KR102536137B1 - A blood collection device capable of safe replacement of blood collection needles - Google Patents

Abstract

A lancing device capable of safely replacing a lancing needle is disclosed. The lancing device capable of safely replacing the lancing needle according to the present invention includes a lancing device body in which a loading space in which the lancing needle is loaded is formed and blood is collected by firing the loaded lancing needle, and a plurality of lancing needles connected to the lancing device body and stored therein. and a lancet refill case for supplying the stored lancet to the loading space.

Description

A blood collection device capable of safe replacement of blood collection needles

The present invention relates to a lancing device capable of safely replacing a lancing needle, and more particularly, to a safe replacement of a lancing needle capable of preventing an accident in which a user is stabbed by a lancing needle due to inexperienced operation in the process of inserting the lancing needle into the lancing device to check blood sugar It is about a blood sampling device capable of.

Blood sampling devices are mainly used by diabetic patients who need to periodically measure blood sugar, but are also used in various fields where blood samples must be collected.

Such a lancing device is configured to collect a small amount of blood by inserting a lancet made of a needle into a body of the lancing device and moving the lancet so that the needle penetrates the skin to a certain depth.

That is, in the lancing device according to the prior art, after inserting a lancet (lancing needle) into the lancing device body, pulling the sleeve back to load the lancet, and then pressing the trigger, the lancet is fired forward so that the needle can instantly penetrate the skin. The fired lancet is then retracted and removed from the skin.

Lancing devices according to the prior art have been manufactured and sold with the needle's skin penetration depth uniformly fixed, but since each person's skin thickness is different and the part to be sampled may be different, the need to adjust the penetration depth has emerged. A product that can adjust the depth of penetration has also been developed.

On the other hand, since the lancet penetrates the human skin, it is intended to be used only once to prevent infection.

Therefore, the user inserts the lancet into the lancing device and then takes it out of the lancing device and throws it away. At this time, even users who frequently use the lancing device, such as doctors and nurses, lose their attention over time and are often infected by being stabbed by the lancet needle.

Particularly, in the case of trainee nurses and caregivers, there is a problem in that accidents frequently occur when the needle of the lancet (lancet) is pierced in the process of inserting and removing the lancet (lancet) from the lancing device.

Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-0820523 (2008.04.01.)

Therefore, an object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a lancing device capable of safely replacing a lancing needle, which can prevent a user from being stabbed by a lancing needle due to inexperienced operation in the process of replacing the lancing needle.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a lancing device main body having a loading space in which a lancing needle is loaded is formed and collecting blood by firing the loaded lancing needle; and a lancet refill case connected to the lancet main body, storing a plurality of lancets therein, and supplying the stored lancets to the loading space.

The lancet refill case includes a storage space in which a plurality of the lancet needles are vertically stacked and stored, and a container for refilling having a passage hole communicating between the loading space and the storage space; and a moving unit for refilling that is connected to the container for refilling and pressurizes the lancet stored in the storage space to move it to the loading space.

The moving unit for refilling may include a pressurizing fixing block coupled to the container unit for refilling; a pressure bar passing through a guide hole formed in the pressure fixing block and pressing the lancet; and a pressing handle portion connected to the pressure bar and disposed outside the container portion for refilling.

The moving unit for refilling may include an elastic body coupled to the pressing handle and the fixing block and elastically pressing the pressure bar in a direction away from the lancet.

The blood collection needle may include a blood collection needle; and a mounting body for a needle to which the blood collection needle is coupled and disposed in a central region, wherein the needle mounting body may be provided with an incision formed by being depressed from an outer wall toward the central region. there is.

The mounting body for the needle may be provided in a polygonal shape.

A protruding rib inserted into the incision groove may be formed on an inner wall surface of the container for refilling that forms the storage space.

An upper region of the container for refilling is formed with an opening, and the lancet refill container includes: a container stopper detachably coupled to the upper region of the container for refilling; and an elastic body coupled to a lower end of the container stopper and pressing the lancet downward.

The lancing device main body may be provided with a door unit that opens and closes an outlet through which the lancing needle disposed in the loading space is discharged.

Embodiments of the present invention are provided with a lancet refill case that is connected to the main body of the lancing device, stores a plurality of lancets therein, and supplies the stored lancets to the loading space of the main body of the lancing device. Thus, it is possible to prevent an accident in which a user is stabbed by a lancet.

1 is a front view illustrating a lancing device capable of safely replacing a lancing needle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a left side view of Figure 1;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 .
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view showing the inside of part 'C' of FIG. 1 .

In order to fully understand the present invention and its operational advantages and objectives achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings illustrating preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

However, in describing the present invention, descriptions of already known functions or configurations will be omitted to clarify the gist of the present invention.

1 is a front view illustrating a lancing device capable of safely replacing a lancing needle according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a left side view of Figure 1; FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 5 is a view showing the inside of part 'C' of FIG. 1 . In FIG. 3, illustration of the trigger button BT is omitted for convenience of illustration.

The lancet in which the lancet is safely replaceable according to the present embodiment can prevent a user from being stabbed by the lancet 130 due to inexperienced manipulation in the process of inserting the lancet 130 into the lancet main body 110.

To this end, the lancing device capable of safely replacing the lancing needle according to the present embodiment includes a lancing device body 110 and a lancet refill case 120 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 .

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 , the blood collection needle 130 is formed in a pointed shape and the blood collection needle 131 is combined, and the blood collection needle 131 is disposed in the central region. It includes a mounting body 132 for the needle to be.

In this embodiment, the mounting body 132 for the needle is provided with an incision groove 133 formed by being depressed from the outer wall toward the central region. The incision groove 133 is a lancet that moves while the lancet 130 is moved to the loading space 111 of the lancet main body 110 by the refilling moving part 122 of the lancet refill case 120 ( 130) is prevented from interfering with the movement of the blood sampling needle 131 of the stopped lancet 130.

In addition, a protruding rib 121c to be described later of the lancet needle refill case 120 is inserted into the incision groove 133 to prevent rotation of the needle mounting body 132 while being stored in the lancet needle refill case 120.

In the present embodiment, the mounting body 132 for a needle is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 so that the incision groove 133 can be easily positioned in the same direction without being displaced when the plurality of lancets 130 are stacked in the vertical direction. As shown in, it is formed in a polygonal shape (hexagonal shape).

The lancet main body 110 is formed in the shape of a long rod. A loading space 111 in which the lancing needle 130 is loaded is formed inside the lancing device body 110 .

In addition, the lancing device main body 110 according to the present embodiment is provided with a firing and retracting mechanism (not shown) connected to the lancing needle 130 loaded in the loading space 111.

The firing and retracting mechanism (not shown) supports the lancing needle 130 loaded in the loading space 111, and the loading space 111 is operated by a user pressing the launch button BT mounted on the lancing device body 110. The lancet needle 130 loaded in ) is fired, and the launched lancet needle 130 is retreated back to the loading space 111.

Since such a launch and retreat mechanism (not shown) is obvious to those skilled in the art, a detailed description of the launch and retreat mechanism (not shown) will be omitted for convenience of description.

In addition, in the lancing device body 110 according to the present embodiment, a door unit 112 is formed to open and close an outlet (not shown) through which the lancing needle 130 disposed in the loading space 111 is discharged.

The door unit 112 is rotatably coupled to the lancing device body 110 . Therefore, in order to separate the lancet 130 used for blood collection from the loading space 111, the user rotates the door 112 to open the outlet (not shown) and then taps the lancet main body 110 to enter the loading space ( 111) is dropped into a separate hazardous waste container (not shown).

As described above, the lancet lancet 110 according to the present embodiment is provided with a door 112 that opens the loading space 111 in which the lancet 130 is disposed, so that the lancet 130 used for blood sampling is directly held by hand. There is an advantage in that it can be easily separated from the lancing device main body 110 without having to do so.

In addition, a dial unit DL for adjusting the penetration depth of the blood sampling needle 131 of the lancet needle 130 is disposed at the lower end of the lancing device body 110 .

Meanwhile, the lancet refill case 120 is coupled to the sidewall of the lancing device body 110 . A plurality of lancet needles 130 are stored inside the lancet refill case 120 .

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 , the lancet refill case 120 according to the present embodiment has a storage space 121a in which a plurality of lancet needles 130 are vertically stacked and stored, and a loading space. 111 and the storage space 121a communicate with the refill container part 121 formed with the passage hole 121b, and the lancet 130 connected to the refill container part 121 and stored in the storage space 121a is pressurized. A refilling moving unit 122 that moves to the loading space 111, a container stopper 123 detachably coupled to the upper region of the refilling container unit 121, and a lancet coupled to the lower end of the container stopper 123 It includes an elastic body 124 for pressing the 130 downward.

The container part 121 for refilling is formed in the shape of a long circular rod. A storage space 121a in which a plurality of lancet needles 130 are vertically stacked and stored is formed inside the refill container 121 . The upper region of the container for refilling 121 of the present embodiment is formed by being opened so that the lancet 130 can be inserted into the storage space 121a.

In addition, a passage hole 121b communicating the charging space 111 and the storage space 121a is formed in the container part 121 for refilling.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a protruding rib 121c inserted into the cutout 133 is formed on the inner wall surface of the refill container 121 forming the storage space 121a. These protruding ribs 121c are formed by protruding from the inner wall surface of the container part 121 for refilling and extending in the vertical direction. In this embodiment, the protruding ribs 121c are inserted into the incision grooves 133 of all of the plurality of lancets 130 stacked and stored in the storage space 121a in the vertical direction.

The protruding rib 121c extends slightly below the upper end of the lowermost lancet lancet 130 among the plurality of lancet needles 130 stacked in the vertical direction, and cuts the cutout 133 of the lowermost lancet lancet 130. Edo protruding ribs 121c are inserted. Of course, the fixing block 122a for pressure is disposed to face the lowermost lancing needle 130, and the height of the upper end of the fixing block 122a for pressure is greater than the height of the upper end of the lancing needle 130 positioned at the bottom. The protruding rib 121c may also be inserted into the incision groove 133 of the lancing needle 130 positioned at a slightly lower position and located at the bottom.

The protruding rib 121c according to the present embodiment is inserted into the incision groove 133 of each of the plurality of lancet needles 130 stacked in the vertical direction, and is mounted for needles while the lancet 130 is stored in the lancet refill case 120. Rotation of the body 132 is prevented so that the incision grooves 133 of the lancing needles 130 can be positioned in the same direction without being displaced.

The container stopper 123 is detachably coupled to the upper region of the refill container part 121 to shield the storage space 121a. In this embodiment, the outer wall of the container stopper 123 is coupled to the inner wall surface of the container portion 121 for refilling by fitting or screwing.

The elastic body 124 for pressure is formed of a coil spring. The elastic body 124 for pressure has an upper end coupled to the lower end of the container stopper 123 and a lower end connected to the upper end of the lancet 130 to press the lancet 130 downward.

The moving unit 122 for refilling is connected to the container unit 121 for refilling. The refilling moving unit 122 pressurizes the lancet lancet 130 disposed at the bottom of the lancet needles 130 stored in the storage space 121a and moves it to the loading space 111.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 , the moving unit 122 for refilling according to the present embodiment includes a fixed block 122a for pressure coupled to the container unit 121 for refilling and a fixed block 122a for pressure. A pressure bar 122b passing through the formed guide hole H and pressurizing the lancet 130, a pressure handle 122c connected to the pressure bar 122b and disposed outside the refill container 121, , It is coupled to the pressing handle 122c and the fixing block and includes an elastic body 122d for elastically pressing the pressure bar 122b in a direction away from the lancing needle 130.

The fixing block 122a for pressurization is coupled to and fixed to the container part 121 for refilling. The fixing block 122a for pressing is formed in a rectangular block shape. The fixing block 122a for pressing is formed with two guide holes H through which the pressing bar 122b passes through and guides the movement of the pressing bar 122b.

The pressure bar 122b is shaped like a long circular shaft. These pressing bars 122b are formed in two and pass through guide holes H formed in the fixing block 122a for pressing. The distal end of the pressure bar 122b is disposed in the storage space 121a, and pressurizes the lancet 130 by coming into contact with the needle mounting body 132 in the process of moving the lancet 130 to the loading space 111. .

The pressing handle 122c is coupled to the pressing bar 122b. The pressing handle 122c is disposed outside the container 121 for refilling.

Hereinafter, the operation of the lancing device capable of safely replacing the lancing needle according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the lancet refill case 120 with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 .

In a state where the charging space 111 of the lancing device main body 110 is empty, the user presses the pressing handle 122c to place a plurality of lancets 130 vertically stacked in the storage space 121a of the lancet refill case 120. ), the lancet 130 located at the bottom is moved to the loading space 111.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 3(b), the distal end of the pressure bar 122b comes into contact with the sidewall of the needle mounting body 132 to pressurize the lancet 130.

In this embodiment, since the positions of the incision grooves 133 of the plurality of lancets 130 stacked vertically are not displaced by the protruding ribs 121c inserted into the incision grooves 133 and are positioned in the same direction, the lancets 130 ) is moved to the loading space 111, the movement of the moving lancet 130 is not interfered with by the blood sampling needle 131 of the stationary lancet 130 located above the moving lancet 130.

After the lancet 130 is moved to the loading space 111, when the user releases the pressure on the pressing handle 122c, the pressurizing bar 122b is moved to its original position by the elastic body 122d for separation, and the lancet 130 ) descend, and the next lancet 130 is positioned opposite to the pressure bar 122b. The descent of the lancet needles 130 is achieved by the load of the lancet needles 130 and the elastic force of the elastic body 124 for pressure.

After the lancing needle 130 is loaded, the user presses the trigger button BT to perform blood sampling. Thereafter, the user opens the loading space 111 by rotating the door unit 112 to remove the lancet 130 used for blood collection.

Next, the lancing device body 110 is knocked down to drop the lancet 130 used for blood collection into a separate damaged waste container (not shown), and then the door part 112 is rotated to its original position to open the loading space 111. closed to the outside

As described above, there is an advantage in that the user does not need to directly touch the lancet needle 130 in the process of replacing the lancet needle 130 .

As described above, the lancet in which the lancet 130 can be safely replaced according to the present embodiment is connected to the lancet main body 110, a plurality of lancet needles 130 are stored therein, and the stored lancet lancet 130 is attached to the lancet main body 110. By providing the lancet refill case 120 that can be supplied to the loading space 111, it is possible to prevent a user from being stabbed by the lancet 130 due to inexperienced manipulation in the process of inserting the lancet 130 into the lancet main body 110. there is.

Although the present embodiment has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the scope of rights of the present embodiment is not limited to the above-described drawings and description.

As such, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, such modifications or variations should fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

110: lancing device body 111: loading space
112: door unit 120: lancing needle refill case
121: container for refilling 121a: storage space
121b: passage hole 121c: protruding rib
122: moving part for refilling 122a: fixed block for pressing
122b: pressure bar 122c: handle for pressing
122d: elastic body for separation 123: container closure
124: elastic body for pressure 130: lancing needle
131: blood collection needle 132: mounting body for needle
133: cutting groove H: guide hole

Claims (9)

delete a lancing device main body having a charging space in which a lancing needle is loaded and collecting blood by firing the loaded lancing needle; and
A lancing needle refill case connected in parallel from the outside of the lancing device body, storing a plurality of lancing needles therein and supplying the stored lancing needles to the loading space;
The lancet refill case,
a storage space in which a plurality of the lancets are stacked and stored in a vertical direction is formed therein, and a container for refilling is formed with a passage hole communicating between the loading space and the storage space; and
A refilling moving unit connected to the refilling container unit and pressurizing the lancet stored in the storage space to move it to the loading space;
The plurality of lancet needles stacked in the storage space of the refill container are maintained in a pressurized state in the stacking direction, and the stacking direction of the lancet is orthogonal to the supply direction of the lancet to the loading space.
A lancing device that can safely replace the lancet. According to claim 2,
The moving part for refilling,
a fixed block for pressurization coupled to the refill container;
a pressure bar passing through a guide hole formed in the pressure fixing block and pressing the lancet; and
A lancing device capable of safely replacing a lancet needle connected to the pressure bar and including a pressing handle disposed outside the refill container unit. According to claim 3,
The moving part for refilling,
A lancing device capable of safely replacing a lancing needle, including an elastic body coupled to the pressing handle and the fixing block and elastically pressing the pressure bar in a direction away from the lancing needle. According to claim 2,
The blood sampling needle,
needles for blood collection; and
a mounting body for a needle to which the blood collection needle is coupled and disposed in a central region of the blood collection needle;
The lancet is capable of safely replacing the lancet, characterized in that the mounting body for the needle is provided with an incision groove formed by being depressed from an outer wall toward a central region. According to claim 5,
The lancing device capable of safely replacing the lancing needle, characterized in that the mounting body for the needle is provided in a polygonal shape. According to claim 5,
Lancing device capable of safely replacing the lancet, characterized in that a protruding rib inserted into the incision groove is formed on an inner wall surface of the container for refilling that forms the storage space. According to claim 2,
The upper region of the container for refilling is formed by opening,
The lancet refill case,
a container stopper detachably coupled to an upper region of the container unit for refilling; and
The lancing device capable of safely replacing the lancing needle, further comprising an elastic body coupled to the lower end of the container stopper and pressurizing the lancing needle downward. According to claim 2,
The lancing device, wherein the lancing device main body is provided with a door for opening and closing an outlet for discharging the lancing needle disposed in the loading space.

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