KR20200108800A - Sterilizer for medical appliances - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a medical instrument sterilization device which covers and sterilizes medical instruments placed in a predetermined position such as a bracket table of a dental unit chair and, more specifically, to a medical instrument sterilization device comprising: a main body formed in a box shape with an opened bottom to cover medical instruments placed in any place; a UV lamp built in the main body to irradiate ultraviolet rays to the medical instruments; and a battery built in the main body and supplying power to the UV lamp.

Description

Sterilizer for medical appliances{Sterilizer for medical appliances}

The present invention relates to a device for sterilizing medical devices, and more particularly, to a device for sterilizing medical devices by covering and sterilizing medical devices placed on a bracket table of a dental unit chair.

Medical practices performed in hospitals and clinics involve various secretions such as blood, saliva, and body house. For this reason, hospitals and clinics can rather be a medium of infection, and they always pose a risk of cross-infection between patients and patients and between patients and medical staff.

For this reason, most hospitals and clinics are paying great attention to cleaning, packaging, sterilization, and storage of treatment spaces and medical equipment. In particular, medical equipment that is directly and frequently used for patient treatment can be easily sterilized from time to time. I am paying attention.

As part of such a medical device sterilization device, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 2005-211649 introduces a handpiece ultraviolet sterilizer using ultraviolet rays.

The handpiece ultraviolet sterilizer according to the same patent includes a casing assembly having an opening in the front for accessing the handpiece, a door portion in which a radially cut UV blocking film opens and closes the front opening of the casing assembly, and the casing in communication with the door portion A transparent tube installed inside the assembly to load the handpiece, a sensor installed at the edge of the opening in the front of the casing assembly, an ultraviolet lamp installed inside the casing assembly, and when it is confirmed that the handpiece is close by the sensor, ultraviolet rays After opening the blocking film and entering the handpiece, it includes a control circuit that closes the UV blocking film to turn on the UV lamp for a certain period of time and then turns it off, opens the UV protection film again and closes the UV protection film after the handpiece is removed. It is described that there is an effect that enables stable sterilization of the handpiece without exposing ultraviolet rays to the outside.

However, since the general medical device sterilization device represents a separate device structure that occupies a separate independent space, the user must pick up the medical device and transport it to the place where the medical device sterilization device is in order to sterilize. There is a ship. On the other hand, patients, etc., cannot directly check the sterilization process of medical devices, so they may feel anxious about contamination, and the possibility of recontamination of medical devices during the transport process before/after sterilization cannot be ignored.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, avoiding unnecessary movement and transportation of medical devices, and for practical use, a specific medical device that is placed on a bracket table of a dental unit chair can be simply and safely sterilized at a corresponding position. The purpose is to present a strategy.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a main body comprising a box shape with an open lower end to cover medical instruments placed in an arbitrary place; A UV lamp built into the body to irradiate ultraviolet rays to the medical device; It provides a medical device sterilization apparatus including a battery that is built in the body and supplies power to the UV lamp.

And it characterized in that it further comprises a charging plate in which the main body is mounted and a power conversion device for generating charging power for charging the battery from an external power source. At this time, a first connector provided on the charging plate and connected to the power conversion device; Including a second connector provided in the main body and connected to the battery, characterized in that the charging power is supplied to the battery through the first and second connectors when the main body is mounted on the charging plate, and the charging It is provided on one side of the plate and characterized in that it further comprises a fixed end fixed to the stand pole.

In addition, an angle sensing sensor provided in the main body to detect an angle of the main body; It characterized in that it further comprises a driving unit for turning off the UV lamp when the angle of the body is more than a predetermined angle according to the detection result of the angle sensor.

The medical device sterilization apparatus according to the present invention has the advantage of being able to sterilize by covering the medical device placed in a predetermined place for actual use. Therefore, the medical device sterilization device according to the present invention can reduce the possibility of re-contamination of the medical device because it does not require separate movement or transportation of the medical device, and the patient can check the sterilization process of the medical device in real time, thereby increasing the reliability of safety. I can.

1 is a perspective view of a medical device sterilization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the main body of the medical device sterilization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a schematic view of the interior of the medical device sterilization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a state diagram of use of the medical device sterilization device according to an embodiment of the present invention
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a medical device sterilization device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a perspective view of a main body of a medical device sterilization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention
7 and 8 are an exploded perspective view of a medical device sterilization apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, respectively

Hereinafter, several embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. For convenience, the common contents of each embodiment will be described through a representative embodiment, and the other embodiments will be focused on differences. However, the embodiments of the present invention may be variously modified or applied, and the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below.

In addition, shapes and sizes of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for clearer description, and the same reference numerals in the drawings indicate the same elements. In addition, when a part is said to be "connected" to another part throughout the specification, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected" but also the case of being "electrically connected" with another element interposed therebetween. In addition, when a part "includes" or "includes" a certain component, it means that other components are not excluded and other components may be further included or provided unless otherwise specified. do.

1 is a perspective view of a medical device sterilizing device (hereinafter referred to as a sterilizing device) according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main body 10 as a part of the medical device sterilizing device according to the present invention. 3 is an internal schematic diagram of the medical device sterilization apparatus according to the present invention, showing a state in which the charging plate 30 and the main body 10 are separated from each other.

As can be seen, the sterilization device according to the present invention includes a charging plate 30 and a main body 10 mounted thereon.

The charging plate 30 represents a plate corresponding to the bottom shape of the main body 10 or a similar shape, and provides a first connector 32 for charging the battery 22 built in the main body 10 to be described later. .

To this end, an external power source P is input to one side of the charging plate 30 through a cable, and a power conversion device 34 generating a predetermined charging power with an external power source P inside the charging plate 30. ) Is mounted, and one side of the charging plate 30, for example, the first connector 32 electrically connected to the power converter 34 at the top of both edges in the long axis direction under the assumption that the charging plate 30 has a rectangular plate shape. ) Is provided.

The main body 10 has a box with an open lower end or a similar shape, and a sterilization space A for sterilizing medical devices is defined in the interior thereof. And a driving area (B) is defined on one inner side of the main body 10, preferably on the inner upper side, in which at least one UV lamp 24 is provided along with the battery 22 and the driving unit DS, thereby providing a sterilization space. UV is irradiated with (A). In addition, as an example, under the assumption that the main body 10 has a rectangular box shape corresponding to the charging plate 30, a pair of second connectors 28 are provided on one side of the main body 10, preferably at the bottom of both edges in the long axis direction. It is equipped.

In addition, a reflector 26 is provided on the inner upper part of the main body 10 to cover the driving area B excluding the UV lamp 24 to cover unnecessary components and at the same time, irradiated from the UV lamp 24 to the sterilization area A. It improves the luminous efficiency of UV light, and a part of the main body 10, preferably the lower edge of the main body 10, consists of a transparent window 14, so that the medical instruments and sterilization conditions inside the main body 10 can be visually checked. .

And a handle 12 is provided at the upper end of the main body 10 to facilitate movement and transport of the main body 10, and on/off operation of the UV lamp 24 at the upper end of the handle 12 or main body 10 A switch for may be provided. In addition, in the driving area (B), a speaker (SP) is installed so that the sterilization progress status based on the UV irradiation time of the UV lamp 24 can be guided by voice. Although not shown in the drawing, the lower part of the handle 12 Color LEDs emitting light of different colors may be installed at a predetermined position of the main body 10 to visually display the sterilization progress. At this time, the driving unit DS can control the UV lamp 24, the speaker SE, the battery 22S, the color LED, etc. according to the user command through the switch, and a timer and a predetermined logic operation circuit are mounted for this. Can be.

On the other hand, the UV lamp 24 built into the main body 10 of the sterilization apparatus according to the present invention may be, for example, a so-called deep ultraviolet rays LED emitting ultraviolet rays having a wavelength of 150 to 350 nm and an output of 80 mW or more.

And since ultraviolet rays may be irradiated to the outside due to an unexpected impact during sterilization of the medical device, the body 10 may be irradiated to the outside, and thus, one side of the body 10 of the sterilizing device according to the present invention, preferably the driving area B ) Has a built-in angle sensor SE that detects the angle of the main body 10, and the driving unit DS can automatically turn off the UV lamp 24 when the sensing angle of the angle sensor SE is more than a reference value. .

4 is a use state diagram for explaining a method of using the sterilization device according to the present invention, and will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

As can be seen, the sterilization device according to the present invention can be used in dentistry as an example. In general dentistry, patients are treated in a dedicated chair called a unit chair, and a bracket table (T) is provided in the general unit chair, and medical instruments that are frequently used during treatment, ie, various handpieces, burs, syringes, etc. To be able to display.

Accordingly, the main body 10 of the sterilization device according to the present invention can sterilize by covering the area where the medical device is placed, that is, the medical device placed on the bracket table T. Looking more specifically, the sterilization device according to the present invention The charging plate 30 may be placed on the unit chair or in an appropriate position around the unit chair. If the location of the charging plate 30 is easy to supply and supply power and is flat, there is no significant limitation, but a sterilization location of the main body 10, that is, a location far away from the bracket table T may be inconvenient to use.

At this time, preferably, the charging plate 30 may be mounted on the stand pole (S) of the unit chair on which a monitor is mounted, and for this purpose, one side of the charging plate 30 is the stand pole (S) of the dental unit chair. A hanger or fixed end 40 that is fixed by hanging on it may be provided. For reference, if the shape of the fixed end 40 can stably support the charging plate 30, there is a large limitation in structure.

Looking at the method of using the sterilizing device according to the present invention, first, the main body 10 of the sterilizing device according to the present invention is usually placed on the charging plate 40, whereby the first and second connectors 28 and 32 are in contact with each other. Thus, the battery 22 of the main body 10 is charged. For reference, when the battery 22 is charged, the driving unit DS may forcibly turn off the UV lamp 24 of the main body 10.

In addition, for sterilization of medical devices, the user lifts the main body 10 from the charging plate 30 to cover the medical devices placed on the bracket table T, and turns on the UV lamp 24 to sterilize the medical devices. At this time, preferably, the UV lamp 24 may be automatically turned off after a certain period of time from the ON point, and the auto-off time may be set by the user. In addition, when the main body 10 is overturned due to an impact during sterilization of the medical device or falls from the bracket table T, the angle sensor SE detects the change in the angle of the main body 10, and the angle change value is within a preset range. When it exceeds, the driving unit DS may automatically turn off the UV lamp 24. And based on the time when the UV lamp 24 is turned on and the UV irradiation time thereafter, the progress of the sterilization start, sterilization, and sterilization completion of the medical equipment is notified through the speaker (SP) and/or the light of the color LED. Can be marked with

Thereafter, when sterilization of the medical device is completed, the user lifts the main body 10 from the bracket table T and places it on the charging plate 30. Accordingly, the battery 22 of the main body 10 is recharged, and the user can treat the patient with the sterilized medical device on the bracket table T.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a medical device sterilization device according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is a state of use of the medical device sterilization device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a further embodiment of the present invention. A perspective view of the main body of the medical device sterilization apparatus according to this, FIGS. 7 and 8 is an exploded perspective view of the medical device sterilization apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

For convenience, unnecessary redundant descriptions are omitted by denoting the same reference numerals for the same parts having the same function as the above-described components.

As can be seen, the sterilization apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention is provided with a first connector 32 on one side of the charging plate 30, preferably at a point on the upper surface covered by the main body 10, and A second connector 28 is provided on the inner side, preferably at one point of the reflector. Therefore, when the main body 10 is placed on the charging plate 30, the first and second connectors 28 and 32 are connected, and the battery (see 22 in FIG. 3) is charged. Preferably, the battery 22 may be charged by a wireless charging method, and in this case, the power conversion device 34 of the charging plate 30 has a wireless power transmission function, and the battery 22 has a wireless power receiving function. And the first and second connectors 32 and 28 may be omitted.

In addition, on one side of the charging plate 30, a ring or ring-shaped fixing end 40 that can be fixed by hanging on the stand pole (S) of the unit chair is provided, and on one side of the reflecting plate 26 of the main body 10, a sterilized state A color LED (L) may be provided to display.

For reference, reference numeral 50 denotes a dedicated tray that can be placed on the bracket table T of the unit chair to line up medical equipment, and the sterilization apparatus according to the present invention can sterilize medical equipment by covering such a dedicated tray. .

10: main body 12: handle
14: Windows 22: battery
24: UV lamp 26: reflector
SP: Speaker SE: Sensor
28: second connector 30: charging plate
32: first connector T: bracket table
S: stand pole

Claims (5)

A main body made of a box shape with an open lower end to cover medical instruments placed in any place;
A UV lamp built into the body to irradiate ultraviolet rays to the medical device;
Medical device sterilization apparatus including a battery built in the body to supply power to the UV lamp. The method of claim 1,
The medical device sterilization apparatus further comprises a charging plate on which the main body is mounted and a power conversion device for generating charging power for charging the battery with an external power source. The method of claim 2,
A first connector provided on the charging plate and connected to the power conversion device;
Including a second connector provided in the body and connected to the battery,
A medical device sterilization apparatus in which the charging power is supplied to the battery through the first and second connectors when the main body is mounted on the charging plate. The method of claim 2,
Medical device sterilization apparatus further comprising a fixed end provided on one side of the charging plate and fixed to the stand pole. The method of claim 1,
An angle sensing sensor provided in the main body to detect an angle of the main body;
Medical device sterilization apparatus further comprising a driving unit for turning off the UV lamp when the angle of the body is more than a certain angle according to the detection result of the angle sensor.

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