JPH0367705B2 - - Google Patents

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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 simply placed in a suitable container 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.

The report also highlighted the fact that medical equipment, such as used hypodermic needles, which can be a source of infection, has recently been found in general garbage, and it is hoped that a medical waste disposal system will be established. We are currently working on this.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In view of the problems of the prior art, the present invention first divides used injection needles into a less dangerous state, and then immediately stores the divided parts in a safe state.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing device and a processing container that make it possible to incinerate this.

(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, it consists of a processing container that hermetically accommodates a syringe needle that has been cut into two pieces, a main body into which the processing container is placed, and a lid that can be detached and tightened on the main body. The lid of this processor is equipped with a processing tool, and this processing tool is located above a through hole drilled in the center of the lid, and is located between the base insertion hole of the injection needle and the tip of the injection needle. It consists of a mounting plate with a cutting hole and a cutting blade body whose tip is pivotally attached to this mounting plate.The cutting blade body has a straight blade on the side for cutting the base of the injection needle and a needle on the tip. It has a slanted blade for cutting the tip of the needle, and operates an operating lever on the cutting blade body against a tension spring to cut the needle into parts, and the cut injection needle is dropped into the processing container for processing. I decided to do this.

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. A processing container B shown in FIG. 4 is inserted into the main body 1,
A syringe needle (see FIG. 5) 4 attached to the tip of a used syringe 3 cut by the processor A, divided into two parts, is stored here.

The processor A will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. Processor A is molded from chemical-resistant synthetic resin.
All tools for disposing of used syringes 3 are attached to the lid 2.

5 is a processing tool mounting plate, and as shown in Fig. 3, the lid 2 is
The lid 2 is provided with a hook-shaped hook portion 8 provided at the lower end of a hook-shaped projection portion 7 provided symmetrically on both sides opposite to the locking bent piece 6 on the back side of the locking bent piece 6. It is installed by inserting it into the mounting hole.

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

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. Corresponding to this, the cutting blade body 1
1 is equipped 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 parts 18, 18a and cut by the straight blade 14a.

Further, the cutting hole 17 of the tip 15 is made of a hard metal material, as shown in FIG.
5a to shear the hard tip of the injection needle.

Processing container B (Fig. 4) has a main body 19 and a lid 19a.
The lid 19a is high-frequency welded 20 to the main body 19 to prevent it from falling off. The lid 19a 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 when the processing container B is inserted into the main body 1 of the processing device A.

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 tighten the lid 2 with the tightening tool 23.

(2) Insert the tip 15 (FIG. 5) of the used injection needle into the cutting hole 17, rotate the operating lever 10 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1, and cut it 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 injection needle with the tip cut off into the insertion hole 16 up to its base, operate the operating lever 10 again, and cut the base 14 by sandwiching it between the straight blade 14a and the uneven parts 18, 18a. 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, take out the processing container B by removing the lid 2 of the processing device A and sealing the seal 21.
A, 21b are attached to the holes 21, 22, respectively. Discard it in this state.

(Effect) Insert the processing container B into the processing device A and insert the syringe needle into the
Since it is divided and stored as is in the processing container, all that is left to do is seal the hole in the processing container and it can be safely transported for incineration.

In particular, since the needle is divided into two parts, even if the processing containers are scattered during transportation, there is no risk of the needles sticking into them, and the containers can be processed safely.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a processor according to the present invention. FIG. 2a is a surface view of the lid constituting the processor. FIG. 2b is an enlarged sectional view of the vicinity of the cut hole. 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: A...used syringe needle cutting device (processing device), B...processing container, 1... (processing device)
Main body, 2... (processor) lid, 3... syringe,
4... Syringe needle, 5... Mounting plate, 6... Locking bent piece, 7... Ear-shaped projection, 8... Hook-shaped hook, 9...
...Through hole, 10...Operation lever, 10a...Fixed lever, 11...Cutting blade body, 12...Pin, 1
3... tension spring, 14... (syringe needle) base, 1
4a... Straight blade, 15... (syringe needle) tip,
15a... Oblique blade, 16... Base insertion hole, 17...
Cutting hole, 18, 18a... Uneven part, 19... Main body part (of the processing container), 19a... (of the processing container)
Lid, 20... Welded portion, 21a, 22a... Seal.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A processing container B that hermetically stores a hypodermic needle that has been cut into two pieces, a main body 1 into which the container B is placed, and a main body 1 that can be detachably attached and tightened. The lid 2 of the processor is equipped with a processing tool, and the processing tool is located above the through hole 9 drilled in the center of the lid 2, and the processing tool is located above the through hole 9 drilled in the center of the lid 2. It consists of a mounting plate 5 having a base insertion hole 16 and a needle tip cutting hole 17, and a cutting blade main body 11 whose tip is pivotally attached to the mounting plate 5. It has a straight blade 14a for cutting the base of the needle and a slanted blade 15a for cutting the tip of the injection needle at the distal end, and the operation lever 1 of the cutting blade main body 11 resists the tension spring.
A used syringe needle cutting device characterized in that the used syringe needle is cut into pieces by operating a needle 0, and the cut syringe needle is dropped into the processing container B for processing. 2 The processing container B has a main body portion 19 of the processing container B,
The lid 19a has two holes 21 and 22 that are aligned with the base insertion hole 16 and the cutting hole 17 provided in the mounting plate 5, respectively. Seal the hole 21
2. The used syringe needle cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the used syringe needle cutting device is made airtight by being sealed by the syringe needles a and 22a.