JPH02134152A - Device for handling and cutting used injection needle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To safely carry an injection needle to be incinerated by installing a handling means on a removable cover of a handling device, mounting a handling receptacle in the handling device, and dividing injection needles into two parts to be stored and sealed as they are in the handling receptacle. CONSTITUTION:A handling receptacle B is inserted in a main body portion 1 of a handling device A and a cover 2 is fastened. The forward end portion 15 of a used injection needle is inserted in a cutting hole 17, an operating lever 10 is turned to cut the needle by an oblique edge, subsequently the injection needle, the forward end of which is cut, is inserted in an insert hole 16 to the root, and again the operating lever 10 is operated to nip the base portion 14 between a straight edge and an uneven portion 18 and cut same. Thus, both cut injection needles drop in the handling receptacle B. When the handling receptacle B is filled up with cut needles, the handling receptacle B is taken out, and seals 21a, 21b are stuck to the respective holes 21, 22. Accordingly, the needles can be incinerated in a safe state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a used syringe needle cutting device and a processing container for syringe needles processed by the cutting device.

(Prior Art) In recent years, injection needles have become disposable. However, used syringe needles used in hospitals and other facilities were placed in appropriate containers and buried in the soil. In recent years, syringe needles have been disposed of as industrial waste, but accidents involving syringe needles have occurred during the collection and resource sorting stages.

It also highlighted the fact that medical equipment that could become a source of infection, such as used hypodermic needles, has recently been found in general garbage.
The establishment of a medical waste treatment system is desired, and local governments are also working on this measure.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In view of the problems of the prior art, a used injection needle is first divided into a less dangerous state, and then the divided part is immediately stored in a safe state. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a processing device and a processing container that make it possible to incinerate.

(Means for solving problems by the invention) Consisting of a processing container and a processing device that houses the processing container, the processing device has a removable lid, and a processing tool that can divide a used syringe needle into two pieces is attached to the lid. The cut injection needle can be stored in the processing container.

・More specifically, a processing container that hermetically accommodates a hypodermic needle that has been cut into two pieces, a main body into which the processing container is inserted, and a lid that can be attached and tightened removably on the main body. The lid of this processor is equipped with a processing tool, and this processing tool is located above the through hole drilled in the center of the lid, and is located between the injection needle base insertion hole and the injection needle base insertion hole. It consists of a mounting plate with a tip cutting hole and a cutting blade body whose tip is pivotally attached to this mounting plate. It has a slanted blade for cutting the tip of the injection needle, and the operation lever of the cutting blade body is operated against a tension spring to cut the injection needle into parts, and the cut injection needle is dropped into the processing container for disposal. I made it a feature.

Further, the processing container is composed of a main body and a lid hermetically fixed to the main body, and the lid is provided with two holes that are aligned with the base insertion holes provided in the mounting plate, and these holes are sealed. It can be sealed and disposed of.

(Example) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a used syringe needle cutting device (hereinafter simply referred to as a processor) A according to the present invention. The processor A is composed of a main body 1 and a lid 2. The processing container B shown in FIG. 4 is inserted into the main body 1, and the injection needle (see FIG. 5) 4 attached to the tip of the used syringe 3 that has been cut by the processing device A is inserted into the main body 1. The divided items are stored.

The processor A will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

The disposal device A is molded from a chemical-resistant synthetic resin, and all the disposal tools for the used syringes 3 are attached to the lid 2.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a processing tool mounting plate, which has a locking bent piece 6 on the back side of M2 and ear-shaped projections 7 provided symmetrically on both sides opposite to the locking bent piece 6, as shown in FIG. Hook-shaped hook part 8 provided at the bottom of the tip
It is installed by inserting it into a mounting hole provided in the lid 2.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a through hole provided in the center of the lid 2, and a processing tool attached to the mounting plate 5 is located above this hole.

Reference numeral 10 denotes an operating lever for the cutting blade body 11, which is pivotally connected to the mounting plate 5 near its tip with a pin 12, and is connected to the central portion 13a of the cutting blade body 11 and the end of the locking bent piece 6 of the mounting plate 5. 13
It is biased by a tension spring 13 installed between the mounting plate 5 (FIG. 3), and its rotation is restrained by the ear-like protrusion 7 on one side of the mounting plate 5 when not cutting. 10a is the operating lever 10
It is fixed to the other ear-like protrusion 7 by a fixing lever provided correspondingly.

Now, as shown in FIG. 5, the syringe 3 is cut into a base 14 and a distal end 15 of the needle 4, thereby dividing the needle into two parts. Correspondingly, the cutting blade main body 11 is provided with a straight blade 14a provided on the side.

16 is an insertion hole in the base 14 of the injection needle, and 17 is a cut hole in the tip 15 of the injection needle, which is fixed to the mounting plate 5. The insertion hole 16 of the base is provided with an uneven part 18 to prevent the base 14 made of synthetic resin of the injection needle from slipping when cutting, and in alignment with the uneven part 18, an uneven part 18a is also provided on the lid side. is provided.

The base of the injection needle is pushed into these uneven portions 18.18a and cut by the straight blade 14a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2(b), the cutting hole 17 in the tip 15 is made of a hard metal material, and cooperates with the oblique blade 15a to shear the hard tip of the injection needle.

Processing container B (FIG. 4) consists of a main body 19 and a lid 19a, and the lid 19a is high-frequency welded 20 to the main body 19.
It is designed not to fall off. The processing container B is attached to the lid 19a.
When inserted into the main body 1 of the processor A, it has a hole 21 that aligns with the base insertion hole 16 of the injection needle and a hole 22 that aligns with the cutting hole 17.

21a and 22a are seals that close the holes 21 and 22 when the processing container B is filled with cut injection needles.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a pair of tightening devices provided on both sides of the upper part of the main body 1 of the processing device A, which completely seals the lid 2 and prevents the lid 2 from falling off and the processing container B from popping out when processing injection needles. , to avoid the risk of the cut needles being scattered.

(effect) A method for disposing of used injection needles will be explained below.

1) Insert the processing container B into the main body 1 of the processing device A, and close the lid 2.
is tightened with the tightening tool 23.

2) Cut the tip 15 (Fig. 5) of the used injection needle into the hole 17.
1, rotate the operating lever 1o in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1, and cut with the oblique blade 15a. At this time, since the lower part of the tip portion 15 is inserted into the hole 22 provided in the lid 19a of the processing container B, the cut tip portion falls into the processing container B.

3) Next, insert the syringe needle with the tip cut off into the insertion hole 16 up to its base, and operate the operating lever 10 again to insert the straight blade 14a.
The base 14 is sandwiched between the concave and convex portions 18 and 18a and cut.

At this time as well, since the tip of the injection needle is cut while being inserted into the hole 21 of the processing container B, it also falls into the processing container B.

4) When the processing container B is filled with cut needles, the processing container B is closed to the lid 2 of the processing device A by its tightening tool 23.
Remove and take out the seal 21a.

21b into each hole 21.22. Dispose of it in this state.

(Effects) Processing container B is inserted into processing device A, and the syringe needle is divided into two parts and stored in the processing container as is. All that is left to do is sealing the hole in the processing container and the needle can be incinerated. It can be transported as safely as possible.

In particular, since the needle is divided into two parts, even if the processing container is scattered during transportation, there is no danger of the needle getting stuck.
This can be handled safely.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a processor according to the present invention. FIG. 2(a) is a surface view of the lid constituting the processing device. Figure 3 is a back view of the lid. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the processing container. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the syringe. In the figure; 8. Used syringe needle cutting device (processing device) B Processing container (of the processing device) Syringe mounting plate Ear-shaped projection through hole Fixed lever Cutting blade body Tension spring Straight blade Oblique blade Cutting hole (of the processing container) Main body of welded part (of the processing container) 2 Lid (of the processing device) 4 Syringe needle 6 Locking bent piece 8 Hook-shaped latching portion 1O operation lever 12 Pin 14 Base 15 (of the syringe needle) Tip (of the syringe needle) Part 16 Base insertion hole 18.18a Uneven part Main body lid 21a, 22a Seal and above Applicant Nippon Nameplate Industries Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Isamu Ohashi Figure 2 (a) Figure 2 (b) Figure 3 +00 hard % formula % 1. Indication of the case 1987 Patent Application No. 287207 2. Name of the invention Spent syringe needle cutting device and processing container 3 , Relationship with the case of the person making the amendment Patent applicant address Matsuhidai Aza Naka J, Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture! 286 number 5 name
Nippon Nameplate Industries Co., Ltd. 4, Agent Figure 5 Amendment Matters (Patent Application 1987-287207) 1, ; 1 Submit ink drawings (all drawings). 2. Insert the following between lines 13 and 14 on page 9 of the specification. "Figure 2 (b) is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the cut hole." Applicant: Isamu Ohashi, Patent Attorney, Japan Nameplate Industries Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) Consisting of a processing container (B) and a used needle cutting device (A) that houses the processing container, the cutting device (A) has a removable lid (2). and place two used syringe needles in the lid (2).
A used syringe needle cutting device characterized in that a syringe needle that has been cut by being equipped with a processing tool that can be divided into pieces can be stored in the processing container (B). 2) A processing container (B) that hermetically stores the injection needle that has been cut into two cut pieces, and a main body (B) into which the container (B) is inserted.
1) and a removable and tightenable lid (
2), and the lid (2) of the processor is equipped with a processing tool, and the processing tool has a through hole (9) drilled in the center of the lid (2). A mounting plate (5) located at the top and provided with a hypodermic needle base insertion hole (16) and a hypodermic needle tip cutting hole (17), and a cutting blade whose distal end is pivoted to the mounting plate (5). It consists of a main body (11), the cutting blade main body (11)
has a straight blade (14a) on the side for cutting the base of the injection needle, and a slanted blade (15a) for cutting the tip of the injection needle on the tip,
The operating lever (11) of the cutting blade body (11) is pressed against the tension spring
A used syringe needle cutting device, characterized in that the used syringe needle is cut into pieces by operating the syringe needle (10), and the cut syringe needle is dropped into the processing container (11). 3) Consisting of a main body (18) and a lid (19) hermetically fixed to the main body (18), the lid (19) has a base insertion hole (17) provided in the mounting plate (5). A processing container for cut used syringe needles, which is provided with two holes (21 and 22) that are aligned with each other, and the holes can be sealed and closed.