An automated surgical instrument sterilization apparatus
By designing a stirring and spraying mechanism for an automated surgical instrument sterilization device, the problem of incomplete removal of stains and sterilization of instrument surfaces was solved, achieving comprehensive cleaning and drying of surgical instruments.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202510808068.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-17
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-06
- Estimated Expiration
- 2045-06-17
AI Technical Summary
Existing surgical instrument sterilization devices are unable to completely remove stains from the instrument surface during immersion sterilization, and the contact surfaces between instruments may not be able to fully contact the disinfectant, resulting in incomplete sterilization.
An automated sterilization device for surgical instruments was designed, comprising a stirring mechanism, a spraying mechanism, and a linkage mechanism. Through the rotation of the placement mesh cylinder in the stirring mechanism and the nozzle design of the spraying mechanism, the instruments are thoroughly rinsed and soaked, ensuring that the disinfectant comes into full contact with the instruments.
It achieves effective rinsing and comprehensive disinfection of stains on the surface of surgical instruments, ensuring that the instruments are fully in contact with the disinfectant during the soaking process, thus improving the disinfection effect and drying efficiency.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the field of surgical instrument disinfection, in particular to a kind of surgical instrument automatic disinfection equipment. BACKGROUND
[0002] Disinfection refers to the method for killing pathogenic microorganisms, but not necessarily killing bacterial spores, usually by chemical method to achieve the effect of disinfection, the chemical used for disinfection is called disinfectant, sterilization refers to the method for killing all microorganisms on object, including bacterial spores, usually by physical method to achieve the purpose of sterilization, the effect of disinfection is different for infectious diseases caused by different transmission mechanisms;
[0003] Patent: CN215938391U discloses a kind of renal surgery surgical instrument disinfection device, including disinfection box, the bottom surface of the disinfection box is fixedly connected with two groups of support legs, the inner top wall of the disinfection box is fixedly connected with equidistantly arranged fixed blocks, the bottom surface of each fixed block is fixedly connected with support plate, the bottom surface of the support plate is fixedly connected with equidistantly arranged ultraviolet germicidal lamp, the inner wall of the disinfection box is provided with two sliding grooves.The renal surgery surgical instrument disinfection device, by the cooperation of the sliding groove, sliding cylinder and slide post, the sliding cylinder and the connecting plate are fixedly connected together, when the electric telescopic rod drives the connecting plate and the placing plate to move downward, the sliding cylinder can move up and down on the slide post, so that the placing plate can be more stable when descending, which is beneficial to the disinfection of surgical instruments, the spring can buffer the force when the sliding cylinder descends, so that the placing plate can be more stable, and the disinfection of surgical instruments is facilitated;
[0004] The device in the above-mentioned technology can not flush the stains remaining on the surface of the instrument during use, and simple soaking cannot ensure that some difficult-to-clean stains are removed completely, and when too many instruments are placed on the placing plate and stacked together, the contact surfaces between the instruments cannot be well contacted with the disinfectant, resulting in incomplete soaking disinfection, which needs to be improved, therefore we propose a kind of surgical instrument automatic disinfection equipment. SUMMARY
[0005] The purpose of the present application is to provide a device that can flush the stains adhering to the surface of surgical instruments, and another purpose of the present application is to provide a device that can ensure that the instruments are soaked more completely when soaked in disinfectant.
[0006] Technical scheme: a kind of surgical instrument automatic disinfection equipment, including disinfection box, the disinfection box is the hollow structure of upper surface opening, the inner side of the disinfection box is provided with stirring mechanism;
[0007] The left side of the disinfection box is provided with a driving mechanism;
[0008] The upper side of the disinfection box is provided with a spraying mechanism;
[0009] The left side of the disinfection box and above the driving mechanism is provided with a linkage mechanism;
[0010] The stirring mechanism comprises a placing net cylinder, the lower surface of the placing net cylinder is fixedly connected with an extension tube, the lower surface of the extension tube is fixedly connected with a bevel gear one, the outer side wall of the bevel gear one is meshingly connected with a bevel gear two, the left end of the bevel gear two is fixedly connected with a shaft rod, the left end of the shaft rod penetrates to the left side of the disinfection box and is fixedly connected with a toothed disc one, and the lower surface of the bevel gear one is rotationally connected with the inner lower surface of the disinfection box through a rotating shaft;
[0011] The driving mechanism comprises a mounting frame, the inner side of the mounting frame is fixedly connected with a motor, the output shaft right end of the motor is fixedly connected with a dial plate, the outer side wall of the dial plate is fixedly connected with an arc-shaped gear rack, and the arc-shaped gear rack is meshingly connected with the toothed disc one.
[0012] Further, the bottom of the disinfection box is fixedly connected with a support plate in a symmetrical manner.
[0013] Further, the lower surface right side of the disinfection box is embeddedly mounted with a solenoid valve one.
[0014] Further, the upper surface right side of the disinfection box is fixedly connected with a liquid medicine tank, and the lower surface of the liquid medicine tank is fixedly connected in communication with a solenoid valve two inside the liquid medicine tank.
[0015] Further, the outer side wall of the shaft rod is fixedly connected with a stop disc, a torsion spring is sleeved on the outer side wall of the shaft rod right side of the stop disc, and the two ends of the torsion spring are fixedly connected with the disinfection box and the opposite side of the stop disc respectively.
[0016] Further, the lower surface of the placing net cylinder is fixedly connected with a toothed ring, the lower surface of the toothed ring is meshingly driven with a plurality of tooth heads, and the tooth heads are fixedly connected with vertical rods between the toothed ring and the disinfection box.
[0017] Further, the outer side wall of the placing net cylinder is fixedly connected with a plurality of stirring blades.
[0018] Further, the spraying mechanism comprises a cover plate, the cover plate is rotatably connected with the sterilization box through a hinge, a second toothed disc is rotatably connected to the upper surface of the cover plate through a rotating shaft, a transfer cavity is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the second toothed disc and located in the cover plate, a plurality of spray heads are integrally formed on the lower surface of the transfer cavity, a first air pressure box is fixedly connected to the front of the upper surface of the cover plate, a piston block one is slidably connected in the first air pressure box, a toothed rod is fixedly connected to the right side of the piston block one, and the toothed rod is meshingly connected with the second toothed disc; a drainage pipe is fixedly communicated with the center of the lower surface of the transfer cavity, one end of the drainage pipe away from the transfer cavity penetrates to the outside of the cover plate, and a suction pump is fixedly connected to the one end of the drainage pipe, and the suction pump is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the sterilization box.
[0019] Further, the linkage mechanism comprises a second air pressure box, a gas exchange pipe is fixedly communicated between the second air pressure box and the first air pressure box, a piston block two is slidably connected in the second air pressure box, a rotating connecting piece one is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the piston block two, a traction rod is rotatably connected to the outer side wall of the rotating connecting piece one through a rotating shaft, an eccentric gear is rotatably connected to the bottom end of the traction rod through a rotating shaft, the eccentric gear is rotatably connected to the left side of the sterilization box through a rotating shaft, the eccentric gear is located above the dial plate, and the second air pressure box is fixedly connected with the opposite side of the sterilization box; a spring is fixedly connected to the opposite side of the piston block two and the second air pressure box.
[0020] Beneficial effects: by intermittently dialing the first toothed disc, the placement of the net cylinder can be controlled to rotate back and forth, so that it is convenient to shake the instruments during flushing or soaking, so that the instruments in the placement net cylinder move, avoid the instruments from being difficult to move when they are stacked, cause the flushing and soaking to be not comprehensive, and after the water in the sterilization box is discharged, dehydration can be performed by shaking, which is more convenient for the tools to be taken out and dried;
[0021] At the same time, the meshing of the tooth ring and the tooth head during the rotation of the placement net cylinder makes the placement net cylinder shake up and down during the rotation, so that the instruments shake and move during soaking and flushing, thereby facilitating the removal of stains and shaking and dehydrating during rotation;
[0022] When the device is used, clean water can be pumped out in advance by the suction pump, sprayed out through the spray head, and used to flush the instruments in the sterilization box to remove surface stains. At this time, the electromagnetic valve one is always open, which is convenient for discharging the sewage after flushing. During the flushing process, repeated inflation and air extraction into the first air pressure box can control the repeated dialing of the toothed rod to rotate the second toothed disc, thereby driving the plurality of spray heads to rotate back and forth with the transfer cavity to spray more comprehensively. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0023] Figure 1 is a front view structural schematic diagram of the present application;
[0024] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the side view structure of the present application;
[0025] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the cross-sectional structure of the present application;
[0026] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the top view structure of the spraying mechanism of the present application;
[0027] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the bottom view structure of the spraying mechanism of the present application;
[0028] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the side view structure of the vertical section of the linkage mechanism of the present application;
[0029] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the connection structure of the vertical rod and the tooth head of the present application.
[0030] In the figure: 1, disinfection box; 2, stirring mechanism; 3, driving mechanism; 4, spraying mechanism; 5, linkage mechanism; 101, support plate; 102, electromagnetic valve one; 103, liquid tank; 104, electromagnetic valve two; 201, placing net cylinder; 202, telescopic pipe; 203, bevel gear one; 204, bevel gear two; 205, shaft rod; 206, tooth disc one; 207, stop disc; 208, torsional spring; 209, tooth ring; 210, tooth head; 211, vertical rod; 212, stirring blade; 301, mounting frame; 302, motor; 303, dial disc; 304, arc-shaped rack; 401, cover plate; 402, tooth disc two; 403, transfer cavity; 404, spray head; 405, air pressure box one; 406, piston block one; 407, tooth rod; 408, liquid discharge pipe; 409, extraction pump; 501, air pressure box two; 502, air exchange pipe; 503, piston block two; 504, rotating connecting piece one; 505, traction rod; 506, eccentric gear; 507, spring. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0031] To make the technical solution of the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments. EMBODIMENT
[0032] As shown in Figures 1-7 , a surgical instrument automatic disinfection device is provided, which comprises a disinfection box 1, the disinfection box 1 being an internally hollow structure with an open upper surface, and the bottom of the disinfection box 1 being fixedly connected with symmetrical support plates 101;
[0033] An electromagnetic valve one 102 is embedded and mounted on the lower surface of the right side of the disinfection box 1;
[0034] The upper surface of the disinfection box 1 is fixedly connected with a liquid tank 103, and the lower surface of the liquid tank 103 is fixedly connected with an electromagnetic valve two 104 in the liquid tank 103.
[0035] The device is supported by the support plate 101, and the surgical instruments in the disinfection box 1 can be soaked by injecting disinfectant into the disinfection box 1, and the surface stains of the surgical instruments can be washed by spraying water into the disinfection box 1, and the waste liquid after washing can be discharged by opening the electromagnetic valve one 102, and the liquid tank 103 is used for storing disinfectant, and the disinfectant is injected into the disinfection box 1 by opening the electromagnetic valve two 104 and mixed with water, so as to disinfect the instruments.
[0036] The inner side of the disinfection box 1 is provided with a stirring mechanism 2.
[0037] The stirring mechanism 2 comprises a placing mesh cylinder 201, the lower surface of the placing mesh cylinder 201 is fixedly connected with an extension pipe 202, the lower surface of the extension pipe 202 is fixedly connected with a bevel gear one 203, the outer side wall of the bevel gear one 203 is meshingly connected with a bevel gear two 204, the left end of the bevel gear two 204 is fixedly connected with a shaft rod 205, the left end of the shaft rod 205 penetrates to the left side of the disinfection box 1, and is fixedly connected with a tooth disc one 206, and the lower surface of the bevel gear one 203 is rotatably connected with the inner lower surface of the disinfection box 1 through a rotating shaft.
[0038] The outer side wall of the shaft rod 205 is fixedly connected with a stop disc 207, the outer side wall of the shaft rod 205 is sleeved with a torsional spring 208 on the right side of the stop disc 207, and the two ends of the torsional spring 208 are fixedly connected with the disinfection box 1 and the opposite side of the stop disc 207 respectively.
[0039] The lower surface of the placing mesh cylinder 201 is fixedly connected with a tooth ring 209, the lower surface of the tooth ring 209 is meshingly driven by a plurality of tooth heads 210, and the tooth heads 210 are fixedly connected with a vertical rod 211 between the placing mesh cylinder 201 and the disinfection box 1.
[0040] The outer side wall of the placing mesh cylinder 201 is fixedly connected with a plurality of stirring blades 212.
[0041] The placing mesh cylinder 201 is used for storing surgical instruments, intermittent driving of the tooth disc one 206 can drive the shaft rod 205 to rotate, and the torsional spring 208 arranged in cooperation can twist the shaft rod 205 to reset, so that the intermittent driving of the tooth disc one 206 can be continuously driven, the bevel gear one 203 and the bevel gear two 204 are meshingly driven, the placing mesh cylinder one 201 can be controlled to reciprocatingly rotate, so that the instruments in the placing mesh cylinder 201 can be shaken during washing or soaking, the instruments in the placing mesh cylinder 201 can move, the instruments can be easily moved when the instruments are stacked, the washing and soaking can be comprehensive, and the instruments can be dehydrated by shaking after the water in the disinfection box 1 is discharged, which is more convenient for drying the instruments after taking out.
[0042] At the same time, the meshing of the tooth ring 209 and the tooth head 210 during the rotation of the meshing cylinder 201 enables the meshing cylinder 201 to shake up and down during the rotation, facilitating the shaking of the instruments during the soaking and washing, thereby facilitating the removal of the stains and the shaking and dehydration during the rotation;
[0043] The stirring blade 212 is arranged to facilitate the mixing of the disinfectant and water during the soaking.
[0044] The left side of the disinfection box 1 is provided with a driving mechanism 3;
[0045] The driving mechanism 3 comprises a mounting frame 301, the inner side of the mounting frame 301 is fixedly connected with a motor 302, the output shaft right end of the motor 302 is fixedly connected with a dial plate 303, the outer side wall of the dial plate 303 is fixedly connected with an arc-shaped rack 304, and the arc-shaped rack 304 is meshingly connected with the tooth disc one 206.
[0046] Starting the motor 302 drives the dial plate 303 to rotate, which can drive the tooth disc one 206 to rotate intermittently through the arc-shaped rack 304, and also can drive the eccentric gear 506 to rotate intermittently.
[0047] The upper side of the disinfection box 1 is provided with a spraying mechanism 4;
[0048] The spraying mechanism 4 comprises a cover plate 401, the cover plate 401 is hingedly connected with the disinfection box 1, the upper surface of the cover plate 401 is rotatably connected with a tooth disc two 402 through a rotating shaft, the lower surface of the tooth disc two 402 is fixedly connected with a transfer cavity 403 in the inside of the cover plate 401, the lower surface of the transfer cavity 403 is integrally formed with a plurality of spray heads 404, the front of the upper surface of the cover plate 401 is fixedly connected with a gas pressure box one 405, the inside of the gas pressure box one 405 is slidably connected with a piston block one 406, the right side of the piston block one 406 is fixedly connected with a tooth rod 407, and the tooth rod 407 is meshingly connected with the tooth disc two 402; the lower surface center of the transfer cavity 403 is fixedly communicated with a drainage pipe 408, the end of the drainage pipe 408 away from the transfer cavity 403 penetrates to the outside of the cover plate 401, and is fixedly connected with a pumping pump 409, and the pumping pump 409 is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the disinfection box 1.
[0049] During the use of the device, clean water can be pumped out by the pumping pump 409 in advance, and sprayed out through the spray heads 404 to wash the instruments in the disinfection box 1 and remove the surface stains, at this time, the electromagnetic valve one 102 is always open to facilitate the discharge of the sewage after the washing, and during the washing process, the inside of the gas pressure box one 405 is repeatedly inflated and deflated to control the tooth rod 407 to repeatedly dial the tooth disc two 402 to rotate, thereby driving the plurality of spray heads 404 to reciprocatingly rotate and spray with the transfer cavity 403, so that the spraying is more comprehensive.
[0050] After the flushing is completed, the electromagnetic valve one 102 is closed, the electromagnetic valve two 104 is opened, the disinfectant is injected into the inside of the disinfection box 1, and the clean water is extracted by the extraction pump 409 to mix, so that the water and the disinfectant soak the instrument according to the appropriate proportion, and the soaking process is carried out along with the rotation of the placing net cylinder 201, the stirring blade 212 is stirred to facilitate the mixing, and the stirring is carried out when the instrument is active, so that the soaking is comprehensive.
[0051] The linkage mechanism 5 is arranged on the left side of the disinfection box 1 and above the driving mechanism 3.
[0052] The linkage mechanism 5 comprises a pneumatic box two 501, a gas exchange pipe 502 is fixedly connected between the pneumatic box two 501 and the pneumatic box one 405, a piston block two 503 is slidably connected in the pneumatic box two 501, a rotating connecting piece one 504 is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the piston block two 503, a traction rod 505 is rotatably connected to the outer side wall of the rotating connecting piece one 504 through a rotating shaft, an eccentric gear 506 is rotatably connected to the bottom end of the traction rod 505 through a rotating shaft, the right side of the eccentric gear 506 is rotatably connected to the left side of the disinfection box 1 through a rotating shaft, the eccentric gear 506 is above the dial plate 303, and the pneumatic box two 501 is fixedly connected to the opposite side of the disinfection box 1; the piston block two 503 is fixedly connected with a spring 507 on the opposite side of the pneumatic box two 501.
[0053] During the rotation of the dial plate 303, the arc-shaped rack 304 can intermittently drive the eccentric gear 506 to rotate, so that the piston block two 503 can be repeatedly moved up and down through the traction rod 505 under the cooperation of the spring 507, and then the gas in the pneumatic box two 501 can be repeatedly filled into the pneumatic box one 405, the tooth rod 407 on the piston block one 406 in the pneumatic box one 405 is reciprocated, and then the plurality of nozzles 404 can be driven to move and spray by the dial gear two 402.
[0054] The above-described embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, the description is more specific and detailed, but it cannot be understood as the limitation of the patent scope of the present application. It should be pointed out that for ordinary skilled in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, a number of modifications and improvements can be made, which belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present application should be subject to the appended claims.
Claims
1. An apparatus for the automatic sterilization of surgical instruments, comprising a sterilization chamber (1), characterized in that: The disinfection box (1) has an open upper surface and a hollow interior structure. A stirring mechanism (2) is provided inside the disinfection box (1). A drive mechanism (3) is provided on the left side of the disinfection box (1); A spraying mechanism (4) is provided above the disinfection box (1); A linkage mechanism (5) is provided on the left side of the disinfection box (1) and above the drive mechanism (3). The stirring mechanism (2) includes a placement mesh cylinder (201), a telescopic tube (202) is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the placement mesh cylinder (201), a bevel gear one (203) is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the telescopic tube (202), a bevel gear two (204) is meshed with the outer wall of the bevel gear one (203), a shaft (205) is fixedly connected to the left end of the bevel gear two (204), the left end of the shaft (205) extends to the left side of the disinfection box (1) and is fixedly connected to a gear disc one (206), and the lower surface of the bevel gear one (203) is rotatably connected to the inner lower surface of the disinfection box (1) through a rotating shaft; The drive mechanism (3) includes a mounting bracket (301), a motor (302) is fixedly connected to the inner side of the mounting bracket (301), a dial (303) is fixedly connected to the right end of the output shaft of the motor (302), and an arc-shaped rack (304) is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the dial (303). The arc-shaped rack (304) meshes with the gear disc (206). The spraying mechanism (4) includes a cover plate (401), which is rotatably connected to the disinfection box (1) via a hinge. A geared disc (402) is rotatably connected to the upper surface of the cover plate (401) via a rotating shaft. A transfer chamber (403) is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the geared disc (402) inside the cover plate (401). Multiple nozzles (404) are integrally formed on the lower surface of the transfer chamber (403). A pressure box (405) is fixedly connected to the front of the upper surface of the cover plate (401). 05) has a piston block (406) slidingly connected inside, and a toothed rod (407) is fixedly connected to the right side of the piston block (406). The toothed rod (407) meshes with the toothed disc (402). A drain pipe (408) is fixedly connected to the center of the lower surface of the transfer chamber (403). The end of the drain pipe (408) away from the transfer chamber (403) extends to the outside of the cover plate (401) and is fixedly connected to a pump (409). The pump (409) is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the disinfection box (1). The linkage mechanism (5) includes a gas pressure box two (501), the gas pressure box two (501) and the gas pressure box one (405) are fixedly connected with the gas exchange pipe (502), the inside of the gas pressure box two (501) is slidably connected with the piston block two (503), the lower surface of the piston block two (503) is fixedly connected with the rotating connecting piece one (504), the outer side wall of the rotating connecting piece one (504) is rotatably connected with the traction rod (505) through the rotating shaft, the bottom end of the traction rod (505) is rotatably connected with the eccentric gear (506) through the rotating shaft, the right side of the eccentric gear (506) is rotatably connected with the left side of the disinfection box (1) through the rotating shaft, the eccentric gear (506) is located above the dial (303), the gas pressure box two (501) is fixedly connected with the opposite side of the disinfection box (1), the piston block two (503) and the opposite side of the gas pressure box two (501) are fixedly connected with the spring (507).
2. An automated surgical instrument sterilization apparatus as in claim 1, wherein: The bottom of the disinfection box (1) is fixedly connected with the support plate (101) symmetrically.
3. The automated surgical instrument sterilization apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The lower surface right of the disinfection box (1) is embeddedly installed with the electromagnetic valve one (102).
4. The automated surgical instrument sterilization apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The upper surface right of the disinfection box (1) is fixedly connected with the liquid medicine tank (103), and the lower surface of the liquid medicine tank (103) is fixedly communicated with the electromagnetic valve two (104) in the inside of the liquid medicine tank (103).
5. The automated surgical instrument sterilization apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The outer side wall of the shaft rod (205) is fixedly connected with the stop disc (207), the outer side wall of the shaft rod (205) is sleeved with the torsional spring (208) on the right side of the stop disc (207), and the two ends of the torsional spring (208) are fixedly connected with the opposite sides of the disinfection box (1) and the stop disc (207) respectively.
6. An automated surgical instrument sterilization apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein: The lower surface of the placing net cylinder (201) is fixedly connected with the gear ring (209), the lower surface of the gear ring (209) is engagedly driven with a plurality of tooth heads (210), and the tooth heads (210) and the disinfection box (1) are fixedly connected with the vertical rod (211).
7. The automated surgical instrument sterilization apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The outer side wall of the placing net cylinder (201) is fixedly connected with a plurality of stirring blades (212).
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