CN113648482A - Passive blood transfusion and infusion heater - Google Patents

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CN113648482A
CN113648482A CN202111036846.7A CN202111036846A CN113648482A CN 113648482 A CN113648482 A CN 113648482A CN 202111036846 A CN202111036846 A CN 202111036846A CN 113648482 A CN113648482 A CN 113648482A
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张玉龙
詹林盛
马兴焕
王小慧
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/44Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests having means for cooling or heating the devices or media
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    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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Abstract

The invention discloses a passive blood transfusion and infusion heater, which comprises a metal shell in a semi-enclosed structure, wherein an open area of the metal shell is used for applying pressure, and a pipe groove is carved on the inner wall of the metal shell; the infusion tube is embedded in the tube groove, and two ends of the infusion tube extend out of the metal shell; the heating bag is embedded in the metal shell; the feeding bag is used for mixing with the liquid in the heating bag to carry out heating reaction. The passive blood transfusion and infusion heater provided by the invention does not need a power supply and a battery for power supply, is wide in use environment, solves the problems that the traditional infusion heater needs to be plugged or charged, is expensive in manufacturing cost and difficult to carry, and meets the requirements of low manufacturing cost, simplicity in operation, convenience in carrying and the like.

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Passive blood transfusion and infusion heater
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a passive blood transfusion and infusion heater.
Background
At present, the existing blood transfusion and infusion warmer in China mainly wraps a blood transfusion and infusion pipeline in the whole process of a heating sleeve, is dry-type heating and has no exposed pipeline, liquid directly reaches a patient after being warmed, heat is not lost, and the warmer is particularly suitable for being used in a cold environment, is suitable for clinical environments in hospitals such as an operating room and the like, and needs to be plugged with electricity. But the device has larger volume and heavier mass, needs to be plugged in for use, and is not suitable for being used in a portable and complex pre-hospital environment.
The existing portable blood transfusion and infusion warmer needs to be equipped with a rechargeable battery although the power does not need to be plugged. Battery powered warmers still present some potential problems in view of the special requirements of the battlefield environment and the frequency of use of pre-hospital blood transfusion warmer: due to the limitation of the service life of the battery, the long-term storage of the heating device can influence the quality of the battery and reduce the heating efficiency; under battlefield conditions, the battery may not be charged in time, and the use is influenced in critical time.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a passive blood transfusion and infusion heater, which solves the problems in the prior art, enables an infusion tube to be heated without plugging or charging, and has the advantages of low manufacturing cost and weight, simple operation and convenient carrying.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following scheme:
the invention provides a passive blood transfusion and infusion heater, which comprises
The metal shell is of a semi-surrounding structure, an open area of the metal shell is used for applying pressure, and a pipe groove is carved on the inner wall of the metal shell;
the infusion tube is embedded in the tube groove, and two ends of the infusion tube extend out of the metal shell;
the heating bag is embedded in the metal shell;
and the adding bag is used for mixing with the liquid in the heating bag to perform heating reaction.
Preferably, the heating device further comprises a heat-insulation pressing sleeve, and the heat-insulation pressing sleeve is sleeved on the outer sides of the metal shell and the heating bag.
Preferably, the heat-insulating pressure applying sleeve comprises a heat-insulating sleeve, an elastic band and a pressure applying bump, and the heat-insulating sleeve and the pressure applying bump are connected through the elastic band to form an open sleeve structure.
Preferably, the heat-insulating sleeve is provided with a bottom surface, and the inner surface of the pressing lug is an arc surface and can be abutted against the heating bag.
Preferably, the heat-insulating sleeve and the pressing bump are heat-insulating materials, and the metal shell is made of high heat-conducting materials.
Preferably, the metal shell is cylindrical, the side wall of the metal shell is provided with a notch with the circumference of one third, and the metal shell is provided with a bottom plate.
Preferably, the cylinder of the metal shell has a length of 21.5cm, a width of 15cm and a thickness of 0.8cm after being unfolded.
Preferably, the pipe groove is arranged on the inner wall of the metal shell in a serpentine bent mode, and the bent position is in an arc shape.
Preferably, two ports of the pipe groove are arranged above the metal shell, the width of the upper surface of the pipe groove is 4.3mm, the depth of the upper surface of the pipe groove is 3mm, the total length of the pipe groove is at least 2m, and the outer diameter of the infusion tube is 4.5mm, and joints are arranged at two ends of the infusion tube.
Preferably, the material of the package of heating is the supercooled liquid of calcium nitrate tetrahydrate, the material that adds in the package is calcium nitrate tetrahydrate powder, the shape of the package of heating, size all with the inner wall phase-match of metal-back, the material of the package of heating is plastics and the top is provided with an opening, there is the lid through threaded connection on the opening.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following technical effects:
the passive blood transfusion and infusion heater provided by the invention does not need a power supply and a battery for power supply, is wide in use environment, solves the problems that the traditional infusion tube heater needs to be plugged or charged, is expensive in manufacturing cost and difficult to carry, and meets the requirements of low manufacturing cost, simplicity in operation, convenience in carrying and the like.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a passive transfusion warmer of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a top view of the passive transfusion warmer of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a metal shell of the passive transfusion warmer of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the expanded structure of the metal shell according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the heat generation pack of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of the additive package of the present invention;
wherein: 1-passive blood transfusion and infusion heater, 2-metal shell, 3-bottom plate, 4-pipe groove, 5-infusion tube, 6-heating bag, 7-cover body, 8-heat preservation sleeve, 9-elastic band, 10-pressing lug, 11-feeding bag and 12-hanging ring.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
The invention aims to provide a passive blood transfusion and infusion heater, which solves the problems in the prior art, enables an infusion tube to be heated without plugging or charging, and has the advantages of low manufacturing cost and weight, simple operation and convenient carrying.
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in further detail below.
As shown in fig. 1 to 6: the embodiment provides a passive blood transfusion and transfusion warmer 1, which comprises a metal shell 2, wherein the metal shell 2 is of a semi-enclosed structure, an open area of the metal shell 2 is used for applying pressure (pressure can be applied externally by means of other mechanisms), and a pipe groove 4 is carved on the inner wall of the metal shell 2;
the infusion tube 5 is embedded in the tube groove 4, and two ends of the infusion tube 5 extend out of the metal shell 2;
the heating bag 6 is used for embedding the heating bag 6 in the metal shell 2;
and the material adding bag 11 is used for mixing with the liquid in the heating bag 6 to carry out heating reaction.
More preferably, the present embodiment further includes a heat-insulating pressure applying sleeve, the heat-insulating pressure applying sleeve is sleeved outside the metal shell 2 and the heat generating bag 6, so as to prevent heat dissipation, and the heat generating bag 6 is tightly attached to the infusion tube 5, and the infusion tube 5 is directly connected to the trigger heat bag 6, so that the heat conduction efficiency is greatly improved. The heat-insulation pressing sleeve comprises a heat-insulation sleeve 8, an elastic band 9 and a pressing lug 10, wherein the heat-insulation sleeve 8 and the pressing lug 10 are connected through the elastic band 9 to form an open sleeve structure, so that the metal shell 2 and the heating bag 6 are conveniently and directly heated while the heating bag 6 is directly pressed. The heat preservation sleeve 8 is provided with a bottom surface, the inner surface of the pressing convex block 10 is a circular arc surface and can be abutted against the heating bag 6, and pressing is convenient by means of the elastic band 9. The heat preservation sleeve 8 and the pressing convex block 10 are heat insulation materials, and the metal shell 2 is made of high heat conduction materials, so that heat conduction is facilitated, and the infusion tube 5 is heated more uniformly. The heat-preservation pressure sleeve can be further provided with a hanging ring 12 or a lifting handle, so that the heat-preservation pressure sleeve can be conveniently hung on a support or lifted to move.
The metal shell 2 is cylindrical, a notch with one third of circumference is formed in the side wall of the metal shell, so that the heating bag 6 is conveniently pressed from the side face, and the metal shell 2 is provided with the bottom plate 3, so that material leakage is avoided, and the metal shell is convenient to carry. The cylindrical shape of the metal shell 2 after development had a length of 21.5cm, a width of 15cm and a thickness of 0.8 cm. The whole device is columnar, the height is about 15cm, the diameter of the bottom surface is about 7cm, the weight is about 1kg, the size is small, the weight is light, and the device is convenient to carry.
The pipe groove 4 is arranged on the inner wall of the metal shell 2 in a snake-shaped bending way, and the bending part is arc-shaped, so that as many as possible infusion pipes 5 which are long enough can be accommodated, and the pipeline cannot be blocked due to the bending. Two ports of the pipe groove 4 are arranged above the metal shell 2, so that the device can be conveniently and directly placed on a plane for operation, and the phenomenon that liquid flows smoothly due to the fact that the liquid is pressed on the liquid conveying pipe 5 is avoided. The upper surface width of tube seat 4 is 4.3mm, the degree of depth is 3mm, and the total length of tube seat 4 is 2m at least, and the external diameter 4.5mm and both ends of transfer line 5 are provided with the joint, are convenient for directly be connected with outside infusion package and patient's tube of pricking the needle.
The heating bag 6 is a supercooled liquid of calcium nitrate tetrahydrate, the material in the material adding bag 11 is calcium nitrate tetrahydrate powder, the material adding bag 11 is 10g and is provided with an easy-tearing opening, raw materials are easy to obtain, and the manufacturing cost is low. Calcium nitrate tetrahydrate supercooled liquid, the liquid state of which is an unstable metastable state, if disturbed and dust enters or crystal seeds are added, the supercooled liquid can be suddenly crystallized, and simultaneously releases solidification heat, so that the temperature of the supercooled liquid rises to a solidification point, the heating principle is physical heat release, the operation is simple and easy, the supercooled liquid can be repeatedly used after the solidification body in the heating bag 6 is heated and melted, and the substances in the material adding bag 11 are added when the supercooled liquid is used next time, so that the supercooled liquid is simple and easy to operate, and does not need training and professionals; the heating temperature is lower than 37 ℃, and the heating time can reach 2-3 hours. The shape and the size of the heating bag 6 are matched with the inner wall of the metal shell 2, the heating bag 6 is made of plastic, an opening is formed in the top of the heating bag 6, the heating bag 6 in the embodiment is a plastic bag, a cover body 7 is connected with the opening through threads or clamped on the opening, and the heating bag is convenient to open and is placed with calcium nitrate tetrahydrate powder.
When the passive blood transfusion and infusion heater 1 is completely assembled and used, the liquid in the infusion tube 5 can be heated only by adding calcium nitrate tetrahydrate powder into the heating bag 6, enabling the supercooled liquid to start to solidify and release heat, sleeving the heat-insulation pressurizing sleeve and connecting a pipeline; when the heating tube is repeatedly used, the heating liquid is heated and melted in advance, the infusion tube 5 is embedded into the tube groove 4 of the metal shell 2, and the operation is repeated. The embodiment can be used for heating blood transfusion and infusion pipelines, the used heating mode is physical heat release, the heating temperature is lower than 37 ℃, and the operation is simple and easy; the material can be repeatedly used, the raw material is easy to obtain, the manufacturing cost is low, and the heat conduction efficiency is high; the portable solar water heater has the advantages of small volume, light weight, convenience for carrying, no need of power supply and battery power supply, and wide use environment.
The principle and the implementation mode of the present invention are explained by applying specific examples in the present specification, and the above descriptions of the examples are only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, the specific embodiments and the application range may be changed. In view of the above, the present disclosure should not be construed as limiting the invention.

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1. A passive blood transfusion and infusion heater is characterized in that: comprises that
The metal shell is of a semi-surrounding structure, an open area of the metal shell is used for applying pressure, and a pipe groove is carved on the inner wall of the metal shell;
the infusion tube is embedded in the tube groove, and two ends of the infusion tube extend out of the metal shell;
the heating bag is embedded in the metal shell;
and the adding bag is used for mixing with the liquid in the heating bag to perform heating reaction.
2. The passive blood transfusion infusion warmer of claim 1, wherein: the heating device further comprises a heat-insulation pressure sleeve, and the heat-insulation pressure sleeve is sleeved on the outer sides of the metal shell and the heating bag.
3. The passive blood transfusion infusion warmer of claim 2, wherein: the heat-insulating and pressure-applying sleeve comprises a heat-insulating sleeve, an elastic band and a pressure-applying bump, wherein the heat-insulating sleeve and the pressure-applying bump are connected through the elastic band to form an open sleeve structure.
4. The passive blood transfusion infusion warmer of claim 3, wherein: the heat preservation sleeve is provided with a bottom surface, and the inner surface of the pressing lug is an arc surface and can be abutted against the heating bag.
5. The passive blood transfusion infusion warmer of claim 3, wherein: the heat-insulating sleeve and the pressing convex block are heat-insulating materials, and the metal shell is made of high heat-conducting materials.
6. The passive blood transfusion infusion warmer of claim 1, wherein: the metal shell is cylindrical, a notch with one third of circumference is formed in the side wall of the metal shell, and a bottom plate is arranged on the metal shell.
7. The passive blood transfusion infusion warmer of claim 1, wherein: the cylinder of the metal shell had a length of 21.5cm, a width of 15cm and a thickness of 0.8cm after being unfolded.
8. The passive blood transfusion infusion warmer of claim 1, wherein: the pipe groove is in a snake shape and is arranged on the inner wall of the metal shell in a bent mode, and the bent portion is in an arc shape.
9. The passive blood transfusion warmer of claim 1 or 8, wherein: two ports of pipe chase all set up in the top of metal-back, the upper surface width of pipe chase is 4.3mm, the degree of depth is 3mm, the total length of pipe chase is 2m at least, the external diameter 4.5mm and both ends of transfer line are provided with the joint.
10. The passive blood transfusion infusion warmer of claim 1, wherein: the material of the package of heating is the super-cooled liquid of calcium nitrate tetrahydrate, the material that adds in the package is calcium nitrate tetrahydrate powder, the shape of the package of heating, size all with the inner wall phase-match of metal-back, the material of the package of heating is provided with an opening for plastics and top, there is the lid through threaded connection on the opening.
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