Disinfection storage box for ultrasonic probe

Abstract

The invention discloses a disinfection storage box for ultrasonic probes, and relates to the technical field of disinfection instruments, the disinfection storage box comprises a storage box body and further comprises a swing assembly arranged in the storage box body, the swing assembly comprises a baffle fixedly mounted at the bottom end in the storage box body, and a driving motor is fixedly mounted on the inner bottom wall of the storage box body; through the arrangement of the first annular sliding block and the second annular sliding block, in the process of disinfecting the ultrasonic probe with the atomized disinfectant, the rotation of the first annular sliding block and the second annular sliding block can drive the ultrasonic probe to rotate by a certain angle, so that the contact area between the ultrasonic probe to be disinfected and the atomized disinfectant is increased; the increase of the contact area is beneficial for reducing disinfection dead angles, and the ultrasonic probe is in a reciprocating state under the action of the annular sliding block I and the annular sliding block II, so that the ultrasonic probe is in contact with the atomized disinfectant to the greatest extent for disinfection treatment.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of disinfection instruments, and particularly to a disinfection storage box for an ultrasonic probe in the ultrasonic department. Background Art

[0002] An ultrasonic probe in the ultrasonic department is a device that emits and receives ultrasonic waves during the ultrasonic detection process. The performance of the probe directly affects the characteristics of ultrasonic waves and the detection performance of ultrasonic waves. The probe used in ultrasonic detection is a transducer that utilizes the piezoelectric effect of materials to achieve the conversion of electrical energy and acoustic energy; In the prior art, when disinfecting an ultrasonic probe in the ultrasonic department, a disinfection cabinet is used to perform overall sterilization and disinfection on a batch of ultrasonic probes, thereby improving the disinfection and sterilization efficiency. In the prior art, the ultrasonic probe is mostly soaked in the disinfectant solution to complete the disinfection and killing. However, in the above process, the position of the ultrasonic probe inside the disinfection cabinet will not change. The complex shape of the ultrasonic probe (such as curved surfaces, gaps, and connection lines) causes the disinfectant solution to not fully contact all areas, especially the bottom, side, or concave parts, forming a disinfection blind spot; In addition, bubbles are generated on the surface of the ultrasonic probe at a fixed position due to the poor flow of the disinfectant solution. The bubbles will block the contact between the disinfectant solution and the probe, resulting in microbial residues. This is because the bubbles will form a physical barrier, preventing the disinfectant solution from directly contacting the blocked area on the surface of the probe, resulting in bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens not being effectively killed; In view of this, we propose a disinfection storage box for an ultrasonic probe in the ultrasonic department to solve the above problems. Summary of the Invention

[0003] In view of the above, aiming at the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides a disinfection storage box for an ultrasonic probe in the ultrasonic department to solve the problems raised in the above background art.

[0004] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solution: A disinfection storage box for an ultrasonic probe in the ultrasonic department, including a storage box body, and further including a swinging component disposed inside the storage box body; The swinging component includes a baffle fixedly installed at the bottom end inside the storage box body. A driving motor is fixedly installed on the inner bottom wall of the storage box body. The driving motor is disposed inside the baffle. The output shaft at the top end of the driving motor penetrates and extends to the outside of the top end of the baffle. A driving gear is fixedly connected to the output shaft end of the baffle. A toothed ring is rotatably connected to the top surface of the baffle. An engaging gear is meshed with the inner tooth surface of the toothed ring. A placement rack is fixedly connected to the outer surface at the top end of the toothed ring. An annular slider one is slidably connected to the outer surface of the placement rack. A filtering member is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the annular slider one at the end far away from the placement rack. A torsion spring is fixedly connected to the outer surface at the bottom end of the engaging gear.

[0005] Preferably, the driving gear is configured as a quarter circular gear, the gear ring is rotatably connected to the upper surface of the baffle, two gear rings are symmetrically arranged with the center of the driving gear as a reference, the gear ring is located on the movement path of the driving gear teeth, the meshing gear is rotatably connected to the upper surface of the baffle, and the placement frame is a cylindrical frame structure, the placement frame consists of three circular rings arranged vertically from top to bottom and six cylindrical rods equidistantly arranged around the center of the driving gear, and the six cylindrical rods divide each circular ring equally.

[0006] Preferably, three groups of annular sliders are arranged from top to bottom, each group of annular sliders is arranged with three adjacent annular sliders equidistantly distributed on the surface of the six circular rings, three filter elements are arranged from top to bottom, each filter element is located at the center of the three annular sliders in the same horizontal plane, the filter element is in the shape of a truncated cone that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and the torsion spring is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the baffle at one end away from the meshing gear.

[0007] Preferably, it also includes a placement component arranged on the placement rack; The placement component includes an annular slider 2 which is slidably connected to the outer surface of the placement frame. The outer surface of the annular slider 2 away from the placement frame is fixedly connected with a positioning ring, the outer surface of the top of the positioning ring is fixedly connected with a hook, and the outer surface of the bottom of the positioning ring is fixedly connected with a scraper.

[0008] Preferably, three groups of annular sliders 2 are arranged from top to bottom, each group of annular sliders 2 is provided with three and adjacent annular sliders 2 are equidistantly distributed on the surface of six circular rings, and the placement racks and annular sliders 2 in the same horizontal plane are spaced apart.

[0009] Preferably, three positioning rings are provided from top to bottom, each positioning ring is respectively provided above each filter element, the hooks are distributed in a circular array with the center of the positioning ring as a reference, the scrapers are distributed in a circular array with the center of the positioning ring as a reference, the scrapers are inclined toward the center of the positioning ring, and the bottom surface of the scraper is in contact with the top outer surface of the filter element.

[0010] Preferably, it also includes a drainage component arranged inside the storage box; The drainage assembly includes a driven shaft rotatably connected to the baffle, the bottom end of the driven shaft penetrates through and extends into the inside of the baffle, the outer surface of the drive motor output shaft and the outer surface of the bottom end of the driven shaft are fixedly connected with a synchronization ring, a synchronization belt is transmission-connected between the two synchronization rings, the outer surface of the driven shaft extending out of the top of the baffle is equidistantly fixed with a drainage fan, and a filter box is detachably fixedly installed on the top of the storage box body by bolts.

[0011] Preferably, it also includes a disinfection component disposed inside the storage box; The disinfection component includes positioning columns fixedly connected to one side of the inner wall of the bottom of the storage box at equal intervals. The outer surfaces of the positioning columns are all inserted and installed with shunt pipes. The ends of the shunt pipes away from the positioning columns are fixedly connected together with a confluence pipe. The outer surfaces of the shunt pipes are fixedly installed with spray nozzles at equal intervals from top to bottom. An atomization box is fixedly installed inside the storage box body.

[0012] Preferably, the positioning columns, shunt pipes, confluence pipe, spray nozzles and atomization box are all arranged on one side of the storage box body away from the driven rotating shaft. The shunt pipes, confluence pipe and spray nozzles are all arranged inside the atomization box, and the top end of the confluence pipe penetrates and extends to the outside of the top of the atomization box and the storage box body.

[0013] Preferably, it further includes drying lamps arranged on the inner walls of both sides of the storage box body, and drying controllers are fixedly installed on the outer surfaces of both sides of the storage box body.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides a disinfection storage box for an ultrasonic probe in the ultrasonic department, having the following beneficial effects: Through the arrangement of the first annular slider and the second annular slider, during the process of atomizing and disinfecting the ultrasonic probe in the ultrasonic department, the rotation of the first annular slider and the second annular slider can drive the ultrasonic probe to rotate by a certain angle, thereby increasing the contact area between the ultrasonic probe to be disinfected and the atomized disinfectant solution. The increase in the contact area is beneficial to reducing the disinfection dead angle, and the ultrasonic probe is in a reciprocating motion state under the action of the first annular slider and the second annular slider, so that the ultrasonic probe can contact the atomized disinfectant solution to the greatest extent for disinfection treatment. Due to the influence of gravity or air flow, the atomized disinfectant solution is unevenly distributed, and the movement of the ultrasonic probe can ensure that all its surfaces (including complex curved surfaces) can contact the disinfectant solution, especially suitable for the concave-convex structure or narrow gaps of the ultrasonic probe in the ultrasonic department. Different from the method of immersing the ultrasonic probe into the disinfectant solution, the atomized disinfectant solution can avoid the penetration of the disinfection liquid into the precision circuit or gap inside the ultrasonic probe, causing short circuit, corrosion or equipment damage.

[0015] At the same time, through the arrangement of the drainage fan, the atomized disinfection liquid can be drained upward, avoiding the deposition of the atomized disinfectant droplets due to gravity, resulting in a concentration difference of the atomized disinfectant solution up and down in the storage box body, redistributing the disinfectant particles, keeping the concentration in the box body uniform, avoiding insufficient local disinfection or excessive exposure, and the upward flowing disinfectant solution can cover all areas of the probe surface (including the top, bottom and side), reducing dead angles, especially suitable for ultrasonic probes with complex shapes. In addition, the drainage fan reduces the droplet sedimentation through continuous air flow disturbance, reducing the cleaning frequency of the storage box body.

[0016] Through the settings of the scraper and the filter element, the filter element is used to improve the purity of the disinfectant solution, enhance the disinfection effect on the ultrasonic probe in the ultrasound department, and the filter element can filter the impurities accumulated in the disinfectant solution droplets after use. The relative movement between the scraper and the filter element can maintain the cleanliness of the filter element surface, avoiding excessive accumulation of impurities on the filter element surface and affecting the filtering effect. In addition, the movement of the scraper can scrape off the accumulated disinfectant solution droplets on the filter element surface, facilitating the subsequent collection of the used disinfectant solution.

[0017] Through the settings of the drying lamp and the moving placement rack, the ultrasonic probe changes its distance from the drying lamp during movement, which can ensure that all surfaces of complex shapes (such as endocavity probes and convex array probes) can be effectively dried, especially suitable for parts that are not easy to dry, such as depressions and gaps. In addition, fixed-distance high-temperature irradiation may cause mechanical stress in the probe material due to thermal expansion and contraction, and long-term use is likely to cause fatigue damage. Dynamically adjusting the distance can smooth the temperature change and reduce the influence of thermal stress.

[0018] Through the synchronous movement of the drainage fan, the disinfectant solution on the surface of the ultrasonic probe in the ultrasound department evaporates into water vapor at high temperature. The drainage fan draws air upward, which can quickly discharge the water vapor from the storage box body, avoiding the accumulation of moisture in the storage box body and shortening the drying time. In addition, the upward drainage of the drainage fan can directly discharge the moisture generated during the drying process, keeping the storage box body dry. Description of the Drawings

[0019] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall external structure of the present invention.

[0020] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the internal sectional structure of the storage box body of the present invention.

[0021] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the connection relationship at the synchronous ring of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the connection relationship at the shunt pipe of the present invention.

[0023] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the connection relationship at the driven rotating shaft of the present invention.

[0024] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the connection relationship at the placement rack of the present invention.

[0025] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the position at the positioning ring of the present invention.

[0026] Figure 8 For the present invention Figure 7 The enlarged schematic diagram of the structure at position A.

[0027] Figure 9 It is a schematic diagram of the positional relationship at the meshing gears of the present invention.

[0028] In the figure: 11 is the storage box body; 21 is the baffle; 22 is the driving motor; 23 is the driving gear; 24 is the gear ring; 25 is the meshing gear; 26 is the placement rack; 27 is the first annular slider; 28 is the filter element; 29 is the torsion spring; 31 is the second annular slider; 32 is the positioning ring; 33 is the hook; 34 is the scraper; 41 is the driven rotating shaft; 42 is the synchronous ring; 43 is the synchronous belt; 44 is the drainage fan; 45 is the filter box; 51 is the positioning post; 52 is the shunt pipe; 53 is the confluence pipe; 54 is the nozzle; 55 is the atomization box; 61 is the drying lamp; 62 is the drying controller. Specific embodiments

[0029] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0030] Embodiments of the present invention Please refer to Figures 1 to 9 , a disinfection storage box for an ultrasonic probe, including a storage box body 11, and further including a swinging assembly disposed inside the storage box body 11.

[0031] The swinging assembly includes a baffle 21 fixedly installed at the bottom end inside the storage box body 11. A driving motor 22 is fixedly installed on the inner bottom wall of the storage box body 11. The driving motor 22 is disposed inside the baffle 21. The output shaft at the top end of the driving motor 22 penetrates and extends to the outside of the top end of the baffle 21. A driving gear 23 is fixedly connected to the output shaft end of the baffle 21. A gear ring 24 is rotatably connected to the top surface of the baffle 21. A meshing gear 25 is meshed with the inner tooth surface of the gear ring 24. A placement rack 26 is fixedly connected to the outer surface at the top end of the gear ring 24. A first annular slider 27 is slidably connected to the outer surface of the placement rack 26. A filter element 28 is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the first annular slider 27 away from the placement rack 26. A torsion spring 29 is fixedly connected to the outer surface at the bottom end of the meshing gear 25.

[0032] Among them, the driving gear 23 is set as a quarter-circular gear. The toothed ring 24 is rotatably connected to the upper surface of the baffle 21. There are two toothed rings 24 symmetrically arranged with reference to the center of the driving gear 23. The toothed ring 24 is located on the movement path of the teeth of the driving gear 23. The meshing gear 25 is rotatably connected to the upper surface of the baffle 21. The placement rack 26 is of a cylindrical frame structure and is composed of three rings arranged vertically from top to bottom and six cylindrical rods arranged equidistantly around the center of the driving gear 23. The six cylindrical rods equally divide each ring.

[0033] Among them, the number of teeth of the driving gear 23 is set to be half of that of the meshing gear 25, and the number of teeth of the meshing gear 25 is set to be one-fourth of the number of teeth of the toothed ring 24.

[0034] Among them, there are three groups of the first annular sliders 27 arranged from top to bottom. Each group of the first annular sliders 27 has three, and the adjacent first annular sliders 27 are equidistantly spaced on the surfaces of the six rings. There are three filter elements 28 arranged from top to bottom. Each filter element 28 is located at the center of the three first annular sliders 27 in the same horizontal plane. The filter element 28 is in the shape of a frustum with a wider top and a narrower bottom. One end of the torsion spring 29 far from the meshing gear 25 is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the baffle 21.

[0035] Among them, the storage box body 11 is divided into a box body at the bottom and a box cover at the top, and the box body and the box cover are separable.

[0036] Further embodiments Please refer to Figures 6 to 9 , the disinfection storage box for the ultrasonic probe also includes a placement component arranged on the placement rack 26; The placement component includes a second annular slider 31 slidably connected to the outer surface of the placement rack 26. One end of the second annular slider 31 far from the placement rack 26 is fixedly connected with a positioning ring 32 on the outer surface. A hook 33 is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the top end of the positioning ring 32, and a scraping plate 34 is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the bottom of the positioning ring 32.

[0037] Among them, there are three groups of the second annular sliders 31 arranged from top to bottom. Each group of the second annular sliders 31 has three, and the adjacent second annular sliders 31 are equidistantly spaced on the surfaces of the six rings. The placement rack 26 and the second annular sliders 31 in the same horizontal plane are spaced apart.

[0038] Among them, there are three positioning rings 32 arranged from top to bottom. Each positioning ring 32 is respectively arranged above each filter element 28. The hooks 33 are arranged in an annular array with reference to the center of the positioning ring 32. The scraping plates 34 are arranged in an annular array with reference to the center of the positioning ring 32. The scraping plates 34 are inclined in the direction towards the center of the positioning ring 32, and the bottom surface of the scraping plate 34 is attached to the outer surface of the top of the filter element 28.

[0039] Among them, the inner surfaces of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 are both set as rough planes, and the roughness of the inner surface of the second annular slider 31 is greater than that of the inner surface of the first annular slider 27.

[0040] Among them, through slots are respectively formed at the bottoms of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 for removing the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 from the surface of the placement rack 26.

[0041] Further embodiments Please refer to Figures 1 to 3 and Figure 5 , the disinfection storage box for ultrasonic probes further includes a drainage component arranged inside the box body 11 of the storage box.

[0042] The drainage component includes a driven rotating shaft 41 rotatably connected to the baffle 21. The bottom end of the driven rotating shaft 41 penetrates and extends into the baffle 21. Synchronous rings 42 are fixedly connected to the outer surfaces of the output shaft of the driving motor 22 and the bottom end of the driven rotating shaft 41 respectively. A synchronous belt 43 is drivingly connected between the two synchronous rings 42. Drainage fans 44 are equidistantly fixedly connected to the outer surface of the driven rotating shaft 41 extending out of the top end of the baffle 21. A filter box 45 is detachably fixedly installed on the top of the box body 11 of the storage box through bolts.

[0043] Further embodiments Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 4 , the disinfection storage box for ultrasonic probes further includes a disinfection component arranged inside the box body 11 of the storage box.

[0044] The disinfection component includes positioning columns 51 equidistantly fixedly connected to one side of the inner wall of the bottom of the box body 11 of the storage box. Flow dividing pipes 52 are inserted and installed on the outer surfaces of the positioning columns 51. A confluence pipe 53 is fixedly connected to the ends of the flow dividing pipes 52 away from the positioning columns 51. Sprayers 54 are equidistantly fixedly installed on the outer surfaces of the flow dividing pipes 52 from top to bottom. An atomization box 55 is fixedly installed inside the box body 11 of the storage box.

[0045] Among them, the positioning columns 51, the flow dividing pipes 52, the confluence pipe 53, the sprayers 54 and the atomization box 55 are all arranged on one side of the box body 11 of the storage box away from the driven rotating shaft 41. The flow dividing pipes 52, the confluence pipe 53 and the sprayers 54 are all arranged inside the atomization box 55, and the top end of the confluence pipe 53 penetrates and extends to the outside of the atomization box 55 and the top end of the box body 11 of the storage box.

[0046] Among them, one end of the confluence pipe 53 extending out of the box body 11 of the storage box is fixedly installed with the output end of an external pump body, and the other end of the pump body is connected to the output end of an external disinfectant storage device.

[0047] Further embodiments Please refer toFigure 1 and Figure 2 Moreover, the disinfection storage box for the ultrasonic probe of the ultrasound department further includes drying lamps 61 arranged on the inner walls of both sides inside the storage box body 11, and drying controllers 62 are fixedly installed on the outer surfaces of both sides of the storage box body 11.

[0048] The working process and principle of the overall content of the above embodiment are as follows: Placement of the ultrasonic probe of the ultrasound department: The staff opens the top of the storage box body 11. It should be noted that the storage box body 11 is divided into a box body at the bottom and a box cover at the top, and the box body and the box cover are separable. Subsequently, the ultrasonic probe to be disinfected is placed inside the storage box body 11. At this time, the staff can tie the ultrasonic probe with a rope and then hang the rope on the hook 33. At this time, the bottom of the ultrasonic probe contacts the inner wall of the filter element 28, and the filter element 28 provides a certain support for the ultrasonic probe.

[0049] Disinfection of the ultrasonic probe of the ultrasound department: It should be noted that one end of the confluence pipe 53 extending out of the storage box body 11 is fixedly installed with the output end of the external pump body, and the other end of the pump body is connected to the output end of the external disinfectant storage device.

[0050] The staff starts the external pump body to inject the disinfectant in the external disinfectant storage device into the storage box body 11 through the confluence pipe 53. At this time, the disinfectant will pass through the confluence pipe 53, then enter the shunt pipe 52 fixedly communicated with the confluence pipe 53, and be sprayed out through the spray head 54 arranged on the shunt pipe 52. In this state, the sprayed disinfectant will be atomized by the atomization box 55 and finally disperse inside the storage box body 11.

[0051] During the above process, the staff needs to control the driving motor 22 to start through the external controller. At this time, the driving gear 23 fixedly connected to the output shaft of the driving motor 22 will continuously rotate on the baffle 21. Since the driving gear 23 is set as a quarter-round gear, the meshing gears 25 are symmetrically arranged with reference to the toothed ring 24, and the meshing gears 25 are located on the movement track of the driving gear 23. Therefore, as the driving gear 23 rotates, the driving gear 23 will gradually mesh with one of the meshing gears 25 and drive the meshing gear 25 to rotate.

[0052] As the meshing gear 25 rotates, the torsion spring 29 arranged at the bottom of the meshing gear 25 will be gradually stretched during the rotation of the meshing gear 25. At the same time, the toothed ring 24 meshing with the meshing gear 25 will rotate synchronously on the upper surface of the baffle 21. When the driving gear 23 rotates to disengage from the meshing state with the meshing gear 25, the meshing gear 25 will move in the reverse direction according to the above movement process under the action of the return force of the torsion spring 29, thereby driving the toothed ring 24 meshing with it to rotate in the reverse direction synchronously. And as the driving gear 23 continues to rotate, the driving gear 23 will gradually mesh with another meshing gear 25 and cause the meshing gear 25 to rotate. The specific movement process is the same as the above content, so it will not be elaborated here.

[0053] Therefore, as the driving gear 23 rotates, the meshing relationship among the driving gear 23, the meshing gear 25, and the toothed ring 24 will cause the toothed ring 24 to rotate clockwise for a certain distance on the surface of the baffle 21 and then rotate counterclockwise for a certain distance. The movement of the toothed ring 24 will continue.

[0054] It should be noted that, referring to Figure 6 , the number of teeth of the driving gear 23 is set to be half of that of the meshing gear 25, and the number of teeth of the meshing gear 25 is set to be one-fourth of the number of teeth of the toothed ring 24. Therefore, the rotation of the driving gear 23 will only drive the toothed ring 24 to rotate a small distance.

[0055] When the toothed ring 24 rotates clockwise, the placement rack 26 fixedly connected to the upper surface of the toothed ring 24 will rotate accordingly. Since the placement rack 26 is in a cylindrical frame structure, the placement rack 26 is composed of three rings arranged vertically from top to bottom and six cylindrical rods arranged equidistantly around the center of the driving gear 23. The six cylindrical rods equally divide each ring, and there are three groups of the first annular sliders 27 arranged from top to bottom. Each group of the first annular sliders 27 has three, and the adjacent first annular sliders 27 are equidistantly spaced on the surfaces of the six rings.

[0056] Therefore, as the placement rack 26 rotates, the first annular sliders 27 slidably connected to the surface of the placement rack 26 will rotate in the same direction accordingly. At the same time, since there are three groups of the second annular sliders 31 arranged from top to bottom, each group of the second annular sliders 31 has three, and the adjacent second annular sliders 31 are equidistantly spaced on the surfaces of the six rings, and the placement rack 26 and the second annular sliders 31 are spaced apart in the same horizontal plane, the second annular sliders 31 will also have the same direction of movement tendency under the action of the placement rack 26; It should be noted that the inner surfaces of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 are both set as rough planes, and the roughness of the inner surface of the second annular slider 31 is greater than that of the inner surface of the first annular slider 27. Therefore, when the placement rack 26 rotates, the first annular slider 27 provided on the outer surface of the placement rack 26 requires the placement rack 26 to rotate at a faster speed to generate a tendency of relative movement between the surface of the placement rack 26 and the placement rack 26 itself.

[0057] At the same time, it should also be noted that although the inner surfaces of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 are set as rough planes, as the rotation speed of the placement rack 26 increases under the action of the gear ring 24, the centrifugal forces generated by the rotation of the placement rack 26 acting on the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 slidingly connected to the surface of the placement rack 26 will gradually increase. In this state, the horizontal shear forces acting on the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 along the circumferential arc surface direction of the placement rack 26 will also gradually increase until the horizontal shear force is greater than the frictional forces between the first annular slider 27 and the placement rack 26 and between the second annular slider 31 and the placement rack 26. In this state, relative displacements will occur between the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 and the placement rack 26, that is, the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 will move in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the placement rack 26, and since the rotation direction of the placement rack 26 is continuously changing, the rotation directions of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 will also change accordingly.

[0058] Specifically, due to the different friction coefficients of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31, at the same rotation speed, there will also be a difference in the sliding speeds of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31. At this time, there will also be a difference in the rotation speeds between the filter element 28 and the positioning ring 32 fixedly connected to the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 respectively.

[0059] Along with the disinfectant mist diffused in the storage box body 11 after being atomized by the atomizing box 55, the ultrasonic probe hanging on the hook 33 by the rope will also generate a reciprocating movement at a certain angle with the rotation of the positioning ring 32. At this time, the disinfectant mist atomized by the atomizing box 55 will further contact through the filter element 28 and then contact the surface of the ultrasonic probe to disinfect the surface of the ultrasonic probe.

[0060] The filter element 28 further filters the atomized disinfectant to ensure the purity of the atomized disinfectant. And during the disinfection process of the ultrasonic probe, the droplets of the atomized disinfectant will condense into droplets on the surface of the filter element 28 and drip along the inclined surface of the filter element 28. At this time, the filter element 28 can further filter the droplet-shaped disinfectant to further reduce the impurity cleaning steps in the subsequent process of recycling the disinfectant.

[0061] Moreover, since synchronous rings 42 are fixedly connected to the outer surfaces of both the driving motor 22 and the driven rotating shaft 41, and the two synchronous rings 42 are drivingly connected by a synchronous belt 43, the driven rotating shaft 41 will rotate synchronously under the action of the driving motor 22 and drive the drainage fan 44 provided on the driven rotating shaft 41 to rotate.

[0062] It should be noted that since the disinfectant solution is diffused in the form of an aerosol inside the storage box body 11, with the gradually increasing attraction between the aerosol disinfectant molecules, the aerosol disinfectant will show a tendency of slow sedimentation inside the storage box. This is because the atomized disinfectant solution is suspended in the storage box in the form of tiny droplets or particles, and over time, these particles will gradually sink due to the action of gravity.

[0063] Therefore, the rotation of the drainage fan 44 can drain the aerosol disinfectant deposited at the bottom of the storage box upward, thereby avoiding the phenomenon that the concentration of the aerosol disinfectant is high at the bottom of the storage box while the concentration of the disinfectant at the top of the storage box is low.

[0064] Through the arrangement of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31, during the process of disinfecting the ultrasonic probe with aerosol disinfectant, the rotation of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31 can drive the ultrasonic probe to rotate by a certain angle, thereby increasing the contact area between the ultrasonic probe to be disinfected and the aerosol disinfectant. The increase in the contact area is beneficial to reducing the disinfection dead angle, and the ultrasonic probe is in a reciprocating motion state under the action of the first annular slider 27 and the second annular slider 31, enabling the ultrasonic probe to come into contact with the aerosol disinfectant to the greatest extent for disinfection treatment. Due to the uneven distribution of the aerosol disinfectant caused by gravity or air flow, the movement of the ultrasonic probe can ensure that all its surfaces (including complex curved surfaces) can come into contact with the disinfectant, especially suitable for the concave-convex structure or narrow gaps of the ultrasonic probe. Different from the method of immersing the ultrasonic probe into the disinfectant liquid, the aerosol disinfectant can prevent the disinfection liquid from seeping into the precision circuits or gaps inside the ultrasonic probe, causing short circuits, corrosion, or equipment damage.

[0065] At the same time, through the arrangement of the drainage fan 44, the atomized disinfection liquid can be drained upward, avoiding the deposition of the aerosol disinfectant droplets due to gravity, resulting in a concentration difference between the upper and lower parts of the aerosol disinfectant in the storage box body 11, redistributing the disinfectant particles, maintaining a uniform concentration inside the box, avoiding insufficient disinfection or excessive exposure in local areas, and the upward flowing disinfectant can cover all areas of the probe surface (including the top, bottom, and sides), reducing dead angles, especially suitable for ultrasonic probes with complex shapes. In addition, the drainage fan 44 reduces droplet sedimentation through continuous air flow disturbance and reduces the cleaning frequency of the storage box body 11.

[0066] As the annular slider one 27 and the annular slider two 31 generate movements with a speed difference under the action of the placement rack 26, at this time, the scraper 34 fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the positioning ring 32 will generate movements accordingly. And because there is a speed difference between the filter element 28 driven by the annular slider one 27 and the scraper 34 driven by the annular slider two 31, the scraper 34 fits the surface of the filter element 28. Therefore, with the movement of the scraper 34, relative friction will be generated between the scraper 34 and the surface of the filter element 28, cleaning the disinfectant liquid condensed on the surface of the filter element 28, and avoiding the influence of the accumulated disinfectant liquid and impurities deposited on the surface of the filter element 28 on the filtering effect of the filter element 28.

[0067] Through the settings of the scraper 34 and the filter element 28, the filter element 28 is used to improve the purity of the disinfectant and enhance the disinfection effect on the ultrasonic probe. And the filter element 28 can filter the impurities accumulated in the used disinfectant droplets. The relative movement between the scraper 34 and the filter element 28 can maintain the cleanliness of the surface of the filter element 28, avoiding excessive impurities deposited on the surface of the filter element 28 from affecting the filtering effect. In addition, the movement of the scraper 34 can scrape off the accumulated disinfectant droplets on the surface of the filter element 28, facilitating the subsequent collection of the used disinfectant.

[0068] After disinfection, the staff closes the confluence pipe 53 connected to the external disinfectant storage device, and then opens the bottom of the storage box body 11 to collect the disinfectant liquid deposited at the bottom of the storage box body 11. It should be noted that the bottom of the storage box body 11 can be opened for collecting waste disinfectant.

[0069] And because the filter box 45 is detachably and fixedly installed on the storage box body 11 through bolts, the filter box 45 can filter part of the atomized disinfectant flowing upward through the drainage fan 44 and absorb harmful gases inside, preventing them from being discharged from the storage box body 11 and causing harm to the environment and the human body.

[0070] Drying of the ultrasonic probe: After the preliminary collection of the disinfectant, the staff starts the drying lamp 61 arranged inside the storage box body 11 through the drying controller 62 to dry the disinfected ultrasonic probe.

[0071] At this time, the staff simultaneously starts the drive motor 22 to prompt the placement rack 26 to move again according to the above process (the same as the above movement process, so it will not be elaborated here). Since the temperature of the drying lamp 61 is lower when the distance is farther, and it is difficult to evenly distribute the drying temperature on the surface of some complex surfaces of the ultrasonic probe, therefore, through the movement of the ultrasonic probe, the distance between the surface of the ultrasonic probe and the drying lamp 61 is changed to avoid the situation where the drying lamp 61 acts on the local surface of the ultrasonic probe with uneven temperature distribution.

[0072] Through the setting of the drying lamp 61 and the placement rack 26 in the moving state, the ultrasonic probe changes its distance from the drying lamp 61 during movement, which can ensure that all surfaces of complex shapes (such as endocavity probes and convex array probes) can be effectively dried. It is especially suitable for parts that are not easy to dry, such as depressions and gaps. In addition, the high-temperature irradiation at a fixed distance may cause mechanical stress in the probe material due to thermal expansion and contraction, and it is easy to cause fatigue damage after long-term use. Dynamically adjusting the distance can smooth the temperature change and reduce the influence of thermal stress; At the same time during the above process, the drainage fan 44 will also move synchronously. The disinfectant on the surface of the ultrasonic probe evaporates into water vapor at high temperature. The drainage fan 44 can quickly discharge the water vapor by pumping the air upward, avoiding the accumulation of moisture in the storage box body 11 and shortening the drying time. In addition, the upward drainage of the drainage fan 44 can directly discharge the moisture generated during the drying process, keeping the storage box body 11 dry.

[0073] It should be noted that in this article, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "including", "comprising" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not expressly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement "including a..." does not exclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the said element.

[0074] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, for those of ordinary skill in the art, it can be understood that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A disinfection storage box for ultrasound probes, comprising a storage box body (11), characterized in that: It also includes a swing assembly arranged inside the storage box body (11); The swing assembly comprises a baffle (21) fixedly mounted on the bottom end of the storage box body (11); a driving motor (22) is fixedly mounted on the bottom wall of the storage box body (11); the driving motor (22) is arranged inside the baffle (21); the top output shaft of the driving motor (22) penetrates and extends to the outside of the top of the baffle (21); the output shaft end of the baffle (21) is fixedly connected to a driving gear (23); the top surface of the baffle (21) is rotatably connected to a ring gear (24); the inner tooth surface of the ring gear (24) is meshed with a meshing gear (25); the top outer surface of the ring gear (24) is fixedly connected to a placement rack (26); the outer surface of the placement rack (26) is slidably connected to an annular slider (27); the outer surface of the annular slider (27) away from the placement rack (26) is fixedly connected to a filter (28); and the bottom outer surface of the meshing gear (25) is fixedly connected to a torsion spring (29).

2. The disinfection storage box for ultrasound probe according to claim 1, characterized in that: The driving gear (23) is configured as a quarter circular gear, the gear ring (24) is rotatably connected to the upper surface of the baffle (21), two gear rings (24) are symmetrically arranged with the center of the driving gear (23) as a reference, the gear rings (24) are located on the tooth movement path of the driving gear (23), the meshing gear (25) is rotatably connected to the upper surface of the baffle (21), and the placement frame (26) is a cylindrical frame structure, the placement frame (26) is composed of three circular rings arranged from top to bottom in a vertical direction and six cylindrical rods equidistantly arranged around the center of the driving gear (23), and the six cylindrical rods divide each circular ring equidistantly.

3. The disinfection storage box for ultrasound probe according to claim 2, characterized in that: Three groups of annular sliders (27) are arranged from top to bottom, each group of annular sliders (27) is provided with three adjacent annular sliders (27) which are evenly spaced and distributed on the six sections of the circular ring surface. Three filter elements (28) are arranged from top to bottom, each filter element (28) is located at the center of three annular sliders (27) in the same horizontal plane. The filter element (28) is in the shape of a truncated cone which is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The torsion spring (29) is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the baffle (21) at one end away from the meshing gear (25).

4. The disinfection storage box for ultrasound probe according to claim 3, characterized in that: Also included is a placement component disposed on the placement rack (26); The placement assembly comprises an annular slider (31) slidably connected to the outer surface of the placement frame (26); a positioning ring (32) is fixedly connected to the outer surface of one end of the annular slider (31) away from the placement frame (26); a hook (33) is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the top end of the positioning ring (32); and a scraper (34) is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the bottom end of the positioning ring (32).

5. The disinfection storage box for ultrasound probe according to claim 4, characterized in that: The annular sliders (31) are arranged in three groups from top to bottom, each group of the annular sliders (31) is provided with three adjacent annular sliders (31) which are evenly spaced and distributed on the six-segment circular ring surface, and the placement rack (26) and the annular sliders (31) in the same horizontal plane are spaced and distributed.

6. The disinfection storage box for ultrasound probe according to claim 4, characterized in that: Three positioning rings (32) are provided from top to bottom, each positioning ring (32) is provided above each filter element (28), the hooks (33) are distributed in a circular array with the center of the positioning ring (32) as a reference, the scrapers (34) are distributed in a circular array with the center of the positioning ring (32) as a reference, the scrapers (34) are arranged in a slanted direction toward the center of the positioning ring (32), and the bottom surface of the scrapers (34) is in contact with the outer surface of the top of the filter element (28).

7. The disinfection storage box for ultrasound probe according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a drainage component arranged inside the storage box body (11); The drainage component comprises a driven rotating shaft (41) rotatably connected to the baffle (21), the bottom end of the driven rotating shaft (41) passes through and extends into the inside of the baffle (21), the outer surface of the output shaft of the driving motor (22) and the outer surface of the bottom end of the driven rotating shaft (41) are both fixedly connected with a synchronization ring (42), a synchronization belt (43) is transmission-connected between the two synchronization rings (42), the outer surface of the driven rotating shaft (41) extending out of the top end of the baffle (21) is equidistantly fixedly connected with a drainage fan (44), and a filter box (45) is detachably fixedly mounted on the top of the storage box body (11) by bolts.

8. The disinfection storage box for ultrasound probe according to claim 7, characterized in that: Also included is a disinfection component disposed inside the storage box body (11); The disinfection assembly comprises positioning columns (51) fixedly connected to one side of the inner wall of the bottom of the storage box body (11) at equal intervals, the outer surfaces of the positioning columns (51) are plugged with diverter pipes (52), the ends of the diverter pipes (52) away from the positioning columns (51) are fixedly connected to a converging pipe (53), the outer surfaces of the diverter pipes (52) are fixedly installed with nozzles (54) at equal intervals from top to bottom, and an atomizer box (55) is fixedly installed inside the storage box body (11).

9. The disinfection storage box for ultrasound probe according to claim 8, characterized in that: The positioning column (51), the flow dividing pipe (52), the flow converging pipe (53), the nozzle (54) and the atomizing box (55) are all arranged on a side of the storage box body (11) away from the driven rotating shaft (41); the flow dividing pipe (52), the flow converging pipe (53) and the nozzle (54) are all arranged inside the atomizing box (55); and the top end of the flow converging pipe (53) passes through and extends to the outside of the atomizing box (55) and the top end of the storage box body (11).

10. The disinfection storage box for ultrasound probe according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes drying lamps (61) arranged on the inner walls on both sides of the storage box body (11), and drying controllers (62) are fixedly mounted on the outer surfaces on both sides of the storage box body (11).

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