TW201735956A - Medical infusion tube organizer for preventing medical infusion tube from being entangled to reduce risks of medical personnel - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to a medical infusion tube organizer, which comprises a flexible body, and the flexible body is provided with at least one passage and at least one slit, wherein the passage and the slit are penetrated through the first main surface of the flexible body to the opposite second main surface, and the slit is communicated with the passage and extended from the passage to one side of the flexible body to form an opening at the side, so that a medical infusion tube may be placed into the passage along the slit from the side of the flexible body. The original shape of the slit is closed or has its width less than the diameter of the medical infusion tube. When the medical infusion tube is passed through the slit, the slit may be expanded following the placement of the medical infusion tube. Thus, the medical infusion tube organizer may be used for arranging the medical infusion tube to prevent the medical infusion tube from being entangled with each other.

Description

Medical tube organizer

The present invention relates to a finisher, and more particularly to a finisher for arranging medical hoses.

During medical care, patients may sometimes need to use medical infusion tubes such as infusion tubes, nasogastric tubes, catheters, and oxygen tubes to assist medical personnel in medical care or care. However, when multiple tubes are needed to medically care a patient, multiple tubes are not only visually messy, but too long a tube may cause the patient or medical staff to stumble or even entangle the tube. It also increases the time of drug identification, which leads to the inability to find the correct line administration in time.

The United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) analyzed more than 300 cases of misconnection of pipes, and found that many pipelines, similar pipeline appearances, and 3-way connections are the main causes of pipeline misconnections. The American Medical Association Appraisal Association (JCAHO) report also pointed out that the misconnection of pipelines is likely to cause serious harm to patients. Therefore, both medical institutions and medical personnel should pay attention to such incidents and have a correct understanding. Although the attention label is attached to the pipeline of the high-risk drug at present, when the pipeline is more than three, the winding situation is likely to occur, thereby increasing the risk of misconnection of the pipeline.

In view of this, there is still a need to develop a pipe organizer that can effectively avoid cross-winding of pipes, thereby reducing the risk of medical personnel burden and medical negligence.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a medical tube organizer which is suitable for arranging medical tubes to avoid entanglement of medical tubes, thereby improving pipeline identification and reducing the probability of misconnection of tubes.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a medical tube organizer comprising a flexible body, and the flexible body has at least one channel and at least a slit, wherein the at least one channel and the at least one slit are composed of the soft body One of the first major faces extends to an opposite second major face, and the at least one slit is in communication with the at least one passage and extends from the at least one passage to one side of the flexible body to form on the side An open end such that a medical tube can be placed into the at least one channel along the at least one slit from the side of the flexible body, the at least all of the slits being closed or having a smaller than the medical tube The slit of the diameter is wide, and when the medical tube passes through the at least all slits, the at least all slits are expanded as the medical tube is inserted.

Accordingly, the soft body used in the medical tube organizer of the present invention not only facilitates the cutting of channels and slits of various shapes, sizes or numbers, but also increases the comfort of the user when contacting, and reduces the collision due to hard objects. And cause damage. In addition, since the soft material can make the slit have the elasticity of deformation, the soft body is advantageous for the operation of inserting or removing the medical tube into or out of the channel, especially when the medical tube is inserted into the channel, because The elastic recovery characteristic of the material returns to the slit structure whose slit width is smaller than the diameter of the medical tube or returns to the closed shape, thereby preventing the medical tube from coming out of the channel. Here, the channel preferably has a size and shape that does not compress the medical tube. For example, the cross-sectional area of the channel can be larger than the cross-sectional area of the medical tube to avoid the medium in the medical tube ( Such as infusion) obstructs media transport due to the soft body compressing the tubing.

In the present invention, the soft body can be made of any material having deformation and elasticity. Forming a mass, which may have a plurality of channels and a plurality of slits, and the channels are preferably independent and not connected to each other, for example, the channels may be spaced apart by a predetermined distance to different medical tubes Fixed at different channels to avoid tube confusion between medical tubes. Similarly, the slits may be spaced apart by a predetermined distance and correspond to different channels. More specifically, the channels and the slits may be arranged in a one-to-one manner, that is, each channel corresponds to a slit.

In the present invention, the flexible body is further provided with at least one marker (such as a label) on the first main surface or the second main surface, which corresponds to at least one channel, so that the user can use the marker Note the name of the drug or other information to increase the recognition. In addition, the soft body can be arranged by a plurality of segments that can be separated from each other, so that the user can flexibly expand the required channel/cut according to the number of medical tubes to be fixed and the operation of the block assembly. Number of seams.

In the present invention, the medical tube organizer may further include: a joint member that connects the plurality of segments to fix the segments in a line-like manner. Preferably, the engaging member is detachably coupled to the plurality of segments, whereby the user can change the number of channels/cuts required for elastic change by removing the segments or adding new segments. The operation is simple and convenient, so it saves medical staff time and improves efficiency. In particular, the user can utilize different sized segments with different channels/cutting numbers to more variably adjust the number of channels/cuts of the soft body.

In the present invention, the medical tube organizer may further include: a fixing member connectable to the soft body or the joint member to fix the soft body to a fixture (such as a drop holder, a bed rail, etc.) On the other hand, the medical tube can be placed in a proper position to prevent the medical staff or the patient from pulling the medical tube, or tripping due to the medical tube mopping the floor.

In the present invention, the medical tube organizer is applicable to various medical tubes, for example, it can be used for arranging fixed infusion tubes, nasogastric tubes, catheters, oxygen tubes, etc., but is not limited thereto. this.

The above objects, technical features, and advantages will be more apparent from the following description.

100, 200, 300‧‧‧ medical tube organizer

10‧‧‧Soft subject

101‧‧‧ first main face

103‧‧‧Second main face

11‧‧‧ channel

13‧‧‧ slitting

131‧‧‧Open end

20, 40‧‧‧ fixing parts

30‧‧‧Joint parts

S1‧‧‧ first block

S2‧‧‧Second section

S3‧‧‧3rd block

A‧‧‧medical tube

T‧‧‧ thickness

L‧‧‧ length

W‧‧‧Width

F‧‧‧Fixed objects

M‧‧‧ mark

1 is a perspective view of a medical tube organizer according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIGS. 2 and 3 are schematic views showing a state of use of a medical tube organizer according to an embodiment of the present invention; 3 is a perspective view of a medical tube organizer according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a medical tube organizer according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention are described by way of specific examples, and those skilled in the art can readily appreciate the other advantages and advantages of the present invention. It should be noted that the following drawings are simplified schematic diagrams. The number, shape and size of components in the drawings can be changed arbitrarily according to actual implementation conditions, and the component layout state can be more complicated. The present invention may be embodied or applied in various other specific embodiments, and various details in the specification may be applied to various aspects and applications without departing from the spirit of the invention. With changes.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a perspective view of a medical tube organizer 100 according to an embodiment of the invention. The medical tube organizer 100 of the present embodiment includes a flexible body 10 having a plurality of channels 11 and a plurality of slits 13, wherein the channels 11 and the slits 13 are composed of the soft body One of the first major faces 101 extends through an opposite second major face 103, and the slit 13 is in communication with the passage 11 and extends from the passage 11 to one side of the flexible body 10 to form a side on the side Open end 131. Here, the number of the passages 11 and the slits 13 is not particularly limited, and the predetermined number of passages 11 and slits 13 can be cut according to the number of medical tubes to be placed. For example, the present embodiment is exemplified by three passages 11 and three slits 13, and the passage 11 and the slit 13 are arranged in a one-to-one manner.

Accordingly, please refer to FIGS. 2 and 3, which are schematic diagrams showing the state of use of the medical tube organizer 100 of the present invention. As shown, a medical delivery tube A can be inserted into the slit 13 (shown in Figure 2) by the open end 131 of the slit 13 and placed along the slit 13 into the channel 11 (as shown in Figure 3). . Here, although the slit width of the slits 13 is smaller than the diameter of the medical tube A, even if it is closed, since the soft body 10 is made of a soft material, the slits 13 have elasticity, when When the medical tube A passes through the slits 13, the slits 13 are deformed into a distracted shape (as shown in FIG. 2) as the medical tube A is inserted, so as to facilitate the medical tube A. The channels 11 are inserted into or removed from the channels 11, and at the same time, after the medical tube A is placed in the channels 11, the slits 13 will return to their original state (as shown in FIG. 3). Thereby, the slit width of the slit 13 is smaller than the diameter of the medical tube A or the closed structure, so that the medical tube A can be prevented from coming out of the channels 11, thereby fixing the medical tube A to the medical tube A. In channel 11.

The material of the soft body 10 is not particularly limited, and any soft material such as a soft plastic material may be selected, and examples thereof include foam, sponge, and the like. In addition, the soft body 10 It is preferable to select an appropriate thickness according to the material characteristics, and to avoid the insufficient thickness, which causes the slit 13 to be elastically fatigued, thereby affecting the fixing force. For example, referring to FIG. 1 , the specific embodiment is a foam having a thickness T of about 4 cm as an exemplary description of the flexible body 10 , which has the advantages of low cost, light weight, good elasticity, easy cutting, and easy maintenance and cleaning. Reusable and other advantages. Here, the shape and size of the flexible body 10 are not particularly limited, and the appropriate size and shape can be selected according to the number of channels/cuts to be formed, the channel/slit size, and the channel/slit arrangement. For example, referring to Fig. 1, this embodiment is an exemplary illustration of the flexible body 10 with a rectangular body having a length L of about 6.5 cm and a width W of about 6 cm.

The size and shape of the channels 11 are not particularly limited, and can be cut to accommodate any size and shape of the medical tube according to the size of the medical tube to be placed, and more specifically, the channels 11 preferably has a size and shape that does not compress the medical tube. For example, referring to Fig. 1, this embodiment uses circular through holes (about 1 cm in diameter) having a diameter larger than the diameter of the medical tube as an exemplary illustration of the channels 11. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 3, the cross-sectional area of the channels 11 (ie, the cross-sectional area perpendicular to the passage direction of the channel) is greater than the cross-sectional area of the medical tube A (ie, perpendicular to the length of the medical tube). The cross-sectional area), when the medical tube A is fixed at the channel 11, the medical tube A is not pressed by the soft body 10, thereby facilitating the transportation of the medium (such as infusion) in the medical tube A. In addition, the arrangement of the channels 11 is not particularly limited, and may be arranged in various aspects according to requirements or other considerations. For example, referring to Fig. 1, this embodiment is exemplified by channels 11 arranged equidistantly in the length L direction.

The slits 13 may be slits of various shapes (such as a straight shape or a curved shape), and the length of the passage 11 extending to the side of the flexible body 10 is not particularly limited, and is preferably cut to avoid The appropriate length of the medical tube is easy to escape. For example, please refer to FIG. 1, the length of this embodiment is A linear slit of about 2 cm is exemplified as the slits 13. In addition, the arrangement of the slits 13 is not particularly limited, and may be arranged in various aspects according to requirements or other considerations. For example, referring to Fig. 1, this embodiment is exemplified by slits 13 which are equidistant and parallel arranged in the length L direction.

Next, please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a perspective view of a medical tube organizer 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the medical tube organizer 200 of the present embodiment is substantially the same as the medical tube organizer 100 shown in FIG. 1, except that the length L of the flexible body 10 is about 14 cm. The medical tube organizer 200 further includes a fixing member 20 for connecting the flexible body 10 for fixing the flexible body 10 to a fixture. F (such as drip stand, bed rail, etc.). Here, the fixing member 20 is not particularly limited, and may be any member that can fix the flexible body 10 to the fixture F. For example, in the specific embodiment, a binding wire is used as an exemplary description of the fixing member 10, which can be connected to the flexible body 10 by means of a tying, and the flexible body 10 is suspended from the fixture F. In addition, the user may further provide at least one marker M at the first main surface 101 or the second main surface 103 of the flexible body 10, for example, the specific embodiment is affixed to the first main surface 101 of the flexible body 10. The six labels serve as an exemplary description of the marker M, which respectively correspond to different channels 11 for the user to mark the drug name or other information in the corresponding medical tube A to increase the degree of recognition.

Please refer to FIG. 5 again, which is a perspective view of a medical tube organizer 300 according to still another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the medical tube organizer 300 of the present embodiment is assembled into a soft body 10 by using a first segment S1, a second block S2, and a third block S3 that are separable from each other. The block S1, the second block S2, and the third block S3 each have one or more channels 11 and slits 13, whereby the flexible body 10 can be expanded by the concept of block assembly. Channel 11 required And the number of slits 13 Here, the number of the segments constituting the flexible body 10 is not particularly limited, and may be appropriately adjusted according to the number of the channels 11 and the slits 13 to be expanded, and the number of the channels 11 and the slits 13 may be different between the segments. , 俾 can more flexibly change the number of channels 11 and slits 13 of the soft body 10. For example, the present embodiment is exemplified by a flexible body 10 composed of three segments, wherein the first segment S1 has a length of 6.5 cm and is provided with three channels 11 and three slits 13, and a second The section S2 has a length of 4.5 cm and is provided with two passages 11 and two slits 13. The third section S3 has a length of 2.5 cm and is provided with a passage 11 and a slit 13. The soft body 10 of the present embodiment is described in the above embodiments except for the above-mentioned length and the number of channels/cuts. Therefore, the details are not described herein.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the medical tube organizer 300 of the present embodiment further includes a joint member 30 and a fixing member 40, wherein the joint member 30 is connected to the first to third segments S1 to S3. The first to third segments S1 to S3 are fixed to each other in series, and the fixing member 40 is coupled to the engaging member 30 for fixing the flexible body 10 to a fixture F.

The engaging member 30 is not particularly limited as long as it can provide a fixing force for the segments to be coupled to each other. Here, the specific embodiment uses the devil's felt as the exemplary description of the joint member 30, but is not limited thereto, and it is also possible to use a double-sided tape, a tie wire or a combination thereof, etc., to provide a fixing force for the joints of the segments to be combined with each other. .

The fixing member 40 is not particularly limited as long as it can fix the flexible body 10 to the fixture F. In this embodiment, the combination of the bottom plate and the plurality of devil felt straps is used as an example of the fixing member 40, wherein the engaging member 30 is fixed on the bottom plate of the fixing member 40, and the fixing member 40 is used by The devil felt straps are fixed to the fixture F.

In summary, the medical tube organizer of the present invention can be arranged in parallel A plurality of medical tubes are arranged to avoid cross-winding of the tubes, thereby, when the medical tube organizer is applied to the infusion tube, the medical staff can clearly identify the infusion line during administration. It is convenient for the medical personnel to transfer the correctness, reduce the misconnection of the pipeline, increase the safety of the patient to use the drug, reduce the damage of the drug error and the misconnection of the pipeline, and reduce the time for adjusting the drug and replacing the expired pipeline to improve effectiveness.

The above-described embodiments are only intended to illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, and to explain the technical features of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any changes or equivalents that can be easily accomplished by those skilled in the art are intended to be within the scope of the invention. The scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

100‧‧‧Medical tube organizer

10‧‧‧Soft subject

101‧‧‧ first main face

103‧‧‧Second main face

11‧‧‧ channel

13‧‧‧ slitting

131‧‧‧Open end

T‧‧‧ thickness

L‧‧‧ length

W‧‧‧Width

Claims (10)

A medical tube organizer comprising a flexible body, wherein the flexible body has at least one passage and at least one slit, wherein the at least one passage and the at least one slit are penetrated from a first main surface of the flexible body to An opposite second main surface, wherein the at least one slit is in communication with the at least one passage, and extends from the at least one passage to one side of the flexible body to form an open end on the side to enable a medical The tube may be inserted into the at least one channel along the at least one slit of the flexible body, the at least one of the slits being closed or having a slit width smaller than a diameter of the medical tube. When the medical tube passes through the at least all the slits, the at least all slits are expanded as the medical tube is inserted. The medical tube organizer according to claim 1, further comprising: a fixing member connected to the soft body for fixing the soft body to a fixture. The medical tube organizer of claim 1, wherein the soft main system is arranged by a plurality of segments, and the segments are separable from each other and each has at least one channel and the at least one Seam. The medical tube organizer according to claim 3, further comprising: a joint member that connects the plurality of segments to fix the segments in a line-like manner. The medical tube organizer according to claim 4, further comprising: a fixing member connected to the engaging member for fixing the soft body to a fixing object. The medical tube according to any one of claims 1 to 5 a finisher, wherein the at least one channel has a cross-sectional area that is greater than a cross-sectional area of the medical tube. The medical tube organizer according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the at least one passage and the at least one slit of the soft body are respectively a plurality of channels and a plurality of slits, And the channels are spaced apart from the slits by a predetermined distance. The medical tube organizer according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the soft body is a foam or a sponge. The medical tube organizer according to claim 2, wherein the fixing member is a binding wire, a devil felt, a bottom plate or a combination thereof. The medical tube organizer according to claim 4, wherein the joint member is a tie line, a devil felt, a double-sided tape or a combination thereof.