JP2008086553A - Ear wax remover - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly safe ear wax remover capable of easily cleaning ears. <P>SOLUTION: The ear wax remover 10 comprises a guide cylinder 2 to be mounted on an earhole entrance, a bag body 3 whose opening end is attached to the inner surface of the guide cylinder 2 and an insertion rod 4 for inserting the bag body 3 into the ear. The length from the outer side end part of the guide cylinder 2 to the closed end 3B of the bag body 3 inserted into the ear is made shorter than a distance from the earhole entrance to an eardrum 9 so as not to damage the eardrum 9. An adhesive 6 is applied to the bag body 3, the insertion rod 4 is inserted and ear wax is stuck to the adhesive 6. A stopper 4B regulates the deep insertion of the insertion rod 4, and by attaching the small ball part 4D of the insertion rod 4 and the closed part 3B of the bag body 3, the adhesive 6 of the bag body 3 in the state of sticking the ear wax inside the ear is inverted to the inner side while being taken out to the outside of the ear so as not to drop the ear wax. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an earwax remover.

  Conventionally, the earwax is generally removed using an earpick or cotton swab made of bamboo or plastic. There is a risk of damaging the ear canal by scratching with a conventional earpick. In addition, both the earpick and the cotton swab may push the earwax into the back or cause the earwax to be dropped in the ear, which causes a problem that the earwax cannot be removed sufficiently. In addition, it can be dangerous and painful to damage the eardrum when it is accidentally inserted too deeply during ear cleaning.

For this reason, in order to make it easier to remove the earwax, it has been proposed to remove the earwax by attaching an adhesive substance to the tip of the stick and attaching the earwax in the ear canal to the adhesive substance. (See Patent Document 1) Adhesive earwax removal described in Patent Document 1 is an earwax remover that removes earwax by attaching an adhesive substance to the tip of a stick and attaching the earwax to the adhesive substance.
JP 2000-229045 A (2nd page, FIG. 1)

  However, the above-mentioned conventional earwax removal has a risk of deeply intruding the instrument. In addition, since a sticky substance is attached to the tip of the stick, the surface area of the sticking part is small, and there is a problem that the sticking power is quickly lost by the slight adhesion of ear wax. In addition, an adhesive substance may adhere to the auricle or hair and reduce the adhesive force before being inserted into the ear canal. In this case, it is necessary to newly replace the rod during the ear cleaning.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an earwax remover that can remove earwax safely and easily and has no pain during ear cleaning.

  The earwax remover according to claim 1 of the present invention is a soft tube having a guide tube attached to the ear canal entrance, an open end bonded to the inner surface of the guide tube to expose the main body to the outside, and an adhesive is applied to the inside. And an insertion rod that presses the adhesive surface of the bag body against the ear hole wall by inverting the inner and outer surfaces of the bag body through the guide tube from the closed side and pushing the bag body into the ear hole.

  In the earwax removing tool according to claim 1, a soft tube body in which a guide tube mounted at the entrance of the ear hole, an open end is bonded to the inner surface of the guide tube, the main body is exposed to the outside, and an adhesive is applied to the inside. And the insertion rod that pushes the adhesive surface of the bag against the ear canal wall by inverting the inner and outer surfaces through the inside of the guide tube from the closing side and pushing the bag body into the ear canal, thereby closing the tip of the insertion rod. When pressed against the end and pushed into the guide tube, the bag body is gradually reversed and the inner adhesive surface is exposed to the outside in the ear canal. When the insertion rod is operated and the bag is pressed against the ear canal wall, the inverted exposed adhesive surface of the bag is pressed against the ear canal wall, and the earwax adheres to the adhesive surface. By pulling out the insertion rod and removing the guide tube, the bag body with ear wax attached can be taken out.

  The earwax remover according to claim 2 of the present invention is the earwax remover according to claim 1, wherein the length of the bag is shorter than the distance from the ear opening to the eardrum.

  In the earwax remover according to claim 2, in the earwax remover according to claim 1, since the length of the bag body is shorter than the distance from the ear opening to the eardrum, the bag body does not go deep into the eardrum. .

  The earwax remover according to claim 3 of the present invention is the earwax remover according to claim 1, wherein the insertion rod is provided with a stopper for preventing deep insertion.

  In the earwax remover according to claim 3, the earwax remover according to claim 1 is provided with a stopper for preventing deep insertion of the insertion rod, so that the insertion rod is inserted too deeply when the bag body is inserted. To prevent. For this reason, a bag body does not contact an eardrum.

  The earwax remover according to claim 4 of the present invention is the earwax remover according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the insertion-side distal end of the insertion rod and the bag body closing portion are configured to be contactable and separable.

  In the earwax remover according to claim 4, in the earwax remover according to claim 1 or 3, the insertion-side tip of the insertion rod and the bag closing portion are configured to be detachable, so that the adhesive surface in the ear canal The bag body that is flipped outward can be easily taken out by pulling out the insertion rod, and the bag adhesive surface with the ear wax attached is returned inside again while the bag body is taken out of the ear. Therefore, the earwax removed from the ear can be collected without spilling inside or outside the ear.

  In the earwax remover according to the present invention, a guide tube attached to the ear canal entrance, a soft bag body with an open end adhered to the inner surface of the guide tube to expose the main body to the outside, and an adhesive is applied to the inside Easy insertion without damaging the inside of the ear by providing an insertion rod that pushes the adhesive body of the bag against the ear canal wall by inverting the inner and outer surfaces through the guide tube from the closed side and pushing the bag body into the ear canal. And you can remove the earwax reliably.

  For the purpose of removing ear wax safely and easily without damaging the inside of the ear, the guide tube attached to the ear canal entrance and the open end are bonded to the inner surface of the tube portion of the guide tube so that the main body is exposed to the outside, and the ear wax is put inside. A flexible bag body to which an adhesive for adhering is applied, and an insertion rod that pushes the flexible bag body into the ear canal by turning the inner and outer surfaces through the guide cylinder from the closed side and reversing the inner and outer surfaces. This was achieved by pressing the inverted adhesive surface of the bag against the wall of the ear canal with this insertion stick and attaching earwax.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIGS. 1A and 1B are explanatory views showing the assembled state of each component of the earwax remover 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention. (A) thru | or (C) of FIG. 2 is explanatory drawing which shows the set state of the earwax remover 10 which concerns on one Example of this invention, respectively. The earwax removing tool 10 according to the present embodiment includes a guide tube 2, a bag body 3, and an insertion rod 4.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the guide tube 2 includes a tube portion 2A, and this tube portion 2A is a hollow cylindrical tube body whose outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the ear canal. To be inserted. The cylindrical portion 2A is formed in a conical shape having a small diameter on the side inserted into the ear hole and a large diameter on the other side. A bowl-shaped stopper 2B is formed in the large-diameter side opening of the cylindrical portion 2A. The stopper 2B prevents the tube portion 2A from entering further when it enters the ear hole entrance.

  The bag body 3 is formed into a bag shape with a thin flexible material such as rubber or synthetic resin, and the inner and outer surfaces can be reversed. That is, it is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape with one end closed and the other end opened. The closed portion 3B of the bag body 3 has a hemispherical shape so as to smoothly pass through the ear. The outer periphery 3A of the opening part of the bag 3 is bonded to the inner surface of the cylindrical part 2A of the guide cylinder 2 by the adhesive 5, and the main body is exposed to the outside from the small diameter side opening end of the guide cylinder 2 (FIG. 1). (See (B)). The length L1 from the large diameter side end of the tube portion 2A to the bag body closing portion 3B is set in advance to a size that does not reach the bone external ear canal or the eardrum when the guide tube 2 is attached to the ear canal entrance. That is, it is set to the length from the ear canal entrance to the cartilage external auditory canal in the ear canal, and when touched, which is an organ deeper than that, it does not contact the painful bone external ear canal or the eardrum 9.

  Further, after the bag body 3 is bonded to the guide tube 2, an adhesive 6 for attaching earwax to the exposed surface in the state shown in FIG. 1B is applied. As shown in FIG. 2A, the adhesive 6 is applied to the outer side of the bag 3 at the time of use, and adheres and removes the ear wax on the ear hole wall.

  The insertion rod 4 is formed with a spherical knob 4A at one end of the shaft portion 4C and a small sphere portion (insertion-side tip) 4D formed at a smaller diameter than the inner diameter of the guide tube 2 at the other end. In addition, a stopper 4B is formed on the shaft portion 4C so as to secure a predetermined distance L2 from the small ball portion 4D at the distal end on the insertion side toward the knob portion 4A and to be longer than the diameter dimension of the ear hole entrance. The insertion rod 4 has a knob 4A with a finger and operates a small ball portion 4D. As shown in FIG. 2 (B), the small ball portion 4D pushes the closed portion 3B of the bag body 3 into the guide tube 2 by the knob portion 4A to invert the inner and outer surfaces of the bag body 3. The small ball portion 4D can operate the knob portion 4A to press the outer surface of the bag body 3 from the inner side 3R of the bag body 3 against the ear hole wall when the bag body 3 is introduced into the ear hole. . The distance L2 between the small ball portion 4D and the stopper 4B is such that the small ball portion 4D does not reach the bone external ear canal or the eardrum 9 even when the small ball portion 4D of the insertion rod 4 is directly inserted into the ear canal and the stopper 4B hits the auricle. It is like that. For this reason, even when the insertion rod 4 is inserted into the ear canal via the guide tube 2, the small ball portion 4 </ b> D does not contact the bone external ear canal or the eardrum 9.

  An adhesive 7 is applied to the small sphere portion 4D and is adhered to the bag body 3 so as to be able to contact and separate. That is, as shown in FIG. 2A, the small spherical portion 4D is inserted into the bag body 3 which is adhered to the guide cylinder 2 and the adhesive 6 is applied to the outer surface from the stopper 2B side opening of the guide cylinder 2. When the small spherical portion 4D is pulled back after being adhered to the inner surface of the closed portion 3B, the closed portion 3B of the bag 3 is pulled by the small spherical portion 4D, and the inner and outer surfaces are reversed as shown in FIG. The main body is exposed to the opening on the stopper 2B side. Thus, the bag body 3 is set in a state before use with the surface of the guide tube 2 on which the adhesive 6 is applied on the stopper 2B side.

Next, the operation of the earwax remover according to the above embodiment will be described. The earwax remover 10 according to the above embodiment is prepared in advance as follows before use.
(1) The bag body 3 is bonded to the guide tube 2 so that the main body of the bag body 3 is exposed from the small diameter side opening of the guide tube 2 (see FIG. 1B).
(2) The adhesive 6 is applied to the exposed outer surface of the bag 3, the adhesive 7 is applied to the small sphere 4 </ b> D of the insertion rod 4, and the small sphere 4 </ b> D is attached to the bag 3 via the guide cylinder 2. It is pressed against the inner side of the blocking portion 3B and bonded (see FIG. 2A).
(3) Pull the insertion rod 4 back with the small ball portion 4D adhered (see FIGS. 2B and 2C).
(4) The bag body 3 and the small spherical portion 4D are separated from each other with the surface to which the adhesive 6 is applied facing inward.
After the above preparation, the guide tube 2 is attached to the ear canal.

At this time, the bag body 3 is inverted inside and outside, and the adhesive 6 is inside the bag body 3, so that the adhesive 6 does not adhere to the auricles and hairs and the adhesive force is reached until it reaches the inside of the ear. Retained.
(5) The small ball portion 4D of the insertion rod 4 is adhered to the outer surface of the closing portion 3B of the bag body 3 and pushed into the guide tube 2 as it is (see FIG. 3), and the bag body 3 is inverted and introduced into the ear canal. (See FIG. 4).
(6) Next, the knob portion 4A is operated so that the small spherical portion 4D is applied to the inner side surface (non-adhesive surface) 3R of the bag body 3, and the adhesive surface (application surface of the adhesive 6) of the bag body 3 is pressed against the ear hole wall. . For this reason, the earwax in the ear canal adheres to the adhesive surface.
(7) After attaching the earwax to the adhesive surface, when the insertion rod 4 is pulled out, the inner and outer surfaces of the bag body 3 are reversed, and the earwax is taken out while remaining attached to the inner adhesive surface.

  The length L1 from the end of the large diameter portion of the cylindrical portion 2A of the guide tube 2 to the closed portion 3B of the bag 3 is set to the length from the ear canal entrance to the cartilage portion in the ear canal. It is restricted from entering deeply and is not painful. The distance L2 between the small ball portion 4D of the insertion rod 4 and the stopper 4B is such that even when the small ball portion 4D is directly inserted into the ear canal and the stopper 4B hits the auricle, the small ball portion 4D reaches the bone external ear canal or the eardrum 9. Not to reach. For this reason, even if the insertion rod 4 is inserted into the ear canal, the small bulb portion 4D does not damage the external ear canal or the eardrum 9 of the bone. Therefore, even if an external impact or vibration occurs during ear cleaning, for example, an accident such as a person hitting an arm while cleaning the ear, there is no risk of accidentally putting the earwax remover 10 deep into the ear. It is.

  Since the bag body 3 is made of a soft material, the inside of the ear is not damaged even if the bag 3 is pressed against the inner wall of the ear canal by the small ball portion 4D. Since the adhesive 6 is in direct contact with the entire part where the earwax is to be removed, it is not necessary to move the bag body 3 back and forth or rotate like a cotton swab, and the adhesive force is maintained when attaching the earwax. The earwax adhering to the adhesive 6 will not spill in the ear. Moreover, since the adhesive 6 to which the earwax has adhered becomes inside and comes out of the ear, the bag 3 after being taken out of the ear is easy to clean up without the removed earwax spilling and scattering outside the ear. And clean. Thus, with the earwax remover 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to clean the ear safely and easily and reliably remove the earwax without damaging the inside of the ear.

  The earwax remover 10 according to the above embodiment is described as a disposable earwax remover. However, when a material that can withstand repeated use is used, the earwax remover can be used repeatedly. It goes without saying that it is possible.

  Further, the shape of the stopper 2B of the guide tube 2 is not limited to the bowl-shaped shape as in the above-described embodiment, but may be any shape that prevents the guide tube from entering the ear canal, such as an ellipse or a fan shape. For example, any shape may be used. Further, when a conical otoscope used in otolaryngology, for example, is employed as the guide tube, it can serve as a guide tube without providing an ear stopper. The guide tube 2 and the insertion rod 4 may be made of any material as long as the guide tube 2 and the insertion rod 4 have a strength that can be used for ear cleaning. As the adhesive 5 and the adhesive 7, suitable adhesives are used depending on the combination of the material of the bag body 3 and the guide tube 2 to be bonded and the insertion rod 4 and the bag body 3, respectively.

  In the said Example, although the method of apply | coating the adhesive 6 to the bag body 3 before use is employ | adopted, it is not restricted to this, You may use what applied the adhesive body to the bag body beforehand. . At that time, the pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to the inside of the bag body, and is adhered so that the direction in which the guide cylinder and the bag body are bonded is exposed to the large-diameter portion on the opposite side to the above embodiment.

  The knob 4A of the insertion rod 4 is not limited to the spherical shape as in the above embodiment as long as it is easy to hold, but may have any shape such as a rod shape or a ring shape. Further, the insertion rod 4 can be used without providing the stopper 4B by setting the length of the shaft portion 4C so as not to reach the bone external auditory canal or the eardrum. At that time, the diameter of the knob portion 4A is set larger than the inner diameter of the tube portion 2B of the guide tube 2. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the small spherical portion 4D and the bag closing portion 3B are described as being able to contact and separate. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the small spherical portion 4D and the bag closing portion 3B are bonded. The small ball portion 4D and the bag closing portion 3B may be used without bonding. At that time, in order to remove the bag body 3 from the inside of the ear, the bag body 3 may be pulled out by holding the stopper 2B portion.

  This earwax removing tool 10 is easy to operate without the risk of inadvertently damaging the inside of the ear, and without removing the earwax, so that it is possible to easily clean the ears of elderly people who need care or those who are injured. In addition, ear wax can be removed immediately, so ear cleaning can be performed in a short time even for young children who dislike ear cleaning or do not stay still for several minutes. Thus, this earwax remover can be used safely by a wide range of subjects, and is much more practical than before.

(A), (B) is explanatory drawing which shows the assembly state of the earwax remover which concerns on the Example of this invention, respectively, and explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the earwax remover. Example 1 (A) thru | or (C) are each explanatory drawings which show the state before mounting | wearing with the earwax removal tool of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition in the ear of an earwax removal tool. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition in the ear of an earwax removal tool.

Explanation of symbols

2 Guide tube 3 Bag
3B Bag closure part 4 Insertion stick 6 Adhesive 10 Ear wax remover

Claims (4)

A guide tube attached to the ear canal entrance;
A flexible bag body in which the open end is adhered to the inner surface of the guide cylinder to expose the main body to the outside, and an adhesive is applied to the inside;
An earwax removing tool comprising: an insertion rod that pushes the adhesive surface of the bag body against the ear canal wall by inverting the inner and outer surfaces of the bag body from the closed side through the guide tube and pushing the bag body into the ear canal.   2. The earwax remover according to claim 1, wherein the length of the bag body is shorter than the distance from the mouth opening to the eardrum.   2. The earwax remover according to claim 1, wherein a stopper for restricting deep insertion is provided on the insertion rod.   The earwax remover according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the insertion-side tip of the insertion rod is configured to be able to contact with and separate from the bag closing portion.

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