JP2009000421A - Successively connected arrangement tongue depressor, roll type tongue depressor, and holder mounting tongue depressor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide tongue depressors to be used for an oral medical examination, especially, new successively connected arrangement tongue depressors, roll type tongue depressors, and holder mounting tongue depressors, where a defect in the conventional technique is improved. <P>SOLUTION: The successively connected arrangement tongue depressors 2 are obtained by successively providing a plurality of packaged depressors 2 formed by storing paper-made disposable tongue depressors 200 inside package bodies 201 so that they can be cut. The roll type tongue depressors 3 are obtained by winding the successively connected arrangement tongue depressors 2 in a roll shape. The holder mounting tongue depressors 5 are obtained by mounting the roll type tongue depressors 3 on a holder 4. Since the tongue depressors are made of paper, a cold feeling and an unpleasant feeling like a metallic tongue depressor are eliminated. They are environment-friendly since natural wood like a wooden tongue depressor is not used. The tongue depressor is disposable so as to eliminate the defect, such as worry about sanitation and time and labor for sterilization. The tongue depressors are in a successively connected arrangement shape or a roll shape, thereby preventing packaged objects from being scattered, rapidly coping with the medical examination by keeping the depressors at hand, and easily drawing the roll type tongue depressors by one hand. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

    The present invention relates to a tongue depressor used for oral examination, in particular, a continuous tongue depressor, a roll-type tongue depressor, and a holder-mounted tongue depressor.

The tongue depressor is used for diagnosis of the oral cavity, and is inserted into the human oral cavity and pressed against the base of the tongue to be used for diagnosis of the throat.
For the tongue depressor, a metal tongue depressor such as a stainless steel Chelmack tongue depressor or a plate-like tongue depressor has been used. There is a concern about hygiene such as use, and further, there are drawbacks such as time and effort for disinfection and sterilization.
Accordingly, as a disposable (disposable) tongue depressor, a wooden tongue depressor is accommodated in a transparent packaging bag, and when used, the packaging bag is broken to take out the wooden tongue depressor accommodated therein. Tongue depressors in the form of independent ones are on the market.
However, the wooden tongue depressor is usually made of white wood (natural wood) such as white birch, which is not preferable in terms of the global environment, and has a drawback of being easily broken along the grain.
Furthermore, in the above-mentioned wooden tongue depressor, each wooden tongue depressor is individually housed inside the packaging bag, and furthermore, since many such packages are packed in a box, There are disadvantages such as that it is difficult to take out each time, and that it is inconvenient because it is not available to doctors and nurses at the time of diagnosis.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and aims to provide a novel tongue depressor.
Other objects and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following specification and drawings.

The claims of the present invention are as follows.
(Claim 1) A continuous tongue depressor comprising a plurality of packaged tongue depressors each having a paper disposable tongue depressor housed inside the package so as to be cut.
(Claim 2) A plurality of packaging tongue depressors, each of which is made of a paper disposable tongue depressor, housed inside the package so as to be cut continuously and wound into a roll shape. Roll-type tongue depressor.
(Claim 3) A roll-type tongue in which a plurality of packaging tongue depressors each including a paper disposable tongue depressor are housed in a wrapping manner and wound into a roll shape. A holder-mounted tongue depressor, wherein the indenter is mounted on a holder capable of supporting the roll-type tongue depressor.

The effects obtained by the representative ones of the inventions disclosed in the present application will be briefly described as follows.
That is, according to the present invention, since it is a paper tongue depressor, there is no cold feeling or discomfort unlike a metal tongue depressor, and it is not necessary to use natural wood like a wooden tongue depressor. Therefore, it is preferable from the viewpoint of the global environment. In particular, the use of recycled paper is more preferable from the viewpoint of the global environment, and furthermore, since it can be disposable, there are drawbacks such as sanitary concerns and troublesome disinfection and sterilization. do not do.
Furthermore, since it is in the form of a continuous tongue depressor or a roll-type tongue depressor, each wooden tongue depressor is individually housed inside the packaging bag, and a large number of packages are packed in the box. Unlike the case, the package does not fall apart, and according to the mounting of a roll-type tongue depressor, doctors and nurses can quickly respond to the diagnosis by placing the holder on hand. In addition, the roll-type tongue depressor can be easily pulled out with one hand. Unlike a wooden tongue depressor, it eliminates the need for replenishment and reduces the complaint of tongue depressor breakage. You can see at a glance how the indenter is decreasing.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the continuous tongue depressor 1 according to the present invention is formed by continuously connecting a plurality of package tongue depressors 2 each having a tongue depressor 200 housed in a package 201. In this embodiment, an example is shown in which seven of the packaging tongue depressors 2 are connected so as to be cut.

The tongue depressor 200 is composed of a paper tongue depressor. The paper tongue depressor 200 is made of, for example, cardboard or recycled paper. It may be a laminate of thin paper.
Since the tongue depressor is pressed against the base of the tongue and used for diagnosis of the throat and the like, it is preferable to have strength, safety, hygiene, and the like.
The paper tongue depressor 200 is configured in a plate shape, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the paper tongue depressor 200 may be bent by constructing a linear groove 202 or the like at the center or tip.
As shown in FIG. 3, the paper tongue depressor 200 forms, for example, a portion 203 on which a harmless fragrance such as mint is applied at the tip thereof for the purpose of reducing discomfort during a medical examination. May be.

The package 201 is made of, for example, polyvinyl chloride, and is made of, for example, a packaging bag that can surround the entire paper-made tongue depressor 200. Since the tongue depressor 200 made of paper is visible, it is desirable to be transparent. The paper tongue depressors 200 in the package 201 are sterilized one by one, for example, by injecting sterilization gas.
The package 201 may be provided with a cut portion (not shown) that facilitates cutting within a range that does not impair hygiene.

  In the continuous tongue depressor 1, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, a cutting line 100 made of a perforation is provided at each boundary line of the packaging tongue depressor 2 in which the tongue depressor 200 is accommodated inside the package 201. Each packaged tongue depressor 2 can be cut and separated.

As shown in FIG. 1, the continuous tongue depressor 1 is wound to form a roll-type tongue depressor 3.
Although not shown in FIG. 1, the continuous tongue depressor 1 is wound to form a roll-type tongue depressor 3. For example, the number of paper tongue depressors 200 is about 200 to 300.

As shown in FIG. 1, the roll-type tongue depressor 3 can be attached to the holder 4.
The holder 4 includes, for example, a core portion 400 that supports the roll-type tongue depressor 3, a side surface portion 401, a back portion 402, and a cover portion 403.
As shown in the figure, the roll-type tongue depressor 3 of the holder-mounted tongue depressor 5 formed by rotatably supporting the roll-type tongue depressor 3 at the core 400 of the holder-4 is pulled by hand. Then, each packaging tongue depressor 2 is cut and separated along a cutting line 100 formed by perforations or the like of each boundary line of each packaging tongue depressor 2 by rotating downward. Next, the packaging body 201 of the packaging tongue depressor 2 is broken, and the tongue depressor 200 made of paper is taken out.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate.

  In the present invention, the roll-type tongue depressor 3 may be mounted on an occupying holder, or another holder such as a toilet paper roll holder may be used.

It is a block diagram of a continuous tongue depressor, a roll-type tongue depressor and a holder-mounted tongue depressor according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the continuous tongue depressor which shows the Example of this invention. (A) The block diagram of the paper-made tongue depressor which shows the Example of this invention, (B) Sectional drawing of the paper-made tongue depressor which shows the Example of this invention, (C) The other Example of this invention is shown. It is a block diagram of a paper tongue depressor.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Consecutive tongue depressor 2 ... Packaging tongue depressor 3 ... Roll type tongue depressor 4 ... Holder
5 ... Holder-mounted tongue depressor 100 ... cutting line 200 made of perforations ... paper-made tongue depressor 201 ... package

Claims (3)

A continuous tongue depressor comprising a plurality of packaged tongue depressors, each of which is a paper disposable tongue depressor housed inside a package so as to be cut. A roll-type tongue characterized in that a plurality of packaging tongue depressors in which disposable paper-made depressors made of paper are housed in a package body are connected in a severable manner and wound into a roll shape. Indenter. A roll-type tongue depressor, in which a paper-type disposable tongue depressor is housed in a package, is wrapped and wound into a roll shape. A holder-mounting tongue depressor, wherein the holder-mounting tongue depressor is mounted on a holder capable of supporting the lug-type tongue depressor.

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