TWI850184B - Surgical instrument collection box and its unloading stand - Google Patents

Abstract

A surgical instrument collection box includes a scalpel unloading seat and a scalpel handle rack. The scalpel includes a handle and a blade that can be detachably engaged with the handle. The unloading seat includes two spaced partition walls and a magnet. The partition walls define a pressing space and a collecting space. The blade is forced to bend and deform toward the pressing space and away from the handle through the structural design of the partition walls, and the magnet can attract the blade that falls into the collecting space. The present invention can collect the blade, is easy to operate and has high safety.

Description

Surgical instrument collection box and its unloading stand

The present invention relates to a storage seat and a knife unloading seat for surgical instruments, in particular to a surgical instrument collection box and a knife unloading seat.

In the medical field, injuries caused by sharp objects are a common problem in occupational safety for medical personnel. Since sharp objects come into direct contact with the patient's blood or body fluids, if the operation is not careful, medical personnel may be punctured by sharp objects, causing potential harm and threats to their health.

In clinical surgery, despite the assistance of precision instruments, medical personnel still need to use surgical instruments such as sutures, suture needles, scalpels, etc. for a long time to perform surgery. At present, sponge needle holders are often used in clinical practice to collect surgical needles. However, due to the light weight of the sponge needle holder, medical personnel are prone to pull out the sponge needle holder together with the suture needle when clamping it, causing difficulty in operation. When medical personnel insert the suture needle into the sponge needle holder, if the operation is not careful, it often causes the suture needle to pop out, increasing the danger.

In addition, with repeated use of suture needles, their tips are prone to blunting or damage, making puncture difficult. Similarly, the tip of a scalpel blade is extremely sharp, and medical staff may be at risk of being injured by sharp objects during counting, recycling, and sorting. Solutions to these problems are urgently needed to ensure the safety of medical staff.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a knife unloading seat for a scalpel with high safety.

Therefore, the present invention provides a knife unloading seat for a scalpel, which comprises a knife handle and a blade that can be detachably engaged with the knife handle. The knife unloading seat for the scalpel comprises two spaced partition walls and a magnet.

The partition walls define an insertion space extending in a front-to-back direction, a channel extending in the front-to-back direction and connecting the insertion space with the outside, a pressing space connected to the channel and intersecting the insertion space in a left-right direction, and a collecting space connected to the insertion space in an up-down direction. The channel and the insertion space are suitable for inserting the blade in the front-to-back direction. One of the partition walls has a pushing portion protruding toward the pressing space in the left-right direction, and the pushing portion is suitable for forcing the blade to bend and deform toward the pressing space, so that the blade is pushed up by the pushing portion to break away from the handle and fall into the collecting space.

The magnet is installed in the collecting space and is suitable for attracting the blade dropped into the collecting space.

Therefore, another object of the present invention is to provide a surgical instrument collection box with high safety.

Therefore, the surgical instrument collection box of the present invention comprises a wall unit, a knife unloading seat as described above, and a knife handle rack.

The tool unloading seat is connected to the surrounding wall unit.

The tool handle frame is connected to the surrounding wall unit, and defines a tool placement space extending along the front-rear direction and opening toward the front with the surrounding wall unit and the tool unloading seat. The tool handle frame includes a first bracket and a second bracket spaced apart from the first bracket along the front-rear direction. The first bracket has a plurality of main abutment grooves spaced apart along the left-right direction and extending downward from the top edge, and the second bracket has a plurality of secondary abutment grooves extending downward from the top edge and corresponding in position to the main abutment grooves. One end of the tool handle can abut against one of the main abutment grooves, and the other end of the tool handle can abut against the corresponding secondary abutment groove.

The effect of the present invention is that the blade is forced to bend and deform toward the pressing space and away from the blade handle through the structural design of the partition walls of the blade unloading seat, and then the blade falling into the collection space is attracted by the magnet to achieve the function of collecting the blade, which is convenient to operate and highly safe.

Referring to Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, an embodiment of the surgical instrument collection box of the present invention is suitable for storing a plurality of suture needles 8 and a plurality of scalpels 9. The surgical instrument collection box comprises a wall unit 1, a suture needle storage seat 2, a knife handle rack 3, and a knife unloading seat 4.

The wall unit 1 includes a bottom wall 11, a side wall 12 connected to the bottom wall 11, a rear wall 13 connected to the bottom wall 11 and the side wall 12, and two connecting walls 14 extending upward from the bottom wall 11 along a vertical direction Z and spaced apart along a horizontal direction X. Each connecting wall 14 has a fixing groove 141 extending downward from the top edge and a supporting portion 142 extending inward.

The sewing needle storage seat 2 is connected to the surrounding wall unit 1 and is used to store the sewing needles 8, and includes a seat body 21 spaced apart from the bottom wall 11 along the up-down direction Z, and a magnetic member 22.

The base 21 defines a magnetic storage space 210 extending along a front-rear direction Y and opening toward the front. The base 21 has a top surface 211 and two ribs 212 extending upward from the top surface 211 along the up-down direction Z.

1 , 3 and 4 , the top surface 211 has two symbol groups 213 spaced apart from the ribs 212 along the left-right direction X, and two grooves 214 spaced apart from the symbol groups 213 along the left-right direction X. Each symbol group 213 is located on the right side of each rib 212 and has a plurality of numerical symbols 215 , and each groove 214 is located on the left side of each rib 212 .

The ribs 212 are arranged at intervals along the left-right direction X. Each rib 212 has a plurality of needle slots 216 arranged at intervals and capable of receiving the sewing needles 8. The number of the numerical symbols 215 of each symbol group 213 corresponds to the number of the needle slots 216 of each rib 212.

The magnetic member 22 is detachably disposed in the magnetic capacity space 210 along the front-rear direction Y and is used to attract the sewing needles 8 made of iron. In this embodiment, the magnetic member 22 is a magnet.

During implementation, the user can store a plurality of sewing needles 8 in the needle slots 216 so that the sewing needles 8 are neatly arranged in the needle slots 216 along the left-right direction X. When the user wants to count the number of the sewing needles 8, the user can quickly know the number of the sewing needles 8 through the numerical symbols 215 next to the needle slots 216, which is convenient for the user to count.

When the user uses a needle holder (not shown) to clamp one of the suture needles 8, the structural design of the grooves 214 on the top surface 211 increases the height difference between the tip of the needle holder and the suture needle 8, which is convenient for the user to clamp the suture needle 8.

Referring to Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 5, the knife handle rack 3 can be used to place a plurality of the scalpels 9. Each of the scalpels 9 includes a knife handle 91 and a blade 92 that can be detachably engaged with the knife handle 91.

The knife handle 91 includes a gripping end 911 for hand gripping, and a knife handle head 912 opposite to the gripping end 911. The knife handle head 912 has an interface 913, and a slot 914 formed between the interface 913 and the gripping end 911.

The blade 92 is made of a ferrous material and includes a fixed end 921 that can be engaged with the slot 914, a cutting end 922 opposite to the fixed end 921 and used for cutting, and a slot 923 formed between the fixed end 921 and the cutting end 922 and detachably connected to the interface 913.

The knife handle frame 3 is connected to the bottom wall 11 and the connecting walls 14 of the surrounding wall unit 1, and includes a first bracket 31 that can be operated to move along the front-to-back direction Y, a second bracket 32 that is spaced apart from the first bracket 31 along the front-to-back direction Y and whose opposite ends are respectively engaged with the fixing grooves 141, and a bottom plate 33 that can slide along the front-to-back direction Y and is connected to the first bracket 31 at one side. The second bracket 32 is spaced apart from the sewing needle storage seat 2 along the up-down direction Z, and is spaced apart from the rear wall 13 along the front-to-back direction Y.

The first bracket 31 has three main abutting grooves 311 spaced apart along the left-right direction X and extending downward from the top edge. The second bracket 32 has three secondary abutting grooves 321 extending downward from the top edge and corresponding to the main abutting grooves 311. The gripping end 911 of the knife handle 91 can abut against one of the main abutting grooves 311, and the handle head 912 of the knife handle 91 can abut against the corresponding secondary abutting groove 321.

The bottom plate 33 has a plate body 331 and two extension portions 332 extending from the plate body 331 along the left-right direction X. The extension portions 332 can respectively abut against the abutting portions 142 .

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 , in practice, the handle frame 3 can move between a folded position (FIG. 1) and an extended position (FIG. 2) relative to the surrounding wall unit 1. When the handle frame 3 is at the folded position, the first bracket 31 is close to the second bracket 32. When the handle frame 3 is at the extended position, the first bracket 31 is away from the second bracket 32 and the extension portions 332 respectively abut against the abutting portions 142, so that the handle head 912 can abut against the corresponding secondary abutting groove 321 and the grip end 911 abuts against the corresponding primary abutting groove 311.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the number of the main abutment grooves 311 and the auxiliary abutment grooves 321 is three, but it can also be one, two, or more than three, as long as the scalpels 9 can be inserted, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Referring to Fig. 3, Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, the knife unloading seat 4 is used to allow the blade 92 of each scalpel 9 to be separated from the knife handle 91. The knife unloading seat 4, the surrounding wall unit 1 and the knife handle frame 3 define a knife placement space P extending along the front-rear direction Y and opening toward the front. The knife unloading seat 4 includes two spaced partition walls 41, a collecting member 42 and a magnet 43.

6 to 8 , the partition walls 41 are spaced from the side wall 12 along the left-right direction X, and define an insertion space 44 extending along the front-back direction Y and opening upward, a passage 45 extending along the front-back direction Y and connecting the insertion space 44 with the outside, a pressing space 46 connected to the passage 45 and intersecting the insertion space 44 along the left-right direction X, and a collecting space 47 connected to the insertion space 44 along the up-down direction Z. The passage 45 and the insertion space 44 enable the blade 92 to be inserted along the front-back direction Y.

One of the partition walls 41 has a push-pull portion 411 protruding toward the pressing space 46 along the left-right direction X. The other partition wall 41 has a knife-resisting portion 412 connected to the push-pull portion 411 and capable of being resisted by the blade 92. The push-pull portion 411 can force the blade 92 to bend and deform toward the pressing space 46, so that the blade 92 is limited between the push-pull portion 411 and the knife-resisting portion 412. At this time, the user only needs to apply force to the knife handle 91 backwards to make the bent and deformed blade 92 separate from the knife handle 91 and fall into the collection space 47.

The collecting member 42 is detachably disposed in the collecting space 47 along the front-rear direction Y and can collect the blade 92 dropped from the insertion space 44 .

The magnet 43 is installed in the collecting space 47 and can attract the blade 92 dropped into the collecting space 47. In this embodiment, the magnet 43 is a magnet.

During implementation, as shown in FIG7 and FIG8 , the scalpel 9 is first inserted downward from the top of the partition walls 41 into the insertion space 44, so that the blade 92 is located between the partition walls 41, and the fixed end 921 is pressed against the push-pull portion 411. Then, as shown in FIG9 and FIG10 , the knife handle 91 is moved toward the channel 45, so that the fixed end 921 of the blade 92 moves along the push-pull portion 411 toward the knife-pull portion 412, and at this time, the blade 92 is pressed by the push-pull portion 411 and is bent and deformed toward the pressing space 46. Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 11 , finally, the fixed end 921 of the blade 92 is pushed up by the blade-resisting portion 412 and is limited in the pressing space 46, and the user applies force backward from the gripping end 911 to separate the blade 92 from the handle head 912 of the handle 91, thereby achieving the function of removing the blade 92. The removed blade 92 can be attracted by the magnet 43 and fall downward into the collecting space 47, thereby achieving the effect of collecting the blade 92.

Through the above description, the advantages of the above embodiments can be summarized as follows:

1. The sewing needle storage seat 2 attracts the sewing needles 8 made of iron through the magnetic member 22, so that the sewing needles 8 can be stably arranged in the needle grooves 216, which is convenient for operation and can improve safety.

2. The structural design of the partition walls 41 of the unloading seat 4 forces the blade 92 to bend and deform toward the pressing space 46 and away from the handle 91, and then the blade 92 that falls into the collecting space 47 is attracted by the magnet 43, which is highly safe.

3. Since the collecting member 42 of the blade removal seat 4 can be detachably disposed in the collecting space 47, the user can take out the removed blade 92 after the collecting member 42 is detached from the collecting space 47, thereby reducing the possibility of being stabbed by touching the blade 92 with both hands.

4. The user can quickly know the number of the sewing needles 8 in the sewing needle storage seat 2 through the numerical symbols 215 next to the needle grooves 216, which is highly practical.

However, the above is only an example of the implementation of the present invention, and it cannot be used to limit the scope of the implementation of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the patent of the present invention.

1: wall unit 11: bottom wall 12: side wall 13: rear wall 14: connecting wall 141: fixing groove 142: abutment part 2: needle storage seat 21: seat body 210: magnetic space 211: top surface 212: rib 213: symbol group 214: groove 215: digital symbol 216: needle groove 22: magnetic part 3: knife handle frame 31: first bracket 311: main abutment groove 32: second bracket 321: auxiliary abutment groove 33: bottom plate 331: plate body 332: extension part 4: knife unloading seat 41: partition wall 411: push-pull part 412: knife abutment part 42: collection part 43: Magnet 44: Insertion space 45: Channel 46: Pressing space 47: Collection space 8: Suture needle 9: Scalpel 91: Handle 911: Grip end 912: Handle head 913: Interface 914: Slot 92: Blade 921: Fixed end 922: Cutting end 923: Slot P: Blade space X: Left and right direction Y: Front and back direction Z: Up and down direction

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional diagram illustrating an embodiment of the surgical instrument collection box of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional diagram of the embodiment viewed from another angle, illustrating a first bracket and a collection member moving forward in a front-to-back direction; FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional exploded diagram of the embodiment; FIG. 4 is a top view of the embodiment; FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional exploded diagram of a scalpel, which includes a handle and a blade; FIG. 6 is a three-dimensional cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 4; FIG. 7 is an operation schematic diagram of the embodiment, illustrating that the scalpel is inserted into an insertion space; FIG. 8 is a three-dimensional cross-sectional view of FIG. 7; FIG. 9 is an operation diagram following FIG. 7 , illustrating that the blade is bent and deformed toward a pressing space; FIG. 10 is a top view of FIG. 9 ; and FIG. 11 is an operation diagram following FIG. 10 , illustrating that the blade is separated from the handle and falls into a collection space.

1: Wall unit

2: Sewing needle storage seat

3: Knife handle holder

4: Unloading knife seat

8:Sewing needle

9: Scalpel

P: Knife placement space

X: left and right direction

Y: front and back direction

Z: Up and down direction

Claims (8)

A knife unloading seat for a scalpel, the scalpel comprising a knife handle, and a blade detachably engaged with the knife handle, the knife unloading seat for the scalpel comprising: Two spaced partition walls defining an insertion space extending in a front-to-back direction, a channel extending in the front-to-back direction and connecting the insertion space with the outside, a pressing space connected to the channel and intersecting the insertion space in a left-right direction, and a collecting space connected to the insertion space in an up-down direction, the channel and the insertion space being suitable for inserting the blade in the front-to-back direction, wherein one of the partition walls has a pushing portion protruding toward the pressing space in the left-to-right direction, the pushing portion being suitable for forcing the blade to bend and deform toward the pressing space, so that the blade is pushed out by the pushing portion and detached from the knife handle and falls into the collecting space; and A magnet, mounted in the collecting space, is adapted to attract the blade dropped into the collecting space. The knife unloading seat for a surgical knife as described in claim 1 further comprises a collecting piece, which is detachably disposed in the collecting space along the front-rear direction and is used to collect the blade dropped from the insertion space. A surgical instrument collection box, comprising: a wall unit; a knife unloading seat as described in any one of claim items 1 to 2, connected to the wall unit; a knife handle rack, connected to the wall unit, and defining a knife placement space extending along the front-to-back direction and opening forward with the wall unit and the knife unloading seat, the knife handle rack comprising a first bracket that can be operated to move along the front-to-back direction, and a second bracket spaced apart from the first bracket along the front-to-back direction, the first bracket having a plurality of main abutting grooves spaced apart along the left-right direction and extending downward from the top edge, the second bracket having a plurality of secondary abutting grooves extending downward from the top edge and corresponding to the main abutting grooves, one end of the knife handle can abut against one of the main abutting grooves, and the other end of the knife handle can abut against the corresponding secondary abutting groove. The surgical instrument collection box as described in claim 3 also includes a suture needle storage seat suitable for storing a plurality of suture needles made of iron, the suture needle storage seat includes a seat body and a magnetic member, the seat body defines a magnetic-capable space extending along the front-to-back direction and opening toward the front, the seat body has a top surface, and at least one convex rib extending from the top surface along the up-down direction, the at least one convex rib has a plurality of needle grooves arranged at intervals and suitable for arranging the suture needles, the magnetic member is detachably arranged in the magnetic-capable space along the front-to-back direction and suitable for attracting the suture needles. A surgical instrument collection box as described in claim 4, wherein the base has two ribs, and the ribs are arranged at intervals along the left-right direction. A surgical instrument collection box as described in claim 4, wherein the top surface has at least one symbol group spaced apart from the at least one convex rib. A surgical instrument collection box as described in claim 6, wherein the at least one symbol group has a plurality of numerical symbols, and the number of the numerical symbols corresponds to the number of the needle slots respectively. A surgical instrument collection box as described in claim 4, wherein the surrounding wall unit includes a bottom wall separated from the suture storage seat along the up-down direction, a side wall connected to the bottom wall and separated from the knife unloading seat along the left-right direction, and a rear wall connected to the bottom wall and the side wall and separated from the second bracket along the front-rear direction.