JP2013050326A - Protection cover for biological information measurement device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce risks associated with infection with respect to a protection cover for a biological information measurement device.SOLUTION: The protection cover for biological information measurement device includes an upper surface 2, a lower surface 3 disposed oppositely below the upper surface 2 at a predetermined interval, and an outer peripheral surface 4 which covers outer peripheries of the lower surface 3 and the upper surface 2. The upper surface 2 is made of an elastic body, an opening part 10 for display part view is provided on one side of the upper surface, and an opening part 11 for sensor insertion is provided at the other side of the upper surface 2 on the outer peripheral surface 4 and also provided with a projection part 12 which covers an outer periphery of the opening part 11 for sensor insertion and protrudes to outside the opening part for sensor insertion.

Description

  The present invention relates to a protective cover for a biological information measuring device used in a biological information measuring device that measures biological information such as blood glucose level from blood.

  The biological information measuring device is provided with a display unit and an operation unit on the upper surface of the main body case, and an opening for sensor insertion is provided on the outer peripheral surface.

  The main body case is divided into upper and lower parts, and various parts are housed in the main body case and then integrated into the upper and lower parts.

  And in order to prevent the damage by such a fall of a main body case, there exists what covered the cover which covers a part of upper surface and outer peripheral surface of a main body case (In addition, as prior literature similar to this, the following patent document 1 is mentioned. Exist).

JP 2004-313269 A

  In the conventional example described above, the cover cushions the impact caused by the drop of the main body case, so that the main body case can be prevented from being damaged.

  In recent years, in such a biological information measuring device, reduction of the risk for infection has been demanded, but the above-described cover has not been able to reduce the infection risk.

  That is, although the main body case is divided into upper and lower parts, the upper and lower divided parts are not covered with the cover, so that blood may adhere to the upper and lower joined parts. And it is difficult to clean the upper and lower joints to which blood adheres in this way with cleaning cotton or the like, and as a result, there is a risk of infection from the upper and lower joints to which blood has adhered. It was.

  Thus, the present invention aims to reduce the risk of infection.

  In order to achieve this object, a protective cover for a biological information measuring device according to the present invention includes an upper surface, a lower surface opposed to the lower surface of the upper surface at a predetermined interval, and outer peripheral portions of the lower surface and the upper surface. The upper surface is formed of an elastic body, and an opening for viewing the display portion is provided on one side of the upper surface, and a sensor is inserted in the other side portion of the upper surface on the outer peripheral surface. The sensor insertion opening is provided with a projecting portion that covers the outer periphery of the sensor insertion opening and projects outward from the sensor insertion opening. Can be achieved.

  As described above, the protective cover for a biological information measuring device according to the present invention includes an upper surface, a lower surface opposed to the lower surface of the biological information measuring device at a predetermined interval, and an outer peripheral surface that covers the outer peripheral portions of the lower surface and the upper surface. The upper surface is formed of an elastic body, a display portion viewing opening is provided on one side of the upper surface, and a sensor insertion opening is provided on the other side of the upper surface on the outer peripheral surface. The sensor insertion opening is provided with a protrusion that covers the outer periphery of the sensor insertion opening and protrudes outward from the sensor insertion opening, thereby reducing the risk of infection. Can do.

  That is, in the present invention, if the biological information measuring device is inserted into the biological information measuring device protective cover from the display portion visual observation opening on the upper surface, the sensor insertion opening provided on the other side portion of the upper surface Therefore, the biological information measuring device can be easily inserted into the protective cover for the biological information measuring device.

  In addition, after insertion, not only the upper and lower surfaces of the main body case constituting the biological information measuring device, but also the outer peripheral surface is covered with the protective cover for the biological information measuring device, so that blood enters the joint portion of the upper and lower surfaces of the main body case. There is no. For this reason, the risk with respect to the infection by the blood adhering to a main body case can be reduced.

  Further, in the present invention, since the protruding portion of the protective cover for the biological information measuring device is provided at the sensor insertion opening portion of the main body case constituting the biological information measuring device, a finger or the like is inserted into the sensor of the main body case. It becomes difficult to touch the mouth, and as a result, the risk for infection can be reduced.

The perspective view of the protective cover for biological information measuring devices which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view of the biological information measuring device which equips the protective cover for biological information measuring devices with the same

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows a protective cover for a biological information measuring device. Reference numeral 1 denotes a cover body having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. And an outer peripheral surface 4 covering the outer peripheral portions of the upper surface 2.

  This cover body is used by inserting a blood glucose level measuring device 5 (an example of a biological information measuring device) shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the measuring instrument 5 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is provided with a display unit 6 on one side of the upper surface and a sensor mounting unit 7 on the side surface on the other side. And when measuring a blood glucose level, the connection terminal 9 of the long-plate blood glucose level sensor 8 is attached to the sensor mounting portion 7.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the description of the cover body 1 will be continued.

  In the cover body 1, the upper surface 2, the lower surface 3, and the outer peripheral surface 4 are integrally formed of silicon rubber (an example of an elastic body).

  In addition, on one side of the upper surface 2, a display portion visual opening 10 is provided so as to correspond to the display portion 6 of the measuring instrument 5. The display portion viewing opening 10 is opened to approximately the same size as the display portion 6 of the measuring instrument 5. When the measuring instrument 5 is inserted into the cover body 1, the display portion 6 of the measuring instrument 5 is visually recognized. It does not interfere with sex.

  For this reason, as can be understood from FIG. 1, the display portion viewing opening 10 is greatly opened to the vicinity of one end portion of the upper surface 2 and to the vicinity of both end portions thereof.

  Further, in the cover body 1, a sensor insertion opening 11 is provided in the other central portion of the upper surface 2 on the outer peripheral surface 4 so as to correspond to the sensor mounting portion 7 of the measuring instrument 5.

  The sensor insertion opening 11 is opened slightly larger than the sensor mounting portion 7 of the measuring instrument 5, and does not hinder the mounting when the blood glucose level sensor 8 is mounted on the sensor mounting portion 7. Yes.

  Further, the sensor insertion opening 11 is provided with a rectangular tube-shaped protrusion 12 that covers the outer periphery of the sensor insertion opening 11 and protrudes outward from the sensor insertion opening 11.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the measuring instrument 5 is formed by narrowing the side surface from the middle part to the other side toward the sensor mounting part 7 (the sensor mounting part 7 side is slightly narrowed), and is easily gripped in the palm of the hand. However, in correspondence with the outer shape of the measuring instrument 5, the cover body 1 is formed by narrowing the side surface from the middle to the other side toward the sensor insertion opening 11 as shown in FIG. Yes.

  Further, in the cover main body 1, a convex portion 14 is provided from the middle to the other side of the upper surface 2 so as to correspond to the operation portion 13 of the measuring instrument 5.

  The upper surface 2, the lower surface 3, and the outer peripheral surface 4 of the cover main body 1 are respectively formed on the upper and lower surfaces and the outer peripheral portion of the measuring instrument 5 when the measuring instrument 5 is inserted into the cover main body 1 through the display unit viewing opening 10. It is formed to be in close contact. This point will be described in detail below.

  In the above configuration, a method for using the biological information measuring apparatus protective cover according to this embodiment will be described below.

  First, the measuring instrument 5 is inserted from the end on the sensor mounting portion 7 side into the display portion viewing opening 10 of the cover body 1.

  At this time, as described above, the measuring instrument 5 is formed by narrowing the side surface from the middle part to the other side toward the sensor mounting part 7, so that it can be easily inserted into the display part viewing opening 10 having a large opening. Can do.

  From this state, the measuring instrument 5 is inserted into the inside of the cover body 1 toward the sensor insertion opening 11 on the other side. Since the cover body 1 is formed of an elastic body as described above, when the measuring instrument 5 is inserted into the display unit viewing opening 10 from the display unit viewing opening 10, the elasticity is utilized and the display unit viewing opening is used. This measuring instrument 5 is inserted into the cover main body 1 while spreading 10, and after the insertion, the cover main body 1 is elastically restored to be in close contact with the outer surface of the measuring instrument 5.

  In addition, when the measuring instrument 5 is inserted into the cover main body 1, the cover main body 1 is formed by squeezing the side surface from the middle to the other side in correspondence with the outer shape of the measuring instrument 5. By inserting the measuring instrument 5 into the cover body 1, the air inside the cover body 1 is compressed.

  In this state, in this embodiment, since the sensor insertion opening 11 is provided, air can be vented from the opening, and the measuring instrument 5 can be easily inserted into the cover body 1.

  Further, the measuring instrument 5 is inserted into the cover body 1, the sensor mounting portion 7 of the measuring instrument 5 is aligned with the sensor insertion opening 11 of the cover body 1, and then the entire measuring instrument 5 is pushed into the cover body 1. The insertion is completed.

  After this insertion is completed, the user starts measuring the blood glucose level.

  In the measurement, the user first attaches the blood glucose level sensor 8 of FIG. 2 to the sensor attachment portion 7 of the measuring instrument 5 through the sensor insertion opening 11 of the cover body 1. Next, when the user punctures his / her index finger, for example, blood is exposed, and this blood is spotted on the spotting portion 15 of the blood sugar level sensor 8, the blood glucose level at that time is measured and displayed by the measuring instrument 5. Displayed in part 6.

  The user operates the operation unit 13 of the measuring instrument 5 using the convex portion 14 of the cover body 1.

  During this measurement and when the measuring instrument 5 is operated, the blood of the user may be accidentally scattered and adhere to the measuring instrument 5 in some cases.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the measuring instrument 5 is divided into an upper case 5a and a lower case 5b, and the lower case 5b is provided with a battery cover 5c. Once blood adheres to these divided joints, it is difficult to clean the joints to which blood has adhered in this way with cleaning cotton or the like. The risk of infection was to occur.

  However, in this embodiment, after the measuring instrument 5 is inserted into the cover body 1, not only the upper and lower surfaces of the measuring instrument 5, but also the outer peripheral surface of the measuring instrument 5 is the upper surface 2, the lower surface 3, and the outer peripheral surface of the cover main body 1. 4, blood does not enter the junction of the measuring instrument 5.

  As a result, the risk of infection due to blood adhering to the measuring device 5 can be reduced.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as described above, the sensor insertion opening 11 of the cover body 1 covers the outer periphery of the sensor insertion opening 11 and protrudes outward from the sensor insertion opening. A protruding portion 12 is provided.

  For this reason, the risk with respect to an infection can be reduced.

  That is, since the sensor mounting portion 7 portion of the measuring instrument 5 is provided with the protruding portion 12 of the cover body 1, it becomes difficult for a finger or the like to touch the sensor mounting portion 7 of the measuring instrument 5, and as a result, Risk of infection can be reduced.

  Furthermore, since the protrusion 12 of the cover body 1 covers the entire outer periphery of the sensor insertion opening 11, the strength around the sensor insertion opening 11 is increased.

  For this reason, when the measuring instrument 5 is inserted into the cover body 1, the sensor insertion opening 11 can be prevented from being damaged.

  In the above embodiment, when the cover main body 1 is dirty, the outer peripheral surface of the cover main body 1 is cleaned with, for example, cleaning cotton in a state where the measuring instrument 5 is housed therein. However, the cover body 1 may be removed from the measuring instrument 5 and the cover body 1 may be cleaned in this removed state.

  As described above, the protective cover for a biological information measuring device according to the present invention includes an upper surface, a lower surface opposed to the lower surface of the biological information measuring device at a predetermined interval, and an outer peripheral surface that covers the outer peripheral portions of the lower surface and the upper surface. The upper surface is formed of an elastic body, a display portion viewing opening is provided on one side of the upper surface, and a sensor insertion opening is provided on the other side of the upper surface on the outer peripheral surface. The sensor insertion opening is provided with a protrusion that covers the outer periphery of the sensor insertion opening and protrudes outward from the sensor insertion opening, thereby reducing the risk of infection. Can do.

  That is, in the present invention, if the biological information measuring device is inserted into the biological information measuring device protective cover from the display portion visual observation opening on the upper surface, the sensor insertion opening provided on the other side portion of the upper surface Therefore, the biological information measuring device can be easily inserted into the protective cover for the biological information measuring device.

  In addition, after insertion, not only the upper and lower surfaces of the main body case constituting the biological information measuring device, but also the outer peripheral surface is covered with the protective cover for the biological information measuring device, so that blood enters the joint portion of the upper and lower surfaces of the main body case. There is no. For this reason, the risk with respect to the infection by the blood adhering to a main body case can be reduced.

  Further, in the present invention, since the protruding portion of the protective cover for the biological information measuring device is provided at the sensor insertion opening portion of the main body case constituting the biological information measuring device, a finger or the like is inserted into the sensor of the main body case. It becomes difficult to touch the mouth, and as a result, the risk for infection can be reduced.

  Therefore, the present invention is expected to be widely used as a protective cover for a biological information measuring device used in a biological information measuring device that measures biological information such as blood glucose level from blood.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cover main body 2 Upper surface 3 Lower surface 4 Outer peripheral surface 5 Measuring instrument (an example of biological information measuring device)
5a Upper case 5b Lower case 5c Battery cover 6 Display part 7 Sensor mounting part 8 Blood glucose sensor 9 Connection terminal 10 Display part visual opening part 11 Sensor insertion opening part 12 Projection part 13 Operation part 14 Convex part

Claims (4)

An upper surface, a lower surface facing the lower surface of the upper surface at a predetermined interval, and an outer peripheral surface covering the outer peripheral portion of the lower surface and the upper surface,
The upper surface is formed of an elastic body, a display portion viewing opening is provided on one side of the upper surface, and a sensor insertion opening is provided on the other side of the upper surface on the outer peripheral surface. A protective cover for a biological information measuring apparatus, wherein the opening for opening is provided with a protruding portion that covers the outer periphery of the opening for inserting the sensor and protrudes outward from the opening for inserting the sensor. The protective cover for a biological information measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface, the lower surface, and the outer peripheral surface are integrally formed of an elastic body. The protective cover for a biological information measuring device according to claim 2, wherein the upper surface, the lower surface, and the outer peripheral surface are integrally formed of silicon rubber. The protective cover for a biological information measurement device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a protruding portion is integrally formed with the outer peripheral surface.

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