US20140117039A1 - Rotatable probe cover dispenser for ear thermometer - Google Patents

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US20140117039A1
US20140117039A1 US13/727,783 US201213727783A US2014117039A1 US 20140117039 A1 US20140117039 A1 US 20140117039A1 US 201213727783 A US201213727783 A US 201213727783A US 2014117039 A1 US2014117039 A1 US 2014117039A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0409—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation
    • B65D83/0418—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation the articles being substantially flat and stacked one upon the other and the dispensing-closing device sliding the article to be dispensed along the flat side of the next article
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01J—MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY
    • G01J5/00—Radiation pyrometry, e.g. infrared or optical thermometry
    • G01J5/02—Constructional details
    • G01J5/021—Probe covers for thermometers, e.g. tympanic thermometers; Containers for probe covers; Disposable probes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B46/00—Surgical drapes
    • A61B46/10—Surgical drapes specially adapted for instruments, e.g. microscopes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
    • A61B50/20—Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
    • A61B50/30—Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
    • A61B2050/005—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers with a lid or cover
    • A61B2050/0051—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers with a lid or cover closable by rotation
    • A61B2050/0056—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers with a lid or cover closable by rotation about a lateral axis in the lid plane

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  • the present invention relates to a probe cover dispenser, particularly to a rotatable probe cover dispenser for an ear thermometer, which can be rotated for collection.
  • the most common immunological reaction is fever, which raises the temperature of the human body to repair the infection-induced damage.
  • body temperature should be monitored to learn the reaction of the human body.
  • Body temperature is normally measured in the mouth, the armpit, the rectum, or the ear.
  • Ear temperature and rectal temperature are closer to the core temperature of a human body and more stable than axillary temperature or oral temperature. Further, ear temperature and rectal temperature are easier to measure. Therefore, the ear thermometer is the most common instrument to measure body temperature.
  • the probe of an ear thermometer is likely to accumulate cerumen after long-term usage. Therefore, the probe of an ear thermometer should be sleeved by a probe cover, and the probe cover of the ear thermometer should be replaced for each measurement lest mutual infection occur.
  • the conventional probe cover dispenser 70 comprises a base 74 having a probe cover basin 72 ; a probe cover cartridge 78 accommodating probe covers 76 ; a gravitational member 80 applying gravitational force to the probe covers 76 inside the probe cover cartridge 78 ; and a slide mechanism 82 arranged between the base 74 and the probe cover cartridge 78 and used to slide the probe cover 76 , which is pushed down by gravitational force, to the probe cover basin 72 .
  • the user extends the probe of an ear thermometer into the probe cover 76 on the probe cover basin 72 .
  • the probe is sleeved by the probe cover 76 .
  • the probe cover cartridge of the prior art cannot be rotated to a horizontal direction for collection but can only stand vertically on the base. Therefore, the conventional probe cover dispenser cannot be stored in a case in a horizontal way and would occupy much space.
  • the present invention proposes a rotatable probe cover dispenser for an ear thermometer to overcome the abovementioned problems.
  • the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a rotatable probe cover dispenser for an ear thermometer, wherein the probe cover cartridge assembly can be rotated to a specified angle for collection.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to provide a rotatable probe cover dispenser for an ear thermometer, wherein a slide mechanism and a first elastic part between the base and the probe cover chamber apply force to the probe covers inside the probe cover chamber to facilitate dispensation of the probe covers, whereby the user can directly and easily mount the probe cover over the probe of an ear thermometer.
  • a further objective of the present invention is to provide a rotatable probe cover dispenser for an ear thermometer, whereby the user can mount a probe cover over the probe of an ear thermometer without contacting the probe cover, and whereby pollution to the probe cover and infection via the probe cover is prevented.
  • the present invention proposes a rotatable probe cover dispenser for an ear thermometer, which comprises a base.
  • a probe cover basin and a rotatable seat are arranged on the base.
  • Two sides of the rotatable seat have at least one rotating shaft pivotally coupling the rotatable seat to the base and enabling the rotatable seat to rotate with respect to the base.
  • the rotatable seat has a probe cover cartridge assembly rotating together with the rotatable seat.
  • the probe cover cartridge assembly has a probe cover chamber accommodating a plurality of probe covers.
  • the probe covers inside the probe cover chamber will fall out from a probe cover dispensing opening below the probe cover chamber.
  • the base has a slide track assembly arranged above the probe cover basin. The cooperation of the slide track assembly and the rotatable seat enables the probe cover cartridge assembly to slide to a position above the probe cover basin. Thereby, the probe covers inside the probe cover assembly can be dispensed to the probe cover basin.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a conventional probe cover dispenser
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing that the probe cover cartridge assembly is rotated to a horizontal state according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing that the probe cover cartridge assembly is rotated to a vertical state according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view schematically showing a rotatable probe cover dispenser for an ear thermometer according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view schematically showing that a rotatable probe cover dispenser for an ear thermometer is accommodated in a case according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 6-8 are perspective views schematically showing the operation of a rotatable probe cover dispenser for an ear thermometer according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention enables the user to rotate the probe cover cartridge assembly arbitrarily and collect the probe cover cartridge assembly conveniently.
  • the rotatable probe cover dispenser of the present invention comprises a base 10 , a rotatable seat 20 , and a slide track assembly 30 .
  • the rotatable seat 20 has a probe cover cartridge assembly 40 with a probe cover dispensing opening 42 .
  • the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 can accommodate a plurality of probe covers 44 .
  • the cooperation of the rotatable seat 20 and the slide track assembly 30 enables the probe covers 44 inside the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 to slide to a position above a probe cover basin 12 arranged below the slide track assembly 30 .
  • the probe cover 44 falls through the probe cover dispensing opening 42 to the probe cover basin 12 .
  • the shape of the probe cover basin 12 is the same as the top of the probe of an ear thermometer.
  • the probe of the ear thermometer can be extended into the probe cover basin 12 and sleeved by the probe cover 44 .
  • At least one rotating shaft 22 are respectively arranged at two sides of the rotatable seat 20 to pivotally couple the rotatable seat 20 to the base 10 , whereby the rotatable seat 20 can rotate with respect to the base 10 .
  • the rotatable seat 20 has at least two second fixing axes 24 respectively at two sides thereof.
  • the base 10 has at least two first fixing shaft 14 respectively at two sides thereof.
  • the second elastic part 26 is a spring.
  • the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 has a special design: the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 has a probe cover chamber 46 accommodating a plurality of probe covers 44 ; the bottom of the probe cover chamber 46 has a probe cover dispensing opening 42 via which the probe cover 44 is discharged; the interior of the probe cover chamber 46 has a first elastic part 48 applying force to clamp the plurality of probe covers 44 to stay inside the probe cover chamber 46 lest the gravitational force pull out the probe covers 44 ; the bottom of the probe cover chamber 46 has a slidable seat 49 having an opening 492 corresponding to the probe cover dispensing opening 42 ; the slidable seat 49 can press-fit to a first slide ways 28 of the rotatable seat 20 , whereby the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 would not be pulled out by the gravitational force during the rotation of the rotatable seat 20
  • the slide track assembly 30 has a second slide ways 32 connecting with the first slide ways 28 of the rotatable seat 20 , whereby the slidable seat 49 of the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 can move from the first slide ways 28 to the second slide ways 32 .
  • An annular basin 34 is formed below the second slide ways 32 .
  • the annular basin 34 encircles the probe cover basin 12 , has a diameter larger than that of the probe cover 44 , and has a thickness identical to that of one probe cover 44 . Because the first elastic part 48 applies force to the probe covers 44 inside the probe cover chamber 46 , one probe cover 44 falls through the probe cover dispensing opening 42 to the probe cover basin 12 .
  • the first slide ways 28 and the second slide ways 32 have a U-like shape for limiting the movement range of the slidable seat 49 .
  • a case 50 accommodates the base 10 and the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 , wherein rotatable seat 20 is used to rotate the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 to lie in the case 50 horizontally for collection.
  • the case 50 can also accommodate an ear thermometer 60 using the present invention.
  • FIGS. 5-8 showing the operation of the present invention. Initially, the rotatable seat 20 and the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 lie horizontally in the case 50 . When the user intends to use the present invention to mount one probe cover 44 on the probe, he rotates the rotatable seat 20 to be above the base 10 firstly, as shown in FIG. 6 .
  • the slidable seat 49 of the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 is moved from the first slide ways 28 in the rotatable seat 20 to the second slide ways 32 of the slide track assembly 30 .
  • the probe cover dispensing opening 42 is slid to be above the annular basin 34 .
  • the first elastic part 48 pushes the probe cover 44 to fall through the probe cover dispensing opening 42 to the probe cover basin 12 , as shown in FIG. 7 .
  • the user slides the probe cover cartridge assembly 40 back to the first slide ways 28 to reveal the probe cover 44 , which has fallen in the probe cover basin 12 , as shown in FIG. 8 .
  • the user extends the probe of the ear thermometer into the probe cover basin 12 to sleeve the probe cover 44 over the probe without contacting the probe cover 44 .
  • the present invention can rotate probe cover chamber to an appropriate angle for collection. Further, the present invention uses the first elastic part and the slide mechanism between the probe cover chamber and the base to apply force to the probe covers inside the probe cover chamber to facilitate the dispensation of the probe covers. Thereby, the user can directly and conveniently mount the probe cover over the probe of an ear thermometer without contacting the probe cover. Therefore, the present invention can effectively exempt probe covers from contamination and prevent from probe cover-induced infection.

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