FR2586567A1 - Serum bottle holder device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to hospital equipment, and more particularly it aims to replace serum bottle holder baskets. It comprises a vertical support 1 fitted with a loop 2 in its upper part and off-centre with respect to the axis of suspension A-A. Hooks 3, 5, 6 which can receive various split rings 9 corresponding to the diameter of the serum bottle 15 whose neck is placed in another split ring 11 fixed to the lower part of the vertical support. The invention will be used advantageously for perfusions, because the rings allow the whole range of bottles used to be covered and the latter are held perfectly in the vertical axis for an even flow of the product.

Description

The present invention relates to serum bottle-holding devices which are used in clinics and resuscitation rooms, and which have the function of keeping said bottles suspended from a base.

The current technique usually consists in using baskets in chromed or plasticized wire and which are adapted to the size of the bottles according to their capacity. Another variant of the existing devices consists of a flexible plastic net in which the serum bottle is placed before hanging it on the base.

These devices, however, have drawbacks in terms of their use because it requires having a sufficient stock of baskets or nets corresponding to the different volumes used, namely bottles of 125, 250, 500 and 1,000 cubic centimeters. .

In addition, the metal baskets are expensive and their storage is difficult, while the nets are easily lost.

Finally, these two existing devices do not keep the serum bottles in a perfectly vertical position.

The device object of the present invention proposes to overcome these drawbacks by offering a serum bottle holder at a competitive cost price, which allows the adaptation of the whole usual range of said bottles, and which is stored in a minimum space.

For this purpose, the device according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises on the one hand, a monobloc vertical support provided with a loop in its upper part, with four hooks in its central part which is eccentric with respect to the suspension axis, a hook at its lower end which is substantially close to the suspension axis, and on the other hand, four split rings, each equipped with a means of attachment to the aforementioned hooks.

The description which follows will allow a better understanding of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure I shows the device as obtained during its manufacture on a plastic injection press.

Figure 2 shows the device as it is used with one type of serum bottle.

As shown in Figure 1, the device consists of a vertical support (1) provided with a loop (2) in its upper part.

The central part of the support is eccentric relative to the axis of suspension A-A of the device, and it carries four hooks (3), (4), (5) and (6).

The lower part of the support approaches substantially the axis A-A of the device and carries a last hook (7).

Four rings, (8), (9), (10) and (11) made of the same material, are split on one side (12) and are equipped on the other side with a loop (13) which allows fixing them on the hooks.

These loops (13) are offset differently on each ring by a tab (14) to compensate for the differences in diameter of the bottles which are used.

According to FIG. 2, the device is seen with its eccentric vertical support (1), the attachment loop to the base (2) located in the upper part, the fixing hooks (3), (5) and (6), the split ring (9) whose loop (13) fits on one of the hooks and which retains the serum bottle (15) whose neck (16) is placed in the lower ring (11) fixed on the last hook.

The device thus constituted allows a very advantageous cost price since all the parts are produced in a single injection cycle of plastic material.

Packaging and storage can be done flat without risk of deterioration or deformation.

 During the first use, it is advisable to separate the split rings from the support by breaking the fine rib which connects them to said support.

The user uses the device in the following manner: He suspends the support at the level of the hanging loop (2) on the base, then he takes the split ring (9) corresponding to the serum bottle (15), he place on the bottle then fix said split ring on the corresponding hook after having threaded the neck (16) in the split ring (11).

In this position, the serum bottle is ensured of perfect alignment in the axis of suspension A-A of the device.

The invention will be advantageously used in a hospital environment because it considerably reduces the referencing and storage of the baskets which are usually used, while guaranteeing a competitive cost price.

Claims (7)

CLAIMS.  1. Serum bottle holder device used in clinics and resuscitation rooms intended to hold said bottles suspended on an appropriate base, characterized in that it comprises on the one hand a vertical monobloc support provided with a hooking means in its upper part, several hooks in its central part and a hook in its lower end, and on the other hand several rings which are split, which fit on the serum bottle and which carry a means of fixing on the above hooks.  2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the hooking means in the upper part can be a ring (2) integral with the one-piece vertical support.  3. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the central part (1) of the vertical support is eccentric relative to the axis of suspension A - A of the device in order to maintain the bottle of serum (15) in this axis.  4. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the rings (8), (9) and (10) have a diameter which corresponds substantially to the diameter of the bottles to be suspended, and that the diameter of the lower ring (11) corresponds substantially to the diameter of the neck (16) of said bottles.  5. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the rings (8), (9), (10) and (11) are split on one side (12), and are provided with a fixing loop (13 ) which cooperates with the hooks (3) (4), (5), (6) or (7) of the vertical support (1).  6. Device according to claims 1 and 5, characterized in that the loops (13) are offset differently on each ring by a tab (14) to compensate for the differences in diameter of the bottles and keep them in the axis of suspension A - A of the device.  7. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the manufacture is made of plastic material injected in one piece flat, and that the rings (8), (9), (10) and (11) are connected to the vertical support during the injection by a fine rib which is cut during the first use.