JP2010155038A

JP2010155038A - Cotton swab

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Publication number: JP2010155038A
Application number: JP2009017309A
Authority: JP
Inventors: Toshinao Endo; 敏尚遠藤
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-01-01
Filing date: 2009-01-01
Publication date: 2010-07-15

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cotton swab for easily recognizing how much it is inserted into a nasal cavity or the like, whether there is the risk of damaging nasal cavity mucosa by too much insertion, and the inserted length, as regards the cotton swab to be used for collecting the specimen of the influenza virus or the like. <P>SOLUTION: Marks indicating distances from the distal end are provided to a rod 2. The marks are, for instance, a line 3, a line 4, a line 5, a line 6 and a line 7 which are provided to a plurality of parts and circulate the rod 2 once. A scale can be the one indicating the distance from the end of the cotton swab, the one which can be recognized not by the lines but by projections or recesses, or the one indicating the distance by the shade of colors. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

この発明は、鼻腔等からのウイルス等採取に用いる綿棒の形状に関する。The present invention relates to the shape of a cotton swab used for collecting viruses from the nasal cavity and the like.

従来の鼻腔等からのウイルス採取等に用いる綿棒は、図２に示すように、ウイルス等を付着させるための綿棒先端部１に棒２が設けられたものである。As shown in FIG. 2, a conventional swab used for collecting a virus from a nasal cavity or the like is provided with a stick 2 on a tip 1 of a swab for attaching a virus or the like.

しかしながら、以上の技術によれば、先端を腔に挿入した場合、どれくらい挿入したかどうか分かりにくく、粘膜等を障害することがあった。
そこで、この発明は、挿入した長さが分かりやすい綿棒を提供することを課題とする。However, according to the above technique, when the tip is inserted into the cavity, it is difficult to know how much the tip has been inserted, and the mucous membrane or the like may be damaged.
Then, this invention makes it a subject to provide the cotton swab whose insertion length is easy to understand.

以上の課題を解決するために、第一発明は、綿棒の棒に先端からの距離を示す目盛りを設けたことを特徴とする綿棒である。
また、第二発明は、綿棒を回転させた場合でも常に同じ目盛りが見えることを特徴とする綿棒である。In order to solve the above problems, the first invention is a cotton swab characterized by providing a scale indicating the distance from the tip of the swab swab.
The second invention is a cotton swab characterized in that the same scale is always visible even when the cotton swab is rotated.

第一発明、または第二発明によれば、綿棒に目盛りを設けたので、挿入距離が分かりやすい。According to the first invention or the second invention, since the scale is provided on the cotton swab, the insertion distance is easy to understand.

この発明の一実施形態を、図１に示す。
綿棒は試料を吸着する本体１と、これに棒２が設けられている。この棒２には本体１側先端からの距離が表示されている。距離の表記の方法は細い線が１ｃｍを、太い線は５ｃｍを意味しており、先端からの距離は、３は細い線が２本で２ｃｍ、４は細い線が４本で４ｃｍ、５は太い線が１本と細い線が１本で６ｃｍ、６は太い線が１本と細い線が３本で８ｃｍ、７は太い線が２本で１０ｃｍを表している。この細い線と太い線は、どの方向から見ても先端からの距離を認識できるように、棒２を１周するように表示してある。図２には棒が回転した場合でも同一に見える形態を平面図として示す。One embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.
The cotton swab is provided with a main body 1 for adsorbing a sample and a stick 2 on the main body 1. The bar 2 displays the distance from the tip of the main body 1 side. The notation of distance means 1 cm for a thin line and 5 cm for a thick line. The distance from the tip is 3 for 2 thin lines with 2 cm, 4 for 4 thin lines with 4 cm, and 5 for 5 One thick line and one thin line are 6 cm, 6 is one thick line and three thin lines are 8 cm, and 7 is two thick lines and 10 cm. The thin line and the thick line are displayed so as to make one round of the bar 2 so that the distance from the tip can be recognized from any direction. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a form that looks the same even when the rod rotates.

「実施形態の効果」
この形態によれば、目盛り３、４，５，６，７の働きで、綿棒を挿入したときに、挿入した長さを確認できる。したがって、鼻腔に挿入する場合、鼻腔の大きさを考慮した挿入ができ、過挿入を防止できる。"Effect of the embodiment"
According to this form, when the cotton swab is inserted by the function of the scales 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, the inserted length can be confirmed. Therefore, when inserting into the nasal cavity, insertion considering the size of the nasal cavity can be performed, and excessive insertion can be prevented.

「他の実施形態」
図１の実施形態では目盛りは綿棒先端からの距離を示す線であったが、他の実施形態では、目盛りは綿棒末端からの距離を示すものや、目盛りが線ではなく突起やへこみで認識できるもの、色の濃淡で距離を表すものでもよい。"Other embodiments"
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the scale is a line indicating the distance from the tip of the swab, but in other embodiments, the scale indicates the distance from the end of the swab, or the scale can be recognized by a protrusion or a dent instead of a line. The distance may be represented by the color of the object.

この発明の一実施形態を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of this invention. 従来技術を示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view which shows a prior art. この発明の一実施形態を示す平面図である。It is a top view which shows one Embodiment of this invention.

１綿棒の綿
２綿棒の棒
３綿棒先端から２ｃｍを示す記号
４綿棒先端から４ｃｍを示す記号
５綿棒先端から６ｃｍを示す記号
６綿棒先端から８ｃｍを示す記号
７綿棒先端から１０ｃｍを示す記号DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cotton swab cotton 2 Cotton swab stick 3 Symbol indicating 2 cm from the tip of the cotton swab 4 Symbol indicating 4 cm from the tip of the cotton swab Symbol 6 indicating 6 cm from the tip of the cotton swab Symbol 6 indicating 8 cm from the tip of the cotton swab 7 Symbol indicating 10 cm from the tip of the cotton swab

Claims

A cotton swab characterized by providing a scale indicating the distance from the tip of the swab.

2. The swab according to claim 1, wherein the scale is always visible even when the swab is rotated.