KR950010633B1 - Tube with needle keeping vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

The acupuncture tube (14) with a needle container (12) is formed in one body. The acupuncture tube, whose tip (36) is protruded to a lower brim (38) of the container, has a bore (34) enough to pass a hilt (18a) of the needle through. The needle container has a slot opening (26) which is formed on its upper wall so as to transport the needle near to the acupuncture tube and an opening (20) which is formed on its upper brim wall so as to put the needles for storage into the container. On the inner bottom wall of the container a lot of corrugated seats are formed to retain the needles one by one. The bore of the acupuncture tube is communicated with the chamber of the container by a slit passageway (30) through which only the needle body (18b) excluding the hilt may pass.

Description

Acupuncture needle storage container

1 is a top perspective view of the present invention showing a state that the acupuncture needle is mounted.

2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG.

3 is a side view of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: storage / procedure container 12: storage unit

14: treatment tube 16: reservoir

18: acupuncture needle 18a: handle

18b: needle shaft 20: opening hole

22: groove 24: ridge

26: thin groove 28: mounting tip

30: narrow passage 32: ridge

34: internal space 36: operation leading end

38: containment tip 40: downward inclination

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to storage containers for needles used in medical prescriptions, and more particularly, to acupuncture needle storage container combined treatment tubes in which the storage containers for acupuncture needles and the treatment tubes used in the acupuncture field are integrally formed.

In general, since the needles and needles used in the medical field are different from each other, the treatment method is required differently. Typically, the needles are somewhat small and thin, whereas the needles used in the medical field must be mounted in the syringe. In order to have a connection at one end, and a hole must be formed inward, the size is relatively larger than that of a general acupuncture needle.

In addition, in the method of acupuncture, acupuncture tubes are used to acupuncture needles accurately to acupuncture needles in general acupuncture.

There are many similarities in the procedure, whether the needle is disposable or reusable. First, remove the acupuncture needle from the sterilized container by hand, attach it to a separate tube, and then place the tube on the patient's site. The needle is pushed into the patient's body through the tube, so the needle is likely to be contaminated during the transfer of the acupuncture needle to another location prior to the procedure, as is the case in subcutaneous injections in which the needle must be first mounted prior to use. Such acupuncture needles cannot be seen as the optimal procedure.

Therefore, the necessity of a device that can store a plurality of acupuncture needles in a sterilized place and withdraw the stored acupuncture needles one by one directly by the operator has emerged, which is limited to the contact of acupuncture needles, especially the needle tip, and disposable It is made of materials that can be used several times enough to be sterilized in a device such as inexpensive material or autoclave, which is a disinfection pressure vessel. It must be molded integrally into the components.

However, conventionally, A. A. has described the case of hypodermic syringes. U.S. Patent No. 505,645 to AJ Wolff is a relatively complex device consisting of several components, and furthermore, there is no means for dispensing a needle or applying a needle to a patient. Al described about. V. US Pat. No. 3,858,722 to RV Hass also requires that the needles be first wound around the tape to be taped and mounted in the dispenser, in which case the needles must remain sterile due to the possibility of contamination from the tape. There is a tendency that is not appropriate for the procedure, and K is associated with the machine such as sewing needles. In US Pat. No. 4,116,333 to K. Pavel, it consists of several parts and at least two parts must be rotated in an interrelated manner in order to release the needle.

And tee. U.S. Patent No. 4,488,393 to T. dinh Can relates to a method of packaging sterilized acupuncture needles, although they are directly associated with acupuncture needles because they are packaged in a manner similar to the Haas patent. There is no suggestion for applying the acupuncture needles directly from the package and, moreover, each needle is moved away from the package and inserted into the procedure tube as is well known.

Accordingly, all of the patents set forth above, whether monolithic or combinational, do not satisfy the particular structural concepts presented by the present invention.

Therefore, the present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, as a device for improving the storage and treatment of acupuncture needles in the acupuncture field to store sterilized acupuncture needles and to take out the stored acupuncture needles one by one to the patient The purpose of the present invention is to provide an acupuncture needle storage container and a procedure tube that are improved to be able to be sterilized and reused in the same way that other devices are widely used in the medical field, and to be discarded after one company use.

Therefore, the present invention for achieving the above object is as shown in FIG. 1 showing the combination consisting of the storage portion and the withdrawal portion and the treatment tube of the acupuncture needles, the storage / procedure vessel 10 according to the present invention is used for sterilization It is a unit consisting of a flat reservoir (12) and a surgical tube (14) integrally molded side by side with the end of the reservoir (12) without any gaps, and can be discarded when the acupuncture needles are used up. It is formed of a durable material such as stainless steel, which can be sterilized by an inexpensive plastic material or an autoclave, which is a kind of disinfection pressure vessel as is well known.

In addition, the storage unit 12 is provided with a reservoir 16 for storing the acupuncture needles 18, which are relatively flat and have a plurality of acupuncture needles 18 parallel to each other in a transverse direction on a tomographic surface. ) Has a sufficient length to be mounted, and an opening hole 20 for inserting the acupuncture needle 18 into the reservoir 16 is formed on the upper portion of the reservoir 12 opposite to the treatment tube 14. do.

And the grooves 22 arranged side by side in the transverse direction to prevent the flow of the acupuncture needles 18 stored in the reservoir 16 is formed on the bottom surface of the reservoir 16, parallel valleys 24 The depth of the reservoir 16 is formed between the grooves 22 and the depth of the reservoir 16 is from the upper end of the valley floor 24 to the upper inner side of the reservoir 12, and the handle 18a having the largest diameter among the acupuncture needles 18. Is to act as a sufficient passage to move between the adjacent grooves (22).

And the thin groove 26 is formed on the upper surface of the upper storage portion 12 of the mounting tip portion 28 is provided with an opening hole 20 for mounting the acupuncture needle 18 to fully operate the handle portion 18 It is expanded to a sufficient width on the reservoir 12 so that it can be.

On the other hand, the relatively narrow passageway 30 from the reservoir 12 to the inner tube 34 of the surgical tube 14 from the reservoir 12 to limit the movement of the acupuncture needle 18 from the reservoir 12 to the procedure tube 14. The narrow passage 30 is formed to a size sufficient to move the needle shaft portion 18b of the acupuncture needle 18 embedded in the reservoir 16, and the ridge 32 of FIG. ) Is located between the treatment tube 14 and the reservoir 16 to help prevent unnecessary withdrawal of the acupuncture needle 18, and the inner space 34 of the treatment tube 14 is the handle of the acupuncture needle 18. The portion 18a is sufficient to pass through, and the treatment tip 36 of the treatment tube 14 of the storage / surgical vessel 10 protrudes to the outside of the containment tip 38 to allow the acupuncture specialist the treatment tube 14. Surgical tip portion 36 is to recognize the position more easily and accurately.

In addition, the acupuncture needle storage / procedure vessel 10 should be disinfected before use and the acupuncture needle 18 is also sterilized before being mounted in the storage / procedure vessel 10, while the needle shaft portion (through the opening hole 20) 18b) is inserted into the reservoir 16 completely, so each acupuncture needle 18 pushes the handle portion 18a of the acupuncture needle 18 exposed on the thin groove 26 by hand to store / operate the container ( 10 is moved toward the surgical tube 14 on the space is formed in the opening hole 20 so that the next acupuncture needle 18 is inserted.

Thus, each of the needle needles 18 is located in the recess 22 in the reservoir 16, the first needle needle 18 mounted in the container 10 being the groove closest to the procedure tube 14. 16, the needle shaft portion 18b moves up the last acupuncture needle while the first acupuncture needle 18 passes over the last acupuncture needle supported on the groove portion 22 closest to the passage 30. 32) and passage 30 will be introduced into the procedure tube 14.

Then, the handle portion 18a is introduced into the inner space 34 of the surgical tube 14 of the storage / procedure container 10 by riding down the inclined portion 40 having a slope parallel to the tip portion of the passage 30. The preparation for the treatment of the acupuncture needles 18 located in the treatment tube 14 is prepared, so that the acupuncturer handles 18a of the acupuncture needles 18 placed on the inner space 34 of the treatment tube 14. Pushing the needle shaft portion 18b protrudes out of the treatment tube 14 and is injected into the patient's body.

Therefore, the treatment tube 14 is removed sequentially from the injected acupuncture needle 18 and the procedure continues, and when the procedure is completed or when the acupuncture needle 18 in the storage / procedure container 10 is used up, the economic efficiency is improved. It is then refilled with acupuncture needles 18 which are added after disposal or re-sterilized for reuse.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to one embodiment described above but includes any and all embodiments within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (6)

In addition to the storage unit and the surgical tube, the storage unit is provided with an acupuncture needle mounting tip and a blocking tip opposite the mounting tip, while the inner diameter of the surgical tube is made almost the same as the diameter of the acupuncture needle. A passage of an operation unit is formed, and the acupuncture needle mounting tip of the storage unit is formed with an opening for inserting one or more acupuncture needles, and the storage unit is adjacent to a mounting tip for operating the acupuncture needles stored therein. A thin groove is formed so that the storage unit and the surgical tube are coupled to each other along a shared side extending between the mounting tip and the thin groove, and between the storage unit and the treatment tube forms an axial passage of the acupuncture needle from the storage unit to the treatment tube. In order to form an inner passage almost the same as the diameter of the acupuncture needle, while the acupuncture needle is stored An acupuncture needle reservoir combined treatment tube is mounted to pass through the procedure the tube through the internal passage. The acupuncture needle storage container combined treatment tube according to claim 1, wherein the reservoir and the treatment tube are formed as one unitary unit. The acupuncture needle storage container combined treatment tube according to claim 1, wherein the reservoir and the treatment tube are made of stainless steel. The acupuncture needle of claim 1, wherein the storage part has a plurality of parallel inner recesses, the inner recesses being formed to extend between the mounting tip and the containment tip of the storage part, and have substantially the same size as the operation part of the acupuncture needle. Acupuncture needle storage container combined treatment tube, characterized in that the can be maintained in place in the storage unit. The acupuncture needle storage container combined treatment tube according to claim 1, wherein one ridge is formed between the reservoir and the passage to hold the acupuncture needle in the reservoir. The acupuncture needle storage container combined treatment tube according to claim 1, wherein the treatment tube extends from the containment tip of the storage portion.