U.S. patent application number 10/398985 was filed with the patent office on 2004-03-04 for medical container for storage and disposal.
Invention is credited to Koseki, Tomoaki.
Application Number | 20040040873 10/398985 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 31972251 |
Filed Date | 2004-03-04 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040040873 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Koseki, Tomoaki |
March 4, 2004 |
Medical container for storage and disposal
Abstract
The main part of the container is a square shape box, the inside
of which is divided crosswise with partition walls, and each stock
space has a flap lid to prevent loss of the substance placed
inside, and alto to prevent infection. Numbers are applied on top
of the flap lid to facilitate counting and distinguishing of each
stock space. The material used for parts other than the bottom
plate is transparent resin, to visually reconfirm the stored
substances in a safe manner. The container is made of uniform
molding method enabling affordable manufacturing of the container.
With the above means, a safe easy-to-use medical container for
counting, keeping, and storing and disposing of used surgical
needles, gauze pieces, extracted stones and organ pieces, is
provided.
Inventors: |
Koseki, Tomoaki;
(Chiyoda-ku, JP) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Tomoaki Koseki
17 2 Sotokanda
2 Chome
Chiyoda ku
101-0021
JP
|
Family ID: |
31972251 |
Appl. No.: |
10/398985 |
Filed: |
March 27, 2003 |
PCT Filed: |
August 27, 2002 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/JP02/08618 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
206/363 ;
206/210; 206/438 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A61B 50/37 20160201;
A61B 2050/0056 20160201; A61B 2050/3015 20160201; A61B 2050/006
20160201; A61B 50/362 20160201; A61B 2050/3008 20160201; A61B
2090/0804 20160201 |
Class at
Publication: |
206/363 ;
206/210; 206/438 |
International
Class: |
B65D 083/10 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A medical container for storage and disposal which can be used
to count, to distinguish, to store or to dispose used surgical
needles, gauze pieces, extracted stones and organ pieces, the
container of which consists of the main box and the main lid,
wherein the inside of the main box is divided lengthwise and
breadthwise by partition walls, and a flap lid is applied on top of
each of the divided stock space, each flap lid bends inwards when a
substance is pushed on top of the lid, and when the substance drops
inside the stock space the lid returns to its original position
with its own resilient force and the lid closes; numbers are
applied on top of the lid for counting and visual confirmation, and
the side walls, partition walls, the flap lids and the main lid are
all made of transparent resin, and adhesive pads are adhered on the
outside of the bottom plate of the main box for slip-proof, and
when substances are stored inside the box, the main box is covered
with the main lid, sealed up and preserved or disposed.
2. A manufacturing method for the main part of the medical
container for storage and disposal as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the side walls of the main box, the partition walls, the flap lids
are all made of transparent plastic resin manufactured with uniform
injection molding method, the flap lid made so that the root par
which bends is made thinly with springy features, the numbers on
top of the flap lids are embossed with mould or shaved, the right
and the left sides and the front side of the flap lid is cut off
with Thompson razor blade after the molding to enable
open-and-close structure, and the separately molded bottom plate is
applied onto the main box.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a medical container for storage
and disposal to count and store used surgical needles, gauze
pieces, removed stones and organ parts, and then to preserve or
dispose those substances.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
[0002] There have been many proposals for surgical needle counters
to count used needles, wherein used needles are adsorbed and fixed
with flat magnets or stickers and such, or insert the needles on
sponges and such. There also have been proposals for gauze piece
counters in which gauze pieces are placed inside a hollow ditch
made on resin-made plane plates.
[0003] Stones and organs removed from a human body are usually
placed on petri dishes or kidney basins, and there have not been
any proposals for containers to exclusively count and preserve
extracted stones and organs.
SUMMARY OF THIS INVENTION
[0004] When needles, gauze pieces, stones, and organ pieces are
stored in a container, there are risks that the container may be
knocked over and toppled during surgery if the structure of the
container is an open-hole type only to drop those substances inside
the container, and there are also dangers of infection and of loss
of the substances.
[0005] There are many substances that requires counting and storing
during a surgery, but those substances have different shapes and
forms, so a container with one uniform design had not served the
objective of satisfying the needs to handle all of those
substances.
[0006] It is idealistic to contain the used needles, gauze pieces,
stones and organ pieces inside a container which can be sealed up,
and then conduct reconfirmation procedures or the container to
handled by any outside person after all risks of infection and such
are totally excluded.
[0007] This invention is composed of a main box and a lid, wherein
the structure is made so that the inside of the square shaped main
box is divided lengthwise and breadthwise by partition walls, a
flap lid which opens and closes is applied on the top part of each
divided stock space, and each flap lid bends inwards when a
substance is pushed on the lid, and when the substance drops into
the stock space the flap lid bends back to its original position
with its own resilient force and thence the flap lid closes. Each
flap lid has a number on the top for visual confirmation for
counting or distinguishing each space. The side walls of the main
box, the partition walls, the flap lids and the main lid are all
made of transparent resin. Slip-proof pads are adhered at the
external base of the bottom plate of the main box. After counting
the substances, the main box can be covered with the main lid, and
the medical container is sealed up for preservation or
disposal.
[0008] The side walls of the main box, the partition walls and the
flap lids are made of transparent plastic resin, processed with
injection molding. The root part of the flap lids which bends
inwards are formed thinly, with springy resilient feature applied,
and the number parts on top of the lids are embossed by molding or
shaving. After the molding and processing, the right and left sides
and the front side of the flap lids are cut off with Thompson razor
blade, and thus the open-and-close feature is provided. The main
box is completed after applying a separately molded bottom plate
onto the other parts.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0009] Hereafter, a description of the preferred embodiment of this
invention is made in reference to drawings. FIG. 1 is a drawing of
an embodiment of this invention according to claim 1 and 2. This
invention is composed of the main box 1 and the main lid 2, the
material of the parts other than the bottom plate of the main box 1
and the main lid 2 is polypropylene, and transparent resin such as
ABS is uniform-molded with injection molding method. The inside of
the square box shape main box 1 is divided lengthwise and
breadthwise with partition wall 3. The top part of each divided
stock space has an opening and closing flap lid 4, the flap lid 4
bends inwards when a substance is pushed on top of the lid, and
when the substance drops into the stock space, the lid returns to
its original position with its own resilient force, and then the
flap lid 4 closes. Although the whole part of flap lid 4 can be
made thin, only the root part that bends when opening and closing
is molded thinly, to make the movement of the flap lid 4 to be soft
and smooth. The flap lid 4 has numbers on the top for visual
confirmation, wherein the number is uniformly molded as embossed
letter on the inside portion of the flap lid 4. The numbers are
useful when counting the quantity of used gauze pieces, and for
when distinguishing stones or organ pieces. The flap part is made
by cutting the right and the left sides and the front side of the
flap with Thompson razor blade after the whole box is molded, thus
enabling the open-and-close feature. The bottom plate is made of
white resin to facilitate confirmation of substances even when
stained with blood. All the parts of the box except for the bottom
plate are made of transparent resin, to enable visual confirmation
of the quantity, shape and color of substances at one glance even
after the main lid 2 is closed and sealed up. The risk for the once
stocked substance to drop out when the flap lids 4 are closed is
very small, but by covering the box with main lid 2 the sealing
feature increases and the operators' safely is as assured even
more. Slip-proof pads 5 are adhered on the outside of the bottom
plate of the main box 1. If adhesive polyethylene foam which are
widely used in mouse pads and such is used for the material for the
adhesive pad 5, the slip-proof effect can be certainly realized,
and would prevent the trouble of excess adhesiveness and
difficult-to-peel situation as found with dual-side tapes. The
whole container is made as a sterilized disposable container.
[0010] As explained above, this invention enables easy-to-operate
storing of substances by using open-and-close flap lids on each
stock space, avoids risks of loss and infection due to the sealing
feature of each stock space, and increases the safety when
preserving or disposing the substances by placing a lid to cover
the container. The individual flap lid style can store substances
of different shapes and forms, and enables easy seal up storing of
the substances. The numbers which are processed with uniform
molding method, are useful when counting used needles and gauze
pieces, and when distinguishing removed stones and organ pieces.
Also, by having all the parts except for the bottom plate to be
made of transparent resin, the shape, number and color of the
substances can be visually confirmed at one glance from any angle,
enabling reconfirmation from the outside after the container is
sealed up. The uniform molding method enables the overall cost of
the container to decrease, providing an affordable medical
container for storage and disposal.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] FIG. 1 is an external drawing of a medical container for
storage and disposal.
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