JPH0894617A - Portable diagnosis device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a portable diagnosis device capable of drastically reducing the using amount of plastic material. CONSTITUTION: A portable diagnosis device has a holder 1 and a rod shape urine absorber 14 placed at one end of the holder 1. In the holder l, a diagnosis piece connected with the urine absorber 14 is provided. The holder 1 is constituted of a tray 10 and a transparent film 11 contacted covering the whole upper surface of the tray 10. The tray 10 has a concave containing the urine absorber 14 and the diagnosis piece 12 and a flange part 10b. The transparent film 11 is contacted to the flange part 10b of the tray 10. In the other part of the transparent film 11 than the part left for peep windows 2a and 2b corresponding to the diagnosis piece 12, printing is given.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable diagnostic device, and more particularly, to a portable diagnostic device capable of performing a test whether a woman is pregnant freely and arbitrarily.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a commercially available portable diagnostic device, for example, a diagnostic piece for diagnosing whether or not a child is pregnant is built in a holder of a plastic molded product, and a rod-shaped urine is provided from one side of the holder. It is configured by inserting the proximal end of the absorber and contacting the diagnostic piece. A transparent window made of transparent plastic is provided on one side surface of the holder in order to confirm the diagnostic result of the diagnostic piece from the outside.

[0003]

However, such a conventional portable diagnostic device has the following problems. That is, since the entire holder is composed of plastic molded parts by injection molding and the like, and the transparent plastic parts are also used for the see-through window, the amount of the plastic material used in the product is large, which is not preferable for waste disposal after use. In addition, the cost will be high.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a portable diagnostic device capable of significantly reducing the amount of plastic material used as compared with the conventional portable diagnostic device. With the goal.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a holder, a rod-shaped urine absorber having a base end portion inserted into one side of the holder, a holder provided in the holder, and a base of the urine absorber. The holder includes a diagnostic piece connected to an end portion for diagnosing urine, wherein the holder has a recessed portion for accommodating the proximal end portion of the urine absorber and the diagnostic piece, and a flange provided on a peripheral edge of an upper end portion of the recessed portion. And a transparent film adhered to a flange portion of the tray.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the holder is held and the urine absorber is brought into contact with the urine ray, the urine absorbed in the urine absorber penetrates to the diagnostic piece, and the diagnostic result by the diagnostic piece is the transparent film of the holder. Confirmed through.

Further, in the portable diagnostic device according to the present invention, since the holder is composed of the tray and the transparent film, when the holder is made of the plastic material, the amount of the plastic material used is greatly reduced as compared with the conventional portable diagnostic device. can do.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 are views showing an embodiment of a portable diagnostic device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the portable diagnostic device includes a holder 1 and a urine absorber 14 attached to one end of the holder 1.
It has and. The holder 1 includes a tray 10 and a transparent film 11 that is adhered to cover the entire top surface of the tray 10.
It consists of and.

Next, the tray 10 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the tray 10 has a recess 10a and a flange 10b that extends outward from the peripheral edge of the upper end of the recess 10a.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an opening 4 is formed on one end side of the tray 10, and the base end portion of the urine absorber 14 is inserted into the recess 10a through the opening 4.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the recess 10a, a pad 9 is arranged at a fixed distance from the base end of the urine absorber 14, and the pad 9 is laid over the pad 9 and the urine absorber 14. The diagnostic piece 12 is arranged so as to operate. Also, the recess 10
A part of a is the diagnostic piece 1 between the pad 9 and the urine absorber 14.
The diagnostic piece support portion 15 is formed so as to stand up so as to support the central portion of the diagnostic piece 2. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, two pairs of claw portions 16 for positioning the diagnostic piece 12 are provided on the periphery of the upper end portion of the recess 10a so as to project inward, and these claw portions 16 are provided. It is fitted in the notch 12a. In addition, a corrugated portion 17 for reinforcing the strength is appropriately provided at the bottom of the recess 10a (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

Such a tray 10 can be integrally formed by vacuum forming a plastic sheet or injection molding a plastic material.

Next, the transparent film 11 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4. Transparent film 11
Is a film made of transparent plastic such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate), and has a shape corresponding to the planar shape of the tray 10, as shown in FIG. The transparent film 11 is printed on other portions while leaving the portions corresponding to the diagnostic piece 12 as the transparent windows 2a and 2b, so that the inside of the printed portions cannot be seen (see FIG. 1). .

Such a transparent film 11 is used for the tray 1
No. 0 flange portion 10b is bonded by means such as heat bonding (see FIG. 4), and thus the holder 10 as shown in FIG. 1 is formed.

Next, the diagnostic piece 1 arranged in the holder 10
2 will be described. The diagnostic piece 12 is impregnated with a pregnancy determining drug that reacts with urine, and the reaction part of the diagnostic piece 12 is visible through the transparent windows 2a and 2b of the transparent film 11. Moreover, as shown in FIG.
As described above, the notch 2a is provided at four positions in the claw 16 of the tray 10 as described above.

Next, the urine absorber 14 will be described. The urine absorber 14 is made of, for example, a white polyethylene fiber rod, and a urine wet checker portion 19 that changes from white to fluorescent yellow by applying urine (or water) is printed on the upper surface of the urine absorber 14. There is.

The printing urine wetting ink of the urine wetting checker portion 19 will be described below. First, an ink having the composition shown in Table 1 was prepared, stirred well, and then screen-printed onto a WHATMAN cellulose filter paper to form a square pattern or 3.5 mm, 2.5 mm, 2.0 mm, and 1.5 mm pieces. Printed circular pattern. In this case, a 100 mesh screen plate is used. After printing, the printed matter is dried at 60 ° C. for 10 minutes, and the film thickness after drying is 50 μm. When water was applied to this product, it immediately changed from white to fluorescent yellow.

[0018]

[Table 1] Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

First, the holder 10 is grasped to hold the urine absorber 1
The urine line is brought into contact with 4. Then, the urine-wetting checker portion 19 printed on the urine absorber 14 turns into fluorescent yellow to confirm the urine absorption, and is left for several minutes. During this period, urine permeates the diagnostic piece 12 from the urine absorber 14 and reaches the absorption pad 9. Next, for example, if the line displayed on the transparent window 2a of the diagnostic piece 12 is one, it is determined to be negative, and if it is two, it is determined to be positive. Further, the permeation status of urine into the diagnostic piece 12 can be confirmed through the transparent window 2b.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the holder 1 of the portable diagnostic device is the tray 1 made of plastic.
0 and a transparent film 11, and the transparent windows 2a and 2b
Is formed only by printing on the transparent film 11, and it is not necessary to use transparent plastic parts for the transparent windows 2a and 2b. Therefore, the amount of plastic material used is greatly reduced as compared with the conventional portable diagnostic device. can do. Therefore, it is possible to reduce problems in waste disposal and to reduce material costs as compared with the conventional portable diagnostic device.

Further, since a judgment sign display or the like which has been conventionally displayed by silk printing on the holder of the plastic molded product can be imprinted at the same time when printing on the transparent film 11, the manufacturing process is simplified. And reduction of manufacturing cost can be achieved. Furthermore, by printing on the transparent film 11, it is possible to easily provide a display of the usage method, a graphic design, etc. on the entire upper surface of the holder 1.

The tray 10 of the holder 1 is molded from polyethylene containing inorganic material or A-PET, and a transparent film 11 is formed.
Can be made of polyethylene film or PET film. In this case, the holder 1 can be incinerated and the problem of waste disposal can be further reduced.

Although the pregnancy diagnosis has been described in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.
It can also support tests for sugar, occult blood, albumin, urobilinogen, nitrogen, etc.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the holder of the portable diagnostic device is composed of the tray and the transparent film, when the holder is made of the plastic material, the plastic material is different from the conventional portable diagnostic device. It is possible to significantly reduce the use amount of. Therefore, it is possible to reduce problems in waste disposal and to reduce material costs as compared with the conventional portable diagnostic device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a portable diagnostic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the portable diagnostic device shown in FIG. 1 with a transparent film removed for convenience.

3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the portable diagnostic device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the portable diagnostic device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Holder 2a, 2b Transparent window 10 Tray 10a Recessed portion 10b Flange portion 11 Transparent film 12 Diagnostic piece 14 Urine absorber

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A holder, a rod-shaped urine absorber whose base end is inserted into one side of the holder, and a urine absorber that is provided in the holder and is connected to the base end of the urine absorber. A diagnostic piece for performing diagnosis, wherein the holder is a tray having a concave portion for accommodating the proximal end portion of the urine absorber and the diagnostic piece, and a flange portion provided at the upper end peripheral edge of the concave portion, A transparent film adhered to the flange portion of the tray,
A portable diagnostic device comprising: 2. The portable diagnostic device according to claim 1, wherein the transparent film has a portion corresponding to the diagnostic piece left as a see-through window, while another portion is printed.