WO2014073717A1

WO2014073717A1 - Medical implement sterilising apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2014073717A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/009323
Authority: WO
Inventors: 홍기태
Original assignee: 메디럭스(주)
Priority date: 2012-11-07
Filing date: 2012-11-07
Publication date: 2014-05-15

Abstract

The present invention provides a medical implement sterilising apparatus. The medical implement sterilising apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a casing which has a take-out chamber provided with a take out port, and has a sterilisation chamber on an upper surface of which are provided a UV lamp; a rotational body which is provided between the take-out chamber and the sterilisation chamber in such a way that a part on one side thereof is exposed in the take-out chamber while a part on the other side thereof is exposed in the sterilisation chamber, and on an upper surface of which are provided holding recesses where medical implements are held; a drive unit which provides rotational force such that the rotational body rotates; and a control unit which controls the lighting and sterilisation time of the UV lamp, and controls the drive unit in such a way that, once the sterilisation time has ended, the sterilised medical implements are positioned in the take-out chamber.

Description

Medical instruments sterilizer

The present invention relates to a medical instrument sterilizer, and more particularly to a medical instrument sterilizer is sterilized by irradiation of UV lamp and LED sterilization light.

In general, a variety of medical devices, such as dental instruments or scalpels for surgery are used in medical care.

Since these medical devices are in direct or indirect contact with the affected part of the patient, sterilization or high sterilization should be performed to prevent secondary infection or cross infection due to continuous reuse of the device.

Conventionally, medical instruments are boiled in boiling water, sterilized by heating with hot steam, or sterilized by dipping in an antiseptic solution such as alcohol.

However, in the case of applying heat or sterilizing with chemicals, the sterilization power is lowered, and the sterilization work is cumbersome.

In addition, most of the sterilization products sterilizing medical instruments are very complicated in structure and inconvenient to use, and thus, sterilization can not be performed at any time. As given to the same sterilization conditions, such as sterilization time, there was a problem that the bacteria remain depending on the purpose of the instrument and the degree of infection of the bacteria.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems,

An object of the present invention is to achieve a high sterilization by irradiation of UV lamp and LED sterilization light excellent in sterilization power, and increase sterilization efficiency by varying sterilization conditions according to the use of medical instruments and the degree of infection of bacteria, To provide a simple and very easy to use medical instrument sterilizer.

Medical instrument sterilizer according to the present invention provided to achieve the above object, the interior space is divided into one withdrawal chamber and one or more sterilization chamber by the partition wall for the storage and withdrawal of the sterilization object in the withdrawal chamber A case provided with a door, a UV lamp installed inside one or more of the sterilization chambers, an LED sterilization light installed in any one or two or more of the sterilization chambers, and an inner surface of the sterilization chamber. And a reflecting plate for reflecting the UV lamp and LED sterilization light into the sterilization chamber, and rotatably installed between the withdrawal chamber and the sterilization chamber without being in contact with the partition wall. The rest is located in the sterilization chamber, the rotating body is formed with a groove for supporting the medical device, and the rotating body Controls the operation unit and the operating time of the UV lamp and LED sterilization lighting for providing full power, and when the sterilization time is finished, the drive unit is controlled so that the area located in the sterilization chamber of the rotating body is located in the drawer chamber. It is configured to include a control unit.

Here, the sterilization chamber is divided into a first sterilization chamber and a second sterilization chamber, and the control unit withdraws the part of the rotating body in the first sterilization chamber for withdrawal of the sterilized medical device after the sterilization time of the first sterilization chamber is finished. When rotating to the chamber and the medical instrument is withdrawn from the withdrawal chamber, it may be determined whether the sterilization time of the second sterilization chamber is left to rotate a portion of the medical instrument of the rotating body to the second sterilization chamber.

The medical device sterilizer according to the present invention may further include an operation unit for setting the operation time of the UV lamp and the LED sterilization light and the sterilization time of the sterilization chamber to the controller.

In addition, the LED sterilization lighting may be a UV LED or LED lightless.

The control unit may generate a notification signal when the sterilized medical device is located in the drawer.

In addition, the UV lamp and LED sterilization lighting may be turned off when the door of the drawing room is opened while the sterilization time remains, and may be turned on again when the door of the drawing room is closed.

In addition, the rotating body is made of a multi-step of the step shape, the groove may be formed in a variety of sizes on the upper surface of the multi-stage.

According to the medical device sterilizer of the present invention, by sterilizing the medical device by the irradiation of UV lamp and LED sterilization light excellent in the sterilization power to improve the sterilization power, and to separate the medical device according to the use and the degree of bacterial infection different from each other The sterilization efficiency is increased by setting different sterilization time of UV lamp and LED sterilization light according to the medical equipment put into each space part, and the product structure is simple and very easy to use, which improves the productability and reliability. It works.

1 is a perspective view showing a medical instrument sterilizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a medical instrument sterilizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a medical instrument sterilizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a medical instrument sterilizer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The above objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing the preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the medical instrument sterilizer according to an embodiment of the present invention. For the purposes of this specification, the same reference numerals in the drawings represent the same components unless otherwise indicated.

1 is a view showing a perspective view of a medical instrument sterilizer according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a view showing an exploded perspective view of a medical instrument sterilizer according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a view of the present invention Figure is a cross-sectional view of the medical instrument sterilizer according to an embodiment of the.

UV rays from the sun are UVA, B, and C, where UVC can be sterilized. UV lamp is a lamp that collects these UVCs, and has a sterilizing power of about 1600 times of sunlight, so it has excellent sterilizing ability.

The sterilization effect of UV lamp is strong between 210 and 329 nm, and the strongest sterilization effect is between 250 and 260 nm.

The present invention is to use a high UV sterilization of medical instruments. In another aspect, the present invention is to sterilize medical instruments using LED sterilization lighting.

As shown in Figures 1 to 4, the medical instrument sterilizer of the present invention includes a case 100, the rotating body 200, the drive unit 300, the control unit 400. In addition, the medical instrument sterilizer of the present invention may further include an operation unit 121.

The case 100 includes an upper case 110 which is divided into an extraction chamber 112 having an outlet 111 and a sterilization chamber 114 having an UV lamp 113 and LED sterilization lighting 119 on the upper surface thereof. The lower case 120 is coupled to the lower portion of the upper case 110 and includes a driving unit 300 to be described later. In addition, a through hole 115 communicating with the lower case 120 is formed at the center of the bottom surface of the upper case 110.

In the upper case 110, the withdrawal chamber 112 occupies one third of the internal space, and the sterilization chamber 114 occupies two thirds of the internal space. The sterilization chamber 114 is divided into a first sterilization chamber 114 and a second sterilization chamber 114b.

Here, the compartment of the extraction chamber 112 and the sterilization chamber 114 and the compartment of the first sterilization chamber 114a and the second sterilization chamber 114b of the sterilization chamber 114 are formed by the partition wall 116, The partition wall 116 is installed to be spaced apart from the rotating body 200 so that the rotating body 200 and the medical device 220 inserted into the rotating body 200 will be prevented from being rotated.

The UV lamp 113 and the LED sterilization light 119 are installed on the upper surfaces of the first sterilization chamber 114a and the second sterilization chamber 114b, respectively, and have different sterilization times for each

sterilization chamber

114a and 114b. . For example, the sterilization time of the first sterilization chamber 114a may be set to 30 minutes, and the sterilization time of the second sterilization chamber 114b may be set to 1 hour.

In addition, the barrier rib 116 on the sterilization chamber 114 side prevents light from the UV lamp 113 and the LED sterilization light 119 from leaking toward the extraction chamber 112 and at the same time reflects the inside of the sterilization chamber 114. The reflection plate 117 is further provided.

On the other hand, the outlet 111 is provided with a door 118 for opening and closing the outlet 111.

And, the upper case 110 is preferably provided with a transparent material that is visible inside.

On the front of the lower case 120, input keys 122 such as a power key, a driving signal generation key, a UV lamp lighting key, a UV lamp time setting key, an LED sterilization lighting lighting key, and an LED sterilization lighting time setting key are provided. The operation unit 121 to be mounted is provided.

The rotating body 200 is rotatably installed between the drawing chamber 112 and the sterilizing chamber 114 so that a part of the rotating body 200 is exposed to the drawing chamber 112 and the remaining portion is exposed to the sterilizing chamber 114.

In addition, the rotating body 200 is provided in a stepped multi-stage, and the upper surface of the multi-stage is provided with a slot groove 210 to which the medical device 220 is inserted. Here, the insertion groove 210 may be provided as a small groove so that the medical instrument 220 can be inserted, or may be provided as a large groove so that the medical instrument 220 can be placed. In addition, the rotating body 200 may be provided in a single layer or may be provided in a multi-layer.

The drive unit 300 provides a rotational force so that the rotating body 200 is rotated. The drive unit 300 is located inside the lower case 120 and the center of the rotating body 200 through the through-hole 115 formed in the center of the bottom surface of the drive shaft 310 of the drive unit 300 Is coupled to.

In addition, the driving unit 300 may be driven by receiving an input signal of a driving signal generation key mounted on the operation unit 121 or may be controlled by the controller 400. At this time, the driving range of the driving unit 300 is set to the driving range to fit the partitioned space so that the region of the rotating body 200 located in one space in the next space.

The control unit 400 controls the lighting and sterilization time of the UV lamp 113 and the LED sterilization light 119, and after the sterilization time is finished, the sterilized medical instrument 220 in the sterilization chamber 114 is withdrawn from the chamber 112. The driving of the driving unit 300 is controlled to be located at.

In addition, the controller 400 is connected to an alarm generator 410 for generating an alarm signal and receiving the alarm signal when the sterilized medical instrument 220 is located in the withdrawal chamber 112.

Referring to the operation of the medical instrument sterilizer composed of the above configuration as follows.

First, the medical apparatus 220 is divided according to the use and the degree of infection of bacteria, and the divided medical apparatus 220 is located in the drawer chamber 112 through the outlet 111 of the case 100. ) And the driving signal generating key 122 of the manipulation unit 121 is pressed, and the driving unit 300 has a first area of the rotating body 200 located in the withdrawal chamber 112. The rotating body 200 is rotated to move to the first sterilization chamber 114a of the sterilization unit 114. Then, the second area of the rotating body 200 is located in the withdrawal chamber 112.

Subsequently, the other medical instrument 220 is inserted into the second region insertion groove 210 of the rotating body 200, and the driving signal generating key 122 of the manipulation unit 121 is pressed again to rotate the rotating body 200. . Then, the first region of the rotating body 200 located in the first sterilization chamber 114a of the sterilization chamber 114 moves to the second sterilization chamber 114b of the sterilization chamber 114, and the first sterilization chamber 114 of the sterilization chamber 114. In the sterilization chamber 114a, the second area of the rotating body 200 located in the withdrawal chamber 112 is located.

Subsequently, when the door 118 of the outlet 111 is closed, the UV lamp 113 and the LED sterilization light 119 of the first sterilization chamber 114a and the second sterilization chamber 114b are turned on, and the lit UV is turned on. Lamp 113 has a different sterilization time and at the same time the LED sterilization light 119 is turned on has a different sterilization time. At this time, the sterilization time of the UV lamp 113 and the LED sterilization light is set in the control unit 400, and may be set again through the UV lamp time setting key and the LED sterilization lighting time setting key of the operation unit 121.

First, when the sterilization time of the second sterilization chamber 114b is completed as the set time, the controller 400 controls the driving of the driving unit 300 to position the rotating body 200 in the second sterilization chamber 114b. The rotating body 200 is rotated such that the first region of) is located in the drawing chamber 112. In addition, when the first area of the rotating body 200 is located in the withdrawal chamber 112, an alarm signal is generated, and the alarm generator 410 connected to the control unit 400 receives a signal from the control unit 400. Raise an alarm.

When the primary alarm occurs, the user may open the door 118 and take out the sterilized medical device from the slot groove 210 of the rotating body 200 located in the withdrawal chamber 112.

On the other hand, the second region of the rotor 200 located in the first sterilization chamber (114a) is located in the second sterilization chamber (114b) by the rotation of the rotor 200.

However, when the sterilized medical apparatus 220 is taken out and the door 118 is closed, the controller 400 checks the driving range of the driving unit 300 so that the sterilization is not completed and the second body of the rotating body 200 is not finished. It is determined whether the region is out of the first sterilization chamber 114a, and if it is out of the driving range, the second region of the rotating body 200 is located in the first sterilization chamber 114a again. Control the drive. Therefore, the second region of the rotating body 200 in the original sterilization chamber 114a is sterilized for the remaining sterilization time.

In addition, when the primary alarm is generated and the door 118 of the outlet 111 is opened by the user, the control unit 400 turns off both the UV lamp 113 and the LED sterilization lighting 119, and the sterilization is completed. When the door 118 is closed after the medical instrument 220 is drawn out, the UV lamp 113 and the LED sterilization lighting 119 of the second sterilization chamber 114b, in which the second region of the rotating body 200 is located, UV lamp 113 and LED sterilization lighting 119 may be controlled to sterilize as much as the remaining sterilization time is turned on.

As such, when the sterilization time of the second region of the rotor 200 is completed, the controller 400 controls the driving of the driving unit 300 so that the second region of the rotor 200 is located in the drawer chamber 112. The rotating body 200 is rotated to generate an alarm signal. In addition, the alarm generator 410 receives a signal from the controller 400 to generate a secondary alarm.

When the secondary alarm occurs, the user may open the door 118 to take out the medical instrument 220 inserted into the second region insertion groove 210 of the rotating body 200 located in the withdrawal chamber 112.

As shown in FIG. 4, another embodiment of the medical device sterilizer of the present invention includes a case 100, a driving unit 200, and a control unit 300.

The case 100 is provided with an outlet 111 having a door 118 mounted on one surface thereof, and an upper case 110 in which a rotating body 130 is rotatably installed therein, and a power key and a drive on an outer surface thereof. The lower case 120 is provided with an operation unit 121 on which input keys such as a signal generating key, a UV lamp lighting key, and a UV lamp time setting key are mounted.

The rotating body 130 is radially installed toward the outside from the center of the bottom surface of the circular top plate 131 and partitions 132 for partitioning a plurality of spaces, and UV lamps installed on the top surface of each space portion, that is, the bottom surface of the top plate. 133 and the LED sterilization light 136 and the lower part of each space, that is, the UV lamp 133 and the lower part of the LED sterilization light 136, and the medical device 220 is plugged into the holder 134 Is done.

The holder 134 is provided in a stepped multi-stage, and the upper surface of the multi-stage is provided with a slot groove 135 into which the medical device 220 is inserted.

In addition, the UV lamp 133 and LED sterilization lighting 136 is set to different sterilization time for each space.

The driving unit 200 has the same configuration as the exemplary embodiment, is located inside the lower case 120 and is coupled to the center of the rotating body 130 to provide rotational force to the rotating body 130. In addition, the driving unit 200 may be driven by receiving an input signal of a driving signal generation key mounted on the operation unit 121 or may be controlled by the control unit 300.

The controller 300 controls the lighting and sterilization time of the UV lamp 133 and the LED sterilization light 136, and sterilization of the UV lamp 133 and the LED sterilization light 136 whose sterilization time is different for each space part. At the end of time, the sterilized space part controls the driving of the driving unit 200 to be located at the outlet 111 and generates an alarm signal.

Another embodiment of the medical instrument sterilizer having the above configuration is different from the embodiment is the partition 132 partitioning a plurality of space, UV lamp 133 and LED sterilization lighting 136 and each installed in the space portion and , The stand 134 has a rotating body 130 consisting of a body. Then, the control unit 400 when the sterilization time of the UV lamp 133 and the LED sterilization light 136 is set different sterilization time for each space portion, the drive unit 200 so that the sterilized space is located in the outlet 111 It is configured to control the driving of.

And in the medical instrument sterilizer according to Figures 1 to 3 and the medical instrument sterilizer according to Figure 4 LED sterilization lights may be UV LED or LED lightless lamp.

As described above, the present invention improves sterilization power by disinfecting medical devices by irradiation of UV lamps and LED sterilization lights having excellent sterilization power, and separates medical devices according to the use and the degree of infection of bacteria and puts them into different spaces. The sterilization efficiency is increased by setting different sterilization time of UV lamp and LED sterilization lighting according to the medical equipment put into each space part, and the product structure is simple and it is very easy to use, improving the productability and reliability.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments. That is, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can make many changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims, and all such appropriate changes and modifications Equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

It can be applied in the technical field of sterilizing medical devices or other similar sized devices to sterilize the devices.

Claims

A case having an interior space divided into one withdrawal chamber and one or more sterilization chambers by a partition wall, wherein the withdrawal chamber is provided with a door for storing and withdrawing sterilization objects;

UV lamps installed in any one or two or more of the sterilization chamber;

LED sterilization lights installed in any one or two or more of the sterilization chamber;

A reflection plate provided on the inner side of the sterilization chamber to reflect the UV lamp and LED sterilization light into the sterilization chamber;

Between the extraction chamber and the sterilization chamber is rotatably installed in a state that is not in contact with the partition wall in the stop state, a part is located in the withdrawal chamber and the other is located in the sterilization chamber, the groove is formed for the support of the medical device A rotating body;

A driving unit providing rotational power to the rotating body; And,

And a control unit for controlling the operation and operating time of the UV lamp and the LED sterilization light, and controlling the driving unit so that the region located in the sterilization chamber of the rotating body is located in the drawing room after the sterilization time is completed. Medical Instruments Sterilizers.
The method of claim 1,

The sterilization chamber is divided into a first sterilization chamber and a second sterilization chamber,

When the sterilization time of the first sterilization chamber is finished, the controller rotates a part of the rotating body in the first sterilization chamber to the withdrawal chamber for withdrawal of the sterilized medical instrument, and when the medical instrument is withdrawn from the withdrawal chamber, 2 is a medical instrument sterilizer characterized in that it is determined whether the sterilization time of the sterilization chamber is left to rotate a part of the medical instrument of the rotating body to the second sterilization chamber.
The method of claim 1,

And an operation setting unit for setting the operation time of the UV lamp and the LED sterilization light and the sterilization time of the sterilization chamber to the control unit.
The method of claim 1,

The LED sterilization lighting is a medical instrument sterilizer, characterized in that the UV LED or LED lightless.
The method of claim 1,

The control unit is a medical instrument sterilizer, characterized in that for generating a notification signal when the sterilized medical instrument is located in the withdrawal room.
The method of claim 1,

The UV lamp and LED sterilization lights are turned off when the door of the draw room is opened while the sterilization time is remaining, and is turned on again when the door of the draw room is closed.
The method of claim 1,

The rotating body is a stair-shaped multi-stage, medical instrument sterilizer, characterized in that the groove is formed in a variety of sizes on the upper surface of the multi-stage.