Acupuncture needle taking and recycling device

Abstract

The acupuncture needle taking and recycling device comprises a needle pulling cylinder and a collecting cylinder, the needle pulling cylinder is communicated with the collecting cylinder, needle pulling openings are formed in the needle pulling cylinder, the needle pulling openings are symmetrical and slidably connected with needle clamping plates used for pulling needles, and an electromagnet is arranged in the collecting cylinder. According to the device in the scheme, the pulling process of the acupuncture needle is simplified, great convenience is provided for the collecting and transferring links of the acupuncture needle, and the safety and efficiency of medical operation are ensured.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of acupuncture, and in particular to an acupuncture needle removal and recovery device. Background Art

[0002] Acupuncture, an ancient therapy originating from China, has a long history of more than a thousand years, and its origin can even be traced back to before 2000 BC. According to ancient records, acupuncture is not only a technique for curing diseases and saving lives, but also a profound knowledge, which is rooted in the core theory of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there is a series of intricate meridian systems in the human body, which, like lifelines, closely connect the body surface with the internal organs, forming a complete network of qi and blood circulation. Once this network is blocked, the so-called qi and blood are not smooth, which may lead to various diseases. Acupuncture precisely stimulates specific acupuncture points on the human body to restore the normal flow of qi and blood, thereby achieving the effect of preventing and treating diseases.

[0003] However, in modern acupuncture treatment, although its efficacy has been widely recognized, there are still some problems in the actual operation process, especially the problem of needle handling. At present, acupuncture therapists usually need to manually remove about 20 to 30 acupuncture needles for each patient, facing 30 to 80 patients every day, which means they have to handle hundreds of acupuncture needles. This process requires doctors to hold the tail of each needle firmly with their fingers, carefully pull it out of the patient's skin, and then immediately put it into a special medical sharp container. However, this manual operation method is not only inefficient, but also has considerable risks. If the needle accidentally falls after being pulled out, it may accidentally injure other patients or the doctor himself; at the same time, since these acupuncture needles are medical waste, once they injure people, they may become a medium for disease transmission, which brings additional pressure to hospital infection control.

[0004] Therefore, how to improve the safety and efficiency of acupuncture treatment, reduce potential occupational exposure risks, and optimize the medical waste management process has become an urgent problem to be solved in the current acupuncture field. Summary of the invention

[0005] The present invention is intended to provide an acupuncture needle extraction and recovery device to solve the problem in the prior art that acupuncture needle extraction and collection may easily lead to accidental injuries.

[0006] An acupuncture needle removal and recovery device in this scheme includes a needle removal cylinder and a collection cylinder. The needle removal cylinder is connected to the collection cylinder, and a needle removal port is provided on the needle removal cylinder. The needle removal port is symmetrically and slidably connected to a needle clamping plate for needle removal. An electromagnet is provided in the collection cylinder.

[0007] The working principle of this solution and its beneficial effects: During use, the medical staff holds the needle extraction cylinder and aligns the needle extraction port of the recovery device with the acupuncture needle that needs to be extracted. Then, use the thumb and index finger to gently apply force inward to move the needle clamping plates on both sides toward each other at the needle extraction port, tightly clamp the acupuncture needle in the middle, and easily complete the extraction of the acupuncture needle. Afterwards, the medical staff needs to invert the recovery device and place the collection cylinder under the needle extraction cylinder. At this time, the electromagnet at the bottom of the needle extraction cylinder will automatically absorb the pulled out acupuncture needle and firmly fix it on the iron plate attached to the electromagnet. After completing one needle extraction, you can repeat the above steps to continue extracting other acupuncture needles.

[0008] When all the acupuncture needles have been successfully removed, simply turn off the power of the electromagnet. After the electromagnet loses its magnetism, the previously fixed acupuncture needles will loosen. At this time, the medical staff only needs to gently tilt the recovery device to allow the acupuncture needles to slide smoothly into the prepared sharps box. The whole process is efficient and safe. This design not only simplifies the process of removing acupuncture needles, but also provides great convenience in the collection and transfer of acupuncture needles, ensuring the safety and efficiency of medical operations.

[0009] Furthermore, the needle clamping plate is in an inverted "L" shape, and a spring is arranged between the needle clamping plate and the inner wall of the needle pulling cylinder. The spring is arranged so that the needle clamping plate can separate under the action of the spring elastic force after approaching and return to the original state.

[0010] Furthermore, the needle extraction cylinder is provided with a plurality of guide assemblies arranged side by side, and the guide assemblies include two symmetrically arranged fixed shafts. The plurality of fixed shafts arranged side by side can guide the pulled acupuncture needles to smoothly enter the collection cylinder when the recovery device is inverted.

[0011] Furthermore, one side of the collecting tube connected to the needle extraction tube is an arc surface. The arc surface is set so that the tail of the acupuncture needle hits the arc surface after entering the collecting tube, so that the tail of the acupuncture needle tilts along the arc surface, and the tail of the acupuncture needle tilts to the right before the tip of the acupuncture needle, and the acupuncture needle will slide into the collecting tube at an angle. The tail of the acupuncture needle is heavier than the tip of the acupuncture needle. First, ensure that the tail of the acupuncture needle is close to the collecting tube. When the entire recovery device is inverted, it will ensure that the tip of the acupuncture needle is close to the collecting tube together with the tail of the acupuncture needle, so that the acupuncture needle can enter the collecting tube more smoothly.

[0012] Furthermore, a transmission shaft is tilted and rotatably connected in the collection tube, and a plurality of transmission plates are arranged on the transmission shaft, and the transmission plates are tilted downward from one side of the transmission shaft toward the inner wall of the collection tube. Such a setting can cooperate with the arc surface, so that after the acupuncture needle is guided by the arc surface, the tail of the acupuncture needle tilts and falls onto the transmission plate. The transmission shaft is tilted to match the tilt angle of the acupuncture needle at this time. Since the transmission plate is tilted, the acupuncture needle slides to the side of the transmission plate close to the inner wall of the collection tube. Since the end of the transmission plate in contact with the acupuncture needle has the weight of the acupuncture needle, the weight of the side of the transmission plate close to the collection tube is greater than the side of the transmission plate close to the transmission shaft. Therefore, the side of the transmission plate close to the collection tube will deflect, driving the transmission shaft to rotate, thereby transmitting the acupuncture needle to the bottom of the collection tube, which is convenient for the subsequent collection of the electromagnet, and also prevents the acupuncture needle from falling back into the needle extraction tube.

[0013] Furthermore, a collecting chamber is provided at the lower part of the collecting tube, the collecting chamber is detachably connected to the collecting tube, and the electromagnet is located at the inner bottom of the collecting chamber. This arrangement facilitates the removal of the electromagnet and the removal of the acupuncture needles adsorbed on the electromagnet.

[0014] Furthermore, the collecting chamber is threadedly connected to the collecting tube, so that it is convenient to disassemble the collecting chamber and take out the acupuncture needles.

[0015] Furthermore, the size of the guide opening is larger than the minimum distance between the two symmetrically arranged fixed axes, and smaller than the maximum distance between the two symmetrically arranged fixed axes. This arrangement can prevent the acupuncture needle from returning to the needle removal cylinder.

[0016] Furthermore, a sponge sheet is provided at an angle near the conveying plate in the collecting tube, and a gap is provided between the bottom of the sponge sheet and the collecting tube. The sponge sheet is wetted with alcohol, and when the acupuncture needle falls from the conveying plate, it will directly fall onto the sponge sheet, and the sponge sheet can be used to preliminarily disinfect the acupuncture needle. Since the sponge sheet is provided at an angle, the acupuncture needle that falls onto the sponge sheet will fall into the gap between the sponge sheet and the collecting tube with the sponge sheet, and finally fall into the collecting chamber from the gap, and then the acupuncture needle is adsorbed by the electromagnet. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of an acupuncture needle removal and recovery device of the present invention;

[0018] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the inverted acupuncture needle removal and recovery device of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the transmission shaft and the transmission plate;

[0020] Figure 4 for Figure 1 Top view of the sponge sheet. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The following is a further detailed description through specific implementation methods:

[0022] The figure marks in the drawings of the specification include: needle extraction cylinder 1, needle clamping plate 2, slider 3, slide groove 4, spring 5, fixed shaft 6, guide port 7, arc surface 8, collecting cylinder 9, transmission shaft 10, transmission plate 11, sponge sheet 12, collecting chamber 13, electromagnet 14, power switch of electromagnet 15, needle extraction port 16.

[0023] The embodiment is basically as shown in the attached Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown: an acupuncture needle extraction and recovery device, comprising a needle extraction cylinder 1 and a collection cylinder 9, the needle extraction cylinder 1 and the collection cylinder 9 are vertically arranged, the needle extraction cylinder 1 and the collection cylinder 9 are connected, a needle extraction port 16 is provided on the needle extraction cylinder 1, and the needle extraction port 16 is symmetrically provided with an inverted "L"-shaped needle clamping plate 2, two symmetrical sliders 3 are provided at the bottom of the needle extraction cylinder 1, a horizontally arranged slide groove 4 is provided on one side of the needle clamping plate 2 close to the needle clamping plate 2, the slider 3 is slidably connected with the slide groove 4, a spring 5 is provided between the needle clamping plate 2 and the inner wall of the needle extraction cylinder 1, and an electromagnet 14 is provided in the collection cylinder 9;

[0024] A plurality of guide assemblies arranged side by side are arranged in the needle extraction cylinder 1, and the guide assemblies include two symmetrically arranged fixed shafts 6, which are fixedly connected to the needle extraction cylinder 1, and a guide port 7 is arranged at the position where the needle extraction cylinder 1 is connected to the collecting cylinder 9, and the length of the guide port 7 is greater than the minimum distance between the two symmetrically arranged fixed shafts 6, and is less than the maximum distance between the two symmetrically arranged fixed shafts 6, and a sponge sheet 12 is obliquely arranged at a position near the transmission plate 11 in the collecting cylinder 9, and a gap is arranged between the bottom end of the sponge sheet 12 and the collecting cylinder 9;

[0025] The outward side of the collecting tube 9 connected to the needle removal tube 1 is an arc-shaped surface 8, and a transmission shaft 10 is inclined and rotatably connected inside the collecting tube 9. Four transmission plates 11 are fixedly connected to the transmission shaft 10, and the upper surface of the transmission plate 11 is inclined downward toward the inner wall of the collecting tube 9. The lower part of the collecting tube 9 is connected to a collecting chamber 13, and the collecting chamber 13 is threadedly connected to the collecting tube 9. The electromagnet 14 is located at the inner bottom of the collecting chamber 13, and the power switch 15 of the electromagnet is set on the outer wall of the collecting chamber 13.

[0026] The electromagnet 14 includes an iron core, a coil (winding), a power source, and a power switch 15 of the electromagnet.

[0027] During use, the medical staff holds the needle extraction tube 1 and aligns the needle extraction port 16 of the recovery device with the acupuncture needle to be extracted. Then, the thumb and index finger are used to gently apply force inward to move the needle clamping plates 2 on both sides toward each other at the needle extraction port 16, tightly clamping the acupuncture needle in the middle, and easily completing the extraction of the acupuncture needle. Subsequently, the medical staff needs to turn on the power of the electromagnet 14, and then invert the recovery device to place the collection tube 9 under the needle extraction tube 1. The multiple fixed shafts 6 arranged side by side can guide the pulled-out acupuncture needles to smoothly enter the collection tube 9. The guide port 7 can prevent the acupuncture needles from returning to the needle extraction tube 1. After passing through the guide port 7, the tail of the acupuncture needle enters the collection tube 9 and collides with the curved surface 8, so that the tail of the acupuncture needle tilts with the curved surface 8, and the acupuncture needle will enter the collection tube 9 more smoothly. Then the acupuncture needle falls onto the transmission plate 11. Since the upper surface of the transmission plate 11 is inclined, the acupuncture needle slides to the side of the transmission plate 11 close to the inner wall of the collection tube 9. Since the transmission plate at the contact position with the acupuncture needle The weight of the acupuncture needle at the end of 11 causes the transmission shaft 10 to deflect, thereby transmitting the acupuncture needle to the sponge sheet 12. Since the sponge sheet 12 is tilted, the acupuncture needle that falls on the sponge sheet 12 will fall along the tilt direction of the sponge sheet 12 to the gap between the sponge sheet 12 and the collecting tube 9, and finally fall into the collecting chamber 13 from the gap; then the recovery device is restored to the initial state, so that the recovery device returns to the initial state of the needle to be pulled out. At this time, the electromagnet 14 and the needle pulling port 16 are located in the horizontal plane, so that the acupuncture needle will be close to the electromagnet 14, and the electromagnet 14 located at the bottom of the needle pulling tube 1 will automatically absorb the pulled out acupuncture needle and firmly fix it on the iron plate attached to the electromagnet 14. After completing one needle pulling, release the needle clamping plate 2, separate under the action of the elastic force of the spring 5, return to the original state, and repeat the above steps to continue to pull out other acupuncture needles.

[0028] When all acupuncture needles have been successfully extracted, it is only necessary to rotate the collection chamber 13, remove the collection chamber 13 from the collection tube 9, point the collection chamber 13 toward the sharps box, turn off the power of the electromagnet 14, and the electromagnet 14 will lose its magnetism, and the previously fixed acupuncture needles will loosen. At this time, the medical staff only needs to gently tilt the recovery device to allow the acupuncture needles to slide smoothly into the prepared sharps box. The whole process is both efficient and safe. This design not only simplifies the extraction process of acupuncture needles, but also provides great convenience in the collection and transfer of acupuncture needles, ensuring the safety and efficiency of medical operations.

[0029] The above is only an embodiment of the present invention, and the common knowledge such as the known specific structure and characteristics in the scheme is not described in detail here. It should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, several deformations and improvements can be made without departing from the structure of the present invention, which should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention, and these will not affect the effect of the implementation of the present invention and the practicality of the patent. The scope of protection required by this application shall be based on the content of its claims, and the specific implementation methods and other records in the specification can be used to interpret the content of the claims.

Claims

1. An acupuncture needle removal and recovery device, characterized in that: It comprises a needle pulling cylinder and a collecting cylinder. The needle pulling cylinder is connected with the collecting cylinder. A needle pulling port is arranged on the needle pulling cylinder. A needle clamping plate for pulling needles is symmetrically and slidably connected to the needle pulling port. An electromagnet is arranged in the collecting cylinder.

2. The acupuncture needle removal and recovery device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The needle clamping plate is in an inverted "L" shape, and a spring is arranged between the needle clamping plate and the inner wall of the needle pulling cylinder.

3. The acupuncture needle removal and recovery device according to claim 2, characterized in that: A plurality of guide assemblies arranged side by side are arranged in the needle removal cylinder, and the guide assemblies include two symmetrically arranged fixed shafts.

4. The acupuncture needle removal and recovery device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The side where the collecting cylinder is connected to the needle-pulling cylinder is an arc-shaped surface.

5. The acupuncture needle removal and recovery device according to claim 4, characterized in that: A conveying shaft is tilted and rotatably connected inside the collecting cylinder, and a plurality of conveying plates are arranged on the conveying shaft. The upper surfaces of the conveying plates are tilted downward toward the inner wall of the collecting cylinder.

6. The acupuncture needle removal and recovery device according to claim 5, characterized in that: A collecting chamber is provided at the lower part of the collecting cylinder. The collecting chamber is detachably connected to the collecting cylinder, and the electromagnet is located at the inner bottom of the collecting chamber.

7. The acupuncture needle removal and recovery device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The collecting chamber is threadedly connected to the collecting cylinder.

8. The acupuncture needle removal and recovery device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The size of the guide opening is larger than the minimum distance between two symmetrically arranged fixed axes, and the size of the guide opening is smaller than the maximum distance between two symmetrically arranged fixed axes.

9. The acupuncture needle removal and recovery device according to claim 8, characterized in that: A sponge sheet is obliquely arranged in the collecting cylinder at a position close to the conveying plate, and a gap is arranged between the bottom end of the sponge sheet and the collecting cylinder.

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