation that not departing from general broad scope of the present disclosure, can make countless Bianization He ∕ or amendment to above-described embodiment.Therefore, it is illustrative that described current embodiment is considered in all respects, instead of restrictive.

Claims (40)

1. a container, comprising:

Receiving unit, it has at least part of aperture that receives disposable object;

Substantially close configuration and opening between configuration movably door;

Relatively insert described aperture by described object, described in described door is movable to, open configuration;

Cutting element, it is for cutting at least part of of described object from the remainder of described object;

Wherein close when configuration in described when described door, described cutting element is prevented from engaging with described object, and opens while configuring in described when described door, and described cutting element engages with described object; And

For receiving and hold the receiving member of the described cutting part of described object.

2. container according to claim 1, wherein said disposable object comprises needle assembly, it comprises shank and needle hub.

3. container according to claim 1 and 2, wherein said receiving unit is relative attachable with receiving member each other.

4. container according to claim 3, wherein said receiving unit and receiving member are can be hinged each other.

5. according to the container described in arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said receiving member comprises main body and lid.

6. container according to claim 5, wherein said receiving member further comprises at least one spring member from its extension.

7. container according to claim 6, wherein said spring member is at the first non-cutting position described container of setovering.

8. according to the container described in arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said door comprises multiple members, and wherein each member can relatively move to and open configuration from closing configuration.

9. container according to claim 8, wherein said door member is mounted in the lip-deep spring in inside of described receiving unit.

10. container according to claim 8, comprise opposed door member, each opposed door member comprises main body, and the described main body of one of them member has concavity joining edge and the main body of another member has convex joining edge, point other joining edge forms sealing substantially closely in abutment.

11. containers according to claim 10, wherein said door member has the remote edge at the end of described main body, and it is at the far-end of described abutment, and wherein each remote edge is connected to spring structure.

12. containers according to claim 11, wherein said spring structure comprises two relative flexibilities, bending and elongated arm, described arm is configured to described door member relative to each other away from mobile and relative to each other outwardly-bent at least in part.

13. according to the container described in arbitrary aforementioned claim, in the substantially recessed described container of wherein said door member.

14. according to the container described in any of claim 6 to 13, and wherein said cutting element is positioned in the described lid of described receiving member, in the above or be adjacent.

15. containers according to claim 14, wherein said cutting element comprises the blade that has fixation ends and extend to free cut edge.

16. containers according to claim 15, wherein said blade is arranged on the platform of safety connector.

17. containers according to claim 16, wherein said safety gear further comprises one or more supporting legs, it has connecting flange, to guarantee that described safety connector is connected to described receiving member, and wherein said connecting flange is fixed on the catch member extending from the sidewall of described receiving member.

18. containers according to claim 17, wherein said platform and described lid maintain described blade substantially between it, and wherein said platform is joined removedly and is attached to described lid by one or more tear fracture labels, thereby remove fractureed described tear fracture label discharged described blade between described platform and described lid of described lid from described receiving member.

19. containers according to claim 16, the position that is further included at least part of described cutting element and described lid more than described platform is limited to the aperture in described lid.

20. containers according to claim 19, wherein said aperture has size to receive the instrument of described tear fracture label that fractures, to discharge described cutting element and enter described main body from described platform.

21. according to the container described in any one in claim 5 to 20, and the described lid of wherein said receiving member limits and cuts off aperture, to receive syringe needle and needle hub therein.

22. according to the container described in any one in claim 5 to 21, further comprises cutting block piece, and described cutting block piece prevents the cutting to described object until described door member is in their fully open position.

23. containers according to claim 22, wherein said cutting block piece is provided on the upper face of described lid and upwards extends from it, and the cut-out aperture of contiguous described lid.

24. containers according to claim 23, wherein when described door member is described while closing configuration, described cutting block piece is in abutting connection with at least one sidewall of one or two member and prevent cutting.

25. according to the container described in arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said receiving member further comprises one or more inner timbers, ramp member is extended and is formed on its surface, inside from sidewall, and the needle component wherein abandoning or other sharp instruments can drop in described ramp member.

26. 1 kinds of containers, comprising:

Receiving unit, its there is aperture in case receive the object that will dispose at least partly at least partly;

Door, it is substantially being closed configuration and is opening between configuration removable to receive at least part of of at least part of described object;

Cutting element, for cutting at least a portion of described object from the remainder of described object;

Receiving member, for receiving and hold the described cutting part parts of described object, described receiving member has base and cover, and described cutting element is connected to described receiving member;

Wherein remove at least in part described lid from described pedestal and make the Connection Release of described cutting element from it and described receiving member.

27. containers according to claim 26, wherein said object comprises needle assembly, it comprises shank and needle hub.

28. according to the container described in claim 26 or 27, and wherein said receiving unit is relative attachable with receiving member each other.

29. containers according to claim 28, wherein said receiving unit and receiving member are can be hinged each other.

30. according to the container described in any one in claim 26 to 29, and wherein said receiving member further comprises at least one spring member from its extension.

31. containers according to claim 30, wherein said spring member is at the first non-cutting position described container of setovering.

32. containers according to claim 31, wherein said door comprises multiple members, wherein each member can be opened configuration and relatively move from closing to be configured to.

33. containers according to claim 32, wherein said door member is mounted in the lip-deep spring in inside of described receiving unit.

34. containers according to claim 33, in the substantially recessed described container of wherein said door member.

35. according to the container described in any one in claim 26 to 34, and wherein said cutting element is positioned in the lid of described receiving member, in the above or contiguous with it.

36. containers according to claim 35, wherein said cutting element comprises the blade that has fixation ends and extend to free cut edge.

37. containers according to claim 36, wherein said blade is arranged on the platform of safety connector, described safety connector comprises one or more supporting legs, it has connecting flange, to guarantee that described safety connector is connected to described receiving member, and wherein said connecting flange is received in the catch member extending from the sidewall of described receiving member.

38. according to the container described in claim 37, wherein said platform and described lid are fixed described blade substantially between it, and wherein said platform is joined removedly and is attached to described lid by one or more tear fracture labels, thereby remove fracture described tear fracture label discharge described blade between described platform and described lid of described lid from described receiving member.

39. 1 kinds of external members, comprising:

Multiple syringe needle members; And

Container, it comprises:

Receiving unit, its there is aperture in case receive entry needle syringe needle member described at least one at least partly;

Substantially close configuration and opening between configuration movably door;

By making described at least one syringe needle member relatively insert described aperture, described in being movable to, described door opens configuration;

Cutting element, at least a portion of described at least one the syringe needle member of remainder cutting from described object;

Wherein in the time closing in configuration described in described door is in, described cutting element is prevented from order to avoid engages with described at least one syringe needle member, and in the time opening in configuration described in described door is in, described cutting element engages with described at least one syringe needle member; And

For receiving and hold the receiving member of the described cutting part of described syringe needle member.

40. 1 kinds of external members, comprising:

Multiple syringe needle members; And

Container, it comprises:

Receiving unit, its have aperture with receive syringe needle member described at least one at least partly;

Substantially closing configuration and opening between configuration removable to receive at least part of door of syringe needle member described at least one;

Cut the cutting element of at least a portion of described at least one syringe needle member for the remainder from described object;

For receiving and hold the receiving member of the described cutting part of described at least one syringe needle member, described receiving member has base and cover, and described cutting element is connected to described receiving member;

Wherein removing at least in part described lid from described pedestal makes described cutting element discharge from the engagement state of it and described receiving member.