ES2234356A1 - Pathogens elimination equipment mde of non perforatable material includes a hands protector, a sealable container and a guide system for controlled neutralisation - Google Patents

Abstract

The pathogens elimination equipment made of non-perforatable material has a hands protector and a sealable container, in a guide system with two access and viewing holes. Transport, storage and processing are facilitated, with neutralisation and obviation of the need for inoculation.

Description

Anti-inoculator, neutralizer Disposal of pathogens.

Object of the invention

The present invention can be framed Mainly and essentially in the health sector. Is a detachable tool in three bodies that serves to avoid accidental punctures and cuts to healthcare professionals who use it, neutralizing and storing safely and efficiently the sharp sharps-contaminated objects what, like needles, scalpel blades and others of similar characteristics, They are the cause of such punctures and cuts.

Background of the invention

Due to the quantity and variety of gadgets existing in relation to the background of this application of invention, the patent application is cited below European No. 88905764.2, consisting of "A monocoque device for disassembly and tight storage of needles hypodermic used "to consider it, one of the most resembles the present application. Likewise, they will be exhibited in the "advantages of the invention" section, all those features that involve improvements and advantages, with respect to that invention and other inventions that pursue the same purposes.

Explanation of the invention.

In hospitals, health centers, laboratories of clinical analysis and other centers dedicated to the treatment of sick people, healthcare professionals daily and during the performance of their work, they run the risk of contracting and develop serious diseases as a result of punctures or accidental cuts. These punctures or cuts are produced with needles and other sharp / sharp objects contaminated by agents pathogens The risk lies in the large amount of material contaminated they get to handle daily (disposable needles standard, vacutainer type needles, endovenous catheterization needles, pre-filled syringes, gasometry syringes, insulins, sheets scalpel, lancets etc.). Therefore, if a professional suffers a prick or accidental cutting with this type of material, you can develop a serious illness In this sense, the measures preventive available to workers must be total. Here the need arises for any health professional have an adequate means to neutralize and eliminate all moment and with total security all those objects sharp-sharps mentioned above. Based on These considerations are reasoned and set out in detail Fundamentals of the present invention: The prick and cut accidental with this type of material, represent according to data from EPINETAC (Exposure Prevention Information Network), 96% of all accidental exposures to biological material. Of this significant percentage it follows that the characteristics techniques that meets the present invention, were determined based on eliminate the risk of suffering these accidental punctures or cuts, produced by unnecessary or inadequate handling of said material. For this reason, to design the tool, previously the mechanisms of production of accidents, the objects causing them, places where they occurred and at what times, in addition to all those circumstances that intervened in one way or another in the accident production. After evaluating the study data, The following conclusions were drawn: 1st what the type of major accident was the puncture. 2nd what, as an object Causing a lot of difference from the rest, was the needle. 3rd that the needle that caused it mostly was the hollow needle of standard disposable syringe. 4th what the body area where mostly they were pricked, it was in the hands. 5th what the place where more it was produced, it was in the patient's room. 6th what not only produced accidents in the action of applying a technique with needle, but also occurred in other circumstances, in other times and in other places, being the ones below list: 1st in the action called "hooded" that it consists of the risky maneuver of manually entering the used needle (contaminated) in its own sheath. 2nd during transport of the needle to a rigid waste container. 3rd for loss of it. 4th when placed in the container. 5th by container problems 6th for improper disposal. For the so much, here it is evident that, until that needle reaches that rigid container as final destination, travel a distance and time elapses, stating what is precisely in that fatal space / time strip, where the immense Most accidents After analyzing this data and how conclusion, in the Anti-inoculator were included safe and effective devices to neutralize and deposit without no risk of sharp / sharp objects causing accidents, with the express recommendation, of how neutralization should be carried out at the moment "immediately after use".

Advantages of the invention

As main advantages in reference to the aforementioned European Patent Application No. 88905764.2, consisting of "a monocoque device for disassembly and sealed storage of hypodermic needles used ", se list the following:

1 ° A first advantage offered by the Anti-inoculator in reference to the device monohull, is that, for their use they do not necessarily have to use both hands; when there is a place of support for the same (bedside table, floor, or any other stable surface) is You can use with just one hand.

2nd A second advantage of Anti-inoculator with respect to the monocoque device, is that, once the needle is neutralized, it simultaneously deposits it in a disposable container that is part of the own tool, being the condition of "disposable" the advantage or improves since, in the case of the monocoque device, when it is full of sharp material, you must necessarily eliminate the whole tool; not so in the case of Anti-inoculator, that when your deposit is packed, you just have to replace it with another vacuum, without having to get rid of the complete tool. This would be a great economic savings, and also a strategic and technical advantage, because when the sharp / sharp material is collected in small hermetically sealed, waterproof, waterproof containers, rigid and cut and puncture proof, its collection is facilitated, storage, transport, and treatment, also adjusting to the regulations that classify it as a specific sanitary waste or risk, and it fits into GROUP III, heading "d" of the Regulatory Regulation of Health Waste Management. decree 240/1994, of November 22.

3rd Another advantage of the deposit of Anti-inoculator in reference to the device monocoque, is that once introduced in the set, it cannot be removed from it, if it is not sealed with its cap, preventing it from can open once removed.

4th Another advantage that it supposes against the device monohull, is that the Anti-inoculator in addition to neutralize the standard disposable syringe hollow needles, it also has and unlike the monocoque device, of special devices to neutralize / deposit other types of needles and objects of similar characteristics such as type vacutainer, scalpel blades, lancets etc. In addition, you can use the needle sheaths used, to neutralize them in a practical way and without any risk, in the case of needles that due to their considerable size (catheterization needles intravenous) are dangerous and difficult to eliminate and also in others that, because they cannot separate from their syringes (pre-filled), they are equally dangerous when they are to be removed. He monocoque device lacking this device, is conditioned to neutralize only needles and small material and of certain characteristics.

5th Another improvement in relation to the device monohull, consists of the inclusion of protective wings specially designed for hand protection, (zone body where 93% of all injuries occur) than being deployed, avoid any accidental puncture or cut.

6th Another improvement over the monocoque device and that adds another benefit to the Anti-inoculator, it is the inclusion of a device, consisting of a cavity longitudinal with tabs, intended to house and hold a tube of analytics In this way, when the technique of blood collection to a patient, and proceed to the subsequent and risky introduction of said sample (blood) into the tube, with this device would act more safely, by suppressing a high risk and unnecessary maneuver, consisting of holding said hand tube while injecting (transferring) the sample of blood from the syringe to the analytical tube.

7 ° To all of the above, another advantage is added, since the Anti-inoculator is reduced dimensions facilitating with it its use and transport (when fitting in a pocket, I would invite the professional to take one with you permanently).

8 ° In the Anti-inoculator, appears another important consistent improvement, in having added in its base a magnet plate, in order for the tool to adhere when the surface on which it rests is metallic.

9 ° It also appears as another improvement, the Inclusion in the Anti-inoculator of another magnet plate at the base of its container, so that all the metallic material that enters inside, is adhered to the fund for the action of said magnet; this facilitates its filling and avoids Let the material oscillate inside.

10th Another improvement in relation to the device monohull, consists of the inclusion of folding wings, which would deploy in the case of supporting the Anti-inoculator on any surface, notably increasing its stability.

11 ° Anti-inoculator adds also the advantage of being able to be used by any individual (sick or not), which in some cases you need self-inject daily some kind of medication, (diabetics etc.) and in other cases, and by certain circumstances, be forced to use material sharp / sharp, at home, or at work or, at any another place. This is the case of tattooists, beauticians, veterinarians etc.

12 ° Also its use would be ideal in Home Patient Care Services, then, would avoid to the healthcare professional, having to move a container to exclusively neutralize / dispose of sharp / sharp material which is used in these cases. It would also suppress the risk of prick or accidental cut for family members of patients, manipulate that material, added to that by ignorance, later they will dispose of it in urban garbage, with the consequent potential danger to many other people. With the use of Anti-inoculator in these cases, would comply with the regulations governing the treatment of contaminated sharp-cutting material.

13 ° Finally, two are mentioned Anti-inoculator considerations in reference to the monocoque device and other gadgets that they intend to fulfill similar objectives:

1 ° Regarding its possible introduction in the Health sector as useful or sanitary tool: for the great simplicity in its use and handling, the Anti-inoculator used properly, no doubt would reduce the incidence of punctures and cuts by a high percentage accidental in the group of health professionals.

2 ° In relation to its manufacture and subsequent commercialization: for the extreme simplicity of its mechanisms and because its main components would be of composition plastic would obviously be technically and economically viable, for any laboratory or manufacturing company.

More specifically the anti-inoculator neutralizing agent disposer pathogens consists of a tool that by means of three Devices performs their functions:

1 .- Standard type device: In the case of syringe needles standard type, operated by inserting the needle in the entrance hole of the protector until it stops with the syringe in it, and then exert a pressure that triggers the shutter, separating the needle from the syringe and dropping the first in the deposit that exists inside, and remaining in the hand only the syringe.

2 .- Device for holding a tube of analytical: (figure 1. point 8, and figure 7), in such a way that it avoids the risk of puncture, when injecting the fluid extracted from the patient, inside for further analysis.

3rd .- Sliding adapter device to hold pods (17) of the pre-filled types (figure 1. points 19 and 21) from which it is not possible to separate syringe needle, allowing neutralize those needles with their own pods without taking risks of accidental punctures, and also to unscrew the needles that  they are attached to the syringes by means of a thread (figure 1. point 18.).

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, is accompanied herein descriptive, as an integral part of it, a set of planes where illustrative and non-limiting nature has been represented the next:

Figure 1.- Shows a perspective view of a meridian section of the whole assembly, with the wing protective in the open position and with the tank in the position of open, in which practically most of its elements.

Figure 2.- Shows a perspective view in the that an exploded view of the three main pieces of the set consisting of tank (3), protector (1) and guide (2), indicating the mounting position, with partial sections of the Protector and guide.

Figure 3.- It shows a perspective view of the complete assembly, assembled and with the two protective wings of the hands and one of the stabilizers deployed, as well as the sliding adapter, the exagonal entrance hole (inside which the hole that can be seen they form the shutter sheets), the tank sealing button and the circular hole closed by tabs, intended to hold tubes
analytics.

Figure 4.- It shows a side section of the assembly in a 2: 1 scale in the first phase of operation of the shutter-separator, arranged to neutralize a standard type syringe needle, with the same already inserted through the inlet hole and the syringe stopping in the protector. The recovery spring in the initial position and the shutter in position
initial.

Figure 5.- Shows a side section of the 2: 1 scale assembly in which a vertical pressure is exerted on the syringe, entering the second phase of operation of the shutter-separator where it is observed that the protector with the tank inside it is sunk in the guide, with the spring expired and with the walls of the guide pressing laterally the two shutter blades producing their separation (27) and consequent increase in thickness, which causes that the syringe needle is descaled due to its adjustment conical.

Figure 6.- Shows a side section of the 2: 1 scale assembly in which the pressure ends, removing the syringe, beginning the third phase of operation of the shutter-separator where it is observed that the protector with the tank inside has recovered to its initial position thanks to the spring, the needle remaining in the inside the tank.

Figure 7.- Shows a front section of the protector with the tank inside in the open position, it appreciate that the inlet holes of the protector and the of the deposit. The plug is locked between the shutter and a wedge, and an analytical tube located in its support.

Figure 8.- Shows a front section of the protector with the tank inside in closed position. Be appreciate the guide that owns the tank through which the plug.

Figure 9.- Shows a front section of the protector with the tank inside in closed position, with the sealing button by pressing the sealing plug, which It is sunk in the mouth of the tank and anchored in the sealing guides.

Figure 10.- Shows a front section of the tank being removed from the inside of the protector with the cap sealant embedded in the sealing guides, which is possible when Get rid of the anchor.

Detailed exposition of various embodiments

The Neutralizing Anti-inoculator Disposal of Pathogens (figure 3) can be used on any surface, in which case the fins will be deployed stabilizers to give more base, or if the surface on the one that is placed is metallic (bat) can be attached by magnet that it has at its base (figure 1. point 5). It also can use holding it with one hand, in this case to protect said hand of a possible puncture the protective fins will be deployed (figures 3 and 1. point 6) that when gripping the tool cover the totality of the hand.

In the case of using needles disposable syringes standard type, and specifically in execution of the blood collection technique (figure 7), it would proceed from as follows: first the deposit would open pushing this one with a finger inside the protector after access it through the access windows (figure 1. point 7) that It has the guide (figure 1. point 2). In this position the hollow inside the protector that corresponds to the support of analytical tubes (figure 1. point 8), where the tube, coinciding with the entrance hole of the protector (figure 1. point 9) with the tank inlet (figure 7 and 1. point 13). Once the blood was taken from the patient, we would proceed to inject it into the tube; then the needle would be inserted in the entrance hole of the protector until it stops with the syringe (figure 4), pressing with it the protector that overcomes the resistance of the guide springs (figure 1. point 10) and sinks inside; in this slide, the walls of the guide laterally press the two sheets of the separating shutter (figure 5. point 27) increasing its thickness and producing the separation of the syringe and the needle, the latter falling into the inside the disposal tank, then when removing the syringe, this is in the hand (figure 6) and the guide springs make return the protector to the initial position.

After this operation, the tube can be removed of analytical restraint and then it will slide with the finger the reservoir to the opposite side to match the sealing cap with the inlet port of the tank (figure 8) getting the seal.

In case the deposit is not full Disposer, visible through the guide's access windows (figure 1. point 7), can be reused by sliding the deposit back to the open position. But if you notice that is full, the sealing button would be pressed (figure 9) and this one would sink the sealant button into the entrance mouth of the deposit, being embedded in a guide that has said mouth in all its perimeter, being closed tightly and in turn (figure 10) leaving the fastener cap between the separating shutter and a wedge, making it possible to extract the tank inside the protector after removing the protector from the guide. In this way, it is not possible to remove the tank from the set, unless it is sealed.

To be able to use this tool again a new disposable tank would be inserted, which, being inserted laterally in the protector, its sealing cap (figure 1. point 12) would slide down the wedge (figure 1. point 16) and would remain anchored between it and the separating shutter (figure 1 point 11), a then this set would be introduced tank guard on the guide (figure 2), remaining Ready to be used again.

In the case of using a syringe type preloaded (the needle cannot be separated from the syringe), it would proceed to place its own sheath on the sliding device (figure 1. point 17), choosing the appropriate support for its shape (figure 1. points 21 and 19), being held and ready for once used the syringe insert the needle inside.

In the case of using needles subject to the syringe by thread, the adapter hole will be matched sliding that has a cross shape (figure 1. point 18) with the inlet hole of the protector (figure 1. point 9), which coincides in turn with the inlet port of the tank (figure 1. point 13), to  the needle is then inserted matching the shape of cross of this with the adapter slots, unscrewing it totally to subsequently exert pressure on it with the syringe itself getting the adapter surface to yield and drop the needle into the tank.

The disposable, full and sealed tank can be stored for later transport and treatment specific.

The materials, shape, size and layout of the elements will be subject to variation as long as they do not alter the essentiality of the invention. The terms in which it has been described this memory should always be taken broadly and not limiting.

Claims (13)

1. The Anti-inoculator pathogen disposer neutralizer has been designed to prevent-avoid "inoculations accidental "in health professionals, neutralizing / discarding sharp-cutting material used by this collective. The tool is characterized by being constituted in three main bodies, made of material resistant to cuts and perforations: protector, guide and deposit. The protector (1) has a hollow rectangular prism shape that is missing two side walls; It has two planes in the form of folding wings (6) whose axes are located on both sides of the exagonal entrance hole in order to protect the hand holding the device. In the upper outer face it has in the center the exagonal entrance hole (9), on one side the analytical tube holder (8) and between this and the entrance hole, the sealing button (14) intended to press with he tank cap (12). On the opposite side of the tube holder is the sliding adapter to hold pods (17), designed with a slotted hole forming a cross for threaded needles (18) that holds it to unscrew it by turning it and then drop it to the tank with a little pressure on her; a hole for holding pods of different diameters (19), whose axis coincides with another hole of the same diameter located in the protector (20), such that by sliding the adapter and ceasing to be concentric, they can hold smaller pods diameter; a clamp for flat head pods of the type of insulins (21) that has the shape of this sheath; This adapter is mobile and slides along guides (22) that the protector has on said upper outer face to match its hole with the entrance and the holes of the sleeve holder adaptable to different diameters. In the inner faces of the walls where the tank slides, it has some slight projections that adjust it in its two positions (closed and open). A sheet-shaped magnet (23) is inserted in the inner side of the bottom in order to attract the material that is housed in the tank towards it when it is in turn inserted into the protector. Under the exagonal orifice of entry has a sealing device composed of two sheets (11), one on each side, which are arranged on top of each other and protruding in the form of a slip on each side of the protector, forming a hole shaped circulate in the center and two semicircles of smaller diameter on the sides. If there is a pressure on both sides, which makes both sheets slide in the opposite direction between them, reducing the diameter of the hole, matching the semicircles of smaller diameter and in turn increasing the thickness of this set, because when one slides on the other and have chamfers that have each sheet at their ends, these are mounted (27). The Guide (2), consists of a rectangular prism hollow which lacks the upper face where the protector with its deposit inside. On the inside face lower, it has two springs (10) (they can be constituted by Metallic material, plastic, foam, crossbow type, or other material high mechanical memory) in order to recover the initial situation of the protector once pressed this. In the lower part has on each side folding fins (4) that extended serve to give more base and stability to the whole. With this same purpose is inserted in the lower outer face a magnet plate (5) for if used on a surface Metallic as a bat can be. On the smaller side faces size there are windows (7) that can be accessed with fingers to the tank to slide it from side to side and from this way to open and close the tank, and to visualize its interior Knowing its content. On the inside there are some highlights (24) so that they are introduced in some cavities of the protector and thus allow the assembly not to be disassembled involuntarily, taking also as a purpose to press on the shutter blades, when the protector is inserted in the guide. The disposal tank (3) consists of a prism Rectangular hollow with an entry hole in the upper face. Said hole is surrounded by a guide (25) that serves to run the sealing plug (12) and thus open and close said deposit. The entrance hole has a protrusion in its lower perimeter (15) used to seal it if the sealant button (14) when in the closed position. The folding wings of the protector and stabilizers are held folded thanks to "clips" (26) located at the ends opposite their axes. 2. Anti-inoculator neutralizer for the disposal of pathogens according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains a capped tank with a sealing mechanism, disposable, waterproof, waterproof, rigid and resistant to cutting and perforation. 3. Device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that it has a sliding plug in the tank which, sliding along its guides, opens and closes the tank tightly, and that in order to remove the tank from the assembly it is necessary to sink it into the groove that exists for this purpose. the lower part of its guide, being sealed and hermetic, ready to transport it without risk of leaks. 4. Anti-inoculator neutralizing pathogen disposer according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains a magnet plate located at the bottom of the protector and in contact with the bottom of the disposable tank, achieving a better use of the volume of the same by attracting it towards the bottom sharp sharp objects. 5. Anti-inoculator neutralizing pathogen disposer according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide has foldable stabilizing fins and a magnet in its base that provide stability on any surface (metallic or not), preventing it from tipping while used with One hand 6. Anti-inoculator neutralizing pathogen disposer according to claim 1, characterized by having in the protector a "shutter-separator" consisting of two superimposed perforated sheets that slide tangentially sealing the hole formed by the two sheets and in turn separating the two planes due to the collision of the chamfers that they have on the contact faces of the two blades, which allows the standard type disposable syringe needle to be mechanically separated with one hand and with a single pressure (needle involved in most accidents ). 7. Anti-inoculator neutralizing pathogen disposer according to claim 1 characterized by having foldable protective fins on the protector, which open cover the hand (body area where most of the punctures are located) that holds the tool protecting it from cuts or accidental punctures, in the case of not having a stable surface where to place it and having to use both hands. 8. Anti-inoculator neutralizing pathogen disposer according to claims 1 characterized in that the protector has a sliding adapter with different devices for each of the types of needles different from the standard type; 9. Anti-inoculator neutralizing pathogen disposer according to claims 1 and 8 characterized by having a flange to hold flat head caps (insulin type), with the semicircular shape that allows the sheath to be inserted laterally then stretch the syringe and unsheat it, the sheath being attached to the adapter, ready to sheath the syringe once used. 10. Anti-inoculator neutralizing pathogen disposer according to claims 1 and 8 characterized by having in the sliding adapter of the protector a hole (19) that adjusts to different pod diameters. Consisting of a circular hole located in the sliding adapter that, when displaced and made to coincide with the entrance hole of the protector, introducing the sheath and adjusting it, the subject to unsheat it and once the needle is used, re-sheath it. 11. Anti-inoculator neutralizing pathogen disposer according to claims 1 and 8 characterized in having a cross-shaped hole in the protector (18), whose four sectors that form the cross remain rigid when unscrewing the needle but flexible by exerting vertical pressure on them. Useful for unscrewing the needles that are attached to the syringe by means of thread, introducing it into the tank, by vertical pressure on the needle with the same syringe once unscrewed. 12. Anti-inoculator neutralizing pathogen disposer according to claim 1, characterized by having a circular hole with flexible flanges in the upper part of the protector in the form of sectors that form symmetry shafts that intersect in its center to adapt to different diameters of analytical tubes 13. The Anti-inoculator pathogen disposer neutralizer according to claim 1, has an entrance hole in the protector with a shape preferably exagonal, being able to use other forms such as elliptical, rectangular, etc. which allows the entry of objects sharp and sharp sharps cylindrical (scalpel blades, needles etc.).