JPH07178136A - Disposal adaptor of removal apparatus for blood collection needles - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable safe disposal of needles used for blood collection into a plastic tank by means of a needle disposal apparatus. CONSTITUTION:A needle removal apparatus A is provided with a adaptor body 11 installed therein, a guide pipe 12 formed integrally with the adaptor body 11, and an extension pipe 13. Needles C1 for blood collection which are removed by means of a removal device A2 of the needle removal apparatus A drop into a plastic tank P through the guide pipe 12 and the extension pipe 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a waste adapter for a blood collecting needle removing device for safely discarding a blood collecting needle of a used blood collecting device or an injection needle of a syringe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A blood collecting needle of a used blood collecting device or an injection needle of a syringe (hereinafter simply referred to as a blood collecting needle) is removed from a holder of the blood collecting device or a syringe body (hereinafter simply referred to as a holder). It must be disposed of safely and securely.
Therefore, a blood sampling needle removing device (hereinafter simply referred to as a removing device) for automatically removing the blood sampling needle from the holder has been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-269174).

This is a type in which a removing mechanism is incorporated in an upper part of a case, and a pot for disposal is detachably loaded in a lower part, and a used blood collecting device or a syringe (hereinafter simply referred to as a blood collecting device) is used. By inserting the removal mechanism downward from above, the removal mechanism is started, and the blood collection needle is automatically removed from the holder and dropped into the pot below. The removal mechanism includes a plurality of claw members that rotate in the horizontal direction all at once, and the claw members can be engaged with and disengaged from the engaging projections of the base of the blood collecting needle in the radial direction.

[0004]

According to the prior art, since the pot for discarding is to be integrally loaded in the removing device, its capacity is limited to a small size and it must be in a dedicated form. Therefore, there is a problem that the running cost tends to be excessive when it is disposable.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to replace a dedicated disposal pot with a disposal adapter for a blood collection needle removing device for use for disposal of an arbitrary container such as a poly tank commercially available in an extremely large amount. To provide.

[0006]

The structure of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises an adapter main body and a guide pipe having one end opened on the upper surface of the adapter main body and the other end protruding downward from the front surface. The gist of the adapter body is that it can be removably loaded into the removal device, and that the upper end of the guide pipe is positioned below the removal mechanism by loading in the removal device.

The extension pipe can be connected to the guide pipe, and the adapter body can actuate a safety switch for starting the removal device.

[0008]

According to the structure of the present invention, the adapter body positions the upper end of the guide pipe at the lower part of the removing mechanism, so that the blood collecting needle removed by the removing mechanism is
It can be dropped below the front of the removal device through the guide pipe. Therefore, if the mouth of a plastic tank is applied to the tip of the guide pipe, any container such as a plastic tank can be used as a waste container for blood collection needles. be able to.

If the guide pipe can connect the extension pipe, the extension pipe can extend the substantial length of the guide pipe. This is convenient when inserting a blood collection needle into a plastic tank or the like.

When the adapter body activates the safety switch, the detaching device does not operate unless the adapter body is loaded, so there is no danger that the detached blood collecting needle is discharged to the outside.

[0011]

Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A waste adapter 10 for a blood collection needle removal device
Is an assembly of the adapter body 11 and the guide pipe 12 incorporated in the adapter body 11 (FIG. 1),
The detaching device A is detachably loaded for use (FIG. 2).

The detaching device A has a detaching mechanism A2 incorporated in an outer case A1 (FIGS. 2 and 3). A guide hole A3 into which the used blood sampler C is inserted downward is opened on the upper surface of the outer case A1, and an opening / closing door A4 is attached to the front surface of the outer case A1. Below the removing mechanism A2 is a storage space A5 for a pot for disposal which is closed by an opening / closing door A4. A safety switch A6 for starting is attached to a partition wall A5a that partitions the interior of the storage space A5, and a main switch A7 is attached to the front upper part of the outer case A1.

The removing device A has a guide hole A when the main switch A7 is turned on and the safety switch A6 is in operation.
When the used blood sampler C is inserted into 3, the removing mechanism A2 is activated. The detaching mechanism A2 has a plurality of claw members (not shown) which engage with the engaging projections C2 at the base of the blood collecting needle C1 and rotate in the horizontal direction. It can be thrown into a disposal pot (not shown) to be stored in A5.
The safety switch A6 operates by storing a disposal pot in the storage space A5.

The adapter body 11 of the discard adapter 10 is
It is a hollow box that fits in the storage space A5 of the removing device A (Fig. 1). Note that FIG. 1 also shows the removed blood collecting needle C1. In this case, the blood collecting needle C1 is
It has an auxiliary needle with a cover C1a at the top. A flag-shaped operating piece 11a corresponding to the safety switch A6 is provided on one side surface of the adapter body 11 so as to project therefrom.

The guide pipe 12 is a bent pipe whose one end opens on the upper surface of the adapter body 11 and the other end projects downwardly below the front surface of the adapter body 11. Guide pipe 12
An elliptical positioning collar 12a is attached to the upper end of the. The guide pipe 12 is assumed to be smoothly bent as a whole.

An extension pipe 13 is connected to the lower end of the guide pipe 12. The extension pipe 13 is detachable from the guide pipe 12.

The discard adapter 10 is used as a removing device A.
The safety switch A6 can be actuated via the actuating piece 11a when it is loaded in the storage space A5 (FIG. 3). At this time, the upper end of the guide pipe 12 is properly positioned at the lower part of the removing mechanism A2, and the mouth P1 of the waste plastic tank P is applied to the lower end of the extension pipe 13 connected to the guide pipe 12. I shall. Therefore, the used blood sampling device C is inserted into the guide hole A3 of the removing device A.
, The blood collecting needle C1 of the blood collecting device C is removed from the holder C3 and drops downward, and can be safely dumped into the plastic tank P via the guide pipe 12 and the extension pipe 13 (see FIG. 3). Arrow direction). In addition, here, the removing device A is installed on the table T, and
Shows the case of placing on the floor F below the table T.

In the above description, the guide pipe 12
On the inner surface of the position where the removed blood collecting needle C1 falls,
A protective plate 12b may be attached (FIG. 4). By using, for example, a stainless steel plate having a high hardness as the protection plate 12b, it is possible to prevent the guide pipe 12 from being damaged by the tip of the blood collection needle C1.

A simple baffle plate P1a may be detachably provided at the mouth P1 of the plastic tank P (two-dot chain line in FIG. 3). The baffle plate P1a is hung on the rim of the mouth portion P1, and the mouth portion P1
By mounting the blood collection needle C1 so that it is inserted into the inside of the extension pipe 13, the posture of the blood collection needle C1 projecting below the extension pipe 13 and falling from the extension pipe 13 can be disturbed, and the blood collection needle C1 is prevented from being stuck into the bottom of the plastic tank P. To do. In addition,
The baffle plate P1a has a mouth portion P when the plastic tank P is full.
It is advisable to remove it from 1 and push it into the poly tank P as it is, and discard the whole as a whole. However, poly tank P
May be any other empty disposable container.

The extension pipe 13 may be used as needed, and its length is arbitrary. Also, the guide pipe 1
2. One or both of the extension pipes 13 may be flexible. The present invention can be directly applied to the treatment of a used syringe instead of the used blood collector C. At this time, the blood collection needle C1 and the holder C3 are used.
Shall be read as the injection needle and the syringe body, respectively.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, by combining the adapter body and the guide pipe, the guide pipe can be used in a waste container such as a plastic tank in which the blood collecting needle detached by the detaching device is disposed. Since it can be safely put into the container, the capacity of the container can be arbitrarily increased compared to the case where a dedicated disposal pot is used, and the running cost can be greatly reduced. There is an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the overall configuration

[Fig. 2] Usage state explanatory diagram (1)

[Fig. 3] Usage state explanatory diagram (2)

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of main parts showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A ... Removal device A2 ... Removal mechanism A6 ... Safety switch 10 ... Discard adapter 11 ... Adapter body 12 ... Guide pipe 13 ... Extension pipe

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Shintaro Sasahara 2-6-8 Izuminode-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An adapter main body, and a guide pipe having one end opened on an upper surface of the adapter main body and the other end protruding downward from a front surface, the adapter main body being detachably mountable to a detaching device, A discarding adapter for a blood sampling needle removing device, characterized in that the upper end of the guide pipe is positioned at the lower part of the removing mechanism by being loaded in the removing device. 2. The waste adapter for the blood sampling needle removing device according to claim 1, wherein the guide pipe can be connected to an extension pipe. 3. The discarding adapter for the blood sampling needle removing device according to claim 1, wherein the adapter body actuates a safety switch for starting the removing device.