JPH0587807A - Pregnancy inspection device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a pregnancy inspection device capable of producing at low cost, easy to handle, and capable of opening urine extraction portion and judgment portion easily only when required. CONSTITUTION:A pregnancy inspection device is composed of a urine extraction portion A for contacting with and sucking urine, a reagent portion 2 positioned so that it is made in contact with the urine extraction portion A, a base material portion 3 in which the urine extracted at the urine extraction portion A moves through the reagent portion 2, a judgment portion B for judging the presence and absence of pregnancy by the presence and absence of color on a color display portion 6 due to urine moved through the base material portion 3, an inspection device main body 1 provided with fixing members 5 for fixing integrally the urine extraction portion A, reagent portion 2, base material portion 3, and judgment portion B, and a packaging bag 7 for storing the inspection device main body 1. The packaging bag 7 is provided with means 8 and 9 capable of unpacking so that only the urine extraction portion A and judgment portion B can be exposed in order.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pregnancy test tool, which is inexpensive, easy to handle, and has a structure that can be opened when the urine sampling part and the determination part of the test tool are required. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various inspection tools of this type have been known, and a typical structure of a conventional product is shown in FIG. That is, the tip part 19 of the test device main body 18 is a urine collecting part, and the window part 20 for confirming the presence or absence of a color reaction due to the collected urine is provided on the upper part of the main body. In conventional products, the part that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy is always exposed due to the presence or absence of coloration.Therefore, it is necessary to take care not to touch it directly when using it and to prevent it from getting dirty, or It has been pointed out that the structure is complicated and inconvenient to use, and further improvement has been desired.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a pregnancy test tool that can be manufactured at low cost, is easy to handle, and can open the urine collection part and the determination part only when necessary.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 provides a urine collecting part for contacting and absorbing urine, a reagent part arranged so as to contact the urine collecting part, and the urine. Urine collected in the collection unit moves through the reagent unit, a base unit, a determination unit that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy by the presence or absence of coloration by the urine that has moved in the base unit, and these urine collection units, The test tool main body includes a fixing member that integrally fixes the reagent part, the base material part, and the determination part, and a packaging bag that houses the testing tool body. The packaging bag is a urine sampling part of the testing tool body. And a means that can be opened so that only the determination unit is sequentially exposed.

Further, in the invention of claim 2, the urine collecting part for contacting and absorbing urine, the reagent part arranged so as to contact the urine collecting part, and the urine collected by the urine collecting part is the reagent. A base part that moves through the base part, a determination part that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration due to urine that has moved through the base part, and a urine collection part, a reagent part, a base part and a determination part And a slide plate slidably provided on the fixing member so that only the urine collecting part or the determining part is exposed.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, the urine collecting part for contacting and absorbing urine, the reagent part arranged so as to contact the urine collecting part, and the urine collected by the urine collecting part is the reagent. A base part that moves through the base part, a determination part that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration due to urine that has moved through the base part, and a urine collection part, a reagent part, a base part and a determination part A fixing member for integrally fixing the urine collection part or the urine collecting part by sliding the fixing member inside the outer cylindrical member. The determination unit is exposed from the outer tubular member.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the urine collecting part and the judging part are not exposed before use, and the urine collecting part is exposed at the time of collecting urine and the judging part is exposed for the first time during the inspection check. Therefore, there is no risk of accidentally touching or soiling the determination portion during use, and there is no trouble in use. Moreover, in order to expose the urine collecting part and the judging part, it is extremely easy to open the packaging bag in the invention of claim 1, move the slide plate in the invention of claim 2, and slide the fixing member in the invention of claim 3. It is easy and convenient to handle because it can be operated and the urine collection part does not have to be touched directly by hand.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a cross sectional view thereof and (b) is a plan view thereof.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of an inspection tool, which is made of a material such as glass fiber capable of absorbing urine and has a certain thickness and a bar plate-like base material 3, and one end of the base material 3 is in contact with the back surface side. And the reagent part 2 arranged in the same manner, the hygroscopic agent part 4 arranged so as to be in contact with the back surface of the other end of the base material 3, and the lateral sides of the base material 3, the reagent part 2 and the hygroscopic agent part 4. The central portion for integrally fixing these portions and the bottom surface portion with each other is composed of a slightly wide fixing member 5. The left part of the inspection tool body 1 in FIG. 1, that is, the surface of the base material 3 on the side where the reagent part 2 is present is the urine collecting part A, and the right part on the opposite side is the colored part on the surface of the base material 3. 6 is a determination unit B that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration in the coloration unit 6.

Reference numeral 7 is a protective bag for accommodating the inspection tool body 1, which has break lines at two locations. That is, by tearing the protective bag 7 from the urine collection break line 8 and the judgment break line 9 by pulling the protective bag 7 from the urine collection break line 8, the urine collection part A of the test tool body 1 is also pulled from the judgment break line 9. By breaking, the determination parts B of the inspection tool body 1 are exposed.

Reference numeral 10 denotes an outer bag, and the inspection tool body 1 housed in the protective bag 7 is further housed in the outer bag 10 and provided as a commercial product.

Next, the method of use will be described. First, the outer bag 10
Is opened and the protective bag 7 inside is taken out. When collecting urine,
The breaking line 8 for collecting urine of the protective bag 7 is torn to expose the urine collecting portion A of the inspection tool body 1 and urine is applied to the urine collecting portion A to collect the urine collecting portion A (see FIG. 2A). Urine is absorbed by the base material 3 and the reagent portion 2
Reacts with the above reagent and further moves through the base material 3 due to the capillary phenomenon, and reaches the coloring portion 6 after a certain period of time.

After collecting the urine, this time, the breaking line 9 for judgment of the protective bag 7 is torn to expose the judging portion B of the inspection tool body 1,
After a lapse of a certain time from the collection of urine, the examination is performed by confirming the presence or absence of coloration in the coloration part 6 (see FIG. 2B).

As described above, the urine collecting part A and the judging part B are not exposed because they are stored in the protective bag 7 before the inspection, but are easily exposed by tearing the protective bag 7 at a predetermined position during the inspection. Since it has such a structure, there is no risk of accidentally touching or soiling the determination part B by hand during use, and it is not necessary to directly touch the urine collection part A by hand. It has no space and is easy and convenient to handle.

FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a cross sectional view thereof and (b) is a plan view thereof.
FIG. 13C is a sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG. The same parts as those of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the duplicate description thereof will be omitted. However, the difference from the first embodiment is that the outside of the fixing member 5 is shown in FIG. On outer cover
11 is attached, and the slide plate 12 is provided so as to be slidable on the fixed member 5 left and right while being guided by the groove inside the outer cover 11. In the present embodiment, instead of the protective bag in the first embodiment, the slide plate 12 slides left and right to expose the urine sampling portion A or the determination portion B of the test tool body 1. That is, urine collection is performed after moving the slide plate 12 to the right side of FIG. 3 so that the urine collection part A of the test device body 1 is exposed (see FIG. 4A). Next, the slide plate 12 is moved to the opposite side (full left side in FIG. 3) so that the determination section B is exposed, and the presence or absence of coloration in the coloration section 6 is confirmed (see FIG. 4B).

FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a cross-sectional view thereof and (b) is a plan view thereof.
FIG. 13C is a sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG.

The same parts as those of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and their duplicate description will be omitted. However, as is apparent from FIG. The fixing member 5 is slidable. That is, the knob portion 14 formed integrally with the central portion of the fixing member 5 protrudes from the window 17 formed in the upper portion of the outer tubular member 13 with a predetermined size, and the knob portion 14 is connected to the window 17. When the fixing member 5 slides in the outer tubular member 13 by moving to the left or right of the, the urine collecting portion A or the determining portion B of the test tool body 1 is exposed from the outer tubular member 13.
A semi-cylindrical projection 15 is provided at the center of the side surface of the fixing member 5 so that the knob portion 14 can move smoothly, and a semi-cylindrical projection 15 is provided on the inner side surface of the outer tubular member 13 to engage with the semi-cylindrical projection 15. Cylindrical recesses 16 are arranged side by side in a row over the moving distance of the knob portion 14, that is, the lateral width of the window 17.

According to this embodiment, the urine is collected by the knob portion 14
5 is moved to the left side of FIG. 5 so that the urine collection part A is exposed (see FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b)), and after the urine collection, this time, the knob 14 is on the opposite side (see FIG. 5). It is moved to the right side) so that the determination unit B is exposed, and the presence or absence of coloration in the coloration unit 6 is confirmed (see FIGS. 7A and 7B).

The reagents and color reagents used in the present invention are generally easily decomposed by heat. Therefore, it is preferable to carry out the packaging with the outer bag of the present invention and the protective bag of the first embodiment at a low temperature. Specifically, it is possible to use a heat-sealing agent that can seal at low temperature, or to bond by applying pressure,
It is preferable to use a self-adhesive sealant called a so-called cold sealant.

[0021]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the urine collecting part and the judging part are not exposed before use, and the urine collecting part and the judging part are not exposed before use. With such a structure, there is no risk of accidentally touching or soiling the determination portion during use, and there is no inconvenience in use. Moreover, exposing the urine collection section and the determination section can be performed by an extremely simple operation,
In addition, the urine collection part does not need to be touched directly by hand, and is easy and convenient to handle.

[Brief description of drawings]

1A and 1B show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view and FIG. 1B is a plan view.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a usage state in the first embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B show a second embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 3A is a transverse sectional view, FIG. 3B is a plan view, and FIG. 3C is a sectional view taken along the line AA ′ in FIG. 3B.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a usage state in a second embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B show a third embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 5A is a transverse sectional view, FIG. 5B is a plan view, and FIG. 5C is a sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG.

6A and 6B are a cross-sectional view and a perspective view, respectively, showing a use state when collecting urine in a third embodiment of the present invention.

7A and 7B are a cross-sectional view and a perspective view, respectively, showing a use state at the time of determination in a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a structure of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Urine collection part B Judgment part 1 Test tool body 2 Reagent part 3 Base material 4 Hygroscopic agent part 5 Fixing member 6 Coloring part 7 Protective bag 8 Urine collection break line 9 Judgment break line 10 Exterior bag 11 Outer cover 12 Slide Plate 13 Outer cylinder member 14 Knob 15 Semi-cylindrical protrusion 16 Semi-cylindrical recess 17 Window

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A urine collecting part for contacting and absorbing urine, a reagent part arranged in contact with the urine collecting part, and a base part for moving urine collected by the urine collecting part through the reagent part. A determination unit that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration due to the urine that has moved to the base unit, and a fixing member that integrally fixes the urine collection unit, the reagent unit, the base unit, and the determination unit. And a packaging bag for accommodating the testing tool body, wherein the packaging bag is provided with a means capable of opening so that only the urine sampling portion and the determination portion of the testing tool body are sequentially exposed. Pregnancy test tool characterized by. 2. A urine collecting part for contacting and absorbing urine, a reagent part arranged so as to come into contact with the urine collecting part, and a urine sample collected by the urine collecting part moving through the reagent part. A material part, a determination part that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration due to urine that has moved to the base part, and a fixing that integrally fixes these urine collection part, reagent part, base material part, and determination part A pregnancy test tool comprising: a member; and a slide plate slidably provided on the fixing member so that only the urine collection part or the determination part is exposed. 3. A urine collection part for contacting and absorbing urine, a reagent part arranged so as to contact the urine collection part, and a urine sample collected by the urine collection part moving through the reagent part. A material part, a determination part that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration due to urine that has moved to the base part, and a fixing that integrally fixes these urine collection part, reagent part, base material part, and determination part A member and an outer cylinder member that allows the fixing member to slide within the outer cylinder member by a predetermined distance. A pregnancy test tool characterized by being exposed from the member.