Insulin needle delivery device

Abstract

This invention relates to a delivery device for insulin needles. The device comprises a needle delivery machine with an internal accommodating space capable of holding multiple packaged finished needles. An annular, upward-sloping conveying channel runs along the inner wall of the accommodating space. The conveying channel uses oscillation to deliver the multiple needles to an outlet at the end. A guide rail is provided at the outlet of the conveying channel, and a transfer channel within the guide rail guides the multiple needles. Guide ribs on both sides of the transfer channel guide each needle to its correct position before delivery for counting and storage, achieving the purpose of automatically and accurately counting multiple needles and facilitating convenient storage and application.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention provides a delivery device for insulin needles, particularly a delivery device for guiding and delivering multiple needles. The multiple needles are delivered along the delivery channel to the guide rail for alignment and then sent out by the needle delivery machine, so as to achieve the purpose of counting and storing multiple needles. [Previous Technology]

[0002] Note: As the quality of life improves, people enjoy better quality in all aspects of daily life, including clothing, food, housing, transportation, and entertainment. After enjoying various convenient and comfortable aspects of civilized life, changes in lifestyle and eating habits, as well as the influence of diet, environment, or climate, lead to physical ailments that cause great distress. This necessitates seeking medical treatment. After consultation with a doctor at a hospital or clinic, the doctor will prescribe medication based on the patient's condition. Patients can then obtain the medication directly from the hospital or clinic's pharmacy or from a local pharmacist's pharmacy. This allows patients to relieve their physical pain and discomfort through medication. However, with the rapid advancement of medical technology and the continuous improvement of medical quality, patients receive better medical treatment. Moreover, there are many types of medical supplies, medicines, and injectable drugs, each with different effects. Therefore, when seeking medical treatment, patients must obtain a prescription from a doctor and have it dispensed by a pharmacist to obtain suitable medication for effective treatment.

[0003] Diabetes is one of the most troublesome diseases currently, causing metabolic disorders, immune imbalances, and abnormal changes in physical performance. Doctors usually treat it with insulin injections. Currently, commonly used insulin injections are administered by patients using disposable needles, meaning the needles must be discarded and a new needle is used for the next injection. Patients usually need to inject insulin daily, resulting in a considerable number of disposable needles being used. Therefore, when patients receive insulin injections, they must also receive the corresponding number of needles. Before patients receive the needles, hospitals, clinics, or pharmacies must count and package the needles before they are available for patients. However, the counting and packaging of needles must be done manually, which is not only slow and inefficient but also often results in discrepancies such as too many or too few needles, causing inconvenience for staff and requiring improvement.

[0004] Therefore, how to solve the problems and troubles of counting and packaging needles used in the current medical insulin injections during the dispensing process, and how the manual operation can easily lead to incorrect needle counts, which can cause inconvenience and loss to patients, is the direction that manufacturers in this industry are eager to research and improve. [Summary of the Invention]

[0005] Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned problems and deficiencies, the inventor collected relevant information, conducted multiple evaluations and considerations, and, based on years of experience accumulated in this industry, through continuous creation, research and improvement, finally designed this kind of insulin needle delivery device and the invention patent was born.

[0006] The main objective of this invention is to provide an insulin needle delivery device. The needle delivery machine has an internal accommodating space that can hold multiple packaged finished needles. The accommodating space has an annular obliquely upward conveying channel along the inner wall. The multiple needles can be sent out to the outlet of the end of the conveying channel by vibration. A guide rail is provided at the outlet of the conveying channel. The guide rail has a transfer channel to guide the multiple needles. The needles can be guided by the guide ribs on both sides of the transfer channel before being sent out for counting and storage. This achieves the purpose of automatically and accurately counting multiple needles and facilitating their storage and application. It can also improve the speed and accuracy of counting and storing multiple needles, and effectively reduce the occurrence of errors in needle count.

[0007] Another object of the present invention is that the needle feeding machine can be a vibrating machine or the like, and the vibrating machine type needle feeding machine can have a accommodating space inside for storing multiple needles. The needle feeding machine has a conveying channel that extends obliquely in a ring along the inner wall of the accommodating space to the top. An outlet is provided at the end of the conveying channel at the top of the needle feeding machine. A bracket with one side facing downward is provided outside the outlet. The bracket can be used to assemble a guide rail so that one side of the guide rail is located at the outlet, and the other side can send multiple needles out one by one, and perform automatic counting and storage of multiple needles.

[0008] Another object of the present invention is that the guide rail system can be U-shaped or semi-rectangular groove, etc., and the two side walls of the transfer channel can be respectively provided with opposing guide ribs. The two opposing guide ribs can guide the top of the plurality of needles to face upward, so that each needle can be sent out from the transfer channel along the two guide ribs. The opposing guide ribs on the two side walls of the transfer channel can be triangular, rhomboid, trapezoidal or conical, etc. The width (D) between the guide ribs provided on the two sides of the transfer channel is greater than or equal to the width (d1) of the top of the needle but less than the width (d2) of the top cover of the needle, so as to guide the top of each needle to be above the two guide ribs.

[0009] Another object of the present invention is that the guide rail may be provided on the other side of the transfer channel opposite to the needle feeder, with a preset counter, camera or monitor or other counting statistical devices for counting multiple needles, so as to accurately monitor the number of multiple needles passing through the guide rail; or the guide rail may be made of transparent acrylic, silicone, plastic or tempered glass or other materials, and at least one outer side of the guide rail may be provided with a preset counter, camera or monitor or other counting statistical devices for counting multiple needles, so as to accurately monitor the number of multiple needles passing through the guide rail.

Implementation Method

[0010] In order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives and effects, the technical means, structure, and implementation methods of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, so as to facilitate a complete understanding.

[0011] Please refer to Figures 1-5. The insulin needle delivery device of the present invention includes a needle delivery machine 1 and a guide rail 2, wherein:

[0012] The needle feeding machine 1 is provided with a conveying channel 11, and an outlet 110 is provided at the end of the conveying channel 11. The needle feeding machine 1 can be used to collect a plurality of needles 3 after packaging and send the plurality of needles 3 out to the outside through the conveying channel 11.

[0013] The guide rail 2 is located at the outlet 110 of the transmission channel 11 of the needle feeder 1. It has a transfer channel 20 inside to guide multiple needles 3, and guide ribs 21 are provided on both sides of the transfer channel 20 to guide each needle 3 to be sent out to the outside after being guided.

[0014] The needle feeding machine 1 of the present invention described above can be of the form of a vibrating machine, etc. The vibrating machine type needle feeding machine 1 has a housing space 10 for storing a plurality of needles 3. The needle feeding machine 1 has a conveying channel 11 that extends obliquely to the top along the inner wall of the housing space 10. An outlet 110 is provided at the end of the conveying channel 11 at the top of the needle feeding machine 1. A bracket 12 with one side facing downward is provided outside the outlet 110. The bracket 12 can be assembled with a guide rail 2 so that one side of the guide rail 2 is located at the outlet 110 and can receive a plurality of needles 3 sent out from the conveying channel 11. The other side of the guide rail 2 can send the plurality of needles 3 out one by one for subsequent automatic counting, storage and other operations related to the plurality of needles 3.

[0015] Furthermore, the guide rail 2 of the present invention may be U-shaped or semi-rectangular groove, etc., and the two side walls 201 of the internal transfer channel 20 may be provided with opposing guide ribs 21. The two opposing guide ribs 21 can guide the top 31 of the plurality of needles 3 to face upward, so that each needle 3 can be sent out from the transfer channel 20 along the two guide ribs 21. The opposing guide ribs 21 of the two side walls 201 of the transfer channel 20 may be triangular, rhomboid, trapezoidal or conical, etc. The width (D) between the guide ribs 21 provided on both sides of the transfer channel 20 is greater than or equal to the width (d1) of the top 31 of the needle 3 but less than the width (d2) of the top cover 32 of the needle 3, so as to guide the top 31 of each needle 3 to be above the two guide ribs 21.

[0016] Furthermore, the guide rail 2 of the present invention described above may be provided on the other side of the transfer channel 20 relative to the needle feeder 1, with a preset counter, camera or monitor or other counting statistical device 22 for calculating the number of multiple needles 3, so as to accurately monitor the number of multiple needles 3 passing through the guide rail 2; or the guide rail 2 may be made of transparent acrylic, silicone, plastic or tempered glass or other materials, and at least one outer side of the guide rail 2 may be provided with a preset counter, camera or monitor or other counting statistical device 22 for calculating the number of multiple needles, so as to accurately monitor the number of multiple needles 3 passing through the guide rail 2.

[0017] In practical application and implementation, the insulin needle delivery device of the present invention can store a plurality of packaged finished needles 3 in the internal accommodating space 10 of the needle delivery machine 1. The needle delivery machine 1 is a vibrating machine type, which transmits power through vibration to deliver the plurality of needles 3 below the accommodating space 10 along the annular obliquely upward conveying channel 11 on the inner wall. The plurality of needles 3 are conveyed along the conveying channel 11 to the end outlet 110 of the conveying channel 11 at the top of the needle delivery machine 1 by vibration. When the plurality of needles 3 are delivered to the outlet 110 of the conveying channel 11, each needle 3 enters the transfer channel 20 of the guide rail 2 and is guided and adjusted by the guide ribs 21 on both sides of the transfer channel 20, so that each needle 3... The top 31 is adjusted to be located above the two guide ribs 21, so that each needle 3 is guided along the two guide ribs 21 and sent out one by one along the transfer channel 20 to the other side for automatic counting and storage of multiple needles 3. A counting device 22 is set on one side of the guide rail 2 (or set on at least one side of the guide rail 2), which can detect and count the multiple needles 3 passing through the transfer channel 20 and the two guide ribs 21 one by one through the lens 221, and display the count number on the display screen 222. This achieves the purpose of automatic and accurate counting of multiple needles 3 and convenient storage and application, and can also improve the speed and accuracy of counting and storage of multiple needles 3, and effectively reduce the occurrence of errors in counting the number of needles 3.

[0018] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and does not limit the patent scope of the present invention. Therefore, any simple modifications and equivalent structural changes made based on the contents of the present invention specification and drawings should also be included within the patent scope of the present invention and are hereby stated.

[0019] In summary, the insulin needle delivery device of the present invention can effectively achieve its function and purpose in practical application. Therefore, the present invention is indeed a highly practical research and development. In order to meet the application requirements for an invention patent, this application is filed in accordance with the law. We hope that the Examination Board will grant this application as soon as possible to protect the inventor's hard work in research and development. If the Examination Board has any questions, please do not hesitate to write to us for guidance. The inventor will do his best to cooperate. Thank you for your help. [Simplified Explanation of the Diagram]

[0020] [Figure 1] is a perspective view of the present invention. [Figure 2] is a partial exploded perspective view of the present invention. [Figure 3] is a side view of the guide rail of the present invention. [Figure 4] is a partial perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 5] is a partial perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. A delivery device for insulin needles, comprising a needle feeder and a guide rail, wherein: The needle feeder provides a plurality of packaged finished needles and has a conveying channel for feeding the plurality of needles. The end of the conveying channel has an outlet. The guide rail is located at the outlet of the conveying channel of the needle feeder and has a transfer channel for guiding the plurality of needles inside. The guide rail is U-shaped and has guide ribs facing upwards on both sides of the transfer channel to guide the plurality of needles. The width (D) between the guide ribs on both sides of the transfer channel is greater than or equal to the width (d1) of the top of the needle but less than the width (d2) of the top cover of the needle.

2. The delivery device for insulin needles as described in claim 1, wherein the needle delivery machine is a vibrating machine, and the needle delivery machine has a accommodating space for storing the plurality of needles inside, and a delivery channel extending obliquely in an annular direction along the inner wall of the accommodating space to the top, the delivery channel having an outlet at the top of the needle delivery machine.

3. The insulin needle delivery device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the needle delivery machine has an inclined bracket outside the outlet at the end of the delivery channel, the bracket being for assembling the guide rail so that one side of the guide rail is located at the outlet.

4. The delivery device for an insulin needle as described in claim 1, wherein the guide ribs on the two side walls of the delivery channel are respectively triangular, rhomboid, trapezoidal or conical in shape.

5. The insulin needle delivery device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide rail is provided on the other side of the transfer channel relative to the needle delivery machine, with a preset counter, camera or monitor for calculating the number of needles.

6. The delivery device for insulin needles as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide rail is made of transparent acrylic, silicone, plastic or tempered glass, and a preset counter, camera or monitor for calculating the number of needles may be provided on at least one outer side of the guide rail.

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