MXPA00005877A - Surgical scalpel incinerating device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an incinerating device for surgical scalpels. The main operation of said device is based on a combination of electronic circuit, electrical mechanism and electric components. Said elements raise the temperature of the scalpels to over 1,000 degrees centigrade during a maximum of 4 seconds, thereby causing them to deform or break into several pieces, the residues being sterilized. The invention can be used to incinerate scalpels of any length or shape provided that the scalpels are dismounted from the holders. The invention can be applied mainly in any medical institution where scalpels are used. Said device is easy to use, involves low operational and maintenance costs and is portable due to its small size.

Description

INCINERATING EQUIPMENT OF SURGICAL BISTURÍOS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 5 Hospitals, clinics, laboratories for analysis or diagnosis, etc. They are governed by rules for the use or management of SURGICAL BISTURES that must be discarded after their first use, - use in accordance with the purposes for which these devices were designed. They deal with the services of companies that are responsible for collecting and subsequently destroying these devices, but in many cases, they are reused, subjecting them to sterilization and subsequently reafilling them, and in the best of cases they are thrown away, causing transmission of contagion or diseases. OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION 15 Thinking about improving health practices with equipment aids, avoiding contagion or transmission of diseases through the reuse of Surgical BISTURÍES, and trying to ensure that these equipments meet the sanitary norms that prevail today, it was proposed to invent a computer that INCINES with high 0segurid: td these devices, after being used for the first time. It is also intended with this equipment, to avoid the transmission of dangerous infections, because when incinerating the scalpels, the resulting residues are sterilized. 5 That the equipment invented, meet the following requirements - Reliable in the Incineration, Low cost of operation and maintenance, easy transportation and low price.

DESCRIPTION OF DD3UJOS DD3UJO A.- Shows a cut in perspective of the equipment INCINERATOR OF SURGICAL BISTURÍAS 5 -79 -.- Receiving box of incinerated scalpel waste. -80 -.- Cabinet or cover of the equipment manufactured in metallic material, plastic or combination. 10 -81 -.- Support card of the incineration electromechanism. -82 -.- Ceramic support plate that is part of the Incineration electromechanism. 15 -83 -.- Support of revolving door, supported by ceramic plate. -84-. - Metallic platelets that cause the incineration of the scalpel. 20 -85 -.- Metallic plates mounted on a revolving door that press the scalpel against the metal incinerating plates. -86 -.- Revolving door that allows the introduction of the scalpel. 25 -87 -.- Device power switch, with internal indicator light, operating at 117 VAC - 250 VAC, 50 amps. -88 -.- Micro lever switch operating at 117 VAC - 250 VAC 50 amp. 30 -89 -.- Fuse holder with internal fuse to operate at 15, 30, 45 amps. -90 -.- Transformer of 117 - 250 VAC that transforms to 12 VAC, delivering, 40, 50, 75,100 amperes. 35 -91 -.- Electronic circuit support card, -92.- Place where a scalpel is inserted. 40 -A- -B -.- Connection points with electric circuit. DD3UJO 1.- Side view of the incinerator equipment, showing internal distribution ^ and external 43 of the elements that make up the equipment. -60 -.- Input of the power supply line. -61 -.- AC rectifier diodes to direct current of 6.12, 25, 50, 75 amps. -62 -.- Electronic circuit support card. -63 -.- Transformer of 117 - 250 VAC that transforms to 12 VAC to deliver 40, 50, 75, 100 amps. 10 -64 -.- Micro switch fixing support. -65 -.- Fuse holder with internal fuse to operate at 15.30,45 amp. 15 -66 -.- Micro toggle switch to operate at 117 - 250 VAC 50 amp. _y -68 -.- Ignition switch of the equipment with internal illumination Indicator, which operates at 117 - 250 VAC, 50 amps. 20 -69 -.- Metallic plates that cause the incineration of the scalpel. -70 -.- Revolving door that when opened allows the introduction of the scalpel, a door that supports the oppressing metal plates, which press the scalpel against the metal plates incinerating. 25 -71 -.- Oppressive metallic plates. -72 -.- Ceramic plate supporting the electromechanism incinerator. 30 -73 -.- Support card of the incinerator mechanism. -74.- Cabinet or cover of the incinerator equipment manufactured in metallic material, plastic, or combination of both. 35 -75 -.- Ramp that receives residues of scalpels to direct them to the waste box. -76 -.- Receiving box for residues of incinerated scalpels, this box can be removed or introduced inside the equipment. -77 -.- Handle of waste receiver box. -78 -.- Chassis supporting different elements placed inside the equipment, which can be manufactured in metallic material, plastic or a combination of both.

DD3UJO 2.- Top view of the incinerator equipment, showing internal distribution and External of the elements that make up the team. 10 -44 -.- Fuse holder with internal fuse for, 15, 30, 45, amp. -45 -.- Power switch of the equipment with internal lighting indicating that the equipment is ready to operate. 15 -46 -.- Micro switch support. -47 -.- Micro lever switch. 0 -48 -.- Electronic circuit support card. -49 -.- Rectifier diodes. -50 -.- Transformer from 117 - 250 VAC to 12 VAC, delivering 40, 50, 5 75, 100, amp. -52 -.- Revolving door that opens to allow the insertion of the scalpel, containing oppressive metal plates. 0 -53 -.- Support of revolving door. -54 -.- Metallic plates that cause the incineration of the scalpel. -55- - Ceramic plate holder of metal plates incinerators of the 5 scalpel. -56 -.- Support card for the incineration electromechanism. -57.- Cabinet or cover of the equipment, constructed with metallic material, or plastic, or combination of both. , -58 -.- Receiving box of incinerated scalpel waste. -59 -.- Handle of waste receiver box. 5 Drawing 3.- Support card for incinerator electromemosis, - Front and side view. -37 -.- Fixing posts for electromechanism card, fixed to chassis, ceramic plate fixing and rotating door supports. 10 NOTE.- The signs in the form of a cross, denote the perforations through which screws are inserted, for the assembly of the different components that form the electromechanism. 15 -38 -.- Swivel door support. -39 .- Ceramic plate support plate metal incinerators, showing perforations. 20 -40 -.- Support of revolving door. -41 -.- Ceramic plate. • 42.- Armed display of electromechanism support card. 25 -43 -.- Ramp that directs the waste of scalpels to waste box.

Drawing 4 .- Shows the parts that make up the incineration electromechanism and the semi-assembled parts of the different parts. 30 -11 -.- Support bed that when opening the door to receive the scalpel is placed between the metal incinerator plates, preventing the scalpel from falling into the waste box without it having previously been incinerated. 5 -12 -.- Pivot that allows the turning of the door to open and allow the introduction of the scalpel or allow the closing of the door. -13 -.- Support for the revolving door. 0 -14 -.- Support plate that forms the door and serves as support for oppressive metallic platelets. -fifteen-. - Metal plates oppressors. -16- - Ceramic plate supporting the entire electromechanism, in which metallic incinerator plates, rotating door support and the same revolving door, with the oppressive platelets, are mounted. NOTE.- In this figure the revolving door is shown in the open and closed position. The following points correspond to the description of the above Described. -17 -.- Corresponds to -13-. -18 -.- ** -14-. -19 -.- ** -15-. -20 -.- ** -12-. -21 -.- ** -11-. -22 -.- ** -16-. NOTE.- Rotating door is shown in front position and the following points describe the elements that compose it. -23 -.- Oppressive metal plates. -24 -.- Plate supporting oppressive platelets. -25.- Rotating door swivel pivot. -26 -.- Support bed to receive the scalpel. -27- -34 -.- Metallic incinerator plates. -28- -29- -32- -33 -.- Ceramic plate. -30- -36 -.- Revolving door swivel pivot. -31- -35 -.- Swivel door support plate, DRAWING 5.- Shows the electrical connections to the different elements that make up the incinerator equipment of scalpels. -1 -.- Plug and cable takes power.

Jl.- Fuse holder and fuse. -3 -.- Switch ignition with luminous indication. -4 -.- Transformer 1 17 - 250 VAC at 12 VAC. -5 -.- Micro intei lever breaker. -6 -.- Micro switch lever. -7 -.- Rotating door that operates on the micro switch by contact with the lever. -8 -.- Electronic circuit rectifier of alternating current to direct current. -9- Connections to the metallic platelets incinerators mounted on ceramic plate. -10 -.- Second version of electrical connection without using electronic circuit.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Explanatory note.- The cabinet or cover of the equipment, constructed of plastic material, metallic material, or combination of both, may suffer variations in size or shape, due to the arrangement of the components installed inside it. The card of electronic components shown in Figure A-91-, may suffer variations in dimension and placement, depending on the variation of the value of the diodes mounted therein. The details and characteristics of the surgical mask equipment are described below, supported by the accompanying drawings, following the reference signs in the parts and figures shown. OPERATION AND OPERATION OF THE EQUD7Q Figure A, is a perspective and cut of the conventional Surgical Scalpel Incinerator equipment. Figure 1 shows a side view of the equipment and the distribution of the elements that make it up on the inside and outside. Figure 2 shows a top view of the equipment and the distribution of the elements that make it up on the inside and outside. With reference to figures 1 -74- and figure 2 -57-, the equipment is covered with a cabinet or cover that can be manufactured with: Galvanized sheet, Stainless steel, Aluminum, or plastic matepal PVC, High density polyethylene, etc. Or combination of metallic and plastic materials, the same can be done with the chassis figure 1 -78- and the receiver box of waste coming from the incineration. Of scalpels figure 1 -76-, -77-, figure 2 -58-, - 59-. In the cabinet or cover of the equipment, the following elements are mounted: Fuse holder with internal fuse whose values can be: 15, 30, 45 amps. On-off switch, Figure 1-65-, Figure 2 -44-, operating at 117 -250 VAC, 50 amp. Having in its interior lighting focus that signals when it is turned on, that the equipment is ready to operate. The cabinet has three perforations, the first rectangular in the upper part, to allow the turn of the door figure 1 -70-, figure 2 -52-, door'which allows the introduction of the scalpels inside the equipment for its incineration, the second rectangular perforation is in front of the equipment, to allow inserting or extracting the waste receiver box Figure 1 -76 -, - 77-, Figure 2 -58-, -59-, coming from the incineration of scalpels The third on the back 5 for the introduction of the power supply cable figure 1-60-, Inside the cabinet or cover, there are the following elements: Transformer figure 1 -63-, figure 2 -50-, which can operate at 117 - 250 VAC, transforming to 12 VAC, and that can vary in dimensions depending on the 10 amperage that is requested to deliver, this being the latter of the following values: 40, 50, 75, 100 amp. Electromechanism card figure 1 -73-, figure 2 -56-, card that in turn has mounted the elements that incinerate the scalpels, figure 1 -69-, -70-, -71-, - 15 72-, - 75-, figure 2 -52-, -53-, -54-, -55-, figure 3 -37-, -38-, -39-, -40-, -41-, -43-, figure 4 points from -36 to 11-. Card of electronic components figure 1 -62-, figure 2 -48-, in which rectifier diodes are mounted in turn figure 1 -61-, figure 2 -49-, whose values 20 can vary as follows: 6, 12, 25, 50, 75 amp. And whose accommodation as indicated in explanatory note, can cause variation of size and accommodation of the card within the team. Micro switch support and micro switch figure 1 -64-, -66-, figure 2 -46-, 25 -47-, the switch operates at 1 17 - 250 VAC, 50 amp. This switch is activated by the rotating movement of the door. The operation of the equipment for Incinerating Surgical Scalpel is as follows: 30 The plug of the power cord is connected to a 117 VAC or 250 VAC power outlet and the device's power switch is operated. Figure 1 -68-, Figure 2 -45-, this switch will light indicating that the equipment is ready to operate. 35 Proceed to open the door figure A -86-, figure 1 -70-, figure 2 -52-, figure 4 -15a -, - 18a-, figure 5 -7-, to allow the introduction of the scalpel the fact of opening the door, causes the passage of the electric current to the incineration platelets figure A -84-, figure 1 -69-, figure 2 -54-, figure 4 -27-, - 40 34-, this suspension is caused when the door is opened, this with its rotation operates the lever of the microswitch figure A -88-, figure 1 -66-, figure 2 -47-, figure 5 -5 - "- 6-" the reason for the interruption is to prevent the user of the equipment, when inserting the scalpel , when introducing a finger, a metallic utensil held by hand, accommodate the scalpel inside the receiving bed, remove incinerated residues of Scalpel, out of curiosity or prank, do not suffer an electric shock. Also when opening the door, the bed figure 1 -69a-, figure 4 -1 1-, -21-, by the turn of the door, is placed between the metal plates incinerators to receive the scalpel that is inserted and not allow This falls into the waste box without it having been incinerated previously. Once the scalpel was inserted, previously disassembled from the scalpel holder, it falls on the bed, figure 1 -69-, figure 4 -11-, -21-, and on the metallic incinerator plates. The door is closed once the scalpel has been inserted, figure 1 -70-, figure 2 -52-, figure 4 -15a-, -18a-, figure A -86-, and the door when closing operates the lever of the micro-switch figure A -88-, figure 1 -66-, figure 2 -47-, figure 5 -5-, -6-, -7-, dining the "circuit allowing the passage of the current to the metal plate incinerators Figure A -84- , figure 1 -69-, figure 2 -54-, figure 4 -27-, -34-, in turn the oppressive metal platelets figure A -85-, figure 1 -71-, figure 4 -15-, -19 -, -23-, oppress the scalpel so that it makes a good electrical contact with the metal plates incinerators.The passage of current through the scalpel causes it to raise its temperature to more than 1000 degrees centigrade, this temperature rise causes its sterilization as a fundamental part and the scalpel finishes cut in several pieces oxidized by the high temperature being these finally the residues of the scalpel, and as the bed figure 1 -69a-, fig ura 4 -11-, -21-, is removed by turning the door when closing, allows the waste to fall and be directed by the ramp figure 1 -75-, towards the waste receiver box figure A -79-, , Figure 1 -76-, -77-, Figure 2 -58-, -59-. The waste box can be removed from the equipment when it is full, and the residues of the scalpels can be emptied into the garbage, with high security that they were sterilized and that no infections are transmitted, the residues can be handled with certain safety as regards probable injuries. PREVENTION The prevention that must be taken with the incinerator is to decontaminate it with some regularity at the point where the scalpels are introduced with bactericidal products by means of an atomizer and previously disconnecting the equipment from the electric current.

The equipment does not require to be grounded to physical ground, since there are no potential differences with respect to other equipment, since the components that make up the electromechanical or electronic system are kept in the internal assembly isolated from the container by mounting on supports plastics -:, EXPLANATORY NOTE.- In figure 5, two types of electrical connection to metal plate incinerators are shown. Figure 5 -8-, -9-, a connection is shown using an electronic rectifier circuit, towards the metal plates incinerators. Figure 5 -10-, a direct connection of the transformer to metal plates is shown incinerating. In both cases the incineration of the surgical scalpel is obtained and the consideration of using one or the other connection would depend on the cost aspects.

Claims (6)

1. CLAIMS Having sufficiently described the invention, which I consider as a novelty, therefore claim as my exclusive property, what is contained in the following clauses. 1.- With the Incinerator of Surgical Scalpel devices, it is intended to cover a sanitary practice, incinerating these devices, to avoid the transmission of infections due to the improper handling and use of these devices after their first use.
2. 2.- Because the equipment consists of a cabinet or cover of the equipment, which can be made of plastic material, metal or combination of both.
3. 3.- Because in the exterior and interior it houses electromechanical, electronic elements, storage capacity, characterized as a whole in the incineration of surgical scalpels.
4. 4.- Because the equipment can undergo variation in size and shape, or in the interior it can vary the placement and even vary the electromechanical or electronic elements depending on the incineration of scalpels, since the latter have variation of dimension and shape.
5. 5.- Because when incinerating surgical scalpels, by means of the equipment, the resulting residues are sterilized and their handling (residues), is carried out with certainty regarding the transmission of infections subsequent to their first use.
6. 6.- Because the design of the electromechanical element, design of the electronic circuit, assembly design and container for the incineration of surgical scalpels, are my exclusive property.